News:
Press Release
February 3, 2009
Wildlife for Everyone Endowment Foundation Names Three New Directors
STATE COLLEGE – Russell Schleiden, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Wildlife for Everyone Endowment Foundation, is pleased to welcome three new directors to the foundation board. Jim Fish and James Davis of Waste Management, and Alan Griffith of ARAMARK were elected to the board at its December meeting.
Fish is the Waste Management Vice President/Market Area General Manager for Pennsylvania and West Virginia and will bring his leadership skills and corporate knowledge to the board. He started with Waste Management in 2001 as Corporate Director of Finance. In 2003 he was promoted to Corporate Vice President of pricing, and then was promoted to General Manager of South Massachusetts and Rhode Island before assuming his present position here in Pennsylvania.
Fish loves the outdoors and conservation and is proud that Waste Management serves as a good steward of the environment. Fish earned a B.A. degree in accounting from Arizona State University and his M.B.A. in finance from the University of Chicago. He currently lives with his family in Coraopolis, PA.
James Davis of Waste Management was also elected to the board. Davis began working with Waste Management in 1989 as Engineering Manager in Indiana. He is currently Director of Disposal Operations for the Eastern Group and is responsible for providing executive oversight of 51 waste and recycling collections and transfer facilities and 48 post collection locations. Davis graduated from Penn State with a B.S. in Civil Engineering.
Davis stated, “Together with my employees, we work hard to be good stewards of the environment.” A high commitment to these ideals is evidenced by the fact that Waste Management’s landfills nationally provide more than 21,000 acres of protected habitat for all wildlife here in Pennsylvania. Using his business experience and dedication to the environment, Davis hopes to make a meaningful contribution to the Foundation board.
Alan Griffith, Senior Advisor to the CFO of ARAMARK Corporation is the third new member elected to the board. Griffith joined ARAMARK in 1983 as Manager of Financial Policy and Controls. In June 2004 he was named Senior Vice President of Finance and Planning for ARAMARK. That role included responsibility for the planning function for all of ARAMARK, as well as functioning as the chief financial officer for ARAMARK’s Food and Support Services Group.
Griffith serves as a director for Presby’s Inspired Life, a southeastern Pennsylvania-based regional provider of housing and services for senior citizens, the Christian Research Institute of Charlotte, NC, and the University of Scranton Alumni Association. He is a member and past master of Hiram Lodge #81, and a member of the NRA and the Flourtown Sandy Run Sportsmen Association. He spends a lot of time at his cabin in Wayne County where he hunts, fishes, and enjoys the quiet solitude of the great outdoors in Penns Woods.
Griffith earned his undergraduate degree in accounting at the University of Scranton and his M.B.A. in finance at Temple University. Born and raised in Scranton, he currently resides in Ambler, PA.
# # #
[ Return to News ]
