Robert Muth | Conneaut Lake, PA
Chair of the Board of Directors
Mr. Muth currently serves as the chairman of the board of
directors for LCBA. Mr. Muth is employed as the Executive Director of
the Meadville Housing Corporation, a for profit real estate rental
company with nearly 300 rental units. He is a Certified Financial
Planner and holds a MBA from Gannon University. Mr. Muth is Vice
President of the Board of Active Aging, Inc., which is Crawford County's
designated agency for senior citizens services. Mr. Muth served as
Director of Investments for Meadville Medical Center from 1999-2014 and
he brings 15 years of financial leadership experience to the LCBA Board.
Mr. Muth also served as President and CEO of the Meadville Medical
Center Foundation from 1998-2008 where he received the 2002 Outstanding
Fund Raiser of the Year Award from the Association of Fund Raising
Professionals (AFP) of Northwestern Pennsylvania. Bob has been a member
of the Meadville Noontime Kiwanis since 1989 and served as the Club's
President in 2011. His past distinctions include the 1983 NCAA Division
III National Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. He resides in Conneaut
Lake, PA with his wife, Cheryl, and daughter, Abby.
Karen Balaban, Esq. | Harrisburg, PA
Nominating Committee
Ms. Balaban is one of thirteen children and the oldest
of 6 girls and has been a member of LCBA since 1979. A lawyer with her
own firm in Harrisburg, PA, she concentrates her practice in
administrative law, insurance transactions and regulation, election law,
and zoning. Karen is a graduate of the Indiana University of
Pennsylvania and the Duquesne University School of Law (Pittsburgh). She
also has a certificate in Spanish studies from the Universidad de
Valladolid in Spain. She is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and before the United States Supreme Court. Karen has
served as a governor on the twelve-member Board of Governors of the
Pennsylvania Bar Association and served as a member of the PBA House of
Delegates for 27 years. After serving 3 years as president of the
Pennsylvania Bar Foundation, she remains active on the scholarship
committee. Karen has been recognized by 3 Pennsylvania Bar Association
presidents for her distinguished service and achievements. Karen has
held the offices of president and treasurer of the Dauphin County Bar
Association as well as president of the Dauphin County Bar Foundation.
Active in her community, Karen is a member of the St. Thomas More
Society and volunteers with the annual homeless shelter at her Cathedral
Parish of St. Patrick.
Pat DiCesare | Burnt Hills, NY | Port St. Lucie, FL
Audit/Finance Committee
Mr. DiCesare is a consultant on insurance related matters
to several municipalities in New York State and holds an insurance
license in both New York and Florida. Mr. DiCesare has 50 years of
experience in the insurance industry, having worked as an underwriter
for the Insurance Company of North America, and as an account manager
for a large insurance agency before forming his own successful agency.
Mr. DiCesare has served on the advisory boards of several major
insurance companies and was elected to the board of directors of a
mutual fund where he was appointed to the SEC compliance committee. He
is a graduate of Siena College and holds the Certified Insurance
Counselor (CIC) designation. Mr. DiCesare has authored numerous articles
in insurance industry periodicals. He has been a member of LCBA for over
30 years and is Vice President of Branch 1556 (National Chapter).
Matthew K. Dupee | Binghamton, NY
Governance Committee Chair
A member of LCBA since 1975 and a director since 2011,
Mr. Dupee is currently the Governance Committee Chair. He also works as
a Senior Supply Chain Manager for PepsiCo where he began his career in
1997 following his graduation from Niagara University with a Bachelor of
Science in Marketing. Mr. Dupee started with PepsiCo working as a
warehouse employee and has gone on to hold many leadership positions
around the country in manufacturing, sales, and distribution. Matt, his
wife Julie, and their two boys Ryan and Aidan reside in Nazareth,
Pennsylvania.
Paul Kenny | Erie, PA
Audit/Finance Committee Chair
Mr. Kenny is a member of Branch 1556 and has served on
the LCBA Board for the past five years as well as the Chair of the Audit
and Finance Committee. He brings over 20 years of successful experience
in managing financial, operational, and business development
initiatives. A business degree graduate of St. Francis Xavier University
in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, his particular expertise includes the
development and application of key business indicators to evaluate
financial operations and guide revenue growth. Paul serves as President
for McManis & Monsalve Associates in Erie, PA, a management consulting
company devoted to helping businesses large and small identify corporate
risks and opportunities for informed decision making. Mr. Kenny has also
held executive positions at Coca-Cola Enterprises and Seagram
Distillers, both domestically and internationally.
Karen LeVert | Durham, NC
Governance Committee
Ms. LeVert is CEO of Southeast TechInventures, an innovation
lab focused on identifying and further developing promising
university technologies from research labs that can improve the
human condition.
Ms. LeVert has the Information Technology and Accounting
skill set to serve LCBA. She spent her career in technology and
financial arenas starting at a Fortune-500 insurance company in
positions of increasing responsibility from computer programmer,
to controller, to general manager of a 500-person Property &
Casualty service center. Her entrepreneurial ventures include a
franchise bioremediation company and a Silicon Valley
venture-funded software company.
Her current board positions include: NCIDEA Foundation
(Governance and Audit committee); Council for Entrepreneurial
Development; and North Carolina School of Science and Math
(Chair).
Ms. LeVert holds an MBA from the University of Dayton and an
Information Technology undergraduate degree from Eastern
Michigan University.
Richard Suchan | Buffalo, NY
Audit/Finance Committee
After a successful 30 year career in banking, Mr. Suchan
migrated his professional focus to nonprofit foundation
management and is the Executive Director for the Foundation of
the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo. As a banker, Mr. Suchan
managed the Private Bank, Investment and Trust departments at
Key Bank in Western New York as well as for the former First
Niagara Bank. Mr. Suchan believes his aptitude and experience
would bring added insight and leverage to the LCBA, an
organization to which he has been proudly associated for more
than 55 years, when his parents purchased an infant policy on
his life.
Mr. Suchan and his wife Donna are lifelong residents of
Buffalo and are the proud parents of three young adult children,
all of whom are also LCBA policy holders and who have been
beneficiaries of LCBA’s elementary, high school and camping
scholarships.
Anne Sweigart | Bluffton, OH
Governance Committee
A member of LCBA since 1968 and a member of Branch 1155,
Ms. Sweigart currently serves on the Governance Committee for LCBA. She
is a Registered Nurse serving as Emergency Department Shift Coordinator
at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, OH. An Applied Science, Nursing
Major graduate of Owens Community College and the Rhodes State College
EMT certification program, she also serves as House Supervisor at Van
Wert City Hospital in Van Wert, OH. A past Fraternalist of the Year
award recipient, Anne was once a special representative insurance
saleswoman; has held offices in her local branch; served as a National
Marshall under LCBA’s pre-2008 delegate-based governance structure; and
is s 20-year Advisor for the 4-H program, with experience serving as
county-wide 4-H Treasurer. Other professional affiliations include: Ohio
State University Extension – 4-H Program; American Heart Association and
American Academy of Pediatrics.
Barb Waclawek | Buffalo, NY
Nominating Committee Chair
Ms. Waclawek is a third generation LCBA member,
following in the footsteps of her grandmother and mother, all have been
life-long members. Barb has been a member of the board for over 20
years, and is presently serving as Chair of the Nominating Committee.
She was a member of Branches 820 and 1490 both in Buffalo, NY where she
served as President, Barb is now a member of the National Branch. She
works at Unifrax I LLC as a Master Technician-Maintenance where she
purchases, maintains and provides critical parts for the operation of
plant equipment. Barb's passions include bike riding, especially The
Ride for Roswell - a bike ride for cancer research in the Buffalo area.
Over the last 10 years, Barb has raised over $100,000 to help support
cancer research and better patient care at Roswell.
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