October 31, 2007
Contact: Holly Mantle, LevLane Public Relations, (215) 825-9633, hmantle@levlane.com

BUSINESS LEADERS ORGANIZED FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS (BLOCS) NAMES 2007-2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS – MIKE O’NEILL OF PREFERRED UNLIMITED TO SERVE AS CHAIRMAN

Business Leaders Organized for Catholic Schools (BLOCS) named the following to its Board of Directors for 2007-2008:

• Michael G. O’Neill – BLOCS Chairman; CEO and Founder, Preferred Unlimited, Conshohocken
• Bart J. Colli – Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, ARAMARK, Philadelphia
• Robert D. Kane, Jr. – Senior Vice President, PNC Bank, Philadelphia
• Robert Melchionni – Past President, Herman Miller/Spectrum, King of Prussia
• Brian McElwee – President, Valley Forge Investment Corporation, King of Prussia
• Daniel K. Fitzpatrick – President, Bank of America - Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
• Dean J. Cimino, CFP – Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley, Jenkintown
• Francis J. Van Kirk – Partner, Heidrick & Struggles, Philadelphia
• Frank Seidman – President, Capital Solutions, Inc., Blue Bell
• Gerard P. Cuddy – President and Chief Executive Officer, Beneficial Bank, Philadelphia
• Harold A. & Ann R. Sorgenti
• James Broussard – Retired CEO-Evans, Conger, Broussard & McCrea, Inc., Philadelphia
• James Martin – President, Friends of St. Malachy School, Philadelphia
• John Eisele – Financial Services Consultant
• John F. Mazza – President & CEO, 1789 LLC
• Lawrence A. Doyle, Jr. – Executive Vice President, Preferred Unlimited, Conshohocken
• Matthew A. Taylor – Partner, Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia
• Michael Young – President, Classic Management, Philadelphia
• Pat Ciarrocchi – News Anchor, CBS3, Philadelphia
• Richard Raquet – President, TRC Market Research, Fort Washington
• Susie Maguire
• William R. Sasso – Chairman, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Philadelphia
• Steven R. Wall – Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Philadelphia
• Bishop Joseph McFadden, D.D., V.G. – Auxiliary to the Archbishop of Philadelphia, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
• Deacon John K. Hunter – Executive Director for BLOCS and Office of Development, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
• Alvin A. Clay, III – Boston Private Wealth Management

BLOCS
Business Leaders Organized for Catholic Schools (BLOCS) is a dynamic group of area business leaders who care deeply about the state of education in our region. BLOCS believes that access to a high-quality education for children—especially those most in need—is crucial to the continued growth and success of our region. BLOCS’ main focus is providing tuition scholarships to low income children. These scholarships provide the next generation of leaders with the tools to break the cycle of poverty—an excellent education, a sense of strong values and a belief that they can be successful in life.

BLOCS was founded in 1980 by Bill Fishman and a group of leading Philadelphia businessmen who, like their contemporaries, were moved to action by the deteriorating state of education in the city. Noting the positive impact a Catholic education had on their employees in the workplace, at home and in the community, these leaders rallied their peers to generate the largest contribution ever to inner city education.

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