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Abington Township Commissioners
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Ward 1: Steven Kline
Website: www.kline4ward1.com
Facebook: link
Email: kline4ward1@comcast.net
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Ward 5: Wayne Luker |
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Ward 6: Les Benzak
Les is a fully licensed financial advisor and tax professional with a Certified Financial Planner TM certification. Because of his background, he has a sound understanding of fiscal planning. Les is accessible to all his constituents and keeps them informed of the issues. Email Les. |
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Ward 7: Madeleine Dean
Email: dean@lasalle.edu |
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Ward 11: John Spiegelman
Email: spiegs@spiegs.net
Website: www.johnspiegelman.com
Facebook: link |
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Ward 14: Lori Schreiber
Lori has a masters degree from Lehigh University in Social Relations. She has over 20 years experience in Social Services and is currently a part-time faculty member at both Montgomery County Community College and Penn State Abington. In both her election campaign and her work as an elected official, Lori has emphasized the need for revitalization in our business communities. With that in mind, she has been an active member of several revitalization and economic development committees and has sponsored successful street fairs to enhance foot traffic in the Roslyn business district. Also, deeply concerned about transparency in our local government, Lori was one of the commissioners who pushed for televising Abington Township's Commissioners' meetings. |
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Ward 15: Thomas Bowman |
Abington Township School Board Directors
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Raymond McGarry, Esq. - President
Ray has been serving as a member of the Abington Board of School Directors for 12 years. During that time, he has chaired the Negotiations Committee, the Property/Real Estate Committee and the Policy Committee and has served on a number of other committees, including the Finance Committee. Ray served as Vice-President for three years, and has served as the President of the Board for the past two years. During his two terms as President of the Board, the taxpayers of Abington have seen the lowest tax increases Abington has seen over the last 10 years. In his professional life, Ray is a practicing attorney. He has practiced in the area of commercial litigation for 20 years, and 4 years ago started his own Boutique Litigation firm, Wynn McGarry, based in Montgomery County. Ray is married and has three daughters who are all students in the Abington School District.
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Jeff Bates
Jeff is a shareholder in the law firm Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman and Goggin. Prior to law school, Jeff obtained his B.F.A. from Carnegie-Mellon University in French horn performance. While playing in the Delaware Symphony, he met his wife, Joanne, a bass player. They started a family in 1987, about the same time Jeff was in law school at Villanova Law School. They now have three children. Two of their children completed their education in the Abington School District, and one is currently attending Rice University and the other is currently attending Temple University. Their third child is currently a junior at Abington High School. Jeff has been a member of the Abington Board of School Directors since 2001. He has been the vice-president since 2007 and has served on virtually every committee. He is extremely involved in the Abington Educational Foundation and the Legislative Committee of the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit. He remains active in many community music and civic organizations. |
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Adam Share
Adam Share and his family have been township residents since 2002. Prior to moving to Abington, Adam, his wife Beth and sons Benjamin and Philip lived in Cheltenham for ten years. In the 1990’s Adam served on the Cheltenham Township Citizens Advisory Board and later on the Economic Development Task Force. In 2003 Adam was appointed to a six-year term as representative at large to the SEPTA Citizen’s Advisory Committee. Adam is a graduate of Washington University and Villanova Law School and practices law at White and Williams in Philadelphia. As a parent of two students enrolled in the Abington schools, Adam has closely watched the operation of McKinley Elementary, the junior high and now the high school, and has taken an active interest in school affairs from the academic, social and fiscal perspectives. It is clear that the Abington School District is a primary reason for the high quality of life enjoyed by township residents, whether or not they have children enrolled in the district. It is Adam’s intention to work to maintain the high quality of the district and keep Abington a terrific place to live. |
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Susan Arnhold
Susan was appointed to the Abington Board of School Directors on October 10, 2006 by the School Board to fill a vacancy when a school board member resigned. As a regular attendee of school board meetings for the past seven years, Ms. Arnhold has a clear understanding of the issues that the Abington School District is facing. In addition, for the past 11 years, Susan Arnhold has given countless hours of her time, on both the school level, at various volunteer positions including PTO president at Overlook Elementary as well as at the administrative level, serving on the Governor's Institute for Parental Involvement, the Opportunities to Learn Steering Committee, as well as the Strategic Planning Committee. For the past six years, Ms. Arnhold has also volunteered as a parenting educator for the newly renamed Center for Parenting Education (formerly, The Parenting Center at Abington). |
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Jeannette Maitin
Jeannette was elected to the Board of School Directors in 2004. She has a BA from Radcliffe and a master's degree from Temple. Her professional and volunteer work has been devoted to special education individuals. Jeannette has received numerous awards for her outstanding work, and she is being honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Abington-Rockledge Democratic Committee at the upcoming spring banquet. |
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Barry J. Stupine
Barry Stupine has served on the Abington/Rockledge School Board for 15 years, serving as President, Vice President and chair of most committees. During this time the School District has replaced or modernized all nine schools and built a state-of-the-art athletic facility. The District has won many prestigious awards from the State and Federal governments and from major national new media including Money magazine, U.S. News and World Report and from the not-for-profit organization America’s Promise. Over the past ten years, tax increases have been held in check and between 2007 and 2009 the average household in Abington and Rockledge will have paid less taxes.
He has worked at the University of Pennsylvania for more than 33 years holding many senior level executive positions. They include Vice President for Human Resources, Executive Director of the Budget Office, Vice Dean of the Dental School, Vice Dean of the Veterinary School and CEO of the Veterinary Hospital.
His two children graduated from Abington High in the mid-nineties and have been successful in life using many of the skills learned in the Abington/Rockledge School District. He is proud of them and of the District.
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Michele Tinsman
Michele was elected to the Board of School Directors in November 2003. She is a proud supporter of quality public education for all and has three children who are currently enrolled in the Abington School District. She has been a resident of Abington since 1996 and has been volunteering her time to the community since her arrival. Michele Tinsman has served on many school and administrative level committees, including PTO President at Highland Elementary School, Vice-President of the Parent Council and a member of the Governor's Institute for Parental Involvement team. For the past six years, Michele has been a representative to the Abington Community Taskforce (ACT) and Abington Human Relations Advisory Council (AHRAC). In addition, Michele is also currently serving as the Abington School District's representative for the Joint Committee of the Eastern Center for Arts and Technology and serves as the Joint Committee's Secretary. |
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Andrea Trainer
Andrea Trainer has been a resident of Abington Township since 1994. A married mother of three, she has watched the climate in education change continually for the better for the children of Abington School District. Wanting to be educated on how the system truly works, Andrea joined a parenting group called Parents as Leaders. From there she immersed herself in public education and gained a vast knowledge on how crucial it is for parents to support what the School Board is doing for our children. Andrea became a committee member for the the Governer's Institute for Parental Involvement and was also involved in a policy writing venture in Harrisburg for a newly crafted Parental Policy which has yet to be enacted into law.
Andrea sits on several committees in Abington: Abington Community Taskforce, Abington Human Relations Advisory Council, Citizens And Police Together and the Local Tax Study Commission. She is the current President of Abington School District Parent Council and is currently conducting parenting workshops in Abington and nearby school districts which encourages parents to take a more active role in their children's education.
Andrea is proud to be on the Board of School Directors as she truly understands the great strides and the courage that was undertaken by this School Board to ensure that all children have access to a quality education that makes them competitive nationwide in the most elite of higher learning institutions.
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Daniel Kaye
An Abington resident since 1974 (when his family moved to the township), Daniel attended Abington schools from 2nd Grade through graduation. His wife, Wendy, also attended Abington schools from 4th Grade through graduation, and their son, Aidan, 7, attends Copper Beech Elementary. Daniel attended Penn State Abington and Temple University, finishing his degree in Communications with Columbia Pacific University.
Daniel has been a board member of Katie's Foundation for Child Safety (also known as The Katie Elise Lambert Foundation) for more than five years, helping the all-volunteer nonprofit to raise awareness of the hidden dangers to children in the home. At Copper Beech Elementary, Daniel has served as 2nd Vice President for the PTA, helping to run school-wide events, fundraisers, educational opportunities and more. He was selected as President-Elect of the CB PTA before being offered the opportunity to run for Abington School Board Director. |
District Justices
Abington Township Constable
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Ray Kuemmerle
Raymond William Kuemmerle, Jr. was born in Abington Township on January 13, 1952 where he lived for two years before moving to West Mt. Airy, Philadelphia. In 1976 Ray moved back to Roslyn in Abington Township where he has been a main stay in the community ever since. Ray is a committed public servant who has been an employee of ACME Markets for 40 years. Ray is a veteran of the U.S. Army with a rank of Private First Class. Ray is also a Licensed Practical Nurse and a graduate of Montgomery County Community College with an Associate Degree in Human Services with certificates in Drug and Alcohol Studies and in Children, Youth & Family Studies. Ray made the Dean’s List Spring & Fall, 2002 – 2003, graduated the program Magna Cum Laude and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
As a LPN Raymond has served as an Instructor/Substitute Teacher for the Eastern Montgomery County Technical School now know as the Eastern Montgomery County Center for the Arts. In addition, Ray has worked 10 plus years in the security industry specializing in private and commercial security.
Raymond has worked as a volunteer in his community for many years. He has been an assistant baseball coach for St. John of the Cross grade school in Roslyn, head coach of teams for Roslyn Boys Club, Ardsley North Hill Athletic Association and Abington Gals softball team. Ray was also the head junior varsity baseball coach for Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote. While this was a paid coaching position it was still a great service to the community. Raymond’s involvement with St. John of the Cross parish and grade school goes beyond coaching. He is responsible for starting a can recycling drive that helped pay for new equipment for the school’s baseball and football teams. In addition, Ray has done team photography work for both St. John of the Cross & Glenside Youth Athletic Club where again all proceeds went towards the betterment of the youth programs.
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Dave Conway
I was born in Philadelphia, grew up in the Olney section of the city where I attended elementary school at St. Helena’s and graduated from Cardinal Dougherty High School. My wife, Terri, and I moved to Abington Township shortly after marrying and have lived in our home on Tyson Ave. for the last 31 years. We have three children, Shaun, Erin, and Colin.
I am a machinist by trade and work for a company in Willow Grove, PA. My history contains years of community service, including coaching local teams:
- Abington Raiders football team for six years
- GYAC softball, baseball and Basketball for five years
- St. Luke the Evangelist CYO Basketball for eight years
- Head coach for St. Luke’s CYO track team for the past eight years
- Head of set construction for the St. Luke Summer Stock program for 10 years
I have also volunteered in politics:
- All of Josh Shapiro’s campaigns for State Representative
- Poll watcher for the Democratic Party
- Minority Clerk of elections in ward 9-1, four years
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