Board Members & Advisors

Vincent B. Rudisill, President and Secretary of the Board

Vincent B. Rudisill is a Senior Vice President within the Hershey Wealth Management Division of The Bryn Mawr Trust Company.  He retired in June of 2011 from his position as the Chief Investment Officer of Hershey Trust Company and the Milton Hershey School Trust after 35 years of continuous employment. Rudisill holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Gettysburg College and an MBA from the Pennsylvania State University. He is a graduate of the Pennsylvania Bankers Trust School at Bucknell University and the National Graduate Trust School at Northwestern University. Rudisill is also a Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner.

Daniel Notterman, Vice Chairman of the Board

Daniel A. Notterman, M.D., is the Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Penn State College of Medicine and also serves as Associate Vice President for Health Sciences Research, Penn State University.

Dr. Notterman joined the College of Medicine in December, 2009 after leaving Princeton University where he served as senior research scientist, molecular biology and chair, Committee on the Health Professions, Office of the Dean of the College; he was also University Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Genetics, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School where he was chair of the Department of Pediatrics.

After receiving his undergraduate degree from Cornell, Notterman received a master's degree in philosophy from Tufts and a medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in pediatrics at New York University Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical pharmacology at Cornell, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular biology at Princeton.

Notterman's research interests include: tumor biology; gene-environment interactions in child development; and, the genetic basis of autism. He is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine and has served as a member of numerous national grant review panels, study sections, and committees.

Jim Berens, Vice President and Treasurer of the Board

Jim Berens is the President of Wexford Science + Technology, where he charts the overall strategic direction of the Company and leads the executive management team. Berens brings to the firm his intimate knowledge of corporate financial structuring, debt and equity markets and tax and accounting regulations as they relate to real estate leases and financing. Berens most recently served as the President of Townsend Capital, LLC from 1996 through 2005, where he extended the company’s relationships with universities, university-related research parks, health systems and other non-profit institutions. Prior to that, he was employed by Bank of America, N.A. as Commercial Market Manager for the Washington, D.C. region. Berens holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Pennsylvania State University, where he graduated cum laude, and an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Colgate Darden School of Business Administration.

Berens currently serves as Chairman of the Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America, a member of the Baltimore Area Council and Board of Trustees and Treasurer of Blind Industries and Services of Maryland.

David E. Black, Board Member

David E. Black serves as President & CEO of the Harrisburg Regional Chamber and Capital Region Economic Development Corporation (CREDC). Since taking this position in July of 2001, he has re-focused the organization, recruited a quality team and, with that team, created a first class organization for members, economic development clients and the region.

The organization has experienced over 25% membership growth, developed a solid reputation for quality events, member services and legislative advocacy and has initiated projects with over $235 million in economic impact, creating and retaining more than 10,000 jobs in Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry Counties. Before joining the Chamber & CREDC, Black held governmental positions for Team Pennsylvania, the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and the Department of Community Affairs (DCA). Black holds a bachelor’s degree from Westminster College and completed graduate work toward his M.S.A. in Public Administration at Slippery Rock University.

Throughout his career, Black has served in various roles, including Commissioner of Clarion County, Chairman of the Clarion County Commissioners, Vice President of First American Municipals and a member of the Ridge Administration.

Todd K. Pagliarulo, Board Member

Todd K. Pagliarulo is currently the President of TP Consulting and most recently served as a Legislative Aide to Representative John Payne. Prior to that, he was employed by Hershey Resort & Entertainment Company as Vice President of Sport and Entertainment and Corporate Director of Safety and Security for 31 years, and he taught in the Lower Dauphin School District for five years. Pagliarulo holds a bachelor’s degree in Education from Shippensburg State University.

Pagliarulo is actively involved with the Derry Township community. He is the Vice Chairman of the Derry Township Industrial Commercial Development Authority and the Capital Area Transit Board of Directors, a member of the Derry Township New Year’s Eve Committee and serves on the Derry Township Vacancy Board and the Derry Township Republican Committee. Previously, Pagliarulo was involved with Derry Township Parks & Recreation and the Derry Township Tax Association, and he served as Township Supervisor until 2001. Pagliarulo resides in Derry Township, where he has been a resident for 50 years.

Keith Marmer, Board Member

Dr. Keith Marmer is the Associate Dean for Research Innovation at Penn State University College of Medicine. He joined the College of Medicine in March 2011. Dr. Marmer leads efforts for the identification and development of intellectual property at Penn State Hershey and is responsible for the Office of Technology Development at the College of Medicine, where he manages the entrepreneurial efforts of the vibrant Penn State Hershey biomedical community. Dr. Marmer brings both academic and entrepreneurial expertise to this role.

Prior to joining Penn State, Dr. Marmer served as Vice President for Business Development and Technology Transfer at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia where he successfully led a number of entrepreneurial efforts, including the acquisition of an educational services company, and oversaw the intellectual property portfolio. As an entrepreneur, Dr. Marmer was founder and CEO of PhysioMetrics, a national healthcare technology and services firm that performs specialized functional evaluations. Under his leadership, PhysioMetrics successfully raised multiple rounds of investment funding, was awarded Outstanding Company at the New Jersey Technology Council Venture Capital Conference and received three patents. Dr. Marmer has successfully launched a total of five companies. In addition, he has mentored and consulted to a number of other entrepreneurial ventures as well as taught entrepreneurship to both undergraduate and graduate students.

Charles D. Dilks, Advisor

Charles D. Dilks is the President of Dilks Consulting, Inc., where he consults widely with institutions, local governments and developers wishing to establish research parks and incubators and stimulate economic development through science and technology. Most recently, Dilks was the Executive Vice President and managed the development and operation of the nation’s first urban Research Park. His previous experience includes negotiating the financing, legal and development structures for twenty buildings, totaling nearly two million square feet of space, organizing and managing the real estate marketing program for the Science Center and creating the property management company, Research Park, Inc., for the Science Center’s facilities.

Dilks pioneered the concept of a business "incubator" by providing a comprehensive package of space, equipment and services for more than 250 startup organizations. He was responsible for maintaining corporate records and coordinating Science Center legal affairs, which involved nearly 20 partnerships, joint ventures and subsidiaries generating over $30 million in annual revenues. Dilks holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and an MBA from Drexel University.

Dilks has been actively involved with the Association of University Related Research, where he served as President from 1998-2000, and, in 2001, he received the Association’s "Career Achievement Award" for an outstanding career in technology-based economic development.

Ken Gall, Advisor

Ken Gall serves as the Director of Real Estate for Hershey Trust Company where he has been a member for over 15 years. His responsibilities include active involvement in the long term planning for the 10,000 acres of land owned by the Milton Hershey School Trust, as well as asset management of the investment portion of this real estate portfolio. Gall and his department are responsible for the disposition and management of real estate assets held in individual accounts. Prior to joining Hershey Trust Company, Gall served as a Real Estate Manager for the Horst Group in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Millersville University and an MBA from Lebanon Valley College.

Gall is a member of Urban Land Institute and the Institute of Real Estate Management, a board member of the Donegal Foundation and an Executive Committee Member of the M.S. Hershey Foundation. He served as Senior High School Youth Leader, is active in youth coaching, and is a past member of his church council.

Mark Korczakowski, Advisor

With over 13 years of experience in real estate and banking, Mark Korczakowski joins Wexford Science + Technology as Vice President. At Wexford, Korczakowski is responsible for managing client relationships, the development process and the marketing and leasing of assigned projects, as well as assisting in the financial analysis and evaluations of investment opportunities being considered by Wexford.

Most recently, Korczakowski was the Director of Real Estate at Allegis Group, Inc., a multi-billion dollar staffing company, where he was responsible for all aspects of the corporate real estate strategy, including leasing, disposition and management of leased office space throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Korczakowski oversaw a team responsible for negotiating a portfolio of 300 office leases totaling over two million square feet, and was integral in the development of a 105,000 square foot corporate headquarters and managed a corporate campus of 325,000 square feet.

Korczakowski also has commercial banking experience from Bank of America, N.A. and its predecessor banks, where he developed and managed a $50 million loan portfolio. Korczakowski holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and a master’s degree in Finance from Loyola College in Maryland and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.