ANIZDA Board of Directors

ANIZDA is staffed by an executive director managing day-to-day operations and is governed by a nine-member board of directors that typically meet once per month.

ANIZDA Board of Directors

Steven K. Bamford

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Steve Bamford is Executive Director of ANIZDA. He has over 25 years of experience in economic development, urban redevelopment, brownfield redevelopment, real estate, construction, location incentives, public finance, government relations, and marketing.

Prior to joining ANIZDA he held a variety of positions in both the public and private sectors including serving as Executive Director of Pottstown Area Industrial Development, Inc.; Senior Manager in the state and local tax practice of Ernst & Young, LLP; Vice President of Operations for the Allentown Economic Development Corporation; Executive Director of the Allentown Commercial and Industrial Development Authority; Vice President/Special Projects at the New Castle County (DE) Economic Development Corporation; and Economic Development Specialist for the City of Reading, PA. He began his career as a commercial real estate salesman.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Business Administration from Ursinus College and earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Delaware.

Michelle Reid

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Michelle Reid is the Executive Assistant at ANIZDA. She began her economic development career as the Prototype Economic Associate for the Business Outreach Program between Pennsylvania State University and Bell of Pennsylvania in cooperation with local chambers of commerce.

She worked on a year-long economic development project specific to Berks County, Pennsylvania. Following that she was the Business Development Associate for the Reading Center City and Greater Berks Development Funds, assisting in recruiting business to Berks County and maintaining an inventory of available sites and properties. She serves on various civic committees and leadership teams in her local community. She has a B.A. in broadcast journalism with a minor in economics from Pennsylvania State University.

Nelson A. Diaz

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Nelson A. Diaz founded and owns Mi Casa Properties where he acquires, rehabilitates and manages single, multi-family and commercial properties in urban areas of Lehigh County.

Previously he worked at PPL Electric Utilities as a Project Manager in the Nuclear Department and for Design and Project Engineers in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Mr. Diaz also serves on the Board of Directors of Sacred Heart Hospital, Hispanic American Organization, Allentown Chamber of Commerce and was appointed to the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs by Governors Corbett and Wolf. Nelson was awarded the “Good Turn Award” by the Minsi Trails Council Boy Scouts of America for establishing an educational partnership between PPL Electric Utilities and Allentown’s inner-city schools.

Gregory N. Dudkin

Treasurer

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Gregory N. Dudkin is the President of PPL Electric Utilities. He has more than three decades of experience in telecommunications, electric and gas utility operations. He was named to his current position in March of 2012 after joining PPL in 2009 as senior vice president of Operations.

Previously, he was Comcast’s senior vice president of technical operations and fulfillment, and also served as regional senior vice president. He has over 20 years of wide-ranging electric and gas utility experience at subsidiaries of Exelon Corp, ComEd and PECO Energy.

In addition, Dudkin serves on the board of directors of the PPL Foundation which contributes millions of dollars each year to improve the lives of people in the communities which PPL serves. He also is on the board of the Energy Association of Pennsylvania and the Southeast Electric Exchange.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Delaware and a master’s in business administration from Widener University.

David Mickenberg

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David Mickenberg is the Priscilla Payne Hurd President and CEO of the Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley.

Mickenberg began his career as a scholar of French medieval architectural history and, as an undergraduate and graduate student worked on an archeological site in southern France. His scholarly interests have grown to include modern and contemporary printmaking and the role of museums in education and economic development. Mr. Mickenberg has been a museum director for more than thirty years and has lectured nationally and abroad on aspects of the history of art and museum leadership. A student at the Getty Leadership Institute in 2005, he became faculty at the Institute from 2006 – 2011. He taught museum history and management at the Ecole du Louvre, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and at Northwestern University. Before coming to the Allentown Art Museum, he was President and CEO of the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, VA, and previously was director of university art museums at Wellesley College and Northwestern University, where he also held faculty appointments.

He also serves on the board of the Chamber of Commerce of the Lehigh Valley. In addition, he is involved in the strategic planning and advising of many committees of various community organizations, including the United Way, Upside Allentown, Allentown Arts Commission, Allentown Arts and Culture Planning Committee, Downtown Arts Organization ED Collaborative and the Job Training Advisory Board.

He holds a B.A. in Art History with Honors from Colgate University, a M.A. in Art History from University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D from Indiana University.

Tiffany Polek

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Tiffany Polek is the principal of Mosser Elementary in the Allentown School District. Previously, she was the assistant principal and elementary teacher in various schools in the Allentown School District.

Ms. Polek also serves as a board member of Mosser Village Family Center. Ms. Polek earned a M.Ed in educational leadership from Lehigh University, a B.A. in Psychology and an Elementary Education Certificate from Cedar Crest College.

Adrian Shanker

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Adrian Shanker is the founder and Executive Director of Bradbury Sullivan LGBT Community Center.

He is a leader in LGBT health advocacy with a decade-long history of working for LGBT legal, social and health equity.

Prior to founding Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center, he served as President of Equality Pennsylvania. Governor Tom Wolf appointed him to serve in two capacities in his administration, as a Commissioner on the Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs and as a Commissioner on the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.

He is currently a member of ACLU of Pennsylvania’s Board of Directors and the Board of the Non-Profit & Business partners Council of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce.

He holds a BA. cum laude, in Political Science and Religion Studies at Muhlenberg College and a Graduate Certificate in LGBT Health Policy & Practice from the Columbian College of Arts & Sciences at the George Washington University.

John D. Stanley

VICE CHAIRMAN

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John D. Stanley is the retired senior vice president, general counsel and chief administrative officer at Air Products.

In his role, he was responsible for the company’s Law, Corporate Secretary, Corporate Risk, Information Technology, Global Business Support Services, Human Resources, Communications, Government Relations, Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Security functions. He also served as the company’s chief compliance officer.

Prior to joining Air Products, he served as a federal judicial clerk with the Honorable Norma Shapiro and practiced employment law at Drinker, Biddle and Reath in Philadelphia.

He is a member of the Board of Trustees at De Sales University, Lehigh Valley Health Network and the Community Music School Endowment Fund. He also serves on the boards of directors of the Lehigh Valley Partnership and Lehigh Valley Industrial Park. In addition, he chairs the Advisory Council for Building 21.

He holds a B.A degree in History from Lafayette College and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Pedro Torres

Secretary

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Pedro Torres is an Originator at The Mortgage Company, a large Lehigh Valley mortgage lender. His professional career in mortgage lending and financing field has spanned over 17 years.

Mr. Torres was one of three principles in Premier Mortgage playing a key role in business development and maintenance for that firm.

Mr. Torres serves as the Secretary of ANIZDA. In addition, he served on several boards including the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of the Lehigh Valley, Center City Allentown Redevelopment Project, Casa Guadalupe.

Mr. Torres has a B.S. in Computer Science at Pennsylvania State University with Minors in Spanish and Mathematics.

Seymour (Sy) Traub

Chairman

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Seymour (Sy) Traub has been the Chairman of ANIZDA since its inception in 2012. Mr. Traub is the retired Senior Vice President & General Counsel of St. Luke’s University Health Network for which he continues to consult as Secretary and board member of its insurance risk retention group, where he performs general oversight of malpractice litigation.

Prior to St. Luke’s, Traub was a Senior Partner of the international law firm of Blank Rome LLP, with which he continues to maintain a relationship. Mr. Traub is Vice President and Company Counsel of KidStuff Coupon Books, a family business that produces fundraisers exclusively for schools.

Traub was the Chairman of the Board of the Allentown Economic Development Corporation for twenty years, a founding Trustee of the Fund to Benefit Children and Youth, the President of Berkleigh Country Club, a member of the boards of the Allentown Boys and Girls Club, the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation, and the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra.

Mr. Traub holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from New York University, a MBA from Lehigh University and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.

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