Thomas W. Renwand has served on the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board since 1995 and is the only judge based in Western Pennsylvania. In February 2011 Governor Tom Corbett reappointed him as Chairman & Chief Judge. Prior to his tenure on the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board, Judge Renwand was a partner and trial attorney with the Pittsburgh law firm of Meyer, Unkovic & Scott. He began his legal career in Erie with Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C. Judge Renwand is a 1980 graduate of the University of Akron School of Law where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. He graduated with honors in 1977 from John Carroll University. He and his wife, Sandra, live in Upper St. Clair.

Bernard A. Labuskes, Jr. was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received his B.A. from Pennsylvania State University in 1979 and his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1982. He was Senior Comments Editor of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He was a law clerk to Honorable Charles Clark, Chief Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, from 1982 to 1983. He served as Assistant Counsel at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources from 1985 through 1987, where he focused on litigation and enforcement matters. Prior to his appointment to the Board, he was a partner and chair of the Environmental Practice Group of McNees, Wallace & Nurick in Harrisburg. He was appointed to the Environmental Hearing Board by Governor Ridge in November 1998 and became a member of the Board in January 1999. He lives with his wife and two children in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

Michelle A. Coleman a native of Philadelphia, received a B.A. in political science from Bryn Mawr College in 1977. She then attended New York University School of Law as a Root-Tilden Scholar and received her J.D. in 1980. As a member of the Root-Tilden Program, she traveled in the U.S. and was permitted to practice on the Navajo Reservation. She served with the N.Y. Legal Aid Society as a public defender and with Community Legal Services representing the poor. After approximately 2 years in private practice, she accepted a position with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources and presented cases before the Environmental Hearing Board as well as Commonwealth and Federal Courts. Appointed to the Environmental Hearing Board in 1995 by Governor Ridge and reappointed in 2002 by Governor Schweiker, she has served as a Judge hearing cases and writing opinions in all aspects of environmental law throughout the state.

In 1995, prior to the appointment to the Board, Michelle and husband Carlton Clark became the proud adoptive parents of a baby boy. Within 18 months the family grew by the addition of two more boys a little girl. Later another little girl was added to the family.

The joys of parenting were tempered by the fact that all of the children had special needs. Consequently, Michelle has learned both sides of Special Education. She has successfully obtained positive education programs for all of the children and has assisted other families to do the same.

At present she is active in legal support groups for parents of children with special needs. Michelle teaches classes in which special need children are involved participants and has written plans to assist these children to continue to thrive in main-stream classes.

Richard P. Mather, Sr. was nominated to serve as a Judge on the Environmental Hearing Board by Governor Edward G. Rendell in August 2009. The Senate unanimously confirmed the nomination and Judge Mather took the oath of office in October 2009. Prior to becoming a Judge, Judge Mather was the Deputy Chief Counsel for the Department of Environmental Protection. He worked for the Department of Environmental Protection and its predecessor, the Department of Environmental Resources for twenty-five years. For eighteen years during this period, he was the head of the Bureau of Regulatory Counsel.

Judge Mather is a 1977 graduate of Lock Haven University. He received his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1982. He was Business Editor of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review. From 1982 until 1984, he was an associate with the law firm of Thorp, Reed and Armstrong in its Pittsburgh offices.

Judge Mather was born in Ashland, Pennsylvania and he was raised in Williamsport and Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Lock Haven High School in 1972. He is a life-long resident of Pennsylvania and he currently resides in Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania with his wife, Mary Jo and three sons, Ricky, Jonathan and Jeffrey.

Maryanne Wesdock, Esquire holds a B.A. in Economics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated as valedictorian, and received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She is the Senior Counsel to the Environmental Hearing Board and works directly with the Chairman and Chief Judge of the Board, the Honorable Thomas W. Renwand. Ms. Wesdock also serves as the Board's liaison to the Environmental Hearing Board Procedural Rules Committee. Prior to joining the Board, she served as Assistant Corporate Counsel to Hanover Foods, Inc. Ms. Wesdock is a past Chair of both the PBA Environment and Energy Law Section and the Allegheny County Bar Association Environmental Law Section. In 2006, she was the recipient of the PBA Environment and Energy Law Section's Environmental Achievement Award.

Jill S. Wolfe, Esquire received her B.A. in Sociology from Gettysburg College in 2001. In 2005, she received her J.D. from Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg Campus. While at Widener, she was a senior staff member of the Widener Law Journal and wrote the published article entitled Nixon v. Commonwealth: Providing Protection to the Elderly and Disabled by Conducting Criminal Background Checks on their Caretakers, 14 WIDENER L.J. 679 (2005). After graduating, she engaged in private practice in Hanover, Pennsylvania at Mooney & Associates where she practiced as a family law attorney in York and Adams counties. She accepted a position with the Environmental Hearing Board in 2006 as Assistant Counsel to Chief Judge Michael L. Krancer and is currently Assistant Counsel to Judge Michelle A. Coleman. She currently resides in East Berlin, Pennsylvania with her husband Adam.

Kristopher J. Gazsi, Esquire received a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Lebanon Valley College in 2007. In 2010 he graduated from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University with a J.D. where he was the 2010 recipient of the George I. Bloom Public Interest Award as well as the author of an article entitled "Chesapeake Bay Watershed Non-Point Source Pollution Update: A Pilot Program Which Should Drive the Nation" which was published by the Penn State Agricultural Law Library in 2009. Kris accepted a position with the Environmental Hearing Board in January, 2011 to serve as assistant counsel to Judge Bernard A. Labuskes, Jr. and Judge Richard P. Mather, Sr. Kris and his wife Jessica reside in midtown Harrisburg.

Howard J. Wein, has served as the chair of the Rules Committee for more than a decade. He is a shareholder with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC and a member of the firm's Environmental Practice Group in its Energy Law Section resident in its Pittsburgh office. Mr. Wein began his legal career as Assistant Attorney General and later served as Assistant Counsel for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, entering private practice in 1986. Mr. Wein's environmental practice has focused on transactional, counseling and litigation matters involving a wide variety of important water quality, waste management, Brownfields redevelopment, energy & natural resources issues including mining and oil & gas matters, and air quality matters at both the state and federal levels. Mr. Wein has successfully litigated and resolved complex environmental matters involving the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ("DEP") and the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("USEPA") by negotiating consent agreements with DER and USEPA. He has served in a number of leadership positions including as Chairman of the Allegheny County Bar Association's Environmental & Energy Law Section, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Environmental, Mineral and Natural Resources Law ("EMNRL") Section and as the Section's delegate to the PBA. In 2009, Mr. Wein was honored by the PBA EMNRL Section by being named the recipient of its Environmental Achievement Award. In addition, Mr. Wein served on Governor Tom Ridge's Transition Team Study Group on Environmental issues as well as on Governor Ed Rendell's Transition Team. Mr. Wein is also the President of the Board of Directors of Construction Junction, a non-profit organization in Pittsburgh dedicated to the reuse of used and surplus building materials.

Maxine Woelfling, is Of Counsel in the Harrisburg Office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and practices in the Firm's Environmental Practice Group. Her work includes regulatory counseling, transactional analyses, and litigation of permitting and enforcement issues before state and federal administrative and judicial tribunals. She received a B.S. in biology from the University of Pittsburgh and her J.D. from the Notre Dame Law School. She also did graduate work in environmental health engineering in the University of Notre Dame's Graduate School of Civil Engineering. She served as the Chair of the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board from 1985 to 1995. Prior to her appointment to the Environmental Hearing Board, she was an Assistant Counsel and Director of the Bureau of Regulatory Counsel in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources. Ms. Woelfling is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. She served as the Chair of its Environmental, Mineral, and Natural Resources Law Section and is currently the co-editor of the Section's newsletter. In 1995 she received the Section's annual award for outstanding achievements in the field of environmental law. Ms. Woelfling is a Master of the James S. Bowman American Inn of Court. She lectures frequently on administrative practice and procedure and environmental law.

Brian J. Clark, is a shareholder and chairs the environmental practice group of Buchanan Ingersoll's Harrisburg office. Mr. Clark represents clients in environmental matters relating to Superfund, RCRA, and various waste management, water quality, and air quality compliance issues. As the former Majority Counsel to the Pennsylvania Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, he was involved in drafting various environmental statutes. Mr. Clark also served on the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources' Environmental Quality Board, is President of the Pennsylvania Resources Council, is chairman of the Environmental Affairs Committee of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, is a member of the Environmental Hearing Board Rules Committee, and is also a member of the Environmental Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Mr. Clark is an active lecturer on a variety of environmental topics for PBI, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, and other industry and civil organizations. Mr. Clark received his J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law and his B.A. from the Pennsylvania State University.

Philip L. Hinerman, co-chairs the Environmental Law Group and is a member of the Zoning and Land Use Group of Fox Rothschild, LLP. He has extensive experience in environmental regulatory litigation. Mr. Hinerman also provides advice to both buyers and sellers in acquisitions and real estate matters, and assists companies in developing effective environmental programs and policies. He has also served as multi-party joint defense counsel in litigation regarding the Metcoa Recovery Facility, Novak Sanitary Landfill, Pt. Refinery Mercury Site and the Malvern TCE Site. Previously, Mr. Hinerman was associate corporate counsel with Leaseway Transportation Corporation. While there, he developed the company's environmental program and supervised all environmental litigation and regulatory matters. Mr. Hinerman is Secretary of the Environmental, Mineral and Natural Resources Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and is Vice President of the Pennsylvania Resources Council. Additionally, Mr. Hinerman is a member of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and the Delaware Valley Green Building Council. He serves on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Task Force on Multi-jurisdictional Practice of Law. His interest in wines has led Mr. Hinerman to obtain a Level 3 Advanced Certification in Wines and Spirits from the Wine & Spirits Education Trust, based in London. The WSET promotes, provides and develops education and training in wine and spirits. Mr. Hinerman received his J.D. from Washington & Lee University School of Law in1979 and his A.B. cum laude from Marshall University in 1975.

Joseph M. Manko, is a founding partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP, in Philadelphia. Since 1988 he has served as a lecturer-in-law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, teaching courses on environmental law, practice and policy, and since 1989 as a guest lecturer at Vermont Law School. He is also a lecturer-in-law for the Temple University Master of Law program. Earlier in his career, he headed the Environmental Department at Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen and served as Regional Counsel of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Middle Atlantic Region. Mr. Manko was Chairman of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council from 1988 until 1999 and remains an emeritus member of their Board of Directors where he has served for more than 25 years. He has also served as a Vice Chairman of the Environmental Law Committee of the American Bar Association, Vice Chairman of the State Water Law Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and Chairman of the Environmental Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Mr. Manko was the 2001 recipient of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Environmental, Mineral & Natural Resources Law Section's Annual Achievement Award in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to the development, improvement and furtherance of the profession of environmental law in Pennsylvania." Mr. Manko graduated cum laude from Harvard University Law School in 1964 and magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University in 1961. He has lectured on a wide variety of environmental topics including Superfund, impacts of real estate development land recycling, indoor air liability, and the financial disclosure of environmental liabilities.

Thomas W. Scott, is a partner in the Harrisburg law firm of Killian & Gephart LLP. A 1969 graduate of Dickinson College, Mr. Scott graduated from the Dickinson Law School in 1972, where he served as Editor in Chief of the Law Review. After graduation he clerked for Chief Justice Benjamin R. Jones. After joining Killian & Gephart in 1973, Mr. Scott assumed the representation of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and has served as Legislative Counsel to PEC since that time. A significant portion of his practice is in the representation of private clients facing problems in virtually every phase of environmental regulation and litigation. Mr. Scott is an original member of the Environmental Hearing Board Rules Committee. He authored the chapter dealing with "Water Related Development Laws' in Pennsylvania Environmental Law and Practice, published by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and is a frequent lecturer at continuing education seminars.

James F. Bohan is the Department of Environmental Protection's Liaison with the Environmental Hearing Board and an Assistant Counsel in the Department's Southcentral Regional Office. His duties include supervising attorneys, providing counseling and litigation support to the Southcentral Region's waste management program, and counseling the Department on electronic discovery issues. Previously, Mr. Bohan was an Assistant Counsel with the Environmental Hearing Board. He received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College (B.A. biology), studied biology at the University of Notre Dame, and received his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School.