Diana Trench
President
University of Pittsburgh
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Diana Trench is a senior finance major and economics minor at the University of Pittsburgh’s College of Business Administration. She was one of the founding members of the PITT Phi Beta Lambda chapter, and served for 3 years as the chapter’s first President. In addition to her involvement with PBL, Diana is a teaching assistant for a freshman level business course and participated in a mergers and acquisitions research project. Diana has also completed three internships, two of which with Lockheed Martin. After graduation, Diana plans to work and pursue an MBA degree. In her spare time, Diana likes to be surrounded by friends and family and enjoys the beach, dancing, Starbuck’s, and Grey’s Anatomy. Diana is excited to serve as PA PBL’s President and is looking forward to working with all of the outstanding individuals that make up this great organization.

Amanda Cappelletti
Vice President
Chestnut Hill College
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Amanda Cappelletti is currently a sophomore at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia. She is majoring in International Business Language and Culture and Spanish. She is originally from Boyertown, Pennsylvania. Amanda was an active member of Boyertown Area Senior High School's FBLA. Over the summer and during this current school year, Amanda works at Dominos Pizza, in Boyertown, as a part-time assistant manager. In the summer of 2008, Amanda will be studying abroad for her second time, in Madrid, Spain. At Chestnut Hill College, Amanda serves as the head of fundraising for her chapter of PBL. She is actively involved in community service on campus and off. Amanda hopes to study law after receiving her degree.

Lisa Beers
Reporter
Bloomsburg University
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Lisa Beers is currently a Junior at Bloomsburg University majoring in Accounting with a Concentration in Fraud Examination. She is a 2006 graduate of Northampton Senior High School in Northampton Pennsylvania. This is Lisa’s seventh year as a FBLA-PBL member. She has served as Reporter and is currently the Treasurer of the Bloomsburg University Phi Beta Lambda chapter. She also is the president of the Presidential Leadership Program and a student member of the Association for Fraud Examiners. After graduation Lisa plans to work for an accounting firm and obtain her CPA. In her spare time, she likes to be with her family and friends and enjoys hiking, Starbucks and reading.

Barbara Gehan
State Chair
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Barbra has been in education for 34 years teaching all levels from early childhood to adults. She has served as Senior Educational Specialist Consultant in the corporate world where she trained end user, wrote train the trainer manuals and help implemented new software applications for corporations. Barbra has been a Business Analyst for a financial company where she helped designed, developed, and implemented software applications. She holds a degree in education from Penn State and is a Certified Instructional Designer and Developer. She enjoys spending time with her husband, their four daughters and three grandchildren as well as boating.

Robert Durney
State Advisor
Chestnut Hill College
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Bob Kollar
Financial Advisor
Duquesne University
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Bob Kollar is in his second year of involvement with PBL, which includes serving as chapter advisor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and becoming a member of the Pennsylvania State Executive Council in September 2006. Bob is currently an assistant professor of accounting at Duquesne University’s schools of business, and is also the director of the graduate business school’s Master of Accountancy program. He has been a CPA for the past twenty-five years.

Prior to joining Duquesne University as a full-time faculty member, Bob began his career with and spent 14 years working for the international professional services firm of Ernst & Young where he was a senior manager in the audit practice. After leaving Ernst & Young, Bob worked with the regional accounting firm of Schneider Downs & Co. for approximately five years as a senior manager also in the audit practice. In 2001, Bob and his wife Kellie, also a CPA, started their own CPA firm, Kuhleman Kollar & Associates CPAs, and Bob still assists some companies with their financial reporting needs in addition to his teaching and administrative responsibilities at Duquesne University. Bob was a member of FBLA during high school.

Alissa Soto
State Advisor & Testing Coordinator
Professional Division
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Alissa Soto was a member of FBLA for four years. She was also a member of PBL for four years and served as state parliamentarian, state president, Eastern Region Vice President, and National Secretary. She has been a state advisor and testing coordinator for one year.

Philip Erb
Web Advisor
Professional Division
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Phil is the behind the scenes guy who handles the chapter's website and e-mail. He is a Junior Systems Administrator for the Office of Technology Services at Towson University, in Towson, Maryland.

Phil graduated from Pennsylvania College of Technology in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Technology.

Before graduating from Pennsylvania College of Technology and moving to Maryland, Phil held several positions with Phi Beta Lambda, as Webmaster, President, and Secretary of the PCT local chapter, as well as State Reporter for Pennsylvania.