Jul 12, 2018 3 min read

Washington County Community Foundation announced the election of officers and four trustees at its annual meeting in June.

Elected as chairwoman of the board was Lynne R. Stout, an employee of her family’s business, Atlas Services Corp., in Eighty Four. Stout previously served as a social services coordinator in the healthcare industry and a legislative aide to a former president pro tempore of the Pennsylvania State Senate. A graduate of California University of Pennsylvania with a degree in gerontology, she is a past resident of the Alumni Board and member of the Foundation for California University of Pennsylvania Board.

“The WCCF is a dynamic organization that truly understands our community, its needs and how charitable support can impact lives locally,” Stout said. “It is my sincere hope that I will be able to make a meaningful contribution to this good work in my role as chairman.”

Also elected as officers were Vice Chairman and Chairman-Elect Thomas F. Hoffman, Secretary Richard L. White and Treasurer Sandra K. Guthrie.

Hoffman is president of Carbon Communications Consultants, a corporate and energy communications consulting firm he founded in 2010 following a 36-year career in the energy industry.

White is a retired president of Washington Federal, now Washington Financial. A founding trustee and past chairman of WCCF, White was recognized for his long-standing commitment to the foundation in 2012 when the board of trustees presented him with the inaugural Richard L. White Excellence Award for Board Service.

Guthrie is a partner at Guthrie, Belczyk & Associates P.C. in Eighty Four. She has considerable experience in public accounting for non-profit organizations and for-profit businesses.

Also at the meeting, Patrick G. O’Brien was elected to return to the board, while Michael S. Anderson, Debra E. Keefer and Michael K. Mackin were newly elected as trustees.

O’Brien is president and CEO of CB Financial Services, where he previously served as chief operating officer and senior executive vice president. Anderson, a certified public accountant and co-founder of Imperial Tax South Hills, is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Keefer is recently retired from the Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce, where she served as executive director since 1997. Mackin is the director of external affairs for Range Resources Corporation, where he manages a staff of professionals responsible for corporate communication, public relations and local government affairs on the company’s behalf.

Serving as a grant-maker, fundraiser, community leader and donor service organization, WCCF promotes and facilitates local philanthropy. For complete biographies on all of the foundation’s trustees, visit www.wccf.net.