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MARC ORLOW
Board President, Attorney
Resident of Lafayette Hill
MMOCOL@aol.com

    Marc Orlow was appointed to the School Board in 1993 and elected to full terms in 1995, 1999 and 2003. Orlow served as Board Vice-President From 1997-2000. He was elected Board President in December, 2000, and currently is serving his fifth term. Orlow has served on the Personnel, Finance and Audit, and Facilities Management and Transportation Committees, and has chaired the Community Relations Committee. He also has served as the Municipal Government Liaison for Whitemarsh Township.
    Orlow is a founding member of the Colonial Foundation for Educational Innovation. However, his extensive community service has not been limited to the school district. Orlow served on the Whitemarsh Government Study Commission in 1980. He coached in the Whitemarsh Little League from 1992 through 1999 and served on the league’s board of directors from 1992-1994. He coached in the Whitemarsh Youth Basketball League from 1994-1997. After earning a bachelor of arts from Penn State in 1976, Orlow graduated cum laude from Delaware Law School. He opened his own law practice in 1992.
 

GARY JOHNSON
Board Vice President, Sales
Resident of Conshohocken
gjj233@aol.com 

    Gary Johnson was elected to School Board for four-year terms in 1995, 1999 and 2003. He was named Vice President in July 2004. Johnson is a member of the Human Resource committee and is a member, and past Chairperson, of the Facilities Management and Transportation Committee and the Community Relations and Student Life Committee. He also serves on the Safety and Wellness committee. He serves on the district's Technology Review Committee and also serves as treasurer of the Central Montgomery County Area Vocational-Technical School Board. Johnson was active in the Ridge Park Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization and the Colonial Parents’ Council prior to joining the School Board. He is the Financial Secretary and Chairman of the Budget Review Committee for the Plymouth Meeting E.C. Church.
 

SUSAN MOORE
Comptroller
Resident of Plymouth Meeting
SLM@EFMoore.com

    Susan L. Moore was appointed to the School Board in December 2001, and elected to a four-year term in 2003. She is Chairperson of the Facilities Management and Transportation Committee and is a member of the Curriculum and Program Committee. She also is on the Board of the Central Montgomery County Area Vocational-Technical School.
    Moore, who holds a masters degree in education from Temple University, has extensive experience as a teacher in both public and private schools. She is quite familiar with the Colonial School District having volunteered and served as Vice President for both the Colonial Elementary School Parent Teachers Organization and the Colonial Middle School Home and School Association. She also has served on the Plymouth Whitemarsh High School Parent Teacher Student Organization and the Colonial Parents’ Council. The current president of the Ply-Mar Swim and Tennis Club, Moore also is a past member of the Strategic Planning Evaluation Committee for Colonial.
 

HOPE DYER LUKEN
Tax Compliance Analyst
Resident of Lafayette Hill
 HLUKEN@aol.com

    Hope D. Luken was appointed to the School Board in August 2004 and elected to a two-year term in 2005. She serves as Chairperson of the Human Resources Committee and is a member of the Finance and Audit, the Community Relations and Student Life and the Safety and Wellness Committees. She also serves as the Board liaison to the Whitemarsh Parks and Recreation Board. She was an active member of the Parent Teacher Organizations at Whitemarsh and Colonial Elementary Schools and Colonial Middle School and has held leadership positions in those organizations. Hope has served on the Board of Trustees of the William Jeanes Library, Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels and Ply-Mar Swim Club. Hope is a graduate of Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School and Gettysburg College.
 

MITCH ZIMMER
Pharmaceutical Sales
Resident of Lafayette Hill
mkzimmer@aol.com 

    Mitch Zimmer was appointed to the School Board in June, 2004 and elected to a two-year term in 2005. He serves on the Community Relations and Student Life and the Finance and Audit Committees. Zimmer served on the Plymouth Whitemarsh High School Scholarship Fund Board of Governors. He has been an active member of the Whitemarsh Youth Basketball League Board of Trustees since 1991 and was the league’s President from 1991 through 1998. Zimmer also was a member of the Board of Trustees at Congregation Or Ami and was Brotherhood President. Zimmer is a graduate of Brooklyn College.

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