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Keystone College appoints new board members

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William H. Bender, chairperson of the Keystone College Board of Trustees, has announced the election of seven new trustees.

Jon S. Craighead, Thomas W. Davis, Jane Julius Honchell, Fafi Keating Karam, Suzanne Fisher Staples, Robert Swartley and Earle Wootton have been elected to serve three-year terms on the Keystone board.

“Keystone College is honored to welcome these seven dedicated and talented individuals to our board of trustees,” said Keystone College President Dr. Edward G. Boehm Jr.

Craighead is president of Craighead Associates, LLC, a business consulting firm in Pocono Pines, Monroe CountyHe resides with his wife and business partner, Beth Craighead, in Pocono Pines.

Prior to his retirement, Davis was a partner for many years in DGK Insurance, Factoryville. He was first elected to the Keystone board in 1962 and has served the college in numerous ways since that time.He also serves on the Factoryville Borough Council and Wyoming County Planning Commission. Davis received an associate degree from Keystone Junior College and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Honchell is an associate professor in the division of fine arts at Keystone College. She also serves as the college’s director of theater, overseeing multiple performances each year. Her association with Keystone began in 1982 as an adjunct instructor She resides in Clarks Summit and has two children, Amy and Bill.

Karam serves on numerous boards in the area, including the Women’s Resource Center, the Everhart Museum, and Scranton Preparatory School. She also owned Fafi’s, a retail business in downtown Scranton. In 1990, Fisher Staples received the Newbery Honor award. She has also worked as a journalist, including serving as a foreign news editor for the Washington Post.

She is married to Wayne Harley and the couple resides in Nicholson.

Robert Swartley is president and majority shareholder of Swartley Brothers Engineers, Inc., a firm specializing in industrial and commercial electrical engineering and construction in the Delaware Valley. Wootton is a founding director of the Community Foundation of Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties and serves as chairman of its board of directors. Wootton lives in Montrose with his wife, June.