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Marc Honingfeld joined the Wayne Memorial Health Foundation Board of Trustees in November of 2004. He has been the owner and director of Trails End Camp in Beach Lake, since 1995. However, his involvement in camping and in particular, Wayne County camping, goes back many years. Marc attended camps as a child and then during high school and summer vacations, worked as a camp counselor. He became associated with Trails End Camp in 1986, when Stan and Starr Goldberg, his father and mother-in-law, purchased Trails End Camp from its founder, Joseph Laab, a former member of the Wayne Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees. Trails End Camp is now in its 59th year.
Mr. Honingfeld graduated from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. with a Bachelor’s degree in accounting and was subsequently awarded a Juris Doctorate degree from Boston University’s School of Law in 1991. Prior to entering the camping business, as an owner/director, he was employed as a tax specialist with Price Waterhouse, New York City office; and later as a corporate and estate attorney with Cole, Schotz, Meisel, et al, P.C., in Hackensack, New Jersey. Marc and his wife, Rhona, reside with their two children in Merrick, New York. He is a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Board of New York Section of the American Camping Association
Alfred G. Howell, known as A.G., joined the Foundation Board of Trustees in November of 2004. Other than an absence to attend law school in San Diego, California, A.G. is a lifelong resident of Honesdale. He is married to the former Patricia Murray, daughter of Joseph and Tish Murray. They reside in Honesdale with their three children, Faith, Will and Drew. A.G. engages in the general practice of law, including real estate, estate and probate, personal injury, contracts, criminal law and family law, with the law firm of Howell, Howell, and Krause located on 9th Street in Honesdale. The law firm was founded by his grandfather, A. Emerson Howell, a former Chair of the Board of Directors of Wayne Memorial Hospital. A.G., like his grandfather and father, Alfred J. Howell, attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. A.G. was awarded his law degree from the California Western School of Law in 1996. During his time in law school in California, he recognized that the Northeastern Pennsylvania area was beautiful and a fun place to live and to raise a family.
Matthew (Matt) L. Meagher joined the Wayne Memorial Health Foundation Board of Trustees in January of 2005. Matt is the son of Paul and Sandy Meagher. Matt represents the second generation of the Meagher family to serve on the Health Foundation Board of Trustees. His father, Paul, was one of the original Board members when the Foundation was incorporated in 1981.
Matt is a graduate of Honesdale High School and was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1996 from the University of Scranton.
After working insurance industry for a few years, Matt relocated to San Diego, California to attend law school. While earning his law degree, he met his wife, Carrie, who was an elementary school teacher in the inner city of San Diego. Carrie grew up in a small New Hampshire town. While enjoying visits to Honesdale with Matt, she developed a fondness for the Wayne County way of life. After Matt’s graduation from Law School in 2001, they decided that Wayne County was a place where they wanted to rear their family, because of the excellent schools, health care services and the overall high quality of life in a rural area.
Matt presently practices law at the Hamill Law Offices in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He also serves as a part-time assistant district attorney. His other community activities consist of the Honesdale Area Jaycees, the Wayne County Historical Society and the Knights of Columbus. Carrie is a first grade teacher at the Stourbridge Primary Center.
Matt and Carrie and their daughter, Tess, reside in Honesdale.
Dan Kagan joined the Wayne Memorial Health Foundation Board of Trustees in November of 2004. Dan and his wife, Jane, have been the owners and directors of Lake Bryn Mawr Camp since 1997. Dan is a graduate of the University of Arizona and was awarded a Master of Business Administration Degree from Fordham University. Dan has a rich background in camping and was mentored by the late, Morry Stein, former director of Camp Echo Lake. Likewise, Jane has been a camp director and administrator for nearly 20 years, gaining her experience in her family business, Jeff Lakes Day Camp. Jane is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. With three daughters of their own, age 18, 14 and 10, it is not difficult to understand that owning and directing a camp that provides first class experiences for young women, is a labor of love. They bring their knowledge and love from their own family to camp each summer. Lake Bryn Mawr Camp is also a well-known and much used venue for seminars, wedding receptions, and other social events throughout the entire year. When not in camp, Dan and Jane and their three daughters reside in Short Hills, New Jersey.
Dr. Bradley Layton has been a member of the Active Medical Staff at Wayne Memorial Hospital since March 27, 1985. His practice is limited to Family Practice.
He has maintained a private practice in Equinunk since March 1985. Dr. Layton graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Scranton in May 1977 with a B.S. in Biology, Pre-Medicine and from Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia, PA in June 1981 with a Doctor in Medicine. He received the Raskind Award in Urology while at Thomas Jefferson Medical School.
He completed a Family Practice Residency at Wilson Hospital in Johnson City, NY in June 1984.
He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Member of the Board of Directors, Southern Tier Chapter, American Diabetes Association and a past member of the Medical Advisory Board, Planned Parenthood of Broome and Chenango Counties.
Currently, Dr. Layton is Vice-President, Secretary/Treasurer of the Medical Staff of Wayne Memorial Hospital and the Chairman of the Credentials Committee at Wayne Memorial Hospital.
His hobbies are farming, fishing, hunting, golf, snowmobiling, Nordic and Alpine skiing.
William (Bill) E. Chatlos joined the Wayne Memorial Health Foundation Board of Trustees in May of 1996. For many years, Bill’s permanent residence has been North Caldwell, New Jersey. In the late 1960’s he and his wife purchased a summer residence in Beach Lake. Bill’s fondness of nature and the out of doors, and his enjoyment of the peaceful lifestyle of Wayne County recently caused him to make his Beach Lake home his permanent residence. Now that he is a full time resident, he has agreed to serve as treasurer of the Foundation.
Henry (Hank) M. Skier is one of the original Board members of Wayne Memorial Health Foundation. He currently serves as President of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation.
Henry is President of A.M. Skier Insurance and A.M. Skier Reinsurance, the largest direct national insurer and reinsurer of children’s camps in the United States. Founded in 1920, by Henry’s father, Abram M. Skier, the firm is now in its third generation of Skier family ownership, with Henry’s son, Jeffrey, and daughter, Aimee, (also a member of the Health Foundation Board of Trustees) sharing leadership of the companies.
Henry was educated in the Wayne Highlands School District, Syracuse University and Temple University School of Law. He served as a Captain in the United States Army in Taiwan, Republic of China. During his military service, he received the Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service.
He joined his father in business in September of 1968. He is one of the founders of the New York State Children Camp Safety Group; founder of Safety Underwriters, a consulting organization to the recreation industry; Camp Alert Network, an emergency management consulting organization; and the Gene Ezersky Camp Safety College.
Henry’s other activities include serving as a Director of the Dime Bank, President of Congregation Beth Israel, Founder of the Wildflower Music Festival, and Founding Director and Vice Chair of the Mountain Laurel Center for the Performing Arts. Henry and his wife, Evelyn (Eve) Skier reside in Honesdale.
Milton (Milt) Roegner, President of Roegner Appraisal Group, Inc., joined the Wayne Memorial Health Foundation Board of Trustees in November of 2004. Mr. Roegner is a certified appraiser in both Pennsylvania and New York State. He has been engaged in the appraisal industry since 1970 and founded the Roegner Appraisal Group in 1994. In addition to appraising residential and commercial property, Milton has appeared as an expert witness in civil procedures and before the Public Utility Commission and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. He is also a licensed real estate broker.
Milton is a lifelong resident of the Honesdale area, having graduated from Honesdale High School. He credits his success in business in a large measure to his six years of education in the one-room Hoadley’s School under the loving, but strict, instruction of Regina Aug.
Margaretta (Maggie) Niles joined the Wayne Memorial Health Foundation Board of Trustees in December of 2005. Maggie and her husband, Nick, have been year round residents of the Blooming Grove Club in Pike County for the past seven years.
Mrs. Niles was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, but shortly thereafter, her family relocated to Williamsburg, Virginia, where she spent the majority of her younger years. She graduated from the National Cathedral School, attended Smith College and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from Columbia University.
Previously, the Niles were located in Darien, Connecticut where Maggie spent the majority of her time in volunteer work with the area schools, the family’s church and several human service organizations including the area’s Children and Services Board and the Southwestern Connecticut Regional Health Board.
Maggie has continued her community service activities as a member of the Vestry of Grace Episcopal Church in Honesdale and as secretary of the Peters Valley Craft Center Board, and now more recently, the Wayne Memorial Health Foundation Board of Trustees.
Maggie and Nick are the parents of two grown children, Jennifer, who runs a charter school in the inner city of Washington, D.C. and David, who is married with two children and lives and works in Manhattan.
Scott Rickard, Vice President of Norwood Investment Corporation, a subsidiary of Wayne Bank, Honesdale, Pennsylvania, joined the Wayne Memorial Health Foundation Board of Trustees in November of 2004. Mr. Rickard holds a New York Stock Exchange Series 7 license which enables him to trade securities and other investments for clients of Norwood Investment Corporation. He joined Norwood Investment Corporation in 1996, prior to which he was employed by New York Life Insurance Company, offering various life insurance, annuities, mutual funds and estate planning products. Mr. Rickard is a lifelong resident of the Honesdale area, growing up on his family's dairy farm. He graduated from Honesdale High School and then went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from Shippensburg University.
Scott is active in the community as a board member and recent past president of the Honesdale Area Jaycees, and past board member of the Honesdale Golf Club. He currently serves on the Permanent Endowment Committee of the Bethany United Methodist Church. He also is a member of the Honesdale Lions Club, the Wayne County Hospital and Health Facilities Authority, and serves on the Board of the Honesdale Cemetery Company. Scott is the father of three children, all of whom reside in the Honesdale area.
Dr. Gallagher is a board certified radiation oncologist, medical oncologist, and internist. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, he received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University and earned his Masters of Business Administration at Drexel University. He trained in radiation therapy and medical oncology at Harvard University, the National Cancer Institute and the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania.
Joseph A. Harcum of Equinunk, Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Class of 2010 of the Wayne Memorial Health Foundation Board of Trustees in May of 2006. Mr. Harcum was born in Weems, Virgina and is a 1964 graduate of Virginia Tech University. He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Duck Harbor Company, a major real estate developer in the Upper Delaware Area region. For the majority of his professional career, Mr. Harcum was a municipal bond trader and underwriter, including service with Lehman Brothers from 1977 to 1983; where he was a partner and then principal and division manager from 1983 to 1994, with Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. Prior to coming to Wayne County on a permanent basis in 2000, he served as chairman and CEO of Fleet Securities, Inc.
Mr. Harcum and his wife, Nancy, who are the parents of four children, founded Duck Harbor in Wayne County in 1985, when they purchased 230 acres at Duck Harbor Pond to build a weekend house for the family. Over the next several years, they acquired approximately 1,800 additional acres adjacent to their original acquisition. There are two different communities within the development, The Woods at Duck Harbor, which has the capacity for 160 home sites; and The Paddocks at Duck Harbor, an equestrian theme community, which will open in the summer of 2006. Currently, the Harcoms are operating a 140 acre farm called The Duck Harbor Equestrian Center that is a horse boarding and breeding operation. Nancy Harcum is an entrepreneur in her own right, owning and operating Duck Harbor Antiques, an 1850 farmhouse with 13 rooms of antiques and collectibles. This past January, the Harcum's oldest son, Jay, and his family, relocated into a new home in The Woods at Duck Harbor. Jay has joined his father, Joe, in the operation of the family-owned company.
