Imogene L. Cathey has 23 years of experience in the legal profession, primarily representing and advising institutions of higher education. She currently serves as the inaugural Vice President and General Counsel for Seton Hill University. In that role she oversees the General Counsel Department which consists of the Office of General Counsel, Human Resources and Payroll Office, and the Title IX Compliance Office. She came to Seton Hill in 2015 following related professional experience in the Office of the General Counsel at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the University of Florida. Her legal practice focuses on university policy and governance issues, diversity initiatives, athletics and regulatory compliance, contracts, and employment law. Prior to specializing in higher education law, she was in private practice with regional and national law firms in Florida where she represented employers in complex employment and business-related litigation matters. Ms. Cathey holds a B.A., summa cum laude, from Florida A & M University and a J.D., with honors, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Florida, the District of Columbia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

Paul T. Rushton, Esq. is a partner with the law firm of Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, LLP and is the Chair of its Business & Finance Department. Paul practices exclusively in the areas of corporate law and mergers and acquisitions and frequently advises clients on governance issues and preparing for the sale of their business. Paul is a member of the Title 15/Business Associations Committee of the Section on Business Law of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Section’s Council and the Section’s Closely Held Business Committee. Paul is the current Vice Chair of the Business Law Section and Chair of the Section’s Closely Held Business Committee. He regularly presents seminars and prepares articles about corporate issues affecting closely held businesses.

Mr. Ecker is a Member of the Business Division of the Philadelphia office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC. He negotiates and documents business relationships, including emerging growth & technology, financial institutions and health law. Mr. Ecker represents entrepreneurs, publicly and privately held emerging businesses, corporations, partnerships and joint ventures in diverse industries in a variety of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public and private finance and corporate governance. His transactional healthcare and e-Commerce practice includes negotiation and preparation of software licenses, as well as joint venture, employment/severance and equity ownership agreements. A frequent lecturer, Mr. Ecker speaks to professional organizations on subjects including legal and corporate developments in healthcare law, e-commerce, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. He is a member of the Philadelphia (Business Law Section), Pennsylvania (Business Law Section) and American (Business and Health Law Section) Bar Associations. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility. Mr. Ecker is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Pennsylvania. A 1980 graduate of Northwestern University (B.A., economics), he received a JD/MBA from Emory University in 1984 and holds an AV ® rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Ecker can be reached at mecker@eckertseamans.com.

Mr. Brossman is a partner of Bybel Rutledge LLP in Lemoyne, where his practice concentrates in the areas of corporate, business, business reorganization and counseling, commercial finance, UCC Article 8 and Article 9 secured transactions and mergers and acquisitions. He frequently lectures and writes on business, and bankruptcy and reorganization issues, and on the subjects of corporate governance, commercial finance, commercial loan documentation, loan structuring and restructuring, secured transactions, voidable transactions law, loan enforcement and legal opinion letters. Mr. Brossman has presented seminars for numerous continuing legal education programs and clients and has served as course planner for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Commercial Documents Series, Bankruptcy Institute and Business Law Institute. Eric is rated AV by Martindale Hubbell, has been included in Best Lawyers® in America (Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Financial Services Regulation Law) and is a member of the Adjunct Faculty of The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University (Secured Transactions). He has served as Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Business Law Section, member of the council of the PBA Business Law Section and a member of the PBA Business Law Section UCC Article 9 Committee, Title 15 Committee, Opinion Letter Task Force and Voidable Transactions Task Force. He received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Albright College, his M.A. from The Pennsylvania State University, and his J.D., cum laude, from The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University.

Christopher E. Ezold acts as outside general counsel for his business clients, and advises on corporate matters, finance (startup through private equity), equity and asset purchases, mergers and acquisitions, taxation of transactions, corporate and investor rights, technology issues, contracts, operational matters, employment issues, intellectual property rights, and licensing and regulatory compliance. Mr. Ezold works with his professional and executive clients throughout their careers, advising on career strategies, employment contracts, equity rights, taxation of deferred compensation and equity, noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements, business and career exits, and disputes. He focuses on advising physicians and health care providers on employment, licensure, credentialing, regulatory compliance, responses to internal and government investigations, and practice purchases and sales. Mr. Ezold provides wrap-around legal services to biotech, life sciences, and health care practices, advising not only on business and employment matters, but how to navigate the increasingly complex regulatory obligations they face, including HIPAA/HITECH, Stark and Anti-Kickback, FDA matters, OCR investigations, and more. He also represents business and individual clients in litigating commercial, business, and employment matters in trial, appellate court, and before federal and state agencies. Mr. Ezold has been general counsel for a software and analytics company providing a blockchain SAAS solution to dispensers to comply with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, handling corporate, licensing, finance, employment, and other matters.

Elizabeth Rose Triscari (she/her/hers) is Senior Director, Corporate Counsel for American Water, the largest U.S. publicly traded water and wastewater utility company. The company, based in Camden, New Jersey, employs more than 7,000 dedicated professionals who provide water, wastewater and other related services to more than 15 million people in 46 states. Ms. Triscari represents American Water in various regulatory proceedings, as well as in connection with acquisitions and litigation in state and federal courts. Ms. Triscari serves on the Executive Council of the PBA Commission on Women in the Profession and as Vice Chair of the PBA In-House Counsel Committee. She is a past member of PBI’s Board of Directors and past Chair of the PBA Public Utility Law Section. Ms. Triscari received her B.A. in Government from Cornell University and J.D. from Boston College Law School. Prior to joining American Water, Ms. Triscari served as Pennsylvania’s Deputy Small Business Advocate representing small business interests before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Nicole M. Danner advises and counsels U.S., international, and non-profit businesses of diverse industries in a range of matters encountered in day-to-day operations. Ms. Danner takes a uniquely practical, business-focused approach because she understands her clients are looking for solutions, not roadblocks. In the data privacy and security space, she helps clients navigate the rapidly evolving data privacy legal landscape and mitigate their risks by developing data security and privacy policies, internal procedures, breach and incident response plans, and the like. Ms. Danner is a Certified Information Privacy Professional for the United States (CIPP/US) as certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Before joining Wisler Pearlstine, Ms. Danner served as in-house counsel for a global market leader in electrical engineering, electronics and automation. In this role, she provided legal services in such areas as contract drafting and negotiation, data privacy, domestic and international regulatory compliance, risk management, and intellectual property. This in-house experience provides Ms. Danner with a unique perspective and approach, offering practical advice to help her clients achieve their business goals.

Mr. Hoy is an attorney and shareholder with Mette Evans & Woodside in Harrisburg and has taught Payment Systems as an adjunct professor at Widener University School of Law and at The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law. He practices in the areas of business organization and banking. As a member of the Title 15 drafting committee, he is actively involved in the Business Law Section of the PA Bar Association. Prior to his current position, Mr. Hoy spent five years as in-house counsel with Keystone Financial, Inc. where he was responsible for litigation and banking and regulatory work. He is also a former clerk for United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo.