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Commissioner Jenny Brown

Ward 2 (Gladwyne and Penn Valley)

75 E Lancaster Avenue
Ardmore, PA 19003-2323
cell: 610-389-9475

home:  610-526-1614

E-mail: jenny@commissionerbrown.com

 

 

  • Chair, Telecommunications Committee
  • Chair, Ad Hoc Wireless Committee
  • Co Vice-Chair, Intergovernmental Relations Committee
  • Member, Ad Hoc Budget, Ad Hoc CIP, Ad Hoc Schuylkill River West Trail Committees

Biography

Jenny Brown’s term of office as a member of the Lower Merion Township Board of Commissioners began in 2006. A founding shareholder of Brown & Silbergeld, P.C. in Bridgeport, Mrs. Brown has been a municipal attorney since 1996, representing a number of local townships, boroughs and cities. A 1988 graduate of Middlebury College, Mrs. Brown also graduated from Temple University School of Law in 1992.

Mrs. Brown has resided in Gladwyne since 1997, has been a director of the Gladwyne Civic Association and has served as a member of the Township’s Cable TV Advisory Committee.

 

 

Commissioner Daniel Bernheim

Commissioner Daniel Bernheim

Ward 1 (Gladwyne, Merion Park, Penn Valley & Wynnewood)

75 E Lancaster Avenue
Ardmore, PA 19003-2323
Home: (610) 667-3310
Home Fax: (610) 667-7928
Office: (215) 557-0900 x9180
Office Fax: (215) 557-0966

E-mail: dbernheim@wilentz.com

 

 

  • Chair, Legal Affairs Committee
  • Chair, Ad Hoc Workers’ Association Negotiations Committee
  • Co Vice-Chair, Building and Planning Committee
  • Co Vice-Chair, Finance Committee
  • Member, Ad Hoc Nominations Committee

Biography

Mr. Bernheim was appointed to fulfill the term of Commissioner for Ward 1 on February 16, 2011. An attorney of 30 years experience specializing in complex commercial litigation matters, Mr. Bernheim has a concentration in representing banking institutions, business professionals and real estate developers and is the managing partner of the Philadelphia office of a New Jersey based law firm, Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer.

A 1976 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bernheim has a B.A. in Political Science and obtained a law degree from Villanova University School of Law in 1980. He was in the first class to receive an L.L.M. from Temple University School of Law for Trial Advocacy.

Mr. Bernheim and his wife, Susan Rose Bernheim, Ph.D., are the parents of two children, Jamie and Randi, who have graduated from the Lower Merion School system, completed college and are now pursuing their careers in New York City.

 

 

Commissioner V. Scott Zelov

Ward 10 (Bryn Mawr and Haverford)

75 E Lancaster Avenue
Ardmore, PA 19003-2323
 
Home: (610) 896-7591
Fax: (610) 896-7597
Office: (610) 256-4120

E-mail: vscottzelov@comcast.net

 

  • Chair, Parks & Recreation Committee
  • Chair, Ad Hoc Bryn Mawr Committee
  • Co Vice-Chair, Building & Planning Committee
  • Co Vice-Chair, Finance Committee
  • Co Vice-Chair, Fire Committee
  • Co Vice-Chair, Grants & Community Development Committee
  • Co Vice-Chair, Library Committee
  • Member, Ad Hoc Affordable Housing, Ad Hoc Environmental Initiative Committees

Biography

Commissioner V. Scott Zelov joined the Lower Merion Board of Commissioners in 2006. After serving as the CEO of a manufacturing company, Mr. Zelov is currently a business consultant. He received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1979 and graduated from the Cornell Graduate School of Business in 1981.

Mr. Zelov is a member of the Montgomery County Planning Commission, and serves ex-officio on the boards of the Bryn Mawr Film Institute and Ludington Library. He serves as a Board Member for both Cliveden of the National Trust and Pennsylvanians for Effective Government. He has resided in Haverford since 1998 with his wife, Liz, and children Scottie, Lily and Seneker.

 

 

Commissioner Lewis Gould

Ward 11 (Gladwyne, Bryn Mawr and Rosemont)

75 E Lancaster Avenue
Ardmore, PA 19003-2323
Home: (610) 525-9873
Office: (215) 979-1282
Fax: (215) 979-1020

E-mail: lfgould@duanemorris.com

 

 

  • Chair, Police Committee
  • Co Vice-Chair Economic Revitalization Committee
  • Co Vice-Chair, Legal Affairs Committee
  • Co Vice-Chair, Open Space Committee
  • Member, Ad Hoc Budget, Ad Hoc Bryn Mawr, Ad Hoc Nominations, Ad Hoc Wireless Committees

Biography

Lewis F. Gould, Jr., Esq. has served as a member of the Lower Merion Township Board of Commissioners since January 2, 1996. Mr. Gould chairs the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Duane Morris LLP. He has focused his practice for more than 30 years on intellectual property law, with emphasis on domestic and international patent and trademark matters. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Temple University.

Mr. Gould graduated from Temple University in 1962 and from Dickinson School of Law in 1966.

A thirty year resident of Lower Merion Township, Mr. Gould is active in numerous community and civic organizations.

Mr. Gould and his wife are the parents of Jodi Monster and Douglas Gould.