MMI Preparatory School recently announced the officers of the board of directors for the 2022-23 fiscal year and new board members.

The board officers:

• Atty. Richard A. DiLiberto, Jr. ’79 will serve as chair. DiLiberto is a litigation partner with Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP in Wilmington, Delaware. He has served on the board since 2013. A native of the Hazleton area, DiLiberto served in the Delaware House of Representatives from 1992-2002, and is chairperson of the Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture. ? John H. Hersker ’76 will serve as vice chair. Hersker is the owner of Flashback Cinema, a company which programs classic movies in theaters around the country. He began his career working in his family’s Hersker Theatre in West Hazleton. He joined the board of directors in 2012. Since relocating back to Pennsylvania in 2014 he has served as board vice chair from 2014 to 2017 and board chair from 2017 to 2020.

John J. Slyconish Jr., ’95 will serve as treasurer. He is executive vice president and treasurer of State Street, a financial services company in Massachusetts. Slyconish began serving on the board in 2018. Slyconish is a native of Freeland.

Anne J. Frey will serve as secretary. Frey has worked in finance and accounting for most of her career and spent 20-plus years at DBI Services Corporate office as accounting coordinator. The board also appointed three new members: Dr. Jodi W. Lenko ’99; Christopher C. Orozco; and Attorney Elizabeth Y. Spencer ’95. Board officers serve one-year terms that follow the fiscal year, from July to June. Board members serve four-year terms.