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Executive Director: Minturn Smith
Minturn is a native of Freeport, Long Island and currently resides at Lake Carey, Pennsylvania.
Minturn earned a B.S. degree in Industrial Management from Long Island University in 1962. He has taken post graduate courses in law, business and management.
Upon graduation from college, he entered the U.S. Air Force Officer Training School and spent the next 4 1/2 years as a Management Engineering Officer. There he produced numerous studies on topics such as staffing levels, emergency deployment, aircraft maintenance, site need and effectiveness, and air defense planning. In February of 1967, following military service, he joined Proctor & Gamble Paper Products Co. in Mehoopany, PA.
Minturn has been a consultant to small businesses on Strategic Planning, Team Building, Contract Negotiations, Decision Analysis, and Energy Management.
Minturn's hobbies include golf, walking, woodworking and bicycling. He and his wife Edith have two daughters, two grandsons and a granddaughter.
Email: msmith@ntiec.com
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Educational Coordinator: Marleen Butler
Marleen serves the Eastern side of the five county area covered by NTIEC and has been an Educational Coordinator since 1999.
She was formerly the job training program director, case manager and independent living trainer for the Trehab Center.
Marleen places several Youth Apprentices annually and coordinates Career Fairs, Job Shadowing and Educator/Business Programs.
Marleen and her husband Pete have four children and live in Lake Carey, PA.
email: mbutler@ntiec.com
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Educational Coordinator: Don Abplanalp
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for a brief time after college graduation Don has been a lifetime
resident of the Wellsboro area. He graduated from Wellsboro Area
Schools and from Mansfield University with a bachelors degree.
Don owned and operated Garrisons Shoes for 25 years, and during that time he was involved with High School Athletics.
Don enjoys golf, bicycling, hiking and spending time on Seneca Lake.
He and his wife, Brenda have a son in California and a daughter in Georgia.
Email: dabplanalp@ntiec.com
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Interim Coordinator: Ernie Coder
Ernie is a retired Vocational Agriculture teacher at Wellsboro High School. He is a native of Carlisle, PA and holds a BS in Agricultural Education from Penn State and served in the U.S. Army First Calvary Division in Vietnam. Following his military service, he accepted a teaching position at Wellsboro and retired 29 years later. Ernie continues to enjoy working with NTIEC and assists with a lot of various projects.
Ernie and his wife, Brenda live near Wellsboro.
Email: ecoder@ntiec.com
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Office Manager: Fran Valentine
Fran attended Mountain View School and from there went on to graduate from Keystone College Cum Laude with an Associate Degree in Psychology.
She rejoined us in September 2011 after some time away.
She is very proficient with organization and computer skills. She demonstrates excellent customer service.
Fran and her husband Rich have 2 children still at home; twin boys in elementary school. In her spare time she enjoys going to Karaoke, playing cards and doing crafts with twins.
Email: fvalentine@ntiec.com
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