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2008 Doylestown Borough Council
Doylestown Borough Council Member Profiles
Det Ansinn is a graduate of Central Bucks West and Drexel University. Mr. Ansinn and his wife Bridget both grew up here and now are raising their two daughters in the borough. Choosing to stay close to home, he founded a successful technology company that has created and supported well-paying local jobs. On borough council, Mr. Ansinn chairs the Streets committee and serves on the Finance and Public Safety committees. In addition to his role as councilman, he is also actively engaged in the community and serves on the board of the Bucks County Free Library.
Lou White was appointed in September 1998 to fill a vacancy on Borough Council, and then was elected to a full four year term in November 1999. Lou is Vice President of Borough Council and represents Ward 1. He is a 36 year resident of the borough, having moved here to start a career as teacher and administrator in the Central Bucks School District. Prior to retiring in 1993, he was principal at Holicong Middle School in Buckingham. He is now a part-time consultant to middle school staffs and administrators through the Lehigh University Middle Level Partnership. Lou has been a long time member of the Borough Parks and Recreation Board and was previously a member of the board of the Central Bucks YMCA. He is currently chairman of the committee to build a teen center at the "Y", and also serves on the boards of A Woman's Place and the County Theater. Lou and his wife, Libby, have two grown sons, Eric and Doug.
Mark is a local attorney who, prior to his election to Council, served on the Borough’s Park & Recreation Board as well as the Zoning Hearing Board. He graduated in 1986 with a J.D. from University of Toledo and is a partner in the local law firm of Goodwin & Douple. Mark has also served as the past president of the Doylestown Athletic Association. He has lived in the Borough since 1987 with his wife Lisa, and has 4 sons.
David Bull and his wife Dover, daughter Phoebe and son Andrew have lived and actively involved in the borough for many years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bull where born and raised in Bucks County, both attending Buckingham Friends School and graduating from the Solebury School. Mr. Bull has over 23 years of diverse, domestic, and international industrial engineering and project management experience servicing the Pharmaceutical industry. He brings creative and dynamic solutions for strong long-term relationships build on trust, reliability and solid value added performance to his clients and the borough. He currently chairs the Public Works committee and serves on the Energy and Environment, Zoning & Planning and Public Safety committees.
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Melissa was elected to Doylestown Borough Council in November of 2005. Melissa serves as Chair of the Shade Tree and Recreation Committee as well as member on the Personnel and the Community and Government Committees. Melissa has been practicing law in the Borough of Doylestown for the past 26 years. She is the founder and senior partner of the law firm Bond & McCullough, which continues to operate in the Borough. Melissa is a single parent of a 24-year-old daughter, Millie, who
is fortunate to have grown up in the Borough of Doylestown with
tremendous support from friends, neighbors and the community. Melissa
is grateful for the many opportunities she has had to serve Bucks
County, which have included: twice Chairperson of Bucks County Bar
Association Orphans’ Court Section; appointed by the Governor
to Chair the Trial Court Nominating Committee for State Judges;
member of the Doylestown United Methodist Church; Board Member of
Bucks County NAACP, Central Bucks YMCA and Pennsylvania Department
of Public Welfare.
Don Berk is a communications consultant with an outstanding track record coaching, writing, consulting, and implementing spoken, graphic, and multimedia communication strategies for world-class companies in information technology, pharmaceutical, health, consumer packaged goods, publishing, and other industries. He is often asked to speak on communications or to facilitate groups, bringing people together to work toward a common goal regardless of their individual agendas. Don chairs the Energy and Environment Committee and serves on the Public Works and Water Utility Committees. He and his wife, Ava, a local attorney, his two daughters, Emily, a student at the University of Maryland, and Julia, a student at CB West, and their dog, Molly are thrilled to call Doylestown their home. Don is a committed fund raiser for various causes, a ride leader with the Central Bucks Bicycle Club, and is active with the Bucks County Sierra Club. He received his Bachelor of Science in Economics from Franklin & Marshall College and his M.A. in painting and video from New York University.
John Buckman is a 31-year Borough Resident . John is the chairman of the Finance and Administration Committee and serves on the Community and Governmental Affairs and Public Safety Committees of Borough Council. He is a small business owner who operates a local custom woodworking company. John is a US Army veteran and served for many years as a volunteer Fire Fighter for Midway Fire Company. He is on the fine wood working committee for Bucks County Community College. If you would like to contact John please email him at JPBuckman@aol.com. Please put "Borough Council" in the subject line.
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