Lower Merion Soccer Club - Officers And Directors

A former player in LMSC and at the college level, Biff has been coaching at LMSC for 30 years. He has led seven different teams to EPYSA State Championships where his teams have won 11 outdoor state titles and eight indoor state titles. His teams have also won 14 Delco Soccer League Division One championships. In 2006, Biff won the EPYSA Coach Of The Year Award as well as the NSCAA Regional Coach Of The Year Award. He was a finalist for the NSCAA National Coach Of The Year Award.

His curent Under 11 team, the LMSC Sabertooth Rats, won their third consecutive Delco League division one championship. They have not lost a league game during those three years. In 2010, the Sabertooth Rats and Biff's Under 15 FC Delco Cannibals both won state championships.

Biff was head coach for the LMSC Hammerheads (later FC Delco Hammerheads) for eight years. During that time, the team won five straight state championships, three Region One USA championships and in 2006 were Under 15 boys national finalists. His LMSC Cannibals team are the only LMSC team to win four consecutive top division league championships as they won the top flight of Delco League in 2003-2006 (U-9 through U-12).

Biff has been a head coach at the high school level for 17 years. He is the head coach for the Harriton High School Boys Varsity (the 2006 District One Champions). In 2004, Biff was voted Del-Val League Coach Of The Year. In 2002, Biff was voted Main Line Times Coach of the Year and Main Line Life Coach of the Year. His team was voted the Del-Val League Sportsmanship Award in 2002 and 2004. In 1997, he was also voted Central League Coach of the Year. In 1999, he was voted Philadelphia Inquirer Coach Of The Year and Main Line Life Coach Of The Year. He has had three of his teams voted the Sportsmanship Award by the local referee chapter. Biff was a head coach in the State Select Program and Delco League Select Program for many years. He was also General Manager for the Philadelphia Freedom of the USISL.

Bachelor of Science, Hobart College, 1978 (Major in Mathematics, Minor in Economics)
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Rochester, 1980
Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS), Villanova University, 1985
19 years of work experience as a Software Engineer. Designed software for real-time computer based products including Industrial Robots, Computer Vision Systems and other Automated Machinery. Biff also worked in web page development for several years.
Sports Manager at YSC Sports (formerly Rocket Sports), 1999 - 2011.

Jay has been involved in Lower Merion Soccer Club since 1999. He was a Division Commissioner in the LMSC Intramural Program for three years and a coach in the intramural program for five years. He was an assistant coach in the travel team program for five years. Jay served as the club's Boys Travel Team Director where he represented the club in all Delco Soccer League matters.

Parnter at Pepper Hamilton LLP in the Business Litigation Practice Group. His practice concentrates on complex business litigation with a special emphasis on securities class action litigation and representing clients involved in investigations by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Pennsylvania Securities Commission and various self-regulatory organizations, including stock exchanges and the National Association of Securities Dealers.
Was the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Advanta Corporation.
Before joining Pepper Hamilton, Jay served in a similar capacity for Wolf Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, LLP for many years.
Prior to joining Wolf Block in 1989, Jay was a Branch Chief in the Division of Enforcement of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC.
Jay has participated as a chairman or speaker in programs sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and the Philadelphia Bar Association relating to securities enforcement and litigation issues. He also has authored and co-authored articles on Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement issues. Mr. Dubow taught Securities Regulation at Rutgers (Camden) Law School during the 1997 Spring semester.
Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania in 1981 (major in Finance and Accounting)
J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1984
Admitted to the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania Bars. He has served as the Chairman of the Federal Courts Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association (1997), and is a Co-Chairman of the Business Litigation Committee. He also is a Co-Chairman of the Criminal and Enforcement Litigation Subcommittee of the Business and Corporate Litigation Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.
Member of the Advisory Board of Wharton magazine and the Corporate Partners Board of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Jay is a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Kidney Foundation of the Delaware Valley and a former member of the Board of the Penjerdel Council.

HOWARD BURDE - Club Director

Howard Burde has been involved in the Lower Merion Soccer Club as a coach and volunteer for four years. His son, Jed, plays in the LMSC Travel Team Program. In addition to his volunteer work for LMSC, Howard has been a contributor to the Lower Merion community since moving to the area in 2002. He has served as a member, then president, of the Lower Merion Board of Health; as a board member of the Beth Am Israel synagogue, and as a Lower Merion Little League coach and volunteer. He also helps on special projects for the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet in Narberth.

Howard has a solo law practice, Howard Burde Health Law, LLC, and was recently named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer.
In his practice, Howard works health industry entrepreneurs and investors to build health care businesses. He counsels emerging health industry clients on transactional, joint venture, risk management, privacy, security and licensing matters as well as capital formation and strategic development issues. He counsels health information technology companies and other health care sector clients on complex health law and business issues. He also engages at the highest levels of health care public policy process at federal and state levels.
Howard is a Board Member of the Health Information Management Systems Society ("HIMSS") (the health information technology professional and trade association); and the founder and organizer of the HIMSS/HIT Venture Fair and the Building Your Health Information Technology Business program.
Howard is primary author and editor of four books on health law, the most recent of which was translated into Japanese and Korean (though he had nothing to do with the translating). He is a frequent speaker on health law topics around the country.
Prior to moving to Bala Cynwyd, Howard served as Deputy General Counsel for Health and Human Services under Governors Tom Ridge and Mark Schweiker, and as Chief Counsel of the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Howard graduated from Duke University and the University of Virginia School of Law.

OTHER OFFICERS IN LMSC

NANCY WORBY - Vice President, Travel Team Registrar

Nancy has been an officer and Vice President in Lower Merion Soccer Club since 1996. She is currently the club's Travel Team Registrar. Before that, Nancy was the club's Director of the Girls Travel Team Program and the LMSC Delegate to the Philadelphia Area Girls Soccer League (PAGS) for eight years. She held the position of Vice President and Registrar of PAGS from 2000-2003. Additionally, Nancy currently serves as our Club Registrar for both the intramural and travel team programs.

She started coaching soccer in 1992 and served as Division Commissioner in our LMSC Intramural Program and coached in the intramural program for five years. Nancy was also head coach for four years for the LMSC Force, the 88/89 birth girls 'A' travel team. She is an EPYSA licensed coach.

Originally from New York, Nancy played soccer for many years on Long Island before moving to Lower Merion. In 1995, she helped start the LMSC Adult Women's program.

Nancy is the Director of Technology and Graphic Design at CLRdesign inc., an architectural, landscape architectural and exhibit design firm in Philadelphia specializing in the planning and design of zoos nationally and around the world.
Before moving to the Philadelphia area, Nancy was Art Director for the Literary Guild Magazine at Doubleday & Company in New York.
Nancy attended Boston University School of Fine Arts and the Parsons School of Design in New York.

NIKKI POSILLICO - Treasurer, Bookkeeper

Nikki is currently the treasurer and bookkeeper at LMSC. She has been a head coach in the LMSC Travel Team Program for several years. Nikki also was in charge of the LMSC Summer Soccer Program for many years and worked in our LMSC Summer Soccer Camp.

Nikki was a standout soccer player for the Division One Villanova University Women's Soccer Team. While at Villanova, she earned Big East Player of the Week and was honored as a “Soccer America” top 11 Player. In 1993, she led her Connecticut Omni team to the National Championship. The following year, they finished second in the nation. She was a member of the USYSA Region One team from 1990 - 1992 and a member of the Connecticut State team from 1998 - 1993. Nikki earned All State honors in high school.

Director of Finance, Spectrum Arena, LP, Comcast-Spectacor, 2005 - present.
Controller for the Philadelphia 76ers from 2002 - 2005.
Before joining the 76ers, Nikki was a Senior Staff Accountant for the high-end fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer.
Bachelor of Science, concentration in Finance from Villanova University, 1998.

GRANT MYERS - Travel Team Coordinator

Grant became an LMSC officer in January, 2007. Grant is head coach for the Under 11 boys team, the LMSC Rat Pack. In 2009, the Rat Pack won both the Indoor State Championship and the Outdoor State Championship. In 2008, the Rat Pack won the Delco Soccer League's top flight Under 9 championship the prestigious Yardley-Makefield Columbus Day Tournament, the EPYSA Indoor State Cups and took second in the EPYSA Outdoor State Cups.

Grant serves as the club's Travel Team Coordinator and is responsible for all communication and interaction with the Delco Soccer League and the girls PAGS League. Grant is in charge of the LMSC Summer Soccer Program for travel team players. Grant is the assistant varsity coach for the Marple Newtown High School Boys Varsity. Prior to that, Grant was an assistant coach for three years for the Lower Merion High School Boys Varsity, the 2007 PIAA District One champions and 2007 and 2008 Central League Champions. Before coaching at Lower Merion High School, Grant was on the coaching staff at Harriton High School.

Grant played for the Lock Haven University Men's Team.