During his tenure, Mr. Spanik has continued his interest in economic development and job creation both on a county and regional level. He serves on the Executive Boards of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) and the Pennsylvania Regional Alliance (PRA). Mr. Spanik also helped to found and serves as advisor to the Beaver County Minority Coalition.

Mr. Spanik has a long record of involvement in the community. He has been an active Democrat for over forty years and was elected to the Democratic State Committee in 2006 and attended the Democratic National Convention as a Delegate in 1992. He has served on the Boards of Directors of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Area Labor-Management Committee, Beaver County Transit Authority, Beaver Initiative for Growth, Aliquippa Community Hospital, UPMC Health Plan Labor Advisory Board, Mental Health/Mental Retardation Advisory Board, and the Beaver County School-to-Work Committee, amongst others. For this, he has been honored by the Beaver County Salvation Army, the Boy Scouts of America Greater Pittsburgh Council, Beaver County Labor Council, the American Red Cross, and received a Humanitarian Award in the Field of Labor at the local Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration banquet.

A graduate of Midland High School, Mr. Spanik holds additional certifications from the United Way of America National Academy of Volunteerism, the Union Leadership Academy at Penn State, and from the national AFL-CIO. Prior to his position with the United Way, Mr. Spanik was a Construction Worker at the Shippingport Power Plant in Shippingport and a Production Worker at Crucible Steel Company in Midland.

Throughout his career, Commissioner Spanik had dedicated himself to assisting others to a better life, especially the recently unemployed and has worked very hard to make sure that they and their families have access to all of the services and resources necessary to move forward under trying circumstances.

Phone: (724) 770-4402
email:  jspanik@beavercountypa.gov