The Erie Community Foundation announced the addition of two new trustees who will each serve three-year terms on its board: Donald L. Baxter, Jr., M.D. a practicing physician at Dermatology Associates of Erie and a vicar at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, and Ronald Allen Steele, the chief executive officer of the Greater Erie Community Action Committee.
Baxter earned a bachelor of arts in English literature from Pennsylvania State University and his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical School in Philadelphia. He completed his internship and residency at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He served in the United States Navy as Lieutenant Commander, Medical Corps, from 1979 to 1992, when he was honorably discharged. In 2002, Baxter graduated from Episcopal Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania School for Ministry.
Steele graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor of arts in sociology. He serves on the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Council of Trustees, UPMC Hamot Board of Corporators, Mercyhurst University President’s Association and Governor’s Commission on African American Affairs, among others.
