HARRISBURG (April 9, 2003) � Gretchen A. Mundorff, a partner in the Connellsville law firm of Watson Mundorff Brooks & Sepic, will begin her third one-year term as secretary of the Pennsylvania Bar Association at the close of the organization�s Annual Meeting April 23 � 25 in Philadelphia.

A member of the PBA House of Delegates, Mundorff is a former PBA Zone 6 governor and chair of the PBA Young Lawyers Division and Bar Leadership Institute. She is a fellow of the American and Pennsylvania Bar foundations and is a member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Disciplinary Board Hearing Committee. Mundorff also serves on the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the educational arm of the PBA.

Mundorff is solicitor for the City of Connellsville Zoning Hearing Board, Planning Commission and Health Board; Fayette County Zoning Hearing Board; Connellsville Township; and Dunbar Borough/Township Sanitary Authority.

Mundorff is active in her community, serving on the boards of directors of the American Heart Association of Fayette County, Connellsville Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club and United Way. She was recognized by the American Red Cross with the Coldren Award for volunteer service and received the Athena Award from the Chamber of Commerce. She also was named a Paul Harris fellow by the Rotary. Mundorff serves as president of the United Methodist Women of the Albright United Methodist Church in South Connellsville and is the youth Sunday School teacher.

She is a graduate of Chatham College and the Marshall Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary.