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Lawrence County Assessment Office

Bruce Peterson, CPE, CRREA, Director of Assessment/Chief Assessor   BPeterson@LawrenceCountyPA.gov

Bruce has been a lifelong resident of Lawrence County and has been employed with Lawrence County since 2001. He has served as an Appraiser and is currently the Senior Appraiser. Bruce is a licensed Certified Pennsylvania Evaluator (CPE). He is a member of the Assessor’s Association of Pennsylvania (AAP) and well as the Northwest Chapter of the AAP. His duties include but are limited to supervising the other assessors and field listers in the office. His primary role is to value properties for Ad Valorum Tax Purposes.

Bruce does the majority of the valuing for our Commercial/Industrial Properties. The valuing or properties include an onsite inspection which includes obtaining physical dimension of the property as well as documenting changes that have occurred to the property. He is responsible to testify at the Board of Assessment Appeal hearings as well as Court of Common Pleas when needed. Bruce also serves as Secretary to the Lawrence County Board of Assessment Appeals.

Maria Piccione, Field Lister   MPiccione@LawrenceCountyPA.gov

Maria L. Piccione has been a lifelong resident of Lawrence County. Employed with LC since 2002-served as a Judicial Court Assistant for the Honorable Thomas M. Piccione until his retirement December 2015-Then filled a position in Tax Claim Bureau before coming to the Assessment Office in April 2016. Maria’s primary responsibilities are to administer the homestead program as well of parcel certification. She is also responsible for all the data entry into the CAMA system for all new construction assessed by the Chief Assessor, Senior Appraiser, Professional Appraiser and M.H. Evaluator.

Jennifer Marburger, CPE, Office Manager/ M.H. Evaluator   JMarburger@LawrenceCountyPA.gov

Jennifer has been a lifelong resident of Lawrence County and has been employed with Lawrence County since 2002. She has served as a Clerk Typist and is currently the Office Manager. Jennifer’s primary roles are scheduling appeal hearings, preparing assessment resolutions for Board of Appeals, maintaining records for all mobile homes and mobile home parks and completing all splits or subdivisions. Jennifer is also responsible for all the finances in the office.

Chuck Masters, Professional Appraiser   CMasters@LawrenceCountyPA.gov

Chuck has been a lifelong resident of Lawrence County and has been employed with Lawrence County since 2011. He is currently the Professional Appraiser and a licensed Certified Pennsylvania Evaluator (CPE) He is a member of the Assessor’s Association of Pennsylvania (AAP) and well as the Northwest Chapter of the AAP. His primary role is to value properties for Ad Valorum Tax Purposes. The valuing or properties include an onsite inspection which includes obtaining physical dimension of the property as well as documenting changes that have occurred to the property. He is responsible to testify at the Board of Assessment Appeal hearings as well as Court of Common Pleas when needed. Chuck also maintains the Clean and Green Program for Lawrence County. He is a member of the Assessor’s Association of Pa (AAP’s) Clean and Green Committee.

Alexander Riccardi, MS, GIS/Professional Appraiser   ARiccardi@LawrenceCountyPA.gov

Alexander has a BA in Political Science from Slippery Rock University, an MS in Geographic Sciences & Planning from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and holds a Geospatial Intelligence Certification from the United States Geospatial Intelligence Society . He formally served in the role as the GIS Planner for the county but now works mainly with Assessment to improve the county tax maps, assists with research for parcel boundary related questions, and developing new tools and maps for assessment purposes in the county.  He is in the process of acquiring his Certified Pennsylvania Evaluator (CPE) license to be able to value properties for Ad Valorum Tax Purposes.