Former Trustee Anthony Lubrano will run for a vacant alumni-elected seat on Penn State’s Board of Trustees after two years away from the Board, he announced on Friday.

Lubrano is seeking one of three open alumni-elected positions within the Board. There are nine total alumni-elected seats on the Board. Members serve three-year terms, and these elections occur every spring. Lubrano said he plans to run alongside incumbent Trustees Alice Pope and Jay Paterno.

“I left the Board in 2018 for personal reasons, having served two terms,” Lubrano said in the release. “But now I can once again provide the level of commitment required to effectively serve as Trustee.”

Lubrano last served on the Board from 2012-2018 and was one of its mot outspoken members during his time. The announcement of his decision to seek a return comes a week after the current Board announced it had settled all issues with the family of Joe Paterno.

“I’m gratified there is a movement afoot to rightfully honor Joe and his family in the manner they have always deserved, and I’m committed to seeing this through,” he said. “I pledge to be fully engaged, truthful, and will always do right by those who helped Penn State ascend to the prominence we all enjoy today.”

In the release, Lubrano not-so-subtly noted a few specific issues while discussing his commitment to transparency within the Board. They included “tackling issues of rising tuition, selection of a university president or the challenges of student life at a multi-faceted university such as ours.”

The comment about selecting a new president shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, considering Lubrano has paid to fly airplane banner ads calling for Eric Barron to “Honor Joe Paterno” and “Release the report” before home football games multiple times during the last two season.

Electronic voting for the three alumni-elected seats will open April 10 and end at 9 a.m. on May 7.

Lubrano earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Penn State in 1982 and is now president of A.P Lubrano & Co., Inc., a financial services and wealth management firm based in Exton, PA. Long before his first Board of Trustees term, Lubrano’s donation to Penn State Athletics was used to build Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, Penn State’s baseball stadium, which opened in 2006.