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About Assessment Office

About Assessment Office

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Lawrence County Assessment Office


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

Bruce is a lifelong resident of Lawrence County with over 20 years of experience in county government. A licensed Certified Pennsylvania Evaluator (CPE), he has served the county since 2002, working as an Appraiser and Senior Appraiser before being named Director of Assessment in April 2025.

In his role as Director, Bruce oversees the assessment office, supervising appraisers and field listers while leading property valuations for Ad Valorem Tax purposes. He specializes in commercial and industrial valuations, conducting detailed on-site inspections, verifying physical measurements, and documenting property changes.

Bruce serves as Secretary to the Lawrence County Board of Assessment Appeals and routinely provides expert testimony at appeal hearings and before the Court of Common Pleas. An active leader in his field, he is a member of the Assessors’ Association of Pennsylvania (AAP) and its Northwest Chapter and is a recipient of the AAP Trailblazer Award in recognition of his dedication and service to the profession.

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.