MEET OUR TEAM

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Executive Leadership

KATHLEEN DESMOND

President

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LORI HENDRICKSON

Chief of Staff

GWENDOLYN BAILEY, LSW

Vice President of Programs

JACQUELINE FLYNN

Vice President, Resource & Business Development

SCOTT CANNON

Vice President, Asset & Property Management

JAMIL RIVERS

Vice President, Finance

Extended Leadership

KELLY DURAND

Senior Director, Organizational Learning

ROSLYN EDWARDS

Managing Director, Children's Services

LESLIE HADDOCK

Managing Director, Youth & Young Adult Services

ERICA MAKOWSKI, LSW

Managing Director,
​Adult & Family Services

TRISH DOWNEY

Senior Director,
​External Affairs

HopePHL Board Members

Chair
TRINA SMITH

Senior Managing Consultant
Public Financial Management, Inc.
pfm.com

Officers

Vice Chair
TATUM FARMER, MBA

​Senior Director
Information Tecnology
Aramark
aramark.com

Treasurer
PAMELA HANSEN

Senior Vice President 
​Mid-Corporate Lending
Citizens Bank

Secretary
​TRACEY THOMASEY, LSW

Director of Programs
​Survivor Journeys

Directors

SHENELLE BROOKS

DEI Manager (ERGs) Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
aramark.com

FELECIA COFFEE

SHEILA DAVIDSON

C.E.O. 
​The Empowerment Zone

Retired
​Community Volunteer

DIANNA DERITIS

MARY HALL, MBA

JESSIE HECKMAN

Volunteer

Manager, Client Management
PJM Interconnection
pjm.com

Manager of Global Employee
Volunteering & Giving
​Vanguard Group
vanguard.com

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NICOLE HEFFERNAN

Commercial Relationship Manager, VP
TD Bank
tdbank.org

MICHELLE LEE, ESQ.

Associate
Dilworth Paxon LLP
dilworthlaw.com

KATHRYN MCMASTER

Principal
​McMaster Consulting
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ALIX PASSAGE

FALGUNI PATEL, MPH

MEG PRITCHARD

Chief of Staff
Science Center sciencecenter.org
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Director, Community Impact
Office of Community Impact Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
​Roberts Center for Pediatric Research

​Principal
Create: Communications LLC

BLANCA RAMIREZ

AJAY REWARI

ALLEN RIDDICK

President & CEO
Comunilife
comunilife.org

CEO
AdvisorFox

Executive Director
​Economic Impact & Workforce Inclusion Procurement Service
Drexel University
drexel.edu

STEVE SCADUTO

MARIA SCENNA

Partner
Wipfli LLP
wipfli.com

Strategic Healthcare Consultant
CFI Workspace
cfiworkspace.com

DR. KIERAN SLEVIN, MD

Founding Partner and CEO
North American Spine & Pain Consultants
naspacmd.com

MIKE VERRILL

BRANDON WEBER

SANDRA WINTNER, ESQ.​

Vice President of Strategic Development
The Sharp Financial Group
sharpllc.com
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Executive Director, Community Lending
& Investment
Wells Fargo & Company
wellsfargo.com

Of Counsel
Ballard Spahr LLP
ballardspahr.com

HopePHL Community Development Corporation
​Board Members

Officers

Vice Chair
DR. NEVA WHITE

Treasurer/Secretary
DEVON CAUDLE

​Property Manager & Realtor
The How Group
howgroup.com

Directors      

GLENN BRYAN

University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Vice President
​upenn.edu

THERESA CLARK

BLANCA RAMIREZ

Volunteer

President & CEO
Comunilife
comunilife.org

NICHOLAS JAMES

BRANDON WEBER

Director of Racial Equity Storytelling and Community Impact
Office of Community Empowerment & Opportunity,
City of Philadelphia
phila.gov

Executive Director, Community Lending
& Investment
Wells Fargo & Company
wellsfargo.com