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

Vice President, Finance
​OPEN POSITION

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 Chairs

TATUM FARMER, MBA

JESSIE HECKMAN

​Senior Director
Information Tecnology
Aramark
aramark.com

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

Treasurer
PAMELA HANSEN

Senior Vice President 
​Mid-Corporate Lending
Citizens Bank

Secretary
​TRACEY THOMASEY, LSW

Director of Programs
​Survivor Journeys

Directors

SHENELLE BROOKS

Seramount
​seramount.com

FELECIA COFFEE

SHEILA DAVIDSON

C.E.O. 
​The Empowerment Zone

Retired
​Community Volunteer

DIANNA DERITIS

MARY HALL

NICOLE HEFFERNAN

Volunteer

Manager, Client Management
PJM Interconnection
pjm.com

Commercial Relationship Manager, VP
TD Bank
tdbank.org

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CHRISTINE JEREB

Executive Director,
Impact & Inclusion
Comcast

 

KATHRYN MCMASTER

ALIX PASSAGE

Principal
​McMaster Consulting
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Chief of Staff
Science Center sciencecenter.org
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FALGUNI PATEL, MPH

MEG PRITCHARD

BLANCA RAMIREZ

Director, Community Impact
Office of Community Impact
​Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
​Roberts Center for Pediatric Research

​Principal
Create: Communications LLC

President & CEO
Comunilife
comunilife.org

AJAY REWARI

STEVE SCADUTO

DR. KIERAN SLEVIN, MD

CEO
AdvisorFox

Partner
Wipfli LLP
wipfli.com

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