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HopePHL
  • About
    • History
    • Join Our Team
    • Leadership
    • News & Publications
    • Annual Report & Financials
  • Programs
    • I Need Services
    • Adult & Family Services >
      • Family Empowerment Service
      • Family Housing
      • Parenting Collaborative
    • Community Based Services >
      • Community Outreach
      • Digital Inclusion
      • Lancaster Avenue Commercial Corridor
      • Neighborhood Services
      • Rental Assistance
      • Food Relief
      • Arts & Culture
    • Early Childhood Children's Services >
      • Baring House Crisis Nursery
      • Building Early Links for Learning >
        • BELL Summit
      • Children's Work Group
      • Everyday Learning Play Spaces
      • Parents as Teachers Home Visiting
    • School Age Children's Services >
      • Community Schools
      • The Thrive Project
      • Truancy Intervention & Prevention
    • Youth & Young Adult Services >
      • Arise Housing
      • Community Connectors
      • Community Navigators
      • Teen Success
      • Youth Emergency Service
  • Policy & Advocacy
  • Events
    • Lancaster Avenue Jazz Festival
    • Program Fair
    • Philly Teen Conference
  • Donate
  • Contact

MEET OUR TEAM

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Executive Leadership

KATHLEEN DESMOND

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President

Senior Leadership

LORI HENDRICKSON

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Chief of Staff

GWENDOLYN BAILEY, LSW

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Vice President of Programs

JACQUELINE FLYNN

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Vice President, Resource & Business Development
JOE WILLARD
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Vice President, Advocacy & Policy
SCOTT CANNON
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Vice President, Asset & Property Management
OPEN POSITION
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Vice President, Finance

Extended Leadership

KELLY DURAND
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Director, Organizational Learning
ROSLYN EDWARDS
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Director, Early Childhood Education
LESLIE HADDOCK
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Director, Transitional Housing
ERICA MAKOWSKI, LSW
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Director, Family Based Services
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HopePHL Board Members

Chair
DAMIEN M. GHEE
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​Senior Vice President and Regional Vice President
TD Bank
td.com

Officers

Co-Vice Chair
TRINA SMITH
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Senior Managing Consultant
Public Financial Management, Inc.
pfm.com
Co-Vice Chair​
PAMELA HANSEN
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Senior Vice President 
​Mid-Corporate Lending

Citizens Bank
Treasurer
CHRISTINE JACOBS
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Strategic Board Member
Secretary
​TRACEY THOMASEY, LSW
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Director of Programs
​Survivor Journeys

Directors

BLAIR BOROCH
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Chief Operating Officer
United Healthcare Community Plan of PA
uhc.com
FELICIA COFFEE
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Collingdale Mayor
C.E.O. The Empowerment Zone
SHEILA DAVIDSON
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Retired, Community Volunteer
GREG T. EL
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Partner
TriZen LLC

trizeninc.com
STEPHEN FAHRINGER
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Senior Relationship Manager
Bank of America

bankofamerica.com
TATUM FARMER, MBA
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​Director of Core Infrastructure Services 
​Independence Blue Cross

ibx.com
DIANNA GEIST
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Volunteer
MARY HALL, MBA
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Manager of Customer Experience
PECO, an Exelon Company
www.peco.com
JESSIE HECKMAN
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Manager of Global Employee
Volunteering & Giving
​Vanguard Group
www.vanguard.com
NICHOLAS JAMES
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CEO/Chief Consultant
Comprise DEI Consulting, LLC
comprise-dei.com
BRIAN KEECH
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Senior VP for Government
& Community Relations
Drexel University
drexel.edu
MICHELLE LEE
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Associate
Dilworth Paxon LLP

dilworthlaw.com
LESLIE MATTHEWS
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Independent Art Curator​
KATHRYN MCMASTER
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Principal
​McMaster Consulting
MEG PRITCHARD
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Principal
Create: Communications LLC
BLANCA RAMIREZ
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Vice President
Hudson Housing Capital
hudsonhousing.com
AJAY REWARI
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CEO
AdvisorFox
STEVE SCADUTO
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Partner
Wipfli LLP
MARIA SCENNA
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Strategic Healthcare Consultant
CFI Workspace

cfiworkspace.com
DR. KIERAN SLEVIN, MD
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Founding Partner and CEO
North American Spine & Pain Consultants
naspacmd.com
MIKE VERRILL
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Vice President of Strategic Development
The Sharp Financial Group
sharpllc.com
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BRANDON WEBER
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Relationship Manager, Community Lending
& Investment
Wells Fargo & Company
wellsfargo.com
SANDRA WITNER​
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Of Counsel
Ballard Spahr LLP
ballardspahr.com
DON YANAITIS
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Compliance Learning Director
Merck
merck.com
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HopePHL Community Development Corporation
​Board Members

Chair
BERNADINE HAWES
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Senior Advisor
Econsult Solutions

Officers

Vice Chair
DR. NEVA WHITE
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Treasurer/Secretary
DEVON CAUDLE
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​Property Manager & Realtor
The How Group
howgroup.com

Directors

THERESA CLARK
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Volunteer
MARY HALL, MBA
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Manager of Customer Experience
PECO, an Exelon Company
www.peco.com
BLANCA RAMIREZ
BRANDON WEBER
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Vice President
Hudson Housing Capital
hudsonhousing.com
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Relationship Manager, VP Community Lending and Investment
Wells Fargo & Company
wellsfargo.com

HopePHL

325 N. 39th Street
​Philadelphia PA 19104


Main Office: (267) 777-5880
Email: hello@hopephl.org



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  • About
    • History
    • Join Our Team
    • Leadership
    • News & Publications
    • Annual Report & Financials
  • Programs
    • I Need Services
    • Adult & Family Services >
      • Family Empowerment Service
      • Family Housing
      • Parenting Collaborative
    • Community Based Services >
      • Community Outreach
      • Digital Inclusion
      • Lancaster Avenue Commercial Corridor
      • Neighborhood Services
      • Rental Assistance
      • Food Relief
      • Arts & Culture
    • Early Childhood Children's Services >
      • Baring House Crisis Nursery
      • Building Early Links for Learning >
        • BELL Summit
      • Children's Work Group
      • Everyday Learning Play Spaces
      • Parents as Teachers Home Visiting
    • School Age Children's Services >
      • Community Schools
      • The Thrive Project
      • Truancy Intervention & Prevention
    • Youth & Young Adult Services >
      • Arise Housing
      • Community Connectors
      • Community Navigators
      • Teen Success
      • Youth Emergency Service
  • Policy & Advocacy
  • Events
    • Lancaster Avenue Jazz Festival
    • Program Fair
    • Philly Teen Conference
  • Donate
  • Contact