MEET OUR TEAM

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Executive Leadership

KATHLEEN DESMOND

President

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Senior Leadership

LORI HENDRICKSON

Chief of Staff

GWENDOLYN BAILEY, LSW

Vice President of Programs

OPEN POSITION

Vice President, Resource & Business Development

JOE WILLARD

Vice President, Advocacy & Policy

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 Communications
Interim VP of Resource Development

HopePHL Board Members

Chair
DAMIEN M. GHEE

​Senior Vice President and Regional Vice President
TD Bank
td.com

Officers

Co-Vice Chair
TRINA SMITH

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

Co-Vice Chair​
PAMELA HANSEN

Senior Vice President 
​Mid-Corporate Lending
Citizens Bank

Treasurer
CHRISTINE JACOBS

Strategic Board Member

Secretary
​TRACEY THOMASEY, LSW

Director of Programs
​Survivor Journeys

Directors

BLAIR BOROCH

Chief Operating Officer
United Healthcare Community Plan of PA
uhc.com

FELECIA COFFEE

C.E.O. 
​The Empowerment Zone

SHEILA DAVIDSON

Retired
​Community Volunteer

STEPHEN FAHRINGER

Senior Relationship Manager
Bank of America
bankofamerica.com

TATUM FARMER, MBA

​Aramark

DIANNA GEIST

Volunteer

MARY HALL, MBA

Manager, Client Management
PJM Interconnection
pjm.com

JESSIE HECKMAN

NICHOLAS JAMES

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

CEO/Chief Consultant
Comprise DEI Consulting, LLC
comprise-dei.com

MICHELLE LEE

Associate
Dilworth Paxon LLP
dilworthlaw.com

KATHRYN MCMASTER

Principal
​McMaster Consulting
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ALIX PASSAGE

Chief of Staff
Science Center sciencecenter.org
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MEG PRITCHARD

BLANCA RAMIREZ

​Principal
Create: Communications LLC

Vice President
Hudson Housing Capital
hudsonhousing.com

AJAY REWARI

CEO
AdvisorFox

ALLEN RIDDICK

STEVE SCADUTO

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

Partner
Wipfli LLP
wipfli.com

MARIA SCENNA

Strategic Healthcare Consultant
CFI Workspace
cfiworkspace.com

DR. KIERAN SLEVIN, MD

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

MIKE VERRILL

Vice President of Strategic Development
The Sharp Financial Group
sharpllc.com
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BRANDON WEBER

Relationship Manager, Community Lending
& Investment
Wells Fargo & Company
wellsfargo.com

SANDRA WINTNER​

DON YANAITIS

Of Counsel
Ballard Spahr LLP
ballardspahr.com

Compliance Learning Director
Merck
merck.com

HopePHL Community Development Corporation
​Board Members

Chair
BERNADINE HAWES

Senior Advisor
Econsult Solutions

Officers

Vice Chair
DR. NEVA WHITE

Treasurer/Secretary
DEVON CAUDLE

​Property Manager & Realtor
The How Group
howgroup.com

Directors

THERESA CLARK

Volunteer

MARY HALL, MBA

Manager of Customer Experience
PECO, an Exelon Company
www.peco.com

BLANCA RAMIREZ

BRANDON WEBER

Vice President
Hudson Housing Capital
hudsonhousing.com

Relationship Manager, VP Community Lending and Investment
Wells Fargo & Company
wellsfargo.com