Board of Directors

Officers of the Board

Catherine M. Cahill | President & CEO
Mann Center for the Performing Arts

Christopher L. Bruner | Chair of the Board
Assurance Partner, Audit, Ernst & Young LLP

Sara Manzano-Díaz | Vice Chair of the Board
Former Executive Deputy Attorney General for Public Protection, Office of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Larry C. Skinner | Vice Chair of the Board
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Conversion Technologies International, Inc. 

Richard Umbrecht | Vice Chair of the Board
President, New Province Partners

Alyse Bodine | Vice Chair of the Board
Managing Partner and Global Head, Financial Officers Practice, Heidrick & Struggles

Donald R. Braun Jr. | Treasurer
Managing Director, Bernstein Private Wealth Management

Ian Comisky, Esq. | Assistant Treasurer
Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

Marc Rockford | Secretary
Senior Vice President, Chief Mergers and Acquisitions Counsel, Comcast 

Miller Parker | Assistant Secretary
CEO, Philadelphia Business and Technology Center

Directors

Clifton Anderson
Senior Advisor and Chief Strategist, Office of the President, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Brucie Baumstein
Community Leader

Alyse Bodine
Managing Partner and Global Head, Financial Officers Practice, Heidrick & Struggles

Donald R. Braun Jr.
Managing Director, Bernstein Private Wealth Management

Christopher L. Bruner
Assurance Partner, Audit, Ernst & Young LLP

Catherine M. Cahill
President & CEO, Mann Center for the Performing Arts

Ellen M. Cavanaugh
Life Trustee, Former Vice President of Support Services, PECO

Ian Comisky, Esq.
Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP

Michael DiBerardinis
Former Managing Director, City of Philadelphia

William Gallagher
Financial Advisor, RBC Wealth Management

John Grady
Partner, ABR Dynamic Funds

Dan Greenberg
Founder, North Broad Living Management

Mikal C. Harden
Co-Founder, Juno Search Partners

Leo Helmers
Managing Partner, Mereo Capital Partners

Lucinda Hudson
President, Parkside Association of Philadelphia

Dr. Naomi Johnson Booker
Founder & CEO, Global Leadership Academy Charter School

Justin P. Klein, Esq.
Life Trustee, Partner, Ballard Spahr

Paul Lancaster Adams
Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins

Gerald Lawrence
Shareholder and COO, Lowey Dannenberg PC

Toya Lawson
Partner, Bridge Partners

Nicole LeVine
Chief Operating Officer, PECO

Peter Madden
CEO & Chief Creative Officer, AgileCat

Sara Manzano-Díaz
Former Executive Deputy Attorney General for Public Protection, Office of the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake
President, Independence Blue Cross Foundation

Lisette Martinez
Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University

Jim Mordy
Former Senior Vice President and Partner, Wellington Management Co., LLP

John A. Nixon
Partner, Duane Morris LLP

Matthew Panarese
Managing Director, Rockefeller Capital Management

Miller Parker
CEO, Philadelphia Business and Technology Center

Sharon Rankin
Docent, Philadelphia Zoo, Photographer and Community Leader

Marc Rockford
Senior Vice President, Chief Mergers and Acquisitions Counsel, Comcast

Todd J. Russo
CEO, Buckeye Partners, L.P.

Jasmine Sessoms
Senior VP of Corporate Affairs, Hilco Redevelopment Partners

Larry C. Skinner
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Conversion Technologies International, Inc.

Shelley Sylva
Senior Vice President, Head of Social Impact – Marketing, TD Bank

Marian Tasco
Former Councilwoman, City of Philadelphia

Richard Umbrecht
President, New Province Partners

Kristyn Vandegrift
Former Lawyer & Education Law Editor

Matthew Wilson
Partner, Braidwell

Life Trustees

Ellen M. Cavanaugh

Peter Gould

Justin Klein

Ex-Officio Directors  

Amen Brown
Pennsylvania State Representative, District 190

Curtis Jones, Jr.
Philadelphia City Council, 4th District

Vincent Hughes
State Senator, 7th Senatorial District

Chairman's Council 

Jeff Aldridge 

David Axelrod

Brad Baer

Sherrin H. Baky-Nessler

Michael W. Banks

RJ Bee

Peter Bloomfield

Glenn Blumenfeld

Carlos Bradley

Rachel Branson

Ashley Bryant

Jim Buck

Dr. Samantha Butts

Jeffrey W. Cook

John Devine

Mark Dichter

Joseph DiMedio

Michael Donahue

Hon. Lori A. Dumas

Brian Effron

Sherry Effron

Matthew Elkes

Lou Filippone

Max Frankel

Dr. Ira Gerstman

Jane Gitomer

Mark B. Goodheart

Greg Hagin

William Haines

Stephen Samuel Hamilton

Richard Harris 

Shane Johnson

Ken Kearns

Scott King

Kevin Kleinschmidt

Meghan Tierney Lash

Bill Leonard

Dr. Dina Lichtman Smith

Marlene McNamee

Mark Noble

Robert Polans

Lynne Pollack

Robert Pratter

Gene Rockower

Donna Rodio

Greg Seltzer

Michael Shannon

Marciarose Shestack

Bernard Smalley

Lorraine Stanhope Hirschberg

Lori Sutliff

Rick Sutliff

Chris Tidmore

Jennifer Tintenfass

David Verdon

Brian J. Vogt

Anthony Ware

Todd White

Maureen Winigrad

Lisa Woolbert

Rich Woolbert

Randi Zemsky