Board of Directors

Officers of the Board

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

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

Richard Umbrecht, Vice Chairman of the Board
President, New Province Partners

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

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

Dan Greenberg, Treasurer
Founder, North Broad Living 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

Anna May Abbott
Vice President of Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion, Brandywine Realty Trust

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

Michael W. Banks
Managing Director, Opportunity, Employment & Entrepreneurship, United Way

Brucie Baumstein
Community Leader

Rick Biesecker
President & CEO, Drug Plastics & Glass Co. Inc.

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

Lori A. Dumas
First Judicial District, Judge, Justice Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice

John Grady
Partner, ABR Dynamic Funds

Dan Greenberg
Founder, North Broad Living Management

Lucinda Hudson
President, Parkside Association of Philadelphia

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

Justin P. Klein, Esq.
Partner, Ballard Spahr

Paul Lancaster Adams
Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins

Gerald Lawrence
Shareholder and COO, Lowey Dannenberg PC

Toya Lawson
Partner, Bridge Partners

Nicole LeVine
Vice President of Electric Operations, PECO

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

David W. Mason
President & CEO, David Mason + Associates
 
Paul Mason
Principle, Customer Relations, David Mason + Associates

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

John A. Nixon
Partner, Duane Morris LLP

Russell E. Palmer
Chairman & CEO, The Palmer Group

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
Executive Vice President, 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.

James B. Straw
Former Senior Principal, KSK Architects

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

Marian Tasco
Former Councilwoman

Richard Umbrecht
President, New Province Partners

Brian J. Vogt
Prudential Fox & Roach Realtors

Matthew Wilson
Founder, VP of Product Discovery and External Innovation, Scout Bio

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

Kathryn Ott Lovell
Commissioner, Parks and Recreation

Chairman's Council 

David Axelrod

Brad Baer

Sherrin H. Baky-Nessler

Peter Bloomfield

Glenn Blumenfeld

Carlos Bradley

Ashely Bryant

Jim Buck

Dr. Samantha Butts

Jeffrey W. Cook

John Devine

Mark Dichter

Joseph DiMedio

Michael Donahue

Brian Effron

Sherry Effron

Matthew Elkes

Dr. Ira Gerstman

Frank Giordano

Jane Gitomer

Peter Gould

Dr. Ari Greis

Greg Hagin

William Haines

Andrew Hamilton

Stephen Samuel Hamilton

Shane Johnson

Ken Kearns

Scott King

Kevin Kleinschmidt

Bill Leonard

Dr. Dina Lichtman Smith

George McFarland

Marlene McNamee

Mark Noble

Robert Polans

Lynne Pollack

Robert Pratter

Gene Rockower

Donna Rodio

Jennifer Ronon

Greg Seltzer

Marciarose Shestack

Bernard Smalley

Lorraine Stanhope Hirschberg

Peggy Steele

LeAnne Stewart

Jennifer Tintenfass

David Verdon

Todd White

Gordon Wilder

Lisa Woolbert

Rich Woolbert

Randi Zemsky