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