Meet Our Team

Vibrant leaders developing vibrant teams

KATHLEEN DESMOND

President

TIMOTHY J. KLARICH

Vice President, Finance

JOE WILLARD

Vice President
​Advocacy and Policy

JAMES WRIGHT

Director, Community, Economic and Real Estate Development

SCOTT CANNON

Vice President, Asset and Property Management 

KEVA WHITE

Director, Post Housing

CASSIE PUSTILNIK

Director, Emergency and Transitional Housing 

PEC Board Members

Chair
​​Greg El
Senior Partner
TriZen
trizeninc.com

Vice Chair
Damien M. Ghee
​Vice President and Relationship Manager
Penna. Middle Market Lending
TD Bank
td.com

Vice Chair
​Trina R. Smith
Senior Managing Consultant
Public Financial Management, Inc.
pfm.com

Treasurer
Christine Jacobs
Former energy company executive

Secretary
​Leslie Stuart Matthews
Independent Art Curator

Directors

PEC Board Chair Greg El

Blair Boroch
Chief Operating Officer
United Healthcare Community Plan of Penna.
uhc.com

Steven G. Fahringer
Client Manager, Vice President
Global Commercial Banking
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
baml.com

Pamela Hansen
Senior Vice President, Mid-Corporate Banking
Citizens Commercial Banking

Brian Keech
Senior Vice President
Government and Community Relations
Drexel University
drexel.edu

​Michelle Lee, Esq.
Sr. Counsel & Vice President
Georgette Miller Law & Associates
georgettemillerlaw.com

​Blanca Ramirez
AVP of Acquisition and Origination
Hudson Housing Capital
hudsonhousing.com

Steve M. Scaduto, CPA
Partner
Wipfli LLP
wipfli.com

Maria Scenna
VP, Service Lines and Support Services
St. Mary Medical Center
stmaryhealthcare.org
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Tracey Thomasey
Executive Director
Anti-Violence Partnership
avpphila.org

Judith Tschirgi
CIO, SEI (Retired)

Michael Verrill
Vice President, Strategic Development
The Sharp Financial Group
sharpllc.com

Sandra Wintner
Of Counsel, Business and Finance
Practice Group
Ballard Spahr LLP
ballardspahr.com

Don Yanaitis
Sr. Director Compliance and Ethics Learning and Development
​Comcast
​corporate.comcast.com

PECCDC Board Chair
Bernadine Hawes
Sr. Research Analyst
Community Marketing Concepts
communitymarketingconcepts.com

PEC Foundation Board Chair
Ellen C. Brotman, Esq.
BrotmanLaw
ellenbrotmanlaw.com

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

PECCDC Board Members

Chair
Bernadine Hawes
Sr. Research Analyst
Community Marketing Concepts
communitymarketingconcepts.com

Directors

Devon Caudle
Leasing Specialist
Post Brothers
postrents.com

Jim Flaherty (Ret.)​

​Blanca Ramirez
AVP of Acquisition and Origination
Hudson Housing Capital
hudsonhousing.com

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

PECCDC Board Chair Bernadine Hawes

​Selena Tucker, MS
Program Director
E3 Center West 

Dr. Neva White
NP and Certified Diabetes Educator
Jefferson Hospital Center for Urban Health