Meet Our Team

KATHLEEN DESMOND

LORI HENDRICKSON

President

Chief of Staff

JACQUELINE FLYNN

Vice President, Resource & Business Development

JOE WILLARD

Vice President, 
​​​Advocacy & Policy

KELLY DURAND

Director, Organizational Learning

JAMES WRIGHT

Director, Community, Economic &
​Real Estate Development

TIMOTHY J. KLARICH

Vice President, Finance

SCOTT CANNON

Vice President, Asset and Property Management 

KEVA WHITE

Director, Post Housing

ROSLYN EDWARDS

Director, Early Childhood Education

LESLIE HADDOCK

Director, Emergency and Transitional Housing 

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PEC Board Members

Chair
​​Greg El
Senior Partner
TriZen
trizeninc.com

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

Secretary
​Leslie Stuart Matthews
Independent Art Curator

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

Treasurer
Christine Jacobs
Former energy company executive

Directors

PEC Board Chair Greg El

Blair Boroch
Chief Operating Officer
United Healthcare Community Plan of Penna.
uhc.com
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Mary Hall, MBA
Program Manager
Small Business Energy Efficiency Program
Exelon
exeloncorp.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

Dianna Geist
Relationship Manager


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Jessie Heckman
​​HR Catalyst (Agile Transformation)
Vanguard Group
vanguard.com

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

Meg Pritchard
​Principal
Create: Communications LLC

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

​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

Maria Scenna
President
Cancer Treatment Centers of America/PHL 
cancercenter.com

Kathy McMaster
​Principal
McMaster Consulting
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Bruce Robinson
​Chief Executive Officer and President
​Independence Mission Schools
independencemissionschools.org

Dr. Kieran Slevin, MD
​Medical Director and Co-Founder
North American Spine & Pain Consultants
naspacmd.com

Tracey Thomasey
Executive Director
Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia
avpphila.org

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

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

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

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

PECCDC Board Chair
Bernadine Hawes
Economic Development Specialist
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YSI Representative
Mary Catherine Roper
American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania

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

YSI Representative
Linda Wolohan
​Vanguard

YSI Representative
Nathan Oliver
Financial Consultant

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PECCDC Board Members

Chair
Bernadine Hawes
Economic Development Specialst

Vice-Chair
Jim Flaherty, Retired

Secretary/Treasurer
Devon Caudle
Leasing Specialist
Post Brothers
postrents.com

Directors

Stan Anderson

​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

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

PECCDC Board Chair Bernadine Hawes