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

LOLA ODUNSI

Vice President, Finance

SCOTT CANNON

Vice President, Asset and Property Management 

ROSLYN EDWARDS

Director, Early Childhood Education

LESLIE HADDOCK

Director, 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
​Senior Vice President and Regional Vice President
TD Bank
td.com

Treasurer
Christine Jacobs
Strategic Board Member

Directors

PEC Board Chair Greg El

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

Dianna Geist
Vice President
​Government Banking
Citizens Bank

Steven G. Fahringer
Sr. Relationship Manager
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
baml.com

Mary Hall, MBA
Sr. Program Manager/Marketing Specialist
Exelon
exeloncorp.com

Tatum Farmer, MBA
Director of Core Infrastructure Services at Independence Blue Cross
ibx.com​

​Pamela Hansen
Senior Vice President 
Mid-Corporate Lending
Citizens Bank

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

Kathy McMaster
​Principal
McMaster Consulting

Bruce Robinson
​President and Chief Executive Officer
​Independence Mission Schools
independencemissionschools.org

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
Georgette Miller Law & Associates
georgettemillerlaw.com

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

Maria Scenna
CEO
Acuity Specialty Hospitals 

Dr. Kieran Slevin, MD
​Founding Partner and CEO
North American Spine & Pain Consultants
naspacmd.com

Tracey Thomasey
Non-Profit Consultant

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

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

PECCDC Board Chair
Bernadine Hawes
Senior Advisor
​Econsult Solutions​

YSI Representative
Mary Catherine Roper
American Civil Liberties Union of PA

Sandra Wintner
Of Counsel
Ballard Spahr LLP
ballardspahr.com

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

YSI Representative
Linda Wolohan
​Vanguard

Don Yanaitis
Compliance Learning Director
merck.com

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PECCDC Board Members

Chair
Bernadine Hawes
Senior Advisor
Econsult Solutions

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

Directors

​Theresa Clark (Ret.)

Mary Hall, MBA
Sr. Program Manager/Marketing Specialist
Exelon
exeloncorp.com

​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