Meet Our Team

KATHLEEN DESMOND

LORI HENDRICKSON

President

Chief of Staff

JACQUELINE FLYNN

Vice President, Resource & Business Development

JOE WILLARD

Vice President, 
​​​Advocacy & Policy

LOLA ODUNSI

​Vice President, Finance

KELLY DURAND

Director, Organizational Learning

ROSLYN EDWARDS

Director, Early Childhood Education

LESLIE HADDOCK

SCOTT CANNON

Director, Transitional Housing 

Vice President, Asset and Property Management 

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PEC Board Members

Officers

PEC Board Chair Damien Ghee

Chair
​Damien M. Ghee
​Senior Vice President and Regional Vice President
TD Bank
td.com

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

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

Directors

Treasurer
Christine Jacobs
Strategic Board Member

​Secretary
​Leslie Stuart Matthews
Independent Art Curator

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

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

Greg T. El
Senior Partner
TriZen
trizeninc.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

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

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

Tracey L. Thomasey, LSW
Director of Programs
Survivor Journeys
survivorjourneys.org​

​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 

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​

Sandra Wintner
Business and Finance Practice Group
Ballard Spahr LLP
ballardspahr.com
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​PEC Foundation Board Chair
Ellen C. Brotman, Esq.
BrotmanLaw
ellenbrotmanlaw.com

Don Yanaitis
Compliance Learning Director
merck.com
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YSI Representative
Christina Patton

YSI Representative
Susan Clark
Elsevier

YSI Representative
Linda Wolohan
​Vanguard (Ret.)

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PECCDC Board Members

Officers

PECCDC Board Chair Bernadine Hawes

Directors

Chair
Bernadine Hawes
Senior Advisor
Econsult Solutions

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

​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