Board of Directors

Honorary President:

Cherelle Parker
Mayor of Philadelphia

President:

Kevin Bethel
Police Commissioner
City of Philadelphia

Chair:

Patrick J. Ward
EVP/Pennsylvania Market President
WSFS Bank

Treasurer:

A.J. Conti
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Vice Chairs:

 Michael A. Innocenzo
Executive Vice President & COO
Exelon

 William W. Keffer, Esq.
Montgomery McCracken 

 Antoinette Robbins

 Maureen S. Rush, M.S., CPP
Principal
The Rush Group, LLC 

Gene Castellano

 Lyn Pierce Strickler

Secretary & Co-Counsel:

John P. Pierce, Esq.
Transactional Department
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Co-Counsel:

Frank M. Correll, Jr., Esq.
Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP

Executive Director:

Erica Vanstone

Commanding Officer:

 Captain Jose Medina

Board of Directors:

  • Annie Allman, CEO and General Manager, Reading Terminal Market
  • Oliver Badgio, Chief Brand Officer, Steak 48-Philadelphia
  • Eileen Behr, Executive Director of Security, The Union League of Philadelphia
  • Dennis Bianchi*, Vice President & General Manager, WTXF FOX29
  • David Binswanger, President, Binswanger
  • Daniel G. Brogan, Senior Director, Brokerage, Cushman and Wakefield
  • Lloyd Bucher, Vice President & General Manager, PHL17
  • David Buck
  • Chris Burns, CEO, Jobologi
  • Matthew P. Cabrey
  • Joseph Clancy, Chief Security Officer, Comcast
  • Andrea Custis, Former Executive, Verizon, Immediate Past CEO and President, Urban League of Philadelphia
  • Ruben D. David, PE
  • Gary DeVito, Esq., Director, Zarwin Baum, DeVito, Kaplan, Schaer Toddy
  • Sharla Feldscher, President, Feldscher Horwitz Public Relations
  • Stephen Ferra, Executive Vice President Public Affairs & President Gov. Markets, Independence Blue Cross
  • Joseph A. Forkin, President, Delaware River Waterfront Corporation
  • Kelly Frank, President & GM, CBS Philadelphia Paramount/Viacom CBS
  • Vincent Giannini*
  • Timothy Gillespie, Director of Client Management, The Haverford Trust Company
  • Jack Halperin, Vice President Dealer Channel Division, Almo Corporation
  • Jennifer Harmelin, Senior Media Director, Harmelin Media
  • Michael Harris, Vice President Marketing & Government Affairs, The Phillies
  • Erin Dwyer Harvard, Director of Government Affairs, General Building Contractors Assoc.
  • Sheila Hess
  • Sonny Ho, President/CEO, NE Donut Shops Mgt Corp. Dunkin' Franchisee
  • Paul G. Isenberg, CEO, Bringing Hope Home
  • Sarvath Jones, Director of Store Operations & Business Operations, Wawa
  • Steve Kelly; Chairman/Co-Founder, Imagine 360
  • Michael J. Kornacki, Esq., Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP
  • Paul K. Leary, Jr., Esq., Co-Vice Chair, Business Litigation, Cozen O’Connor
  • Mark Lynch, Business Manager, IBEW Local 98
  • Scott H. MacPherson, Regional Vice President South Operations, Veritiv Corp
  • Robert D. McCracken, Senior Account Executive, Herman Goldner Company, Inc.
  • Francis McGorry, Co-Founder & CEO, Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages
  • Denise Nakano, News Anchor, KYW NewsRadio
  • John Neary, Audit Partner, Deliotte
  • Mark Nicoletti, President and Co-CEO, Phila. Suburban Development Corp.
  • Sylvia T. Nisenbaum, Esq.*
  • Richard Ost, President, Philadelphia Pharmacy
  • Maria Pacifico, President, Pacifico Auto Group
  • Donald Paterson, Banking Market Manager, PNC Private Bank
  • Ray Pennacchia, Senior Vice President, NovaCare Rehabilitation
  • Bernie Prazenica*, President & GM, WPVI-TV 6abc
  • Lara Price, Chief Operating Officer, Philadelphia 76ers
  • Carl R. Pullen, D.O., City Line Pediatrics
  • Ronald R. Rabena*, Chief Client Officer, Allied Universal Security Services
  • Mark S. Rabinowitz, President, Paul Rabinowitz Glass Company
  • Marc M. Rayfield, Managing Director, Darco Capital
  • Christopher Rehmann, Regional Vice President, IntelPros
  • Ike Richman, President, Ike Richman Communications
  • Jenny Rickard, CEO, Common App
  • R. Lee Roberts, President & CEO, Roberts Filter Group
  • Victor Rodin, Co-Founder & Principal, RREI, LLC
  • Michael P. Ross, Chief of Staff, Verizon
  • Jeffrey P. Scarpello, Esq., Executive Director, National Electrical Contractors Assn.
  • Susan Slawson, Commissioner, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation
  • Mark S. Stewart, Esq., Ballard Spahr, LLP
  • Adam Thiel, Managing Director, City of Philadelphia
  • Andrew Tauber, Executive Vice President, Firstrust Bank
  • Robert I. Tuteur, Esq.*
  • Kevin Walker, Vice President, Lockton
  • David N. Watson, President & CEO, Comcast Cable
  • Kent E. Weaver
  • Roy Jay Wells, President & Managing Director, Triad Strategies
  • David Yadgaroff, SVP/Market Manager, Audacy Philadelphia
  • Thomas Young, President & CEO, World Trade Center of Greater Phila.
  • Andrew S. Zielinski, Vice President, M&T Bank

*Past Chair

Chairpersons Emeriti:

John K. Binswanger, Binswanger
Jeffrey B. Hendrey, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
James F. McCabe

Richard E. Meyers
Derrick A. Roman

Directors Emeriti:

Chris Baron
Tracy Carter Dougherty
Matthew O. Elkes
William Y. Giles, Chairman Emeritus, The Phillies
Joanne Harmelin, CEO, Harmelin Media
Steven Head
William X. Hearn, CPP
Donald L. Heller
Daniel J. Hilferty, Chairman & CEO, Dune View Strategies
Linda Madway, Esq.
Neil J. McDermott

J. William Mills, III
Robert J. Mindick, Senior Vice President, Middle Market Banking
Robert B. Palmer
James E. Robinson
Robert M. Schwartz, Esq.
Thomas M. Seamon
Sherri Lee Stevens
Kathleen Sullivan
Richard S. Tabas, President, Tabas Equities
Dick Vermeil
Gregory J. West, SIOR, President, West Corporate Partners LLC

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