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Staff, Board and Advisory Committee

Staff

Frances Hoover
Executive Director

Frances@smithplayground.org

Cheryl Carson
Director of Advancement

Cheryl@smithplayground.org

Shadirah Myrick
Operations Manager

Shadirah@smithplayground.org

Lance Washington
Communications Manager

Lance@smithplayground.org

Sade Wall
Manager of Visitor Experience

Sade@smithplayground.org

Tyji Perkins
Operations Assistant

Tyji@smithplayground.org

Anna Forrester
Volunteer & Site Coordinator

Volunteers@smithplayground.org


Betsy Neiva
Manager of Literacy Initiatives

Betsy@smithplayground.org

Vivian Murray
Play-stallation Manager

Vivian@smithplayground.org

Amin Brooks
Visitor Service Assistant

Mikel Porter
Visitor Service Assistant

Jeremiah Brooks
Visitor Service Assistant

Chris Coplin
Maintenance Technician

Quadir Myrick
Maintenance Assistant

Monique Mullins
Visitor Service Assistant

Jeremiah Luff
Visitor Service Assistant

Radeyah Fowler
Visitor Service Assistant

Angel Staten
Visitor Service Assistant

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Director of Programs

Board

Kathy E. Ochroch, President, Blank Rome LLP

Andre Webb, Vice President, Gallagher & Murtagh, PC

Erik Sendel, Treasurer, Deloitte LLP

Giuliano Apadula, Secretary, Greenberg Traurig LLP

Blair Bodek, Pacifica Capital

Lisa Browne, First Up

Celeste Collins, Public Health Management Corporation

Nan Feyler, Retired

Kimberly Garrison, Free Library of Philadelphia

Sofia Ginzburg Ph.D., Center City Psychological Services

Rosella Harvey, NorthStar Owners Representation and NorthStar Museums and Education

Barbara Klock, Dr. Klock Talks

Tia Mathisen, Playworks

Libby Peters, Guidehouse

John Polk, Green Woods Charter School

Ashley Primis-Martin, Home Appetit Philly

Nedia Ralston, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

Jamie Unkefer, DIGSAU

Cynthia Warren, M.D., FAAP, Center City Pediatrics

Stephen Wielgus, University of Pennsylvania

Advisory Committee

The Hon. Donna Bullock, PA State Representative, District 195

The Hon. G. Roni Green, PA State Representative, District 190

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Stanley and Debra Lefkowitz Faculty Fellow at Temple University

Eric Jones, Head of School, Community Partnership School

The Hon. Malcolm Kenyatta, PA State Representative, District 181

Kathryn Ott Lovell, President and CEO of the Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation

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