Staff & Board
Board
Joe Khan (President), Langer Grogan & Diver
Virginia G. Essandoh, J.D. (Vice President), Ballard Spahr LLP
Stephen Wielgus (Treasurer), University of Pennsylvania
Ivy Olesh (Secretary), Playworks
Hanley Bodek , Philadelphia Construction
Jenny Bogoni, READ by 4th
Anna Forrester, CityPlay
James Kearney, Vanguard
Marc Mannella, Mannella Consulting
Mary Beth McNeish Fedirko, The Philadelphia School
Dermot Murphy, Halloran Philanthropies
Kathy E. Ochroch, Blank Rome LLP
Betty Pettine, Wells Fargo
Shanell Ransom, Samuel S Fels Fund
Jasmine E. Sessoms, She Can Win
Rupali Shah, American Water
Blair J. Shaw, Esq. , Merck & Co., Inc
Peg Szczurek, Pegazus Consulting
Meghan Talarowski, Studio Ludo
Jamie Unkefer, DIGSAU
Cynthia Warren, M.D., FAAP, Center City Pediatrics
Advisory Committee
The Hon. Donna Bullock, PA State Representative, District 195
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, Commissioner, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation
Staff
Frances Hoover, Executive Director
Rebecca Dhondt, Director of Visitor Programs and Fun
Shasmin Lewis, Assistant Manager of Facilities and Visitor Services
Zoe Lowry, Associate Director of Communications
Shadirah Myrick, Manager of Visitor Services
Jim Neal, Director of Facilities & Operations
Kate Zmich, Director of Community Programs and Fun
