Staff & Board
Staff
Frances Hoover, Executive Director
Cheryl Carson, Senior Director of Development
Rebecca Dhondt, Director of Visitor Programs and Fun
Zoe Lowry, Associate Director of Communications
Shadirah Myrick, Office Manager
Jim Neal, Director of Facilities & Operations
Neil Thompson, Manager of Visitor Services
Board
Joe Khan (President), Bucks County Solicitor
Virginia G. Essandoh, J.D. (Vice President), Ballard Spahr LLP
Stephen Wielgus (Treasurer), University of Pennsylvania
Ivy Olesh (Secretary), Playworks
Lindsey Ermey, Ballard Spahr LLP
Anna Forrester, CityPlay
James Kearney, Vanguard
Abby Kelton Thaker, Free Library of Philadelphia, Read by 4th
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, Community College of Philadelphia
Erik Sendel, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Rupali Shah, American Water
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
