Executive Team
Peg Ruddy, Executive Director
Brianna Bednash, Assistant Fiscal Director
Tiffany Benedict, Susquehanna County Program Manager
Karen Connors, Fiscal Director
Sarah Dawgert, Education Manager
Amy Everetts, Development Director
Anna Faramelli, Director of Advocacy & Services
Lori Iannetta, Lackawanna County Program Manager
Nancy Perri, Grants & Education Program Director
Juliana Petro, Legal Director
Tessa Wright, Economic & Housing Program Director, (Lackawanna)
Board Officers
Katherine E. Leahy, President
Eileen O’Boyle Bell, Vice President
Colleen Pettinato, Secretary
Jaime Ryan, Treasurer
Maggie Hawk, Assistant Treasurer
Boards of Directors
Michelle Cadden
Kirsten Daneige Smith
Mark DeStefano
Kate Eary
Trish Fisher
Pat Fricchione Jr.
Kerri Greco
Linda Hansen
Susan Hennemuth
Terri Hinton
Linda Keene
Raymond Kull
Robert Luciani
Bernie M. Maopolski
Margaret McCormick, CPA
Mike Muller
Caroline Munley, ESQ.
Claudia Naismith
Brian Rose
Deede Schneider
Elaine Shepard
Shubhra Shetty
Maria Valvano
Jane Yeomans, RN
Association
Maria Valvano – President
Maureen Guzzi – Vice President
Linda Hansen – Treasurer
Peggy Gutowski – Secretary
Maura Boland
Carol Chisdak
Dominique Clark
Jennifer DeNike
Leah Giannacopulos
Autumn Granza
Wendy Hartman
Courtney Lisk
Elaine Mazzoni
Maria Muchal Berta
Claudia Naismith
Colleen Pettinato
Gina Pitoniak
Sally Preate
Elaine Shepard
Tara T. Smith
Allison M. Uhrin
Alissa Weiss
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