Board of Directors

Constance H. Williams, Chair of the Board

Wanda D. Paul, CPA, Vice Chair
Sr. Vice President, Finance & Administration
Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau

John J. Berg, Treasurer
Sr. Vice President of Finance and Operations
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Gary A. Deutsch, Secretary
Attorney, Weir & Partners, LLP

Mary Stengel Austen
President & CEO
Tierney Communications

Gretchen Burke, Committee Chair
Volunteer

Yully Cha
Vice President of Programs
The Steppingstone Foundation

L. Hamilton Clark
Head of School
The Episcopal Academy

Julia A. Conover, Esq.
Retired, Vice President & General Counsel

Verizon Pennsylvania

James L. Crawford
Search Consultant
Carney, Sandoe & Associates

Michael P. Danziger
Executive Chairman & Co-Founder
The Steppingstone Foundation

David M. Felsen
Headmaster
Friends’ Central School

Anthony E. Gay, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel
PECO

Darryl J. Ford , PhD
Head of School
William Penn Charter School

Marcy Gringlas, PhD.
Psychologist
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Ron Phillips
Senior Vice President of Employee Engagement
Comcast

Pia RoyChowdhury
President
Avanti Ideas

Dennis L. Schoff
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Lincoln Financial Group

Sherman W. Smith, Esq.
Attorney
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Joseph Watkins
Political Analyst
MSNBC

Nina Weisbord
President
Steppingstone Scholars, Inc.

 

Ad-hoc Committee Members

Sean Vereen
University of Pennsylvania
Associate Dean, Admissions

Terri White
Mayor's Office of Education
Higher Education Advisor