Our Board

Officers

President

Michelle Taglialatela

President, Tag Strategies

Secretary

Brian Miner

Partner, Dechert, LLP

Treasurer

Michael Cianchetta

VP/Relationship Manager, Truist

Board Members

Carol Austin (ex officio)

Executive Director, First Up

 

Tiffany Bias, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP

Regional Medical Scientific Director - Infectious Diseases & Pneumococcal Vaccines, Merck & Co.

 

Zakiyyah Boone

Chief Executive Officer, Wonderspring

 

Kevin Cafferky

Principal, Magis Consulting

 

Megan Cribbs, J.D.

Associate, Holland & Knight, LLP

 

Cherie Crosby-Weeks, Ph.D.

Professor of Early Childhood Education, Program Director of the Early Childhood Program, Child Development, and Child Care, Administration, Manor College

 

Cindy Dumont

Chief Executive Officer, True Blue Branding, Inc.

 

Deb Green

Executive Director, Parent Infant Center

 

Terrell Grier

Chief Lending Officer, First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union

Cathryn Kaufman

School District Librarian (retired)

 

Jamie Lokoff

Owner, Milkboy

 

Richard Marks 

Principal, Richard Marks Consulting

James Plummer, DMgt.

Division Administrator – Population Health, Delaware County Health Department

 

Madalyn (Maddy) Rovinsky

Owner, Bernie Robbins Jewelry

 

Antonia Singleton

Sr. Manager Business Program Manager, Sr. Sales Strategist, The Vanguard Group

 

Donald Wargo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Economics, Temple University

 

Carol Wong

Owner, Executive Director, Chinatown Learning Center

 

Robyn Younger

Owner, Younger Days Childcare & Youth Development Center

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