2013 ms leaders circle - Thanksgiving Day MS Run

NATIONAL MS SOCIETY INTRODUCES THE
2013 MS LEADERS CIRCLE
The MS Leaders Circle recognizes professionals
who are committed to making a difference by
raising funds to help local people living with multiple
sclerosis (MS).
help local families with home maintenance such as
mowing lawns, cleaning out yards or painting.
Over the years, the program has raised more than $2
million for local services and research into the cause
and cure for MS -- a chronic, often disabling disease
of the central nervous system that disrupts careers,
families and, ultimately, lives.
In addition to fundraising, Leaders Circle members
donated their time and expertise by providing free
legal and financial counseling and teamed up to
Congratulations to the 2013 MS Leaders Circle
who raised more than $150,000 to support crucial
programs, services and research for local people
living with MS.
The group was led in fundraising by Eric Kennedy
of Overbrook Golf Club, who raised nearly $35,000.
We thank all the members of the 2013 MS Leaders
Circle for helping create a world free of MS. Still, the
14,000 local people living with MS need your help.
We are still accepting donations for this year’s
campaign. If you know any of this year’s honorees,
please make a donation to their campaign. Please
consider contributing to the Society as part of your
year-end giving. All support is appreciated. Donating
is easy – just go to http://nationalMSsociety.org/
PhiladelphiaLeadership.
The MS Leaders Circle campaign is critical to helping
your colleagues, family members and friends receive
services that help them stay employed, maintain
their health insurance and remain independent.
Please give today.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2013 TOP FUNDRAISERS
TOP FUNDRAISER
ERIC KENNEDY
STANLEY A. UHR
OVERBROOK GOLF CLUB
HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL
CAMPUS APARTMENTS
VICE PRESIDENT
EDUCATION: BS, Fairmont State University
EDUCATION: JD, Duquesne University
School of Law; BBA, Temple University
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Professional
Golfers Association of America
AWARDS/HONORS: My wife marrying me (and
staying married to me) is my greatest achievement.
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead
where there is no path and leave a trail.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
RAISED $33,305
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Township
Planning Commission; Phi Alpha Delta
Law Fraternity; Board of Directors, Golden
Slipper Club; Board of Directors, Golden
Slipper Club Camp
RAISED $10,125
AWARDS/HONORS: Martindale-Hubbell Rated AV Preeminent
R. RYAN CONNER
“When the great scorer comes to write against your name, he cares not if
you’ve won or lost, but how you played the game.”
TACTIX REAL ESTATE ADVISORS, LLC
SENIOR ADVISOR
DANIEL MORSE
LPL FINANCIAL
PARTNER, THE PHILADELPHIA GROUP
EDUCATION: BA, University of Delaware; MPA,
University of Delaware
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Volunteer,
Host Committee, The Schuylkill Center for
Environmental Education; Urbald Land Institute;
Former President, University of Delaware
Philadelphia Alumni Club; Member, Mayors
Facilities Task Force; Former President, Leasing
Committee; Member, PENJERDEL Council
EDUCATION: BS, Richard Stockton
College NJ
RAISED $10,475
AWARDS/HONORS: AmeriCorps Volunteer, Education Award Recipient
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have
imagined.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Total Rehab
& Fitness; UCP Young Professionals Board;
Association of Networking Professionals
AWARDS/HONORS: Accredited Investment
Fiduciary (AIF®), 2013 Five Star Wealth
Manager
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
Advertising Supplement to the Philadelphia Business Journal
RAISED $10,100
THE NATIONAL MS SOCIETY
EXTENDS ITS APPRECIATION
The Greater Delaware Valley Chapter of the
National MS Society would like to thank the MS
Leaders Circle Co-Chairs, Nate Cohen, Patrick
Eiding and Bradley Krouse for helping make this
year’s program a tremendous success.
The Society would also like to thank the Four
Seasons, Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP,
Larry Kane, LBC Credit Partners; Pat Croce, and
the Pyramid Club for their continued support of
the MS Leaders Circle.
2013
MS LEADERS CIRCLE
(Listed in Alphabetical Order)
ANDREW ALBERGO
FIRST FINANCIAL
GROUP
INSURANCE
PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION: JD,
Catholic University
of America; BA,
Richard Stockton
College; BA, Catholic University of
America
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Left to right: Brad Krouse (Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP), Nate Cohen (LBC Credit
Partners), Pat Croce and Pat Eiding (AFL-CIO)
in America; Knights of Columbus;
Laymen’s Retreat League/Men of
Malvern
AWARDS/HONORS: Certified Senior
Advisor by Society of Certified Advisors;
Prudential’s Prestigious “Top Gun”
Award; Honored Lifetime Member in
Who’s Who Executives & Professionals
EDUCATION:
MBA, La Salle University
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services;
RE/MAX International; National
Association of Realtors; Atlantic City
& County Board of Realtors; Shriners
International; Order of Sons of Italy
JACQUELINE CAMPBELL
FLASTER/
GREENBERG PC
TRUSTS AND
ESTATES
ATTORNEY
GERMAN
GALLAGHER &
MURTAGH
ASSOCIATE
EDUCATION:
LLM in Taxation,
“You make a living by what you get... You Villanova
make a life by what you give.... And always University School of Law; JD, American
remember that you reap what you sow.”
University Washington College of Law;
BA, Washington University in St. Louis
ANDREW BABSON
INDEPENDENCE
WEALTH
STRATEGIES
FINANCIAL
ADVISOR
EDUCATION:
MBE, University
of Pennsylvania;
BA, University of Pennsylvania
AWARDS/HONORS: Volunteer
Attorney of the Month, Philadelphia
VIP; Graduated with honors, Catholic
University and Richard Stockton College AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Member
of the Sustainable Business Network
“Penny saved is a penny earned.”
AWARDS/HONORS: Independence
Wealth Strategies Leaders Conference
FREDERICK J.
Advisor; New Organization Advisor of
AMENDOLIA
the Year
BERKSHIRE
HATHAWAY
HOME SERVICES/
FOX & ROACH
REALTORS
ASSOCIATE
BROKER
JUSTIN BROWN
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Philadelphia Bar Association; Camden
County Bar Association; New Jersey
State Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar
Association; Maryland Bar Association;
American Bar Association; Estate
and Financial Planning Council of
Philadelphia
AWARDS/HONORS: New Jersey “Rising
Star” in the area of Estate Planning
and Probate, 2013, Thomson Reuters,
publishers of New Jersey Super Lawyers
magazine; “Lawyer on the Fast Track,”
2013, The Legal Intelligencer and
Pennsylvania Law Weekly
EDUCATION: JD,
Earle Mack School
of Law at Drexel
University; BA,
University of Delaware
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Member,
Temple American Inn of Court; VicePresident, University of Delaware
Philadelphia Alumni Club; Member,
Philadelphia Bar Association
AWARDS/HONORS: Pro Bono Award
for Exceptional Service Hours 125+,
Drexel University
“Excellence matters.”
RICHARD COE
DRINKER BIDDLE
& REATH LLP
PARTNER
EDUCATION:
JD, Harvard Law
School; BS, US
“We fall so that we learn how to get back up.”
Naval Academy
“If you always put limits on everything you
do, physical or anything else, it will spread
into your work and into your life. There
are no limits. There are only plateaus
and you must not stay there, you must go
beyond them.” ~ Bruce Lee
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
is a disease of the central nervous system with
no known cause or cure. It means a lifetime
of unpredictable and disabling symptoms and
can affect people’s ability to walk, see or think.
AFFILIATIONS/
MEMBERSHIPS: Leadership Philadelphia;
Co-Chair, Philadelphia Bar Association
Military Affairs Committee; Treasurer,
Harvard Law School Association of
Philadelphia; Member, University of
Pennsylvania Inn of Court
AWARDS/HONORS: Rising Star in
Business Litigation, Super Lawyer
magazine; one of 25 distinguished
graduates and Brigade Chief of Staff,
U.S. Naval Academy; Head Class
Marshal at Harvard Law School
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives
up.” ~ Babe Ruth
AMBER CZONSTKA
LARRY FRANK
THOMAS HAMBROSE
KY’A JACKSON
THE VANGUARD
GROUP
STRATEGIC
PROJECT
MANAGER
CONESTOGA
BANK
VP
STATE OF NJ
COURT SERVICES SUPERVISOR II
COMCAST
CORPORATION
MANAGER OF
NATIONAL
PROGRAMS,
COMMUNITY
INVESTMENT
EDUCATION:
BBA, Temple
University Fox
School of Business and Management
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: United
Way of Greater Philadelphia and
Southern New Jersey; Temple University
Fox Business Honors Alumni Program
AWARDS/HONORS: Summa Cum
Laude BBA Graduate, Temple
University; 2007 Musser Award for
Excellence in Student Leadership,
Temple University
“How wonderful that no one need wait a
single moment to improve the world.”
~ Anne Frank
APPROXIMATELY
2.3 Million
PEOPLE WORLDWIDE
HAVE MS. More than
14,000 people living
with MS call The Greater
Delaware Valley home.
JOANNE FORSYTHE
SAINT-GOBAIN
NORTH AMERICA
IP TELEPHONY
PROJECT
MANAGER
EDUCATION:
BBA, Rowan
University; MBA,
West Chester University – 2015
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Professional Women’s Roundtable;
Women’s Resource Center Wayne;
Toastmasters International; Co-Chair
Saint-Gobain Women’s Network Valley
Forge Hub
AWARDS/HONORS: Forum of Executive
Women 2012 Mentee
“You only live once. False. You live every
day. You only die once.”
EDUCATION: BA,
Pennsylvania State
University
AFFILIATIONS/
MEMBERSHIPS: Eastern Montgomery
County Chamber of Commerce;
Jewish Business Network; Maple Glen
Community Association
AWARDS/HONORS: Past President,
Pennsylvania Association of Mortgage
Brokers 2002; Past Chair, Philadelphia
Fashion Designers Alliance 1990; Past
Member, Philadelphia Mayor’s Small
Business Advisory Council 1989-1995
“Great civilizations have risen to
(greatness) not because of their
advantages, but because they treated their
disadvantages as challenges to which they
discovered creative solutions.”
~ Arnold Toynbee
STEVEN GLUECK
EISNERAMPER
LLP
PARTNER
EDUCATION: BA,
Ursinus College
AFFILIATIONS/
MEMBERSHIPS:
Union League; Pennsylvania Institute of
Certified Public Accountants; Certified
Governmental Financial Manager
“Most folks are as happy as they make up
their minds to be.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
WILLIAM GROSS
BERRY PLASTICS
CORPORATION
VICE PRESIDENT
OF SALES
EDUCATION:
BA, Muhlenberg
College
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Executive Board Member, ATBI
“Character and personal force are the only
investments that are worth anything.”
~ Walt Whitman
10 TREATMENTS
FOR MS are on the
market, and more are on the
way, but these therapies do
not provide a cure, nor do
they stop disease progression.
EDUCATION: BS, Saint Vincent College
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Institute
for Court Managers (ICM)
AWARDS/HONORS: Olympic Torch
Bearer, 2002 Salt Lake City Winter
Games
“We make a living by what we get, we
make a life by what we give.”
JAIME L. HOWARD
JAIME L.
HOWARD, LLC
PRESIDENT
EDUCATION:
MA, University
of Pennsylvania,
Fels Institute of
Government; BA,
La Salle University
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Trustee,
The Scholarship Foundation of The
Union League of Philadelphia; Board
Member, Delaware County SPCA;
Board Chair, Association of Fundraising
Professionals-Greater Phila. Chapter
AWARDS/HONORS: Lecturer, AFP
Principles of Fundraising certificate
program at Villanova University;
regional and national speaker
“Live with intention. Walk to the edge.
Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with
abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret.
Continue to learn. Appreciate your
friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is
all there is.” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher
TODD IRWIN
COMCAST CABLE
EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR,
FINANCIAL
SYSTEMS
EDUCATION: BS,
The Pennsylvania
State University
EDUCATION:
MA, Temple University; BA, Cheyney
University
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Board
Member, YESPhilly; Advisory Board
Member, Spark; Philanthropist, Tree
House Books; Mentor
AWARDS/HONORS: NJ Governors
Award recipient; Golden Key
International Honour Society
“You can’t lead the people if you don’t love
the people. You can’t save the people if you
don’t serve the people.” ~ Cornel West
NEGAR JAHANBIN
SYNERGY HOME
CARE OF THE
MAIN LINE
MANAGING
DIRECTOR
EDUCATION:
BS, Villanova
University
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: National
MS Society; Alzheimer’s Association
AWARDS/HONORS: Certificate
of Achievement-Certified Home
Care Consultant 2010; Certificate
of Appreciation-Chester County
Healthcare Partnership 2011
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to
pass. It’s about learning to dance in the
rain.” - Anonymous
DEREK JONES
GRISWOLD
HOME CARE
VICE PRESIDENT
OF MARKETING
EDUCATION: BS,
North Carolina
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public State University
Accountants; Information Systems Audit
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Certified
and Control Association
Senior Advisor
AWARDS/HONORS: Philadelphia
“Heroes get remembered but legends never
Leadership Core Class of 2013; Comcast die. Follow your heart kid and you’ll never
Executive Leadership Forum Class of
go wrong.” ~ The Babe from the movie
“The Sandlot”
2010; 16-year participant in Bike MS:
City to Shore
“Live every moment, laugh every day, love
beyond words.”
BLAIR KINDLICK
GREATER
PHILADELPHIA
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
PARTNERSHIP
MARKETING
COORDINATOR
EDUCATION: BA,
St. Joseph’s University
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: National
Alumni Board, St. Joseph’s University;
She United Board of Directors,
St. Joseph’s University, Habitat for
Humanity
of Honor; MBA with Highest Honors;
Beta Gamma Sigma International
Honor Society
“There are no secrets to success. It is the
result of preparation, hard work, and
learning from failure.”
JENNIFER LUIS
NIELSEN
PROJECT
MANAGER
EDUCATION: MS,
Robert Morris
University;
BS, Indiana
University of
Pennsylvania
“Press on - nothing in this world can take
the place of persistence. Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: National
people with talent. Persistence and
MS Society; International Institute of
determination alone are omnipotent.”
Business Analysis; American Society for
~ J. Calvin Coolidge
Training & Development; Sigma Sigma
Sigma National Sorority; PROSCI
change management
JENNIFER KIRWIN
DELOITTE
FINANCIAL
ADVISORY
SERVICES
FORENSIC
AND DISPUTE
MANAGER
EDUCATION: BS,
Drexel University
AWARDS/HONORS: 2006 Gold Cup
Award, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare
“It is the living of life that formed the
past and shapes the future. Circumstances
and events, whether monumental or not,
transform us into who we are born to be.”
BRONWYN L. MARTIN
AMERIPRISE
FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL
ADVISOR AND
CHARTERED
FINANCIAL
CONSULTANT®
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Member, American Institute of CPAs;
Member, Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners; Board Member, Turnaround
Management Association; Co-chair,
Networking Organization of Women (of
EDUCATION: MBA, West Chester
the TMA)
University; PhD, Boston University
AWARDS/HONORS: Certified Public
School of Medicine; MS, Boston
Accountant
University; BA, Boston University
“Never give up because things will work
out in the end.”
MATTHEW LEVITSKY
FOX
ROTHSCHILD LLP
ESTATE AND
BUSINESS
SUCCESSION
PLANNING
ATTORNEY
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Board,
Chester County Estate Planning
Council; Million Dollar Round Table®;
Rotary International; Rotarian Action
Group-MS Awareness
AWARDS/HONORS: 2007 Women
in Business Champion of the Year;
2008 Pennsylvania Best 50 Women in
Business; 2010-2011 Rotarian of the
Year; 2013 Five-Star Wealth Manager;
2013 The Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award
EDUCATION:
“Successful people get things done, others
LLM, New York University School of
make excuses.”
Law; JD, Rutgers University School of
Law; MBA, Rutgers University School of
Business; BS, Villanova University
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Member,
Philadelphia Estate Planning Council
AWARDS/HONORS: First Judicial
District of Pennsylvania’s Pro Bono Roll
PHILIP MOORE
TIFFANY NEWMUIS
MOORE & RYAN
REAL ESTATE
REALTOR
PENNSYLVANIA
CONVENTION
CENTER
AUTHORITY
DIRECTOR OF
DIVERSITY
PROGRAMS
EDUCATION:
Landmark
Education
AFFILIATIONS/
EDUCATION: MA,
MEMBERSHIPS: Suburban West Board of
Temple University; BA, Hood College
Realtors; Mortgage Bankers Association
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Board
AWARDS/HONORS: President Liberty
of Directors, Philadelphia Academies
Bell Real Estate; Branch Manager Gold
Inc; Board of Trustees, Mercy
Star Mortgage Broomall, PA
Vocational High School; Committee
Chair, Hospitality Industry Advisory
“People will forget what you said, people
will forget what you did, but people will
Committee on Career and Technical
never forget how you made them feel.”
Education
~ Maya Angelou
AWARDS/HONORS: Philadelphia
Tribune Top Ten under Forty
MICHAEL MURPHY
African American Leaders to Watch;
Philadelphia Minority Enterprise
CATHOLIC
Development Week Distinguished
FOUNDATION
Service Award
OF GREATER
PHILADELPHIA
DIRECTOR OF
OPERATIONS
EDUCATION: JD,
Widener School
of Law; BA, The College of the Holy
Cross
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Member,
University Barge Club; Board Member,
Friends of Saint Joe’s Prep Rowing;
Member, Saint Joseph’s Preparatory
School Alumni Board of Govenors;
Director, Archdiocesean Professional’s
Society
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because
it happened.” - Dr. Seuss
“I’ve learned that people will forget what
you said, people forget what you did, but
people will never forget how you made
them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou
LUKE OLENOSKI
VANGUARD
GROUP
IT SYSTEMS
MANAGER
EDUCATION:
BS, Villanova
University
AFFILIATIONS/
MEMBERSHIPS: United Way
AWARDS/HONORS: Magna Cum Laude
SUE NEUMANN
SMART SAND
INC.
CONTROLLER
EDUCATION:
MBA, Arcadia
University; BA,
Beaver College
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS:
American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants; Pennsylvania Institute of
Certified Public Accountants
“The only thing that will stop you from
fulfilling your dreams is you.”
THE DISEASE TAKES A HUGE
FINANCIAL TOLL: the lifetime personal
price tag of MS is nearly $3 million in lost wages,
medication costs and more.
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we
chase perfection we can catch excellence.”
~ Vince Lombardi
SEUN OLUBODUN
DUKE AND
WINSTON
OWNER/
FOUNDER
EDUCATION:
Temple University
AFFILIATIONS/
MEMBERSHIPS:
Sustainable Business Network
AWARDS/HONORS: Philadelphia
Fashion Ambassador 2011
“Less talk, more work.”
J. JUSTIN O’MALLEY
GEOFFREY POPE
10 years at Diversified Search
J.P. MORGAN
VICE PRESIDENT
A. P. ORLEANS
RISK
MANAGEMENT
VICE PRESIDENT
“You only live once; but if you live it right,
once is enough.” ~ Adam Marshall
EDUCATION:
BBA, Eastern
Michigan
University
JUNIOR
ACHIEVEMENT
OF THE
DELAWARE
VALLEY
JA COMPANY
PROGRAM
MANAGER
EDUCATION:
MBA, Wharton
School of the
University of
Pennsylvania;
BS, Cornell
University; St. Joseph’s Preparatory
School
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Board
Member and Spokesperson, The
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Wharton National Epilepsy Foundation
Club of Philadelphia; St. Joseph’s Prep
AWARDS/HONORS: Super Bowl
Development Committee; Cristo ReyChampion XLII
Young Professionals Board; I Run to
Stop MS; Fairmount Park Conservancy; “I am thankful to all those who said no.
Westmoreland Club
It’s because of them, I did it myself.”
~ Albert Einstein
“Get busy living or get busy dying.”
~ “The Shawshank Redemption”
PAUL SCHNED
MICHAEL PEARSON
UNION
PACKAGING LLC
PRESIDENT
EDUCATION:
BA, University of
Pennsylvania
AFFILIATIONS/
MEMBERSHIPS: Committee of Seventy,
Greater Philadelphia Chamber of
Commerce; United Way of Greater
Philadelphia & Southern New Jersey
AWARDS/HONORS: 100 Largest Black
Businesses in the United States, The
Black Enterprise 2013; ranked as one
of the 2013 fastest-growing, privatelyheld businesses in the Philadelphia
region, Philadelphia 100®, Wharton
Small Business Development Center,
Entrepreneurs’ Forum of Greater
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Business
Journal; African & Caribbean Business
Council Atlas Award, Spirit of
Innovation Award, Urban League of
Philadelphia
“Without Training, they lacked
knowledge. Without Knowledge, they
lacked confidence. Without Confidence,
they lacked victory.” ~ Julius Caesar
JENNIFER PIPERATO
EVOLVE IP
CLIENT TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR
COMCAST
CORPORATE
DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION:
MBA, Tuck
School of
Business; BA,
Dartmouth
College
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS:
Dartmouth College Alumni Council;
Co-Founder, Little Red Running Hoods
AWARDS/HONORS: Swam 28.5 miles
around Manhattan; Timothy Wright
Ellis Award for “extracurricular and
scholastic drive, spirit, loyalty and
amiability,” Dartmouth College
“You have brains in your head. You have
feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in
any direction you choose.” ~ Dr. Seuss
NICOLE TORSELLA HARRIS
UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA,
DIVISION
OF HUMAN
RESOURCES
EXECUTIVE
RECRUITER
EDUCATION: BS,
Boston University
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Member,
Alliance
of Women Entrepreneurs;
EDUCATION: University of Pittsburgh
Member, Philadelphia Society of
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS:
People & Strategy (formerly PHRPS);
Volunteer, Evolve IP’s community
Committee Member, LIFT Philadelphia
outreach program
Former Member; Board of Directors,
AWARDS/HONORS: Five-time Evolve IP Roxborough YMCA
Sales Consultant of the Month; Evolve
AWARDS/HONORS: Co-launched
IP Sales Employee of the Year 2011
and ran Philadelphia Reads and Focus
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says Philadelphia; built Philadelphia region
‘I’m possible!” ~ Audrey Hepburn
of national staffing firm, Mom Corps;
GERRI VATTIMO
EDUCATION: Senior Professional in
Human Resources (SPHR) Certification,
Master Certificate in Human Resource
Management, MA, Villanova University;
BA, Eastern University; Executive Coach
Certification, Ursinus College
AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS: Spinning
Certified Instructor, Eastern University;
Counselor, Montgomery County
Chamber of Commerce
AWARDS/HONORS: Philadelphia
Mayor’s Award for high school
internship (Lockheed IT Apprenticeship)
School District of Philadelphia Business
Partner of the Year Award; Lockheed
Martin IT Apprenticeship Program
Manager Outstanding Achievement
Diversity Initiative-Lockheed
“Too often we underestimate the power
of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a
listening ear, an honest compliment, or the
smallest act of caring, all of which have
the potential to turn a life around.” - Leo
Buscaglia
ROSSLYN WUCHINICH
UNITE HERE
LOCAL 274
PRESIDENT
EDUCATION: BA,
Harvard College
AFFILIATIONS/
MEMBERSHIPS:
Coalition of Labor Union Women
“Once social change begins, it cannot
be reversed...You cannot humiliate the
person who feels pride. You cannot oppress
the people who are not afraid anymore.
We have seen the future and the future is
ours.” ~ Cesar Chavez
THANK YOU
2013
MS LEADERS CIRCLE
NOMINATORS
Lyn
Albergo
Bradley
Korman
Marissa
Blank
Bradley
Krouse
Joe
Boxman
Nicole
Linehan
Bill
Coffey
John
Marmarou
Allison
Coia
Anne
Matlack
Melissa
Dietrich
Linda
McAleer
Diane
DiFulvio
Elizabeth
McElroy
Pat
Dugan
Lisa
Pagliaccetti
Christina
Forster
Erik
Ringoen
Stephanie
Gambone
Jamie
Santora
Stephen
Gleason
Blythe
Seese
Geoff
Gross
Mike
Spaeder
Chevaneese
Hague
Doug
Weiss
Pari
Hashemi
Elizabeth
Wideman
Claudine
Homolash
Jo-Ann
Zoll
2013
MS LEADERS CIRCLE
HONORARY MENTIONS
Megan
Armor
Drew
Miller
Adrianne
James
James
Morris
Christine Torres
TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN MS LEADERS
CIRCLE. TO NOMINATE YOURSELF OR
SOMEONE YOU KNOW FOR 2014:
NATIONALMSSOCIETY.ORG/PHILADELPHIALEADERSHIP
Susan, diagnosed in 1995
Multiple sclerosis. It’s a chronic disease of the central nervous system with
no known cause or cure. It can cause fatigue, numbness, paralysis...and the worst
part is, you just don’t know what’s going to happen next.
In addition to funding more MS research than any other non-profit in the world, the
staff and volunteers of the National MS Society are committed to doing whatever
we can to help people living with MS achieve the highest quality of life possible.
HOW WE
HELP
Daily life: By connecting with a self-help group,
finding a care manager, offering employment
services or working with you to make your home
more accessible, we can help you face the many
different day-to-day challenges of MS.
The information you need: Through workshops,
our call center, the Society web site, e-newsletter
and various publications, we provide the
information you need, when you need it.
Caring for caregivers: MS affects every family
member, especially those closest to the person
living with the disease; that’s why we provide
respite assistance, counseling services and family
programs.
Crisis assistance: The unpredictable nature
of MS means you may find yourself in a crisis
with nowhere else to turn. We can connect you
with community resources or provide emergency
help for utility payments, household repairs,
transportation to medical appointments and
beyond.
If you or someone you know needs help
managing the impact of MS, please
visit nationalmssociety.org/pae
or call 1-800-FIGHT-MS.
Save the date
2014 Women
Against MS
Luncheon
CONGRATULATIONS
RICHARD VAGUE
M AY 2 2 , 2 0 14
MANAGING PARTNER,
GABRIEL INVESTMENTS
AND CHAIRMAN, THE
GOVERNOR’S WOODS
FOUNDATION
HONORING:
Anne
Morrissey
RECIPIENT OF THE HOPE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING
PHILANTHROPIC AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
EXECUTIVE VICE
PRESIDENT AND
CHIEF OPER ATING
OFFICER,
AMERIHE ALTH
C ARITA S
FOUNDING CO-CHAIRS
LARRY KANE
IRA M. LUBERT
Independence Capital
Partners
HON. NICHOLAS J.
MAIALE
If you would like to learn more about
MS Dinner of Champions or our other events, please contact us at
1-800-548-4611 or dinnerofchampions@pae.nmss.org.
nationalMSsociety.org/WAMS
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THE 2013 MS LEADERS CIRCLE
THIS EVENT MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROSITY OF:
MAKE YOUR MARK
By sponsoring, volunteering or participating in the National MS Society’s many events.
WALK MS: Held
at 14 sites in
New Jersey and
Pennsylvania,
2011
Walk MS is a great way to spend
a spring morning with the family.
(April 27, May 3 & May 4, 2014)
MUCKFEST MS
PHILLY:
Take
the challenge to
slip, slide and
slosh your way
through a 5k (about 3.1 miles)
course covered in mud, all while
traversing over, under and through
natural and man made obstacles.
(May 31 & June 1, 2014)
BIKE MS: City
to Shore Ride:
25, 45, 75, or
100 miles. One
City to Shore
or
Ridetwo
2011days. Hailed by Bicycling
Magazine as the “Best cycling
getaway in N.J.,” you are sure to
enjoy the Bike MS: City to Shore
Ride. (September 27 & 28, 2014)
CHESAPEAKE
CHALLENGE
MS: A two-day,
30-mile
walk
through
to the Eastern Shores of
Challenge 2011
Maryland. You’ll be amazed at
how many miles you walked, how
many friends you made and how
much of an impact you have had
on the lives of people with MS.
(September 6 & 7, 2014)
Learn more at MoveforMS.org or call 1-800-FIGHT-MS.