Our Advisory Board

Our Advisory Board—whose members range from leaders of our social service partners to retailers to bankers to management consultants—donate their time and expertise to Cradles to Crayons in Philadelphia. We are grateful for their many contributions to our organization.

  • Jim Ballengee, Service Learning Director, William Penn Charter School
  • Suzie Bown, Community leader, Volunteer Coordinator of Product Drives
  • Jeff Bozzi, President, Pemcor Inc.
  • Len Caldwell, Chair, Retired Commercial Banker, Pro Bono Advisor to Non Profit Organizations
  • Frank Collins, Store Manager, Home Depot, Plymouth Meeting
  • Dave Dryden, Senior Vice President, Bank of America
  • Sharif ElMekki, Principal, Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus
  • Mike Ford, Director of Human Resources, Reed Technology and Information Systems Inc.
  • Sean Halloran, Ph.D., Behavioral Health Programs Director, Carson Valley Children’s Aid
  • Tyra Hodges, Co-Founder, Tymel Style, LLC/Teen Advisor, Jack and Jill of America, Montgomery County
  • Karen Hudson, Community Education Coordinator, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Renee Johnson, Advisory Board Member, The Field Center School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania
  • Patrick Kain, Consultant, Trion
  • Wendy Kapnek, Founder/President, Kapnek Communications, Inc.
  • Shawn Lacy, Executive Director, Family Support Services
  • Jennifer L. Miller, Esq., Partner, Ballard Spahr Andrews and Ingersoll LLP     
  • Tony Nichols, Director of Leasing/Development, Liberty Property Trust
  • Bernadette Reist, Travel industry entrepreneur, Founder/Owner, New Dimensions Logistics LLP
  • Beth Saunders, Management systems consultant, formerly with Accion International
  • Jon Schwartz, Chief Financial Officer, New Spring Capital
  • Michael Shepard, Partner, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP·
  • Kristen Vieira Traynor, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  • Bill Whitmore, Regional Director, SEI Wealth Network, SEI Corporation