about us

Our Team

Working together to strengthen communities

Our team, board and committee members work diligently, together, making our communities a better place to live and work.

Our Team

We are advocates for change and the stewards of strategic philanthropy within your communities.

Janice R. Black

President and CEO

Kirk C. Demyan

Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Jennifer Doyle

Vice President of Philanthropy & Community Investment

Jennifer Black

Administrative Assistant

Michael J. Blymier

Marketing & Communications Officer

Mark A. Bradshaw

Donor Services Associate

Raeann Buskey

Marketing & Communications Associate

Faith Elmes

Scholarship Coordinator

Leslie Fick

Early Education Specialist

Debbie Garrison

Philanthropic Officer

Andrea R. Iguina-Pérez

Program Officer for Community Investment

Jim Martin

Senior Financial Services Associate

Ash Morley

Scholarship Associate

Jeanne Predmore

Early Education Specialist

Board of Directors

Diverse community leaders, our Board of Directors provide their expertise and commitment to responsible philanthropic governance for long-term community impact.

Dr. Carolyn Dumaresq

Chair, Retired Educator

Robert E. Caplan, CFA

Vice Chair, River Wealth Advisors

L. Renee Lieux, Esq.

Secretary, McNees Wallace & Nurick, LLC

Susan Simms Marsh

Assistant Secretary, PA American Water

Greg D. Klopp

Treasurer, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts

Robert J. Dolan, ASA

Assistant Treasurer, ConradSiegel

Judy Blust

Retired Educator

David G. Forney

Community Volunteer

Robert Grubic

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc.

Betsy Hancock

Deep Water Point

Dave Kutz

Community Volunteer

Esmeralda Y. Hetrick

Community Volunteer

David Manbeck, CPA

Boyer & Ritter, LLC

Amanda Owens

Capital Blue Cross

Samir Parikh

Morgan Stanley

Gregory J. Royer

Royer's Flower Shops

David F. Spang

Walker, Connor & Spang, LLC

Richard D. Spiegelman

Community Volunteer

Jennifer Holman Zaborney

Best Space, LLC

Spencer G. Nauman, Jr., Esq.

TFEC General Counsel

Standing Committees

Audit Committee

David J. Manbeck, Principal, CPA, Chair
Michael R. Gillespie, Hersha Hospitality Trust
Glen P. Heisey, Capital BlueCross
Steven M. Hoffman, CPA, KPMG LLP, Retired
William Lehr, Jr., Capital BlueCross, Retired
*Kirk Demyan

Communications Committee

Carolyn Dumaresq, Co-Chair
Dr. Jeffrey Ritchie, Ph.D., Co-Chair
David G. Forney, Community Volunteer
Emily Grun, Ahold
Wendy Kaufman, Freelance Copywriter & Marketing Consultant
Kathy L. Pape, McNees Wallace & Nurick, LLC
Alexandra Rhodes, Merit
Jennifer Holman Zaborney, Best Space LLC
Nate Kresge, GK Visual
*Michael Blymier

Finance and Administration Committee

Greg D. Klopp, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts, Chair
Dorothea Aronson, Service Oil Company
Robert J. Dolan, ASA, Conrad Siegel Investment Advisors Inc.
*Kirk Demyan

Governance Committee

Neal West, Esq., Chair
Velma Redmond, Esq.
Jonathan Vipond, Esq.
*Janice Black

Grantmaking Committee

Richard D. Spiegelman, Community Volunteer, Chair
Jennifer N. Baar, HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College
Esmeralda Hetrick, Community Volunteer
Phillip Horn, Executive Director, PA Council on the Arts
Nicole Stezar Kaylor, McNees Wallace & Nurick, LLC
David Kutz, Community Volunteer
Susan Simms Marsh, PA American Water
Donna Murray
*Andrea Iguina

Human Resource Committee

Dr. Carolyn Dumaresq, Retired Educator, Chair
Robert E. Caplan, CFA, River Wealth Advisors LLC
*Janice Black

Investment Advisory Committee

Robert E. Caplan, CFA, River Wealth Advisors LLC, Chair
Catherine Azeles, CFP, ConradSiegel
Jennifer Collins, CFP, River Wealth Advisors LLC
Frederick D. Fischer, Fischer Financial Services
Kenneth E. Lehman, Lehman Volvo, Retired
William Lehr, Jr., Capital BlueCross, Retired
Samir S. Parikh, Morgan Stanley
Conrad M. Siegel, FSA, ConradSiegel
Richard D. Spiegelman, Community Volunteer
Jonathan Vipond, III, Esq., Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C.
*Kirk Demyan