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Colleen CrowleyPartner, PWC | The Forum of Executive Women

Kristan DavisDirector, Digital Learning & Education

Technology, Jefferson Health 

Lisa DetwilerManging Director, General Counsel, & Chief

Compliance Officer, FS Investment Solutions |

The Forum of Executive Women  

Rita Di CarloAssociate Director, Career and Professional

Development, Villanova School of Business

Carolina DiGiorgioCEO, Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc 

Lizette EppsDirector of Impact and Engagement, Visions FCU

Stephanie FendrickSenior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer,

Virtua Health

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Jessica AnnasVP Commercial Marketing, Meridian Bank

CJ BachmannChief Operating Officer, 1SEO IT Support &

Digital Marketing 

Rachael BusheyPartner, Pepper Hamilton Law 

Lucy BustamanteMorning News Anchor, NBC10

Lauren CaponeManager, Marketing Communications,

Philadelphia Flyers | Philadelphia Content

Contributor, The GIST

Joan ChrestayExecutive Director, Community College of

Philadelphia 

Valarie CofieldPresident and CEO, Eastern Minority Supplier

Development Council 

MentorsTABLE OF CONTENTS

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Nicole MichalikOn Air, 92.5 XTU, Beasley Media Group, Inc. 

Jennifer Morales Senior Director, Corporate Communications  &

Public Relations | Entercom 

Renee Patrone RhinehartFounder and CEO, Events by Renee/Party Host

Helpers

Nancy Peterson SVP/Deputy General Counsel, Allied Universal 

Maureen Quilter Senior Director Communications, NBC Sports

Philadelphia

Joanne RyderFormer Chief Administration Officer, Beneficial

Bank, The Forum of Executive Women

Lindsay Sacknoff Head of US Contact Centers, TD Bank

Natily Santos AVP Speciality Supply Chain, Aramark 

Sophie Schroyer Financial Services Executive, MassMutual

Greater Philadelphia

Robin ShallowSenior Vice President, Corporate

Communications, Public Relations, Tivity Health

Brands 

Rona Sisson Executive Director, Mestel & Company 

Yvette Stewart-Glimp SVP of Property Management, Post Brothers 

Lauren Swartz Senior Director, International Business & Global

Strategy, Department of Commerce, City of

Philadelphia 

Mia FioravantiDirector of Corporate Social Responsibility,

Executive Director, FS Investments, The FS

Foundation

Michele GajderowiczGeneral Manager & COO of Radnor Valley

Country Club and CEO and Managing Partner for

The G2 Golf Group

Cherri Gregg Community Affairs Reporter, KYW Newsradio

Cristina GreysmanPartner Strategist, Amazon Web Services 

Melanie KennedySenior Vice President of Human Resources,

American Water 

Tracy LevesqueCo-President/Co-Founder, Yikes Inc.

Lori LombardoDirector, Business Development, Entrepreneur

Partners L.P.

Jody LurieDirector, Corporate Credit Analyst, Janney

Lisa LuskinChief Marketing Officer, Recovery Centers of

America

Ali McCarthyCMO, Brinker Capital and President of The

Center for Outcomes 

Tina McDonaldSenior Vice President, Director, Bryn Mawr Trust

Judy McGrutherPresident & CEO, The Hill at Whitemarsh | The

Forum of Executive Women 

MentorsTABLE OF CONTENTS | CONTINUED

Katie Rose ThorntonDirector of Marketing & Communications, BLOCS 

Marrea Walker-SmithPresident & CEO, CEO Academy for Youth 

Tracey Welson-RossmanCMO, Chariot Solutions 

Susan WilliamsonSenior Vice President, Business Operations,

Philadelphia 76ers

Jessica Annas | VP COMMERCIAL MARKETING, MERIDIAN BANKJessica Annas is Vice President of Marketing at Meridian Bank. After graduating

from Penn State with a B.A. in broadcast journalism, she joined Meridian Bank

as a Marketing Assistant in 2009. In her career at Meridian, she has helped

position the bank’s branding as it transitioned from a community institution with

$300 million in assets to a publicly traded $1.2 billion bank in 2019. Today, she

oversees Meridian’s public relations, marketing and advertising, digital presence

and investor communications. She also manages Meridian’s community support,

contributing over $3MM to hundreds of nonprofits in Greater Philadelphia.

CJ Bachmann | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, 1SEO IT SUPPORT & DIGITAL MARKETINGAs the Chief Operations Officer for Shock Advertising as well as 1SEO.com, CJ’s

main role is internal and external quality control. She is the glue that holds both

organizations together and directly manages over 150 employees and maintains

relations with over 400 marketing clients. CJ works closely with the managers

of each department to ensure that clients’ needs are met and that internal

processes are being completed timely and effectively. CJ comes to Shock

Advertising with over 15 years of experience in sales and customer service. CJ is

a self-proclaimed “Type A, Know it All;” and is highly interested in every aspect

of digital and traditional marketing.

Rachael M. Bushey | PARTNER, PEPPER HAMILTON LAWRachael M. Bushey is a partner and chair of the Health Sciences Department of

Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the Philadelphia office. She also is a member

of the firm’s Executive Committee. Ms. Bushey represents public and private

life sciences companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, complex

divestitures and carve-out transactions, a variety of capital markets transactions

(IPOs, follow-on offerings, PIPEs, RDOs and private placements), Securities

Exchange Act work, corporate governance and collaboration agreements. She

regularly provides counseling to boards of directors and senior management

on a wide range of corporate governance and compliance matters. In addition,

Ms. Bushey has significant experience in negotiating transactions with both

pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the United States, Europe and

Asia.

Lucy Bustamante | MORNING NEWS ANCHOR, NBC10Lucy Bustamante is a morning news anchor for NBC10 and breaking news

anchor for Telemundo62. You can watch her live reports weekday mornings

from 4 to 5:30 AM on NBC10 and from 6 to 7 AM on Telemundo62.

Fluent in Spanish, Lucy is the daughter of Cuban refugees who migrated to the

U.S. in 1969. Born and raised in New Orleans, Lucy’s bilingual reporting and

anchoring skills will be utilized on NBC10 and Telemundo62. Prior to joining

NBC10, Lucy served as the weekday morning and Noon anchor at WVEC-

TV in Norfolk, Virginia. At the same time, she also served as a daily weekday

morning news anchor for La Selecta 103.3 at WVXX-FM, a Spanish language

radio station. Prior to that, she served as an evening anchor for WWL-TV in New

Orleans.

MentorsBIOGRAPHIES

Lauren Capone | MANAGER, MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS, PHILADELPHIA FLYERS | PHILADELPHIA CONTENT CONTRIBUTOR, THE GISTLauren Capone is the Philadelphia Content Contributor for The GIST - a media

startup that connects and empowers women through sports. Capone is the

team’s go-to on all things Philadelphia, specifically providing weekly social

media previews to The GIST’s growing audience on Instagram. Additionally,

Capone is in her third year as the full-time Marketing Communications Manager

for the Philadelphia Flyers and Wells Fargo Center. Previously, Capone spent

two years as an Athletic Communications Assistant with Temple University

Athletics while she earned her Master’s Degree in Sports Business from Temple’s

School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management.

Joan Chrestay | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIAJoan Chrestay is currently the executive director of the Goldman Sachs 10,000

Small Businesses at the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP). More

than 250 business owners have successfully completed the program so far

under Joan’s tenure. Joan has over 30 years of experience in senior executive

position in higher education, policy and planning and government relations at

Hahnemann University, Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation,

Saint Joseph’s and Villanova Universities. She secured millions of dollars in

funding for women’s health, autism, capital funding, engineering research,

cardiology research, minority medical education and teen suicide prevention.

Joan believes in advocacy as a means to social justice.

Valarie Cofield | PRESIDENT AND CEO, EASTERN MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT COUNCILA facilitator of business opportunities and a champion for equitable diversity

and inclusion, Valarie boasts over 30 years of advocating at the highest levels

of government and industry, assisting private companies in developing their

supplier diversity business strategies, and public entities in implementing

economic development initiatives. As President and Chief Executive Officer of

the Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council (EMSDC), Valarie sparks

and facilitates business partnerships between EMSDC’s corporate members

and its certified Minority Business Enterprises. With invaluable experience in

contract negotiations, strategy development and opportunity identification,

Cofield works to prepare MBEs to successfully engage with the supply chains

of EMSDC’s corporate and institutional members. Cofield ensures that they

are positioned to bring value and solutions to the procurement process, while

actively and consistently making the case for supplier diversity across all

industries.

MentorsBIOGRAPHIES

Colleen Crowley | PARTNER, PWC | THE FORUM OF EXECUTIVE WOMENColleen is a partner in PwC’s Asset and Wealth Management assurance practice

and has been serving the financial services industry her entire career. Her

experience includes auditing SEC registrant investment companies, investment

advisors and broker-dealers, in addition to significant time auditing alternative

products such as direct investing hedge funds, hedge fund of funds, and private

equity funds. Colleen also serves in key roles on multiple of PwC’s largest asset

management accounts worldwide. As a member of the Accounting Services

Group in PwC’s National Professional Services Group, Colleen served as a

subject matter expert focused on accounting topics related to the financial

services industry. Her primary responsibilities included following significant

standard setting projects and assisting with the development of PwC’s technical

accounting guidance. She also served as a consultant on U.S. GAAP accounting

technical topics.

Kristan Davis | DIRECTOR, DIGITAL LEARNING & EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY, JEFFERSON HEALTHWith a long-held commitment and passion for education, research and

technology, as the Director of Digital Learning and Education Technology,

Kristan proudly leads a team of highly experienced educators, writers and

learning system administrators. In 2018, Kristan was honored to be named a

Woman of Distinction by the Philadelphia Business Journal. Her team is situated

in the Digital Innovation and Consumer Experience Group within Jefferson

University and Hospitals and is focused on providing friction-less consumer

experiences and digital disruptions to improve learning. In just under fiveyears,

Kristan led her team to converting Jefferson’s in-person electronic health

records (EHR) system training to predominantly online learning, reducing

physician training time by approximately 70%. To date, Kristan and her teams

have saved the organization $12+ million by creating learning efficiency and

driving learner engagement.

Lisa Detwiler | MANGING DIRECTOR, GENERAL COUNSEL, & CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, FS INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS | THE FORUM OF EXECUTIVE WOMENLisa Detwiler is the Managing Director, General Counsel and Chief Compliance

Officer of FS Investment Solutions, FS Investments’ wholly owned broker-dealer

subsidiary, responsible for both legal and compliance functions.

Prior to joining FS Investment Solutions, Ms. Detwiler served as Senior Managing

Counsel of BNY Mellon’s managed account business and General Counsel of

Lockwood Advisors, a BNY Mellon subsidiary, and a member of its investment

committee. Her prior experience includes serving as a partner at Schnader

Harrison Segal & Lewis, LLP, as Chief Counsel of the Pennsylvania Department

of Banking and as an attorney at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

She has more than 25 years of experience representing a variety of financial

institutions in regulatory, transactional, litigation and governance matters.

MentorsBIOGRAPHIES

Rita Di Carlo | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, VILLANOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESSRita is a career services professional with over 15 years of experience

empowering undergraduate and graduate students to achieve their career

goals though one-on-one coaching. Experience in the development of career

related content for on campus workshops, career related courses, and special

training programs. Participate in student leadership development initiatives

including the management of a formal mentoring program and providing

programming and corporate site visits. Assist in the management of corporate

and alumni relationships to create talent pipelines for students, develop

networking opportunities, and expand the brand recognition for the Villanova

School of Business Graduate Program. Completed undergraduate and graduate

degrees at Drexel University and currently holds the role of Associate Director

for Graduate Career and Professional Development at the Villanova University

School of Business.

Carolina DiGiorgio | CEO, CONGRESO DE LATINOS UNIDOS, INCAs an immigrant from Honduras, Carolina DiGiorgio has long worked with the

Latino community to ensure opportunity exists for achieving the American

Dream. Today that work is as CEO of the non-profit Congreso de Latinos Unidos,

which is nationally recognized for its Primary Client Model, a homegrown

service delivery approach assisting more than 17,000 clients each year. She

has also focused on staff well-being by ensuring all are eligible to use remote

workforce options and flexible workday hours.

Lizette Epps | DIRECTOR OF IMPACT AND ENGAGEMENT, VISIONS FCULizette Epps is an award-winning businesswoman and inspiring community

advocate that resides in Berks County. She has 25 years of professional

experience and holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix. As the Director

of Impact and Engagement for Visions Federal Credit Union, she manages

their Financial Education Program and focuses on ensuring there is positive

community engagement for both members and business owners alike. She

is also the Founder and CEO of Breadth of Hope LLC, a career navigation

consultancy firm geared to help others find their path to personal and

professional success.

MentorsBIOGRAPHIES

Stephanie Fendrick | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, VIRTUA HEALTHStephanie Fendrick is the Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer

at Virtua. She provides executive leadership for strategic business planning,

service line strategies, external relationships that support the development,

execution and achievement of Virtua’s short and long-term business plans.

Her role includes exploring, developing and managing relationships with other

providers and organizations to support Virtua’s mission to improve the health

of the community. With Virtua’s recent acquisition of the Lourdes Health

System, Stephanie is leading the Integration Management Office which provided

oversight during the transition and now the integration process.

Mia Fioravanti | DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FS INVESTMENTS, THE FS FOUNDATIONMia Fioravanti is Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at Navy Yard-based

alternative asset manager FS Investments. In that role, Mia oversees the firm’s

corporate social responsibility initiatives and serves as Executive Director of

the FS Investments Foundation, the firm’s philanthropic arm. Mia established

FS’s marquee philanthropic initiative, FS Financial Scholars, a financial literacy

program created in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania that

provides financial literacy education to Philadelphia high school students and

their families. Mia also leads FS’s diversity and inclusion strategy. She led the

formation of the FS Inclusion Council, which she chairs, and the firm’s growing

network of Employee Resource Groups.

Michele Gajderowicz | GENERAL MANAGER & COO OF RADNOR VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB AND CEO AND MANAGING PARTNER FOR THE G2 GOLF GROUP

MentorsBIOGRAPHIES

Cherri Gregg | COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REPORTER, KYW NEWSRADIOCherri Gregg is a Community Affairs reporter and on-air host for KYW

Newsradio (KYW-AM) in Philadelphia. KYW Newsradio is a part of Entercom,

a leading media and entertainment company and one of the two largest

radio broadcasters in the U.S. Entercom reaches over 170 million people each

month through a robust portfolio of 235 radio stations, live events and digital

platforms, and is the nation’s unrivaled leader in news and sports radio. Gregg

has been recognized with four National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)

Salute To Excellence Awards since 2017, including for radio investigative

reporting, radio public affairs reporting, podcasting and television.

Cristina Greysman | PARTNER STRATEGIST, AMAZON WEB SERVICES Cristina Martin Greysman is a proven channel sales and partner programs leader

with extensive experience creating new revenue opportunities for technology

companies. Cristina’s 20-year career spans both startups and Corporate

America in the Philadelphia region, specializing in business development,

strategic alliances, and partner program development. After 18 years as an

Amazon customer, she finally became an employee! She currently serves as

Partner Strategist on the World Wide Public Sector team at Amazon Web

Services, recruiting partners to build AWS practices to serve the needs of State

and Local Governments in the United States.

Melanie Kennedy | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, AMERICAN WATERMelanie Kennedy serves as senior vice president of Human Resources (HR) for

American Water, the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility

company. In this role, Kennedy is responsible for overall human resources

strategy, talent acquisition, leadership development, organizational design

and cultural development, compensation and benefits, HR operations and

technology, employee and labor relations, and employee education and

development. She also serves as the executive sponsor of the company’s

Inclusion and Diversity council. As a member of the executive leadership team,

Kennedy contributes directly to the long and short term strategic objectives of

the company. She was named SVP, HR in March 2017.

Tracy Levesque | CO-PRESIDENT/CO-FOUNDER, YIKES INC.Tracy Levesque is the co-owner and co-founder of YIKES, Inc. a web

development agency located in the vibrant Fishtown neighborhood of

Philadelphia. YIKES specializes in professional WordPress development and

is one of less than 20 WordPress VIP Agency Partners in the world. Certified

Women and LGBT owned, YIKES is also a proud certified B Corporation

focusing on sustainable business practices and observing the triple bottom line:

People, Planet, Profit. At YIKES you can find her managing projects, running

discovery meetings and working on business development. Tracy still loves to

code and participates weekly in building WordPress themes and plugins.

MentorsBIOGRAPHIES

Lori Lombardo | DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, ENTREPRENEUR PARTNERS L.P.Lori Lombardo is the Director of Business Development at Entrepreneur

Partners, a Philadelphia-based private equity firm investing in Printing,

Packaging and Direct Marketing businesses. With fifteen years of financial

services and M&A experience, she is responsible for deal sourcing, facilitating

acquisitions, and supporting the firm’s portfolio companies. As both a principal

investor and M&A advisor, Lori has driven transactions from origination through

due diligence to closing. She also manages operations of the firm, including

vendor relationships, budgeting, marketing and technology. During her tenure

at Entrepreneur Partners, she has sourced, evaluated, and built relationships

with over 1000 companies across the US through strategic outreach and the

cultivation of relationships.

Jody Lurie | DIRECTOR, CORPORATE CREDIT ANALYST, JANNEY Jody K. Lurie, Director and Corporate Credit Analyst in Janney’s Investment

Strategy Group, serves the Firm’s Private Client Group as the expert in

corporate bonds, preferreds, and other taxable fixed income asset classes. In

this role, Ms. Lurie provides commentary on overarching trends and investment

ideas in taxable fixed income, as well as research and strategy about issuers’

debt structures at the micro level, offering trade recommendations and portfolio

reviews to retail and institutional accounts.

Lisa Luskin | CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, RECOVERY CENTERS OF AMERICALisa Luskin is Chief Marketing Officer at Recovery Centers of America (RCA), a

neighborhood-based addiction treatment healthcare company. Lisa oversees all

aspects of marketing and advertising, brand management, and public relations.

She spearheads the business marketing strategy for the company’s planned

expansion from the Northeast to the Midwest and South to provide better reach

to communities in need of treatment for drug and alcohol addictions.

Ali McCarthy | CMO, BRINKER CAPITAL AND PRESIDENT OF THE CENTER FOR OUTCOMESAli McCarthy is the Chief Marketing Officer at Brinker Capital. In this role,

she is responsible for leading the company’s marketing and communication

efforts, including media relations, branding, advertising, social media, video,

and online content. Additionally, she manages and oversees sponsorships,

events, charitable contributions, and marketing training. In 2016, Ali launched

The Center for Outcomes, powered by Brinker Capital Holdings, an innovative

advisor educational forum designed to help financial professionals grow their

business. Ali is a member of Brinker Capital’s Executive Committee and has over

17 years of marketing experience in the financial services industry.

MentorsBIOGRAPHIES

Tina McDonald | DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, ENTREPRENEUR PARTNERS L.P.Tina McDonald is the Senior Vice President & Director of Marketing for Bryn

Mawr Trust, its parent company BMBC, and the divisions and subsidiaries Bryn

Mawr Trust Wealth Management & Private Banking, Bryn Mawr Trust Insurance

Advisors, and Bryn Mawr Funding. With more than 33 years’ experience in

financial services and marketing, she provides expertise in communications,

advertising, digital marketing, event planning, product management and

development, and more.

Judy McGruther | PRESIDENT & CEO, THE HILL AT WHITEMARSH | THE FORUM OF EXECUTIVE WOMENJudith (“Judy”) McGruther is a seasoned chief executive with over twenty-

five years of experience in driving business growth and innovation. An

entrepreneurial leader with a passion for building organizations, she has

concentrated on transforming businesses in the continuing care industry. Judy

has leveraged her marketing, finance, management, and operations skills to

build successful business models. To each opportunity, she brings a strategy

perspective along with the analytical ability to assess risk and identify creative

business solutions.

Nicole Michalik | ON AIR, 92.5 XTU, BEASLEY MEDIA GROUP, INC.Nicole Michalik (Ma-hall-lick) is a woman who defines the term “social.” She

is the afternoon drive host weekdays on 92.5 XTU.  She’s been dazzling Philly

radio for some time and you may know her as “Nik the Web Chick,” as well

as the host of the podcast “Why Are You Following Me?” which is available

on iTunes. In her time away from radio, you may have caught her on NBC’s

hit show, “The Biggest Loser.” She has starred in the off-Broadway show:

Gilbert Gottfried Presents: “The Diet Show,” has been a featured presenter at

the Pennsylvania Conference for Women, keynote speaker for Bucks County

Woman’s Conference, as well as assisted with social media at various national

radio events such as iHeart Radio Music Festival and iHeart Radio Awards.

Jennifer Morales | SENIOR DIRECTOR, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS  & PUBLIC RELATIONS | ENTERCOMJennifer Morales is Senior Director of Corporate Communications and Public

Relations at Entercom, a leading media and entertainment company and one of

the two largest radio broadcasters in the U.S., reaching over 170 million listeners

monthly across a robust portfolio of 235 radio stations, live events, and digital

platforms. Entercom is the nation’s unrivaled leader in news and sports radio

and is the home of RADIO.COM. Morales joined Entercom in 2017 as a founding

member of the multiple-award winning communications and public relations

function.

MentorsBIOGRAPHIES

Renee Patrone Rhinehart | FOUNDER AND CEO, EVENTS BY RENEE/PARTY HOST HELPERSYou haven’t lived until you clink a champagne glass with Renee Patrone. 

She’s one of Philadelphia’s premiere party planners and entrepreneurs.  She

has founded not one, but two businesses, in the past decade.  She knows

how to celebrate life’s moments and works hard on creating moments worth

celebrating. The first, Events by Renee, is a full-service event planning company

since 2007.  Renee brings her creative and professional attitude to every event

– whether it’s a corporate meeting for 500 people or a small, intimate wedding

for 20.  She’s easy going, even in the highest level of chaos and her hardworking

demeanor has led to strong and reliable relationships with the best vendors and

venues in the area.

Nancy Peterson | SVP/DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL, ALLIED UNIVERSALMs. Peterson is Sr. VP/Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

for Allied Universal, where she is responsible for overseeing the contract

management, compliance and internal audit functions. Before her current

position, she was the General Counsel for Frankford Candy & Chocolate Co.,

Inc., where she was recruited as the company’s first general counsel to develop

a full-service in-house legal department. She also served as Assistant General

Counsel for ARAMARK Corporation in Philadelphia, where she represented and

advised executives within ARAMARK’s sports and entertainment and campus

services lines of business on corporate/commercial matters. She is a member

of ASIS (Security Council) and currently serves on the Boards of the Mural Arts

Program and Committee of Seventy and is a prior board member of The Forum

of Executive Women.

Maureen Quilter | SENIOR DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS, NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIAMaureen Quilter is the Senior Director of Communications for NBC Sports

Philadelphia. In this role she oversees all public and media relations for the

regional sports network. During her tenure at the network, she has secured

feature stories in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, Philly Mag, Philadelphia

Business Journal, Los Angeles Times, Sports Business Journal and many other

regional and trade publications.

Joanne Ryder | FORMER CHIEF ADMINISTRATION OFFICER, BENEFICIAL BANK, THE FORUM OF EXECUTIVE WOMEN

Lindsay Sacknoff | HEAD OF US CONTACT CENTERS, TD BANKLindsay Sacknoff is Senior Vice President and Head of U.S. Contact Centers at

TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®. In this role, she leads TD Bank’s

U.S. Contact Center strategy and operations with a team of more than 2,000

colleagues working across four sites responsible for providing customer care

and solutions during ~20MM interactions per year via phone, email social media.

MentorsBIOGRAPHIES

Natily Santos | AVP SPECIALITY SUPPLY CHAIN, ARAMARK Natily Santos is a management leader with proven record of results and creating

value in sales, operations, and supply chain functions. She has worked with

some of the worlds most recognized brands and organizations including Walt

Disney World, Major League Baseball, and the International Olympic Committee.

In her role as AVP Specialty Supply Chain for Aramark Global Supply Chain &

Procurement, Natily leads strategic initiatives that connect clients, consumers

and communities to sourcing strategies that drive business growth and local

economic impact.

Sophie Schroyer | FINANCIAL SERVICES EXECUTIVE, MASSMUTUAL GREATER PHILADELPHIASophie is originally from London, England.  She studied Business Estate

Management at The Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester. Upon graduation,

she had a successful career working in the City of London where she was then

asked to develop and build a construction recruitment company, which is now

one of the leading recruitment companies in the United Kingdom. She is now

based in the US and eight years ago entered the Insurance & Financial Field

and is dedicated to making a difference in people’s lives by helping her clients

protect the ones they love.

Robin Shallow | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC RELATIONS, TIVITY HEALTH BRANDS As Senior Vice President, Communications, Shallow is responsible for strategic

communications and public relations spanning Tivity Health brands from

Nutrisystem and South Beach Diet to SilverSneakers and the new Wisely Well.

Robin joined Tivity Health in 2019 by virtue of the Company’s acquisition of

Nutrisystem, Inc. Formerly, she served as SVP Corporate Communications and

Public Relations at Nutrisystem, Inc. since 2012.

Rona Sisson | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MESTEL & COMPANYRona Sisson is an Executive Director at Mestel & Company, where she specializes

in Associate, Counsel, Partner and Law Firm Management placements in the

Philadelphia and New York metropolitan regions. www.mestel.com Rona has a

solid track record in managing attorneys through the recruitment process and

their careers, while providing thoughtful and forward-thinking strategies to both

law firm and corporate legal department clients.

MentorsBIOGRAPHIES

Yvette Stewart-Glimp | SVP OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, POST BROTHERSYvette Stewart-Glimp heads Post Brothers’ property management division,

overseeing more than 100 employees across 5000 units. She has over30 years

of high-level property management experience with progressively increasing

responsibility across multiple sectors of the multifamily management industry.

Yvette celebrated her 11-year anniversary with the Post Brothers organization on

August 4th, 2019. She started at the company as a Regional Director, and went

on to be promoted to VP of Property Management and was recently promoted

to Senior Vice President of Property Management.

Lauren Swartz | SENIOR DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & GLOBAL STRATEGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, CITY OF PHILADELPHIAIn her role as Senior Director of International Business & Global Strategy for

the City of Philadelphia at the Department of Commerce, Lauren Swartz leads

initiatives to grow Philadelphia’s international business and relationships. With

a focus on global business attraction, foreign direct investment, and promoting

exports, her work creates jobs and strengthens the local economy. She plays

the leading role in crafting the global strategy for Philadelphia and hosts

delegations, diplomats, business and investors from abroad, and represents the

City of Philadelphia worldwide.

Katie Rose Thornton | DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS, BLOCSKatie Rose Thornton joined the BLOCS team as Director of Marketing &

Communications in January 2020. In her role, Thornton will develop a mission-

based comprehensive Marketing and Communications Plan, inclusive of all

social/digital and public/community relations strategies and tactics. Thornton

will also spearhead all the planning and execution of special events, namely

the Annual Gala. Katie Rose brings extensive experience in strategic marketing

communications, development and fundraising in higher education, professional

sports and collegiate athletics. Her expertise lies in working collaboratively

across channels, at all levels within an organization, both internally and

externally.

Marrea Walker-Smith | PRESIDENT & CEO, CEO ACADEMY FOR YOUTH Marrea Walker-Smith, MPA, is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CEO

Academy for Youth, a full-service youth academic organization she established

in 2017 to prepare students for high demand careers in healthcare, technology,

science and medicine in the greater Philadelphia region. Through partnerships

with leading medical, technology and engineering companies, she creates and

delivers specialized STEM training programs, certifications and job shadow

opportunities. The Philadelphia Business Journal honored Walker-Smith as a

2018 Woman of Distinction for her professional achievements, dedication to

mentorship and community involvement. Main Line Today Magazine named her

a 2018 Healthcare Hero.

MentorsBIOGRAPHIES

Tracey Welson-Rossman | CMO, CHARIOT SOLUTIONSTracey is a sought-after expert, advisor and advocate for women in technology.

She is co-founder and CMO of Philadelphia-based software consulting firm

Chariot Solutions and founder of TechGirlz.org.

Tracey is a frequent commenter on women in technology-related careers, and

advises a number of leading companies on their STEM programs. She has shared

insights and solutions from the stage at SXSW, as a contributor to Forbes, and

as a speaker at the Philadelphia Women’s March.

Tracey began her career in retail management and advertising sales, before

acquiring child transportation company KangaKab and expanding it to

Pennsylvania. In addition to leading the branding and marketing strategy for

Chariot, she helped grow the company 5x since its launch. Tracey is a founding

board member of Philadelphia Startup Leaders, board member for Creating IT

Futures and WXPN, and an advisor for startups Rec Philly and Jenzy.

Susan Williamson | SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS OPERATIONS, PHILADELPHIA 76ERSIn her role as Vice President of Business Operations, Williamson leads the

execution of HBSE’s day-to-day operational activities, ensuring the organization

maximizes business opportunities at a high-quality level and in correspondence

with vision of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment.  Williamson’s efforts

and influence both direct and service all major business and team-related

verticals across all HBSE properties, including Operations, Finance, Community

Relations, Partnerships, Marketing and Brand and more. Williamson

manages critical development projects across the organization, including

the development and opening of the 125,000-square foot, state-of-the-art

Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex in 2016 and the Delaware Blue Coats (NBA

G League) over 160,000-square foot 76ers Fieldhouse in Wilmington, DE in

January 2019; a 2,500-seat arena and community sports center. Williamson

directs the strategic planning and operations for all HBSE properties.

MentorsBIOGRAPHIES

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