Board and Staff

Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors is comprised of a group of community leaders with a willingness to commit time, energy, and personal resources to the organization. The Board of Directors plays a key role in the organization's financial strength and stability.

Chairman of the Board	Vice Chairman	Secretary	Treasurer
David D. Yoder, HRBP/Labor Relations, Lockheed Martin	David R. Breidinger, Division Vice President, Comcast Corp.	Sandy Weikel, Liaison, Pearl S. Buck Volunteer Assn.	Frederick Schea, President and Chief Executive Officer, First Savings Bank of Perkasie

Directors:

David Ballai, CIO & Vice President, Commercial Solutions, Reed Technology & Information Services, Inc.
Helen Ljungdahl Betsill, Head of Operations, Merck Vaccines
Dr. Joseph S. Brosnan, President of Delaware Valley College
David F. Conn, Esq., Attorney, Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams LLP
David DeLellis, Managing Director, Intrepid Capital Partners
Vincent J. Deon, Executive Recruiter, Profile Consultants LLC
Gayle Goodman, CPA, Independent Consultant
Mary Helf, Esq., Attorney, Fox Rothschild LLP
Thomas J. Jennings, Esq., Partner, Hill Wallack LLP
Pearl Kim, Esq., Delaware County District Attorney's Office
Sang Kim, Regional Banking Area President, Wells Fargo & Co.
Harold R. Levenson, CPA, Principal/Founder, LFL Veritas, LLC
Lauren M. Massey, CPA, Managing Director of Finance & Administration, Abbott Capital Management, LLC
Catherine Nguyen, Esq., Associate, Eastburn & Gray
Doreen H. Paynton, Chairman & CFO, Dontech Incorporated
Jonathan Moore Sharaf, Senior Vice President – Investments at Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Wendy Miller Thomas, Eastern Regional Sales Manager, IDEAL Industries
Norma A. Yabut, RN, BSN, CCRN, Community VolunteerNorma A. Yabut, RN, BSN, CCRN, Community Volunteer

Directors Emeritus:

Sandy F. Bates
Elizabeth Biester
Peter Conn, Ph.D.
Theresa Conn
Dean Evans, Ed.D.
Bill Haines
Janet Haines
John B. Huffaker, Esq.
Judy Huffaker
David Leslie-Hughes, Esq.
James J. Linksz, Ed.D.
Jane McKenna
Patrick A. Milberger, Esq.
Helen Nelson
Benjamin Ohrenstein, Esq.
Kenneth L. Plessner, CPA
Rebecca Oliver-Remshifski
Rosalyn Stanley
Carole Watters
Edward Wilusz

Honorary Board:

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Arlene Dahl-Rosen
Valerie Harper
Katherine Heigl
Hines Ward
Janice Walsh

Advisory Council:
Joan Block, Executive Director, Hepatitis B Foundation; Welcome House Child
Robert Byers, Jr., President, Byers’ Choice
Congressman Michael Fitzpatrick, 8th Congressional District
Janet Haines, Emeritus Board Member
Bill Haines, Former Chairman of the Board & Emeritus Board Member
Dennis Helf, Chairman of QNB
Commissioner Robert Loughery, County of Bucks, PA
PA Senator Charles McIlhinney, 10th Congressional District, State of PA
David Navazio, Executive Vice President and Founder of Gentell
Daniel J. Reavy, Director of External Affairs, Verizon
Robert Solarz, President, Gilmore & Associates
PA Representative Katharine Watson, 144th Legislative District, State of PA
Bridget Wingert, Editor, Bucks County Herald

Chief Executive Profile

Janet L. Mintzer holds a Master of Social Work from Temple University. She has served as President & CEO of nonprofit organizations for over twenty years and also has experience at the director level in the for-profit sector. While serving as CEO, she concurrently served as President of a state membership association and won two national awards recognizing her leadership in fund development and collaborative legislative advocacy before coming to Pearl S. Buck International as Vice President & COO in February 2001. Ms. Mintzer was promoted to President & CEO in September 2001.

She received an Honorary Doctorate in Public Service in 2009, the Symetra Financial Community Champion Award in 2008, the March of Dimes Women of Business Achievement Award in 2006 and the Pennridge Chamber of Commerce President's Award in 2006.

Staff of Pearl S. Buck International

Administration:

Pamela Carroll, Marketing Director pcarroll@pearlsbuck.org
Ann Marie Galioto, Grant Writer agalioto@pearlsbuck.org
Tony Luna, Vice President of Relationship Development tluna@pearlsbuck.org
Teresa Mandic, Vice President of Programs tmandic@pearlsbuck.org
Linda McCrillis, Development Associate lmccrillis@pearlsbuck.org
Janet L. Mintzer, President & CEO jmintzer@pearlsbuck.org
Patricia Morrison, Database Project Coordinator pmorrison@pearlsbuck.org
Jill Reeder, Chief Financial & Operations Officer jreeder@pearlsbuck.org
Kara Sarvey, Public Relations Coordinator ksarvey@pearlsbuck.org
Theresa Sheehan, Development Associate tsheehan@pearlsbuck.org
Kati Sowiak, Graphic Designer ksowiak@pearlsbuck.org
Marie Toner, Administrative Assistant mtoner@pearlsbuck.org

Pearl S. Buck House & Historic Site:
Ronald Banes, Grounds
Kenneth Barndt, Groundskeeper
M.J. Baum, Tour Desk
Jill Dansereau, Tour Coordinator jdansereau@pearlsbuck.org
David Hartzell, Facilities Manager dhartzell@pearlsbuck.org
Nancy McElwee, Tour Desk
Donna Rhodes, Curator drhodes@pearlsbuck.org
Erika Sands, Education Coordinator esands@pearlsbuck.org
Jeanne Scanlon, Tour Desk
Raymond Scholl, Grounds
Eileen Yevcak, Tour Desk

Opportunity House Program:

Marie Taylor, USA Opportunity House Program Coordinator mtaylor@pearlsbuck.org
Wang Chengwei, China Sponsorship Manager
Kyunghee Bae, Korea Executive Director
Maria Margarita Lavides, Philippines Executive Director
Hsiu-Ling Hsiao, Taiwan Executive Director
Suntaree Rangkusone, Thailand Executive Director
Hang Minh Pham, Vietnam Country Director

Welcome House Adoption Program:
Tammy Blymire, Contract Adoption Coordinator tblymire@pearlsbuck.org
Lisa Dillard, Contract Adoption Coordinator ldillard@pearlsbuck.org
Amy Durie, Program Manager adurie@pearlsbuck.org
Patti Dessino Farrell, Contract Adoption Coordinator pfarrell@pearlsbuck.org
Heather Hess, Contract Adoption Coordinator hhess@pearlsbuck.org
Ebony (Cox) Holloway, Contract Adoption Coordinator ecox@pearlsbuck.org
Bethany Horstman, Program Coordinator bhorstman@pearlsbuck.org
Leslie Lanzi, Asst. Adoption Coordinator llanzi@pearlsbuck.org
Ellen Mishel, Program Coordinator emishel@pearlsbuck.org
Stacey Schapiro, Contract Adoption Coordinator sschapiro@pearlsbuck.org
Kristen Slomka, Contract Adoption Coordinator kslomka@pearlsbuck.org
Janice Toole, Contract Adoption Coordinator jtoole@pearlsbuck.org