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 |
| Edward Wilusz, CFA, President, Value Management, Inc |
David D. Yoder, HRBP/Labor Relations, Lockheed Martin M |
Jane S. McKenna Senior Financial Consultant, PNC Investments |
Harold R. Levenson, CPA, Principal, LFL Veritas, LLC |
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Directors:
David Ballai, Vice President, Operations & Technology Services, Reed Technology & Information Services, Inc.
Elizabeth Biester, Community Volunteer
David R. Breidinger, Division Vice President, Comcast Corp.
David F. Conn, Esq., Attorney, Rudolph, Pizzo & Clarke, LLC
Vincent J. Deon, Executive Recruiter, Management Recruiters of Bucks County
Robert S. Eichfield, Vice Chair, Grameen Foundation
Thomas J. Jennings, Esq., Partner and Attorney-at-Law, Saul Ewing LLP
Terrence A. Kline, Esq., Counselor and Attorney-at-Law
David Leslie-Hughes, Esq., Ph.D., Executive Chairman, John Lloyd Huck Institute
Lauren M. Massey, CPA, Managing Director of Finance & Administration, Abbott Capital Management, LLC
Patrick A. Milberger, Esq., Community Volunteer
Rebecca Oliver-Remshifski, Esq., Associate, Pepper Hamilton, LLP
Kenneth L. Plessner, CPA, EisnerAmper LLP
David E. Shaffer, CPA, Kreisch Miller
Jonathan Moore Sharaf, Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo Advisors
Rosalyn Stanley, Community Volunteer
Carole Watters, Community Volunteer
Sandra R. Weikel, Liaison, Pearl S. Buck Volunteer Association
Norma A. Yabut, RN, BSN, CCRN, Community Volunteer
Directors Emeritus:
| Sandy F. Bates Peter Conn, Ph.D. Theresa Conn Dean Evans, Ed.D. John B. Huffaker, Esq. |
Judy Huffaker James J. Linksz, Ed.D. Helen Nelson Benjamin Ohrenstein, Esq |
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 seventeen 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
Brenda Hoot, Administrative Assistant bhoot@pearlsbuck.org
Teresa Mandic, Vice President of Operations tmandic@pearlsbuck.org
Kimberly N. Metz, Publications & Media Coordinator kmetz@pearlsbuck.org
Janet L. Mintzer, President & CEO jmintzer@pearlsbuck.org
Patricia Morrison, Database Project Coordinator pmorrison@pearlsbuck.org
Mary O'Brien, Grant Writer mobrien@pearlsbuck.org
Jill Reeder, Finance Director jreeder@pearlsbuck.org
Theresa Sheehan, Events Coordinator tsheehan@pearlsbuck.org
Pearl S. Buck House & Historic Site
Ronald Banes, Grounds
Kenneth Barndt, Groundskeeper
Donna Rhodes, Curator drhodes@pearlsbuck.org
Carole Hartzell, Tour Coordinator chartzell@pearlsbuck.org
Patricia Krisak, Tour Desk
David Hartzell, Facilities Administrator dhartzell@pearlsbuck.org
Raymond Scholl, Grounds
Opportunity House Program
Leonette Boiarski, Opportunity House Director lboiarski@pearlsbuck.org
Kathy Kee, Taiwan Executive Director
Hang Minh Pham, Vietnam Country Director
Suntaree Rangkusone, Thailand Executive Director
Roslynn A. Reyes, Philippines Executive Director
Marie Taylor, Opportunity House Program Coordinator mtaylor@pearlsbuck.org
Kyunghee Bae, Korea Executive Director
Welcome House Adoption Program
Susanne Arnold, Contract Adoption Coordinator sarnold@pearlsbuck.org
Leonette Boiarski, Welcome House Director lboiarski@pearlsbuck.org
Deann Borkowski, Program Manager dborkowski@pearlsbuck.org
Tammy Blymire, Contract Adoption Coordinator tblymire@pearlsbuck.org
Rebecca Buck, Contract Adoption Coordinator, bbuck@pearlsbuck.org
Heather Carter-Tryon, Program Manager hcarter@pearlsbuck.org
Laura Cogan, Contract Adoption Coordinator lcogan@pearlsbuck.org
Erica Davis, Contract Adoption Coordinator adoptwork@yahoo.com
Lisa Dillard, Contract Adoption Coordinator ldillard@pearlsbuck.org
Amy Durie, Contractor Supervisor 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
Anne Kegley, Asst. Adoption Coordinator akegley@pearlsbuck.org
Freida Myers, Asst. Adoption Coordinator fmyers@pearlsbuck.org
Tessa Palmer, Contract Adoption Coordinator, tpalmer@pearlsbuck.org
Emily Rice, Contract Adoption Coordinator, erice@pearlsbuck.org
Helen Schmidt-Sutton, Contract Adoption Coordinator hschmidt-sutton@pearlsbuck.org
Janice Toole, Contract Adoption Coordinator jtoole@pearlsbuck.org
Kristen Slomka, Contract Adoption Coordinator kslomka@pearlsbuck.org
This page was last updated on August 24, 2010.
