OVERVIEW

A distinguished and active Board of Directors governs the Urban Affairs Coalition. The UAC Board structure consists of an Executive Committee and six governing committees that provide insight and oversight to the organization.

BOARD MEMBERS

Dennis M. Allen*       

Owner, D. Allen Accounting Firm

 

Dr. Bernard E. Anderson      

Retired, College Professor

 

Ronald A. Bradley*   

Retired, PECO Energy

 

Tracey Brand-Sanders*

Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer, UGI Corporation

 

Paul Brauer*

COO & Executive Vice President, ShopRite/Brown’s Super Stores

 

Mark Bullock 

Sr. VP, Government & Legal Affairs, AmeriHealth Caritas

 

Monica Burch*

Senior Vice President- Market Manager, Community Development Banking, PNC Bank

 

John Chin

Executive Director, Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation

 

John Clayton Jr.*

Director, Diversity Inclusion & Workforce Initiatives, Independence Blue Cross

 

Katherine Clupper*  

Retired, The PFM Group

 

Rina Desai

Principal/Owner, Eigen X, LLC

 

Tina D’Orazio Gedgard*

Senior Vice President, Office of the Chairman/CEO, Philadelphia Eagles

 

Patrick Eiding

President, Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO

 

William Ewing

Retired, Attorney

Dr. Donald “Guy” Generals*

President, Community College of Philadelphia

 

Carolyn L. Green*     

Managing Partner, EnerGreen Capital Management, LLC

 

Kevin Harden, Jr., Esq.   

Attorney, Ross Feller Casey, LLC

 

Tom Henneman   

Co-Founder & CEO, Federal Donuts

 

Sharon Jean-Baptiste*

Vice President, Mid-Atlantic Growth and Sales, Jacobs

 

Terri Lee Taylor       

Vice President, State Government Affairs & Policy, Merck  & Co., Inc.

 

Alan Lindy     

President, Lindy Property Management

 

Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake*    

Board Chair

President/Vice President of Community Affairs, Independence Blue Cross Foundation/Independence Blue Cross

 

Sharmain Matlock-Turner*  

CEO, Urban Affairs Coalition

 

Joanne McFall*     

Market President, Keystone First PA

 

Joseph Meade*

Board Vice Chair

Vice President, Community Relations and Government Affairs, Comcast Spectator

 

James Mergiotti*

Board Vice Chair/Chair Emeritus

Retired, Pierce College

Jenise Rabb Fitzgerald

Vice President & Relationship Manager III Commercial Lending, TD Bank

 

Grant Rawdin*

Secretary

Founder & CEO, Wescott Financial Advisory Group LLC

 

Nilda Ruiz      

President & CEO, APM

 

Rick Sauer      

Executive Director, Philadelphia Association of CDCs

 

Donn G. Scott

Retired, Banking

 

Bernard Smalley       

Attorney, Raynes McCarty

 

William Smith*     

Board Treasurer

Retired, Banking

 

Marian B. Tasco        

Retired, Philadelphia Councilwoman

 

Mark Tyler

Senior Pastor, Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

 

David Velazquez

President & CEO, PECO Energy Company

 

Leanne Wagner 

Trustee, Oberlin College

 

William L. Wilson      

Principal, Synterra, Ltd.

 

Sharana Worsley

Executive Director, Community Impact

JP Morgan Chase

*Executive Committee Members