Board of Directors - Children First (Formerly Public Citizens For Children and Youth)

Comité Ejecutivo

Javier Suarez, presidente

Javier is the Vice President for Strategic Partnerships at the Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

Estelle Richman, Vicepresidente

Estelle is the Executive Director, Philadelphia Coalition to Save Lives and former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.

Ira Goldstein, Tesorero

Ira is President of the Policy Solutions Group at Reinvestment Fund. He is also a Lecturer for the Urban Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Ira is also the Chair of the Children First Finance Committee.

LaTi Spence, Secretario

LaTi is Counsel at TD Bank.

Lindsay Albright, Committee Member

Lindsay is the Chief Operating Officer for Episcopal Community Services and is a graduate of the University Of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice. Lindsay is also the Chair of the Children First Nominating & Governance Committee.

Harriette Lynn Starr, Committee Member

Lynn is the former (retired) Director of Clinical Development at Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC / Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. Lynn’s uncle, Wilbur Hobbs, was a founder of Children First. Lynn is also the Chair of the Children First Development Committee.

Ann Rosewater, Committee Member

Ann is a senior member of the team at Kronley & Associates and has advised foundations, non-profit organizations, federal, state and local governments and universities including Ford, Annie E. Casey, Rockefeller, Pew Charitable Trusts and Robert Wood Johnson.

Miembros de la Junta

Saumya Ayyagari

Saumya is the Director of Special Outreach Services, a preventative oral health care program for individuals with intellectual disabilities and behavioral health challenges in PA. Her background is in public health nursing and maternal and child health nursing.

Matt Dorney

Matt is a Managing Director at Accenture Strategy. He is a management consultant specializing in Communications, Media and Technology,

Phil Fitzgerald

Phil is Senior Vice President, Senior Program Officer at Citi Foundation.

Marsha Gerdes, PhD

Marsha is a Senior Psychologist with PolicyLab at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Jacqueline Griffith

Jacqui is a former Chief Social Worker at University of Pittsburgh and a member of multiple local boards including the Bryn Mawr School of Social Work and now, Children First.

David Hackett

David is a lawyer with Cozen O’Connor focusing on representing and counseling employers concerning the full spectrum of labor and employment-related issues.

Melanie Hidalgo-Britt

Melanie is the Vice President of Development at Building 21 and member of the Steering Committee for the Philadelphia STEM Equity Collective.

Honorable Renee Cardwell Hughes

Renee es la directora ejecutiva de Hughes Group. Es ex juez de primera instancia en el Tribunal de Pleas Comunes de Pensilvania y ex directora ejecutiva de la Cruz Roja del este de Pensilvania.

Phil Jaurigue

Phil es el presidente y director ejecutivo de Sabre Systems, Inc. También es copropietario de los equipos Philadelphia Soul y Albany Empire AFL.

Ken Klothen

Ken es el fundador y consultor principal de E2K Consulting, LLC, una firma especializada en ética de la investigación, ética clínica y mediación en el campo de la atención médica.

Diego Matamoros

Diego is is a hands-on corporate attorney with Pierson Ferdinand and has a broad range of experience with a particular focus on private investment funds and middle-market M&A transactions.

Joanne McFall

Joanne is the Market President for Keystone First/AmeriHealth Caritas PA, Pennsylvania’s largest Medicaid managed care organization.

Lisa Panepinto

Lisa is the Senior Vice President & General Manager Public Sector for Comcast Business.

Rosa Parks-Verde

Rosa is a DEI Strategy Coordinator at Temple University and a former child welfare attorney for the City of Philadelphia.

ShaVon Savage

ShaVon is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Policy, Organizational, and Leadership Studies in the College of Education and Human Development at Temple University.

Staci Scott, MHS

Staci is the Executive Director of Sanctuary Village, providing people without housing, with transitional tiny homes within communities of care, advocacy, and equitable access to resources to empower their life choices.

Darren Smith

Darren es Asociado Senior en Asuntos Gubernamentales de Wodjak. Es abogado y ex jefe de gabinete de un líder del Senado y ex director de campaña de varios legisladores.

John Summers