Whitaker Center
Central PA’s Nonprofit Center for the Arts

Executive Staff

Executive Team

Mary Oliveira, President and CEO

Heather Woodbridge, Vice President of Operations

Michael Ringenbach, Vice President of Development

 



 Board of Directors



Board Chair

Nicole Conway, Esquire
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Vartan Group, Inc.


Board Treasurer


Matthew Schroeder
EVP, Chief Financial Officer, Rite Aid Corporation


Board Secretary


Tom Nehilla, Esquire
Partner, Barley Snyder


Immediate Past Board Chair

Marsha Everton
The AIMSights Group



Members


Lynette Chappell Williams, J.D. 

Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer, Penn State Health


George Connor

Executive Director, Dauphin County Economic Development Department


Kristen Del Grosso, CFP

Sr. VP, Banking Market Manager Central Pennsylvania, PNC


Matthew Eisel, CFA

Community Volunteer


Jeshanah Fox 

Marketing Director, Brown Shultz Sheridan & Fritz


Thomas J. Gentzel

Principal, Gentzel Insights LLC

Executive Director & CEO Emeritus, National School Boards Association


Shannon Gierasch

General Counsel, West Shore Home

 

Heather Hall

EVP & Market President, Mid Penn Bank


Nora Habig

Regional President, M&T Bank


Jim Holder

Director, Learning and Talent Development, Hershey’s Ice Cream


Steven Lewis

Commercial Lines Placement Specialist, Spotts Insurance Group


Thomas J. Nehilla

Partner, Barley Snyder LLP


Alka Patel

Community Volunteer, Comcast


Michael “Gus” Schmedlen

Chief Revenue Officer, Texthelp


Kevin Schreiber

President & CEO, York County Economic Alliance


Matt Vogel, CPA, MBA

Vice President, Managed Care UPMC Pinnacle


Jill J. Walmer

Community Volunteer


Brian D. Wassell, CPA, CM&AA

Partner, Trout CPA


Catherine A. Wilsbach, P.E., LEED A.P.

Director of Land Development, LIVIC Civil

 

Jodi Woleslagle

SVP of Human Resources, Capital Blue Cross

 

Steven Yurich

Chief Information Security Officer,  Penn National Insurance







 


Emeritus Directors 

Marion C. Alexander
John Altmeyer
Dennis Brenckle
Mark Caldwell
Barbara Carbaugh
Steven Etter
Russell Ford
Bradley Forman
Miles Gibbons, Jr. (deceased)
James Grandon, Jr.
Lois Lehrman Grass (deceased)
Robert Grubic
Derek Hathaway (deceased)
Jim Hoehn
Robyn Holder
Kelly Hollinger
Clifford Jones (deceased)
Paul Kunkel, M.D.
David Lavery
Terry Lehman, CPA
William Lehr, Jr. (deceased)
H. Glenn Manning
Harold McInnes
Kristen Olewine Milke
Michael Murchie
David O'Brien
Anthony Pascotti (deceased)
Jeffrey Peters
Thomas Philips
Christine Sears
Todd Shamash
Anthony Seitz, Esquire
Patricia Smith, CPA
Gary D. St. Hilaire
Jack Stover, Esquire
Marian Warden
William Warren, Jr., Esquire
Mary Webber Weston
Richard Willey
Kenneth Wolfe, CPA
Meron Yemane
LeRoy Zimmerman, Esquire


President Emeritus

Thomas Stone, Ph.D.
Dr. Michael Hanes

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