Meet Our Board of Directors

Executive Board
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Pam Sawyer, President
Professional: Senior Account Executive, Comcast Spotlight
Education: B.A. in Communications, LaSalle University
Community Involvement: President - Eastern Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the EMCCC Communications Committee
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Gail Madison, First Vice President
Professional: Director, The Madison School of Etiquette and Protocol
Education: B.A. Arcadia University, Certification in all aspects of Protocol and Etiquette, Domestic and International, The Protocol School of Washington
Community Involvement: Board of Directors and First Vice President, EMCCC. Board Member for The Jenkintown Day Nursery, Abington Memorial Hospital Board; Women's Auxiliary. The Junior League of Philadelphia. Member: National Speakers Association
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Marge Jacoby, Second Vice President
Professional: Director of Community Relations, Brandywine Assisted Living at Dresher Estates
Education: B.A. in Elementary Education, Pennsylvania State University
Community Involvement: EMCCC Board of Directors and co-chair of the Program Committee; Ambassador for the Alzheimer's Association, secretary of the Eastern Region Collaborative Network for Montgomery County, Mental Health & Long Term Task Network Connections and Mature Resource Network Group.
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Leon Singletary, Third Vice President
Professional: Principal, First Contact HR
Education: B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, M.S. in Human Resource Development, Villanova University, certified Senior Professional in Human Resources, Society of Human Resources Management
Community Involvement: EMCCC Board of Directors and co-chair of the Membership Committee, program committee member; Greater Valley Forge Human Resource Association; board member and membership chair, Fort Washington Business Alliance; Faculty member and instructor, Associated Builders and Contractors and the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.
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Dr. Stuart B. Tollen, Secretary
Professional: Doctor of Chiropractic, Jenkintown Chiropractic Center, Inc.
Education: B.A. in General Arts & Sciences, Minor in Biology, Pennsylvania State University; Doctor of Chiropractic, Life Chiropractic College; Board Certified Chiropractic Sports Practitioner, National Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Community Involvement: President of Jenkintown Kiwanis Club; Jenkintown Community Alliance member; EMCCC Secretary
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Jeff Band, Treasurer
Professional: Certified Public Accountant, Principal, Goldenberg Rosenthal, LLP
Education: Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Drexel University
Community Involvement: Treasurer of the Eastern Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
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Steve Greenbaum, Past President
Professional: Director of Public Relations, Manor College
Education: B.A. in Jounalism, Temple University
Community Involvement: Chair, Leadership Montgomery County Plannin gcommittee, Member - EMCCC Strategic Planning Committee; Past President, EMCCC
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Emeritus 2006-2009
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Donald R. Neiman
Professional: Retired Newspaper Executive. Retired from Montgomery Publishing Co. in 1991 as an Advertising Director and company officer
Education: B.A., University of Pennsylvania; served in the U.S. Air Corps
Community Involvement: Current Board and contributing member of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Montco (RSVP), and a director emeritus of the Greater Glenside Chamber of Commerce, which he helped organize in 1964. A decorated Glenside Kiwanis member for 54 years, Don is the advisor to six school service clubs sponsored by his Kiwanis Club: three elementary, one in the junior high and one in the senior high plus one at LaSalle University.
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2007-2010
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Jeanine Baron
Professional: President, Streamliners, Inc.
Education: B.A., Duquesne University
Community Involvement: Co-Chair, EMCCC Technology Committee, and member of the Strategic Planning Committee. Serves in a leadership capacity for ARMA International and the National Association of Professional Organizers.
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Michael G. Cohen
Professional: President, Situs Properties, Inc.
Education: B.S. in Finance and Marketing, Lehigh University; M.B.A. Finance, Drexel University Community Involvement: Membership in National Association of Realtors, Tri-State Commercial and Industrial Association of Realtors, Montgomery County Industrial Development Corporation, Bucks County Industrial Development Corporation; Board of Directors for the EMCCC, and Co-Chair of the Business Resource Information Committee
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Christopher J. Heaven, CFP®
Professional: Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley
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Dave Peterson
Professional: General Manager/Owner, Bryner Chevrolet
Education: Graduate, U.S. Navy Technical Training Command; Graduate, Automotive Training Center
Community Involvement: Penn State Abington Advisory Board; Past President, EMCCC |
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Dr. Karen Wiley Sandler
Professional: Chancellor, Penn State Abington College
Education: B.A., Principia College; M.A., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Community Involvement: Member of the Executive Advisory Board for the Eastern Center for Arts and Technology, Member of the Board of PAL of Abington, Member of the Abington Township Economic Development Committee, and Member of Board of Life Sciences Career Alliance. Senior Advisor for the PA Chapter of the American Council on Education's Network for the Office of Women and a volunteer for local church.
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2005-2008
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William Gillespie
Professional: Sales Representative, Walker-Clay, Inc.
Education: Attended Penn State University; served with the 7th Marines in Vietnam.
Community Involvement: Co-Chair of the EMCCC Program Committee and serves on the Strategic Planning Committee. A resident of Jenkintown for 25 years.
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Charles K. Harmar
Professional: Managing Director, US Realty Capital
Education: B.A., Princeton University; graduate business studies, New York University and Temple University
Community Involvement: Board Member and Ambassador, Eastern Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce; Board Member and Treasurer, Children's Service, Inc.; Member of Princeton University Alumni Schools Committee
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Joel Johnson
Professional: Executive Director, Montgomery County Housing Authority
Education: Bachelors, University of Delaware; Masters in Urban Planning, University of Virginia
Community Involvement: EMCCC Committees - Nominating, Strategic Planning; Member of the American Planning Association, Pennsylvania Planning Association, Urban Land Institute, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission's Strategies for Older Suburbs Advisory Committee and former member of Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance's Five County Arts Panel and the Greater Glenside Chamber of Commerce
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Robert Maher, Esquire
Professional: Partner, Law Firm of Dyer & Maher
Education: A.B. in English, Saint Joseph's University; Juris Doctor, Temple University School of Law
Community Involvement: Board member and Co-Chair of the Nominating Committee; serves on the Program Committee
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Suzanne Nickelson
Professional: Vice President, Abington Bank
Education: Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Marketing degree, LaSalle University; Graduate, Executive Marketing Institute
Community Involvement: EMCCC Past President, co-chair of Strategic Planning, Member of BRIC, Board of Trustees, Manor College
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2006-2009
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Larry Burns
Professional: Vice President and Senior Commercial Lending Officer, Firstrust Bank
Education: B.A. Economics with Magna Cum Laude Honors, LaSalle University
Community Involvement: EMCCC Board of Directors and Co-Chair of Economic & Legislative Affairs Committee, Board of Directors and Treasurer for the VNA–Community Services, Board Member Montgomery County Workforce Investment Board and Horsham Township Police Pension Advisory Commission, member Economic Development Subcommittee of the Horsham Land Reuse Authority, Sponsor Liaison for Firstrust Bank to CityYear of Philadelphia. |
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Lance Kraemer
Professional: Principal, Lance R. Kraemer Associates, Architects
Education: Architecture, Syracuse University
Community Involvement: Co-Chair of the EMCCC BRIC (Business Resource Information Center) Committee, School Board Advisory Committee
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Beth Ann Neill
Professional: Director, Public Relations and Marketing, Abington Memorial Hospital
Education: B.S. in Marketing, University of Delaware; Graduate studies, Temple University
Community Involvement: Advisory Board, Parenting Center at Abington; Advisory Board, Parenting Center of Hatboro and Horsham
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Harold Semanoff
Professional: Founding Partner, Semanoff Ormsby Greenberg & Torchia, LLC
Education: B.S. with High Honors in Business and Public Administration, University of Maryland; J.D., Albany Law School
Community Involvement: Eastern Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Board Member
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Ruth S. Weiss
Professional: Donor and Community Relations Officer, Fund Development, Abington Memorial Hospital
Education: Associate Degree in Elementary Education; certified by the Association of Fundraising Professionals
Community Involvement: Member of the Rotary Club of Jenkintown and is on the Executive Board of Abington Community Taskforce. Member and Past President of the Steeplechasers Questers, a Lifetime member of the LaSalle College High School Mothers Club; she sat on the Parents Board of Ancillae Assumpta Academy and volunteered at Chestnut Hill Academy; member of the Suburban Auxiliary of Abington Hospital |
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Elizabeth A. Wilson
Professional: Publisher, Montgomery Newspapers
Education: Attended University of Bridgeport and graduated as Valedictorian of her class from duCret School of the Arts
Community Involvement: Board of Directors of Suburban Newspapers of America. Betsy has led numerous training workshops for the Pennsylvania Newspapers Publishers Association. She is a Girl Scout leader in Malvern. |

