Administration, Staff, and Board Members

Jennifer DeBalko

Executive Director

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Ellen Brown

Director of Recruitment and Outreach

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Ashley Frank

Partnership Director

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Maura Kelly

Program Operations Director - West

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Trevor Brandt

Program Specialist - Information Technology

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Rebecca Matchett

Program Specialist - Western Region

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Steve Gill

Program Specialist - Eastern Region

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Board of Directors Officers Members

Board of Directors

Members of the Pennsylvania CASA Board of Directors come from a variety of backgrounds. These local program representatives, judges, business leaders, CASA volunteers, and child welfare professionals all share a common commitment to the abused and neglected children of Pennsylvania.

Officers

President: Kelly Light, CFP, CRPS, Financial Planning Specialist, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Vice President: Joan Erney, former CEO of Community Behavioral Health
Treasurer: Jeannette F. Carter, Ph.D., Consultant, PDE Bureau of Career & Technical Education & Retired, Higher Education Administrator, Williamsport, PA
Secretary: Justin Fleming, Government Relations, PA Partnerships for Children, Harrisburg, PA

Members

Brett N. Benton, Richard M. Ochroch & Associates, P.C., Philadelphia, PA
Julia Chapman, Associate, Dechert, LLP, Philadelphia, PA
The Honorable Shamaine A. Daniels, Attorney, Law Office of Shamaine Daniels, Harrisburg, PA
Sharon S. England, Curriculum and Training Development Department Manager, Mechanicsburg, PA
The Honorable Lori K. Serratelli, (former Judge, Dauphin Co Court of Common Pleas), Counsel, Schiffman, Sheridan & Brown, P.C. and owner, Serratelli Dispute Resolutions, LLC, Harrisburg, PA
The Honorable Tammy Lynn Shearer, Cumberland County Recorder of Deeds, Mechanicsburg, PA
Ross Kanenson, retired, PA Department of Human Services, Office of Children, Youth & Families
Joan Peterson, BSW, MPA, Director, Lackawanna County CASA, The Advocacy Alliance
John Aciukewicz, Executive Director, CASA of Luzerne County
Spero Lappas, JD, PhD, Lecturer, Penn State Harrisburg, Schools of Humanities and Arts