Board

Spark the Wave would like to thank the board for their dedication, wisdom, and energy that they bring to our organization.

Brad Aronson: Executive Vice President, Product Development, aQuantive in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Karen Bierly, MEd: Reading Specialist in Mountville, Pennsylvania.
Nicole Bromley: Managing Director, Nancy Jacobson Consulting in Washington, DC.
Sarah Burns: Wave Week Director. New York, New York
Peg Doyle: Former Director at Gill St. Bernard's School in Gladstone New Jersey
Richard Fernandes, Jr.: Student at Drexel University in Philadelphia.
William J. Gallagher. M.D. (President and Founder): CEO, Spark the Wave and Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
Steve Holstad: CFO of City Line Motors, LLC and Managing Director with Strattech Partners, LLC. in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 
Diane James, CAE (Treasurer): Executive Director, WTS International, Washington, DC.
Maria O’Toole Jones, L.L.M. (of Counsel): Member in the law firm of Miller and Chevalier, Chartered in Washington, DC.
Shannon Oates-Rivera: Senior Brand Communications and Ally Development Manager at AstraZeneca in Wilmington, Delaware
Margaret O’Sullivan: Philadelphia City Director of the Clinton Climate Initiative with The William J. Clinton Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laura Payne: Graduate Student in Public Health at The George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Anthony Phillips: Executive Vice-President Youth Action Team, a Philadelphia based youth advocacy group. African American Studies and Philosophy student at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
Patricia Rizzo, JD: of counsel at the Philadelphia law firm of Weber Gallagher in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Erica Rubin (Secretary): Teacher, Needham B. Broughton Magnet High School in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Lisa Schildhorn: LSS Dental Team Consultants and President Dental Cares, Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Hadley Schmoyer: Marketing Coordinator, Wright-Ryan Construction in Portland, Maine.
Parker Stanzione: Communications Consultant inWashington, DC.
Andrew Sullivan: Founding CEO, Refinery, Inc. and Founder, Tools 4 Life in Philadelphia.

President’s Advisory Board
Laura Boyce: Director, Community Impact at United Way of SEPA in Philadelphia, PA
Elaine Kotell Binder: Consultant specializing in volunteer board development, strategic planning, and organizational assessment in the Washington, DC area.
Daniel Cardinali: President, Communities in Schools, Alexandria, Virginia.
A. Frank Donaghue: CEO, Physicians for Human Rights in Boston, MA.
Eleanor M. Donaghue, PhD, LCPC: Director of Counseling Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Wheaton, Maryland. Adjunct professor, The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.
Susan J. Ellis: President and Founder, Energize, Inc. (an international training, consulting and publishing firm specializing in volunteerism) in Philadelphia, PA.
Kathy Felker: Executive Director, American Red Cross of the Susquehanna Valley in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
William J. Gallagher, Sr., Esq: Senior Partner, MacElree, Harvey, LLC. in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Wendell Jenkins: Chief Marketing Officer, DC Biodiesel in Washington, DC.
Pat Ma: Senior Program Officer for Elev8, Public/Private Ventures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
W. Gerard Oleksiak: Treasurer, Pennsylvania State Education Association in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania