Staff & Board

Staff
Bill Gallagher (President and Founder): Bill has been working with the camp for over 25 years. He grew up in Chadds Ford, PA and attended Kennett High School. Bill then went to the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University School of Medicine. He lives in Washington, DC.

Key Volunteers
Tom Coyne (Seminar Director)
Sarah Burns (WW Deputy Director)
Rebecca Favret (Operations Intern)
Richard Fernandes (Operations Director)
Sarah Hilgemann (Program Intern)
Jessica James (Operations Intern)
Suzanne Lipovsky (Program Intern)
Mike Mummert (Wave Week Director)

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

Brad Aronson, Senior Director, Advertiser and Publisher Solutions, Microsoft
Karen Bierly, MEd, Reading specialist
Elaine Kotell Binder (Emeritus), Consultant
Nicole Bromley, Fleishman-Hillard Communications
Tom Coyne (ex officio), Senior Program Director Spark the Wave
Peg Doyle, Former Director at Gill St. Bernard's School
Richard Fernandes, Jr., Drexel University student
William J. Gallagher. M.D. (President and Founder), Professor, Georgetown University
Melissa Heinlein, MS, MA, CAVS, Chief, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Diane James, CAE (Treasurer), WTS International
Wendell Jenkins, President, Alterra Energy Services
Maria O’Toole Jones, L.L.M. (of Counsel), Miller and Chevalier
Margaret O’Sullivan, Former CPO and Consultant, American Red Cross
Laura Payne, Student at Boston University
Anthony Phillips, Executive Vice-President Youth Action Team, student at Bates College
Erica Rubin (Secretary), Student at Albright College
Hadley Schmoyer, Curator, Portland Harbor Museum
Parker Stanzione, Fleishman-Hillard Communications in Washington, DC.
Hadley Schmoyer- Marketing Coordinator, Wright-Ryan Construction

President’s Advisory Board
Daniel Cardinali: President, Communities in Schools, Alexandria, Virginia.
A. Frank Donaghue: President and CEO, YMCA of Philadelphia and Vicinity in Philadelphia, PA.
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: Chapter Solutions Manager, American National Red Cross in Reading, Pennsylvania.
William J. Gallagher, Sr., Esq: Senior Partner, MacElree, Harvey, LLC. in West Chester, Pennsylvania.