Board Members
John Braceland
Chair, Term II
Currently employed as President of JB Solutions, LLC., and serves as Managing Director of Graphic Arts Alliance. Former Board member of the Graphic Arts Association and facilitator for Forum Groups for the Young Presidents Organization. Past President of the Board of Trustees for Friends Association for the Care and Protection of Children and served as an active Board member for nine years. Completed the Chester County Leadership Connection course in 2007. Member of Birmingham Friends Monthly Meeting.
Ellen Barron
Vice-Chair, Term II
M.A., Bradley University and B.A. California State University. Retired from University of Iowa Health Care as an Associate Vice President, Marketing and Communications; other senior management, strategy and consulting positions at other large, multi-site health systems and academic health centers. Numerous publications in various healthcare magazines and national presentations to industry groups. Past member of and Vice Chair, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Services Corporation. Past Board member, Academy of Health Services Marketing, American Marketing Association and past member of Finance and Membership committees, Catholic Health Association. Former member, Editorial Advisory Board, American Hospital Publishing Co.
Duane M. Davis
Treasurer, Term III
Licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and currently employed at Rothman Boylston, LLC. Professional memberships included American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
John H. Spangler
Secretary, Term III
Military experience in the United States Navy Reserve, Lieutenant, 1968-1970, Active Duty. Retired from general practice law. Current Community involvement includes serving on the board of the Chester County Art Association and Friends Association, East Bradford Township Park and Recreation Commission. Former served on the West Chester Old Timers Ice Hockey Club. Former roles include supervisor of East Bradford Township, board member of The Hickman, general committee member in charge of Westtown School, treasurer of the Quarry Club, board member of Countrywide Abstract, and director & president of the Abstracting Company of Chester County. Member of the West Chester Friends Monthly Meeting.
Susan Cusack
Term I
Ph.D. from University of the Sciences, M.B.A. and B.S.N. from West Chester University. Retired from Mercy Health System with extensive experience hospital management and clinical nursing leadership, project management and nurse academics. Currently serves on the Board of Trustees, School of the Holy Child, Advisory Board, St. Joseph’s University, West Chester University Advisory Board, Together for West Philadelphia Board and Executive Committee and Senior Scholar Thomas Jefferson Dept. of Health Policy.
John S. Cigler
Term II
B.S. from Widener University School of Business, PA. Currently serving as Director, Development, Children’s Beach House, Inc. Currently serves as a Board Member of Delaware County Workforce Development and member of Plein Air Brandywine Valley. Former Chairman of West Chester Human Relations Commission and currently serving as a volunteer.
Matt Davis
Term I
B.A. in Architecture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Currently employed in banking as a Branch Leader. Presently serving on the Planning Committee for Plein Air Brandywine Valley. Former secretary at West Chester Historic & Architectural Review Board.
Ellen C. Gilbert
Term I
M.B.A. in Marketing & Finance from Villanova University, PA, and B.A.in History from Colgate University, NY. Retired from education, Westtown School, West Chester, Pa. Former Marketing and Communications at Johnson & Johnson and former Product Director at Personal Products Company, NJ. Vast retail and sales experience with various pharmaceutical organizations. Currently serving on the Board of Directors for Westtown School.
Elizabeth C. Guman
Term III
Currently a Partner at Strategy Arts, West Chester, PA, consulting in strategic planning and leadership development for nonprofits. Currently a Member of Sustainable Business Network, a Founding Advisory Board Member of the Leadership Connection; (United Way of Chester County), and former Board Member and Chair of Community Grants Committee for the Rotary Club of West Chester. Also held various positons at First Presbyterian Church of West Chester as a Chair for the Long-Range Planning Committee, Deacon, and Elder. Former Advisory Board member for the 3E Institute at West Chester University and United Way Allocations Committee Chair.
Sony P. John
Term I
Doctor of Medicine from Medical University of Silesia, Poland, M.H.A. from St. Joseph’s University, and B.A. in Biology, Franklin and Marshall College, PA. Currently serves as a family physician for Penn Medicine, Kennett Square, PA. Former clinical instructor at Drexel Family Medicine. Former EMT with Good Fellowship Ambulance Company, West Chester.
Angela Lavery
Term II
Currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Graduate Social Work Department and the Graduate Coordinator of the Certificate in Gerontology at West Chester University of PA. Memberships include the Council on Social Work Education, National Association of Social Workers, the Gerontological Society of America and the Association of Death Education and Counseling.
Ron M. Madden
Term II
Retired executive experienced in the design and marketing of industrial water treatment systems. Currently a trustee at the West Chester Friends School. Past board memberships include the Brandywine Valley Association and the Bachelors Barge Foundation and the Marshallton Conservation Trust. Hobbies include field sports, gardening, and amateur rowing. Memberships include the Ardrossan Beagles and the Men’s Garden Club of Philadelphia. Member of Bradford Friends Monthly Meeting currently serving as clerk.
Krystine Sipple
Term I
Principal of Krystine Sipple Consulting, providing nonprofit leadership training, strategies, and fundraising services. Currently serving as executive director of Oxford Area Neighborhood Services Center. Prior employers include the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, The Community Coalition, The Clinic in Phoenixville, The Hickman & Kendal at Longwood. Certified Fundraising Executive, AFP Master Teacher & 2006 Leadership Chester County Graduate. Membership Chair of the Oxford Rotary Club.
Serita Spadoni
Term I
Serita briefly taught Spanish in the US and abroad, at both a college and secondary level. She also has project management experience in marketing communications as an interpreter and translator, editor, writer, instructor, event planner, various H.R. functions for international corporations. She served on a number of local and national boards, the most recent being Friends for Care and Protection of Children on the Executive, Marketing and Development, and Governance Committees. She is one of the founding members of Habitat for Humanity in Chester Country and served on Concordville Rotary. Completed Delaware Country Leadership Conference Program 2002. Currently serving as Clerk (chair) of the Meeting, chaired Oversight & Pastoral Care, Worship & Ministry, Peace & Social Concerns, Nominating and Religious Education Committees. Member of Birmingham Friends Monthly Meeting.
Winnie Stroup
Term III
Retired from IBM and DEC including VP of Marketing in the Personal Computer Space. Former founder and President for two startup companies in San Diego, CA; an internet venture and “Motivating the Teen Spirit. Past Executive Director of San Diego Chamber Orchestra. Past Board Member of Manhattanville College and Water for South Sudan. Active member of the West Chester Rotary Club, chairing the children’s coat committee.
Nelson Wicas
Term I
Currently a Partner and Co-Founder of Redpoint Investment Management located in Newtown Square and offices in Australia. Former teacher and instructor at Haverford College, PA (finance and international finance) and University of Pennsylvania, PA (intermediate micro and macro-economics). Management experience is real estate properties. Member of the Willistown Friends Monthly Meeting.