PHL Diversity Staff & Advisory Board
Updated: October 09, 2020
PHL Diversity Staff
PHL Diversity Advisory Board
Richard Lee Snow
PHL Diversity Board Chair
John Kroll
PHL Diversity Board Vice-Chair
Raquel M. Arredondo
Associate Director, Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business
Bradley Baldia
President, Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey
Loraine Ballard Morrill
Director News & Community Affairs, Philadelphia, iHeartMedia
Adonis Banegas
Executive Director, Concilio
Michael Banks
Managing Director, Employment Opportunities & Entrepreneurship, United Way
Elizabeth Barber
Executive Director, Temple University School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management
Bridgett M. Battles
Project Manager, Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement, Supplier Diversity, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health
Paul Beidman
Avenue of the Arts
Mariska Bogle
Executive Director, Philadelphia Hospitality, Inc.
Stephanie Boyd
Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority
Keeya M. Branson
Corporate Contributions Manager, PECO
Albert Butler
Director of Community Outreach & Member Diversity, Fitler Club
Nancy W.Campbell
Front Office Operations Instructor, Philadelphia OIC
Amanda Chevalier
Principal/President, CFI - NJ
John Chin
Executive Director, Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation
Jimmy Contreras
Public Relations Manager, The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia
Donna Clark
Director, Communications & Special Projects, The Philadelphia Tribune
Ron Davis
Director of Diversity and Community Development, Parx Casino
Vanessa Delgado
Sales Manager, Fogo de Chão Philadelphia
Rollo Dilworth
Chair of Music Education and Music Therapy, Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance
Yvonne E. Drayton
President & CEO, Drayton Cross Consulting
Ryan Eppley
Chief Operating Officer, REC Philly
Jason Evans
University of Pennsylvania
Mike Fanelle
Parralux Video Production
Juan Franco
Executive Director, Delaware Valley Legacy Fund
Chantelle Fitzgerald
CEO & Founder, Mindset Strategies
Suzanne Geyer
Associate Executive Director, Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association
Gaetan T. Giannini
Dean of Business and Entrepreneurial Initiatives, Montgomery County Community College
Naomi Gonzalez
Director, Education and Community Engagement, The Mann Center for Performing Arts
Andrea Gosfield
Managing Member, Gosfields Potts LLC
Jazzy Gray-Sadler
Founder and Board President, Fifty Shades of Purple Against Bullying
Monique Greenwood
Owner, Akwaaba Bed & Breakfast Inns
Anuj Gupta
General Manager, Reading Terminal Market
Richard Haldis
Owner, Wise Owl Media
Earl D. Harvey
Owner, Black Professional News
Amber Hikes
Chief Diversity Officer, American Civil Liberties Union
Angela Hollis
Vice President, Advanced Meeting Solutions, Inc.
C. Richard Horrow
President, Independence Business Alliance
Lee Huang
Senior Vice President and Principal, Econsult Solutions, Inc.
Rikki-Quinn James-Renz
Director Contracts and Supplier Services, Supply Chain Services, Temple University Hospital
Jeffery Ji
President, U-Combination Technology Partner,, Knighthawk Tours L.L.C.
Ajamu Johnson**
Vice President of Procurement, Comcast & NBCUniversal
Kenny Johnson
Community Engagement Coordinator, Philadelphia Phillies
April Thomas Jones*
Executive Director, Old Pine Community Center
Christopher Jungers
President, Association of Fundraising Professionals-Greater Philadelphia Chapter
Jennifer Kerstetter
Vice President, Retail Office Manager, WSFS Bank
Corvette Kittrell
Director, Work Based Learning and The Business of Hospitality, Philadelphia Academies Inc.
Kelly Lee**
Chief Cultural Officer, City of Philadelphia
Tomeka Lee
Senior Partner, TriZen, LLC
David Lipson**
CEO, Philadelphia Magazine
Christopher E. Lopez, Sr.
President, National Association of African Americans in Human Resources Greater Philadelphia Chapter
Andrew Lovell*
Senior Associate Director of Industry Relations, Temple University School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management
Lynsey Madison*
Assistant Professor, Culinary Arts and Tourism & Hospitality Management, Community College of Philadelphia
Michael Mariano
Director, Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics Company
Rev. Darron Mckinney
Senior Pastor, Bright Hope Baptist Church
Kelly Meerbot
Leadership & Team Development Coach, You: Loud and Clear
Kris Mendoza
Founder & Executive Producer, Maestro Filmworks
Jeffrey Montague
Part-Time Director of STHM Alumni Engagement, Temple University; School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management
Kevin Moran
Senior Manager, Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Shawn Murray*
Lecturer & Hospitality Management Program Lead, Montgomery County Community College
Yasmin Mustafa
CEO & Co-Founder, ROAR for Good
Isidore Ogoussan
Financial Advisor, 1847 Private Client Group
Mumia Parham
Business Professional
Leslie Patterson-Tyler**
Senior Director of Media Relations and Communications, The Kimmel Center of the Performing Arts
Kimberly Reed
Chief Transformational Officer, Reed Development Group, LLC
Jerry Rice
Principal, Rice Consulting, LLC
Jennifer I. Rodriguez
President and CEO, Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Natily Santos
AVP Specialty Supply Chain, Global Supply Chain and Procurement, Aramark
Narasimha (Nick) Shenoy
President and CEO, Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia
Tami Sortman
Vice President, Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus
Tiffanie Stanard
Founder and CEO, Stimulus
Natasha Strother
Executive Vice President, Strother Enterprises, Inc.
Janice Sykes-Ross**
Director, Historic Belmont Mansion/American Women’s Heritage Society
Rebecca Tham
Operations and HR Manager, Women’s Business Enterprise Council of PA-DE-NJ
Lowell Thomas**
General Counsel, Philadelphia Housing Development Corp.
April Thomas-Jones
Executive Director, Old Pine Community Center
Ivan Turnipseed
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Management, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Diana Utu
Vice President/Store Manager, TD Bank
Carol Watson
General Manager, Kimpton Hotel Palomar Philadelphia
Donovan West
President, African American Chamber of Commerce PA, NJ, DE
Erika White
Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority
Denise Williams
Managing Director, Madison Birch LLC
Tia Harris Wilson
Vice President for Production, Aon Risk Solutions
Patricia Wilson-Aden
President and CEO, African American Museum in Philadelphia
Kenneth Wong
President, CIG Asia Ltd.
Christopher Yochim
Director of Business Development, Natl. Inst. For Innovation in Manufacturing + Biopharmaceuticals, University of Delaware
*Denotes Executive Committee
**Denotes Chairman’s Council
Ex-Officio Board Members
Julie Coker
President & CEO, San Diego Tourism Authority
Honorable David Oh
Councilman-At-Large, Philadelphia City Council
Honorable Maria D. Quiñones-Sánchez
Councilwoman-At-Large, Philadelphia City Council
Honorable Blondell Reynolds-Brown
Councilwoman-At-Large, Philadelphia City Council
Emeritus Board Members
A. Bruce Crawley
President, Millennium 3 Management, Chairman Emeritus
Nelson Diaz, Esq.
Partner, Dilworth Paxson, LLP
State Representative Dwight Evans
U.S. Congressman, Representing 2nd District of Pennsylvania
Ernest Jones, Esq.
Retired
Cheryl McClenney-Brooker
Tom Muldoon
President, Muldoon & Associates
Robert Nelson
Retired
Romona Riscoe Benson
President of Riscoe & Associates /, Manager, Corporate Relations, PECO
Ahmeenah Young
Former President & CEO, Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority
Bill Wilson
Principal-In-Charge, Synterra Ltd., Chairman Emeritus
*Denotes Executive Committee
