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Meet the Snider Leadership Team

Board of Directors, Staff & Friends of Snider Committee
Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education

Board of Directors

  • Chairman: Bill Whitmore, Managing Partner, WCW Enterprises (retired)
  • 1st Vice President/Legal Counsel: Paul Troy, Partner, Kane, Pugh, Knoell, Troy & Kramer LLP
  • 2nd Vice President: Lakisha Harvey, Regional Vice President, Enterprise Holdings
  • President: Scott Tharp, President/CEO, Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education
  • Secretary: Sandy Lipstein, CFO, Comcast Spectacor (retired)
  • Buddy Aiken, VP & Controller, Exelon (retired)
  • Danny Briere, General Manager, Philadelphia Flyers
  • Marc Brownstein, President & CEO, Brownstein Group
  • Steve Capoferri, CEO, River Rock Academy
  • Charlie Chase, President/CEO, FirstServiceBrands, Inc.
  • Steve Fera, SVP Public Affairs, Independence Blue Cross
  • Brandon Graham, Defensive End, Philadelphia Eagles
  • Les Haggett, First Vice President, CBRE
  • Lauren Hart, Artist, Philadelphia Flyers
  • Giovanna Imbesi, PhD Candidate, Johns Hopkins University / Chairman, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
  • Billy King, Managing Director, Private Equity & Sports Groups, TurnkeyZRG
  • Ryan Limaye, Partner, Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  • Chris McElwee, President, Fastrack Construction
  • Matthew Morgan, Director of Business Development, INTECH Construction
  • Darlene Tolbert Phillips, EE, MBA, JD, Executive Director, Operations Engineering Support, PJM Interconnection, LLC
  • Ron Rabena, Chief Client Officer, Allied Universal
  • Ike Richman, President/Founder, Ike Richman Communications
  • Charlene Schwartz, President, Solow Incorporated
  • Lindy Snider, Partner, Treehouse Global Ventures
  • Kimmo Timonen, Defenseman, NHL (retired)
  • Jeffrey Warner, Executive Vice President & Co-Head Middle Market/Corporate Finance, PNC

BOARD MEMBER EMERITI

  • Willie O’Ree, Director of Youth Development, NHL
  • Wayne Simmonds, Forward, Toronto Maple Leafs

FOUNDERS

  • Ed Snider
  • Fred Shabel
  • Phil Weinberg

Snider Staff

  • SCOTT THARP

    PRESIDENT/CEO
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  • Jan-Koziara

    JAN KOZIARA

    EVP & COO
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  • KATY HSIEH

    SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, DEVELOPMENT
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  • Chris Newton

    CHRIS NEWTON

    VICE PRESIDENT, POSTSECONDARY SUCCESS & PROGRAM SUPPORT
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    DAN RUDD

    VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAM DELIVERY
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  • SAM NAPIERKOWSKI

    DIRECTOR, POSTSECONDARY SUCCESS
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  • GIL SCHAFFER

    DIRECTOR, AGE BASED PROGRAMS
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  • Bridgett-Wilkerson

    BRIDGETT WILKERSON

    MANAGER, COMMUNITY OUTREACH
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Friends of Snider Leadership Committee

  • Ryan Arcaini
  • Kaseir Archie
  • Sarah Baicker
  • Brett Borbidge
  • Aaron Greberman
  • Cory Jackmuff
  • Pierce Keating Jr.
  • Noah Klag
  • Chair: Matt Morgan
  • Brian Orr
  • Virlen Reyes
  • Gina Rubinic
  • Joe Sheridan
  • Mike Sulkes
  • Daniel Tarr
  • Fran Walmsley
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