Board

Our board members give generously of their time and talents.

Committed to Need in Deed’s mission and organizational health, our board members share their experience and expertise.

Officers

Elizabeth Soslau, PhD (2007)
President
Professor, Department of Education, University of Delaware
Candace Ritchie PhD, (2022)
Secretary
Global Director Field Medical Research and Execution, Merck & Co
Daniel P. Jones, CPA (2019)
Treasurer
Senior Audit Manager, KPMG

Members

Pressy Abraham (2022)
Senior Business Analyst, Toll Brothers
Kyra Atterbury (2023)
Executive Director, Need in Deed
Giacomo Cesareo (2022)
Director of Business Affairs, CI&T
Pat Christmas (2025)
Director of Policy Planning, and Delivery, Office of the Mayor
Michael Farrell (2023)
Chief Learning Officer, School District of Philadelphia
Cait Gossert (2021)
Senior Manager, PwC Labs, PwC
Barbara Goulart (2016)
Assistant Vice President, Project Management, Lincoln Financial Group
Katie Hamill (2024)
Head of Talent @ Hirtle, Callaghan & Co
Jane Kinyua (2024)
Vice President Global Audit, Comcast
Mariluz Gonzalez (2025)
Senior Vice President, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, WSFS
Kristin McKenna (2020)
Associate Director, The Forum of Executive Women
Todd Mills (2024)
Director, Maintenance and Engineering, Merck
Joe Moorman (2023)
Director of Learning and Development, Impact ED
Lisa Smulyan, EdD (2022)
Co-Chair, Educational Studies, Swarthmore College
Mambwe Sumbwe (2024)
Associate at BlackRock
Howard Verlin (2008)
Executive Vice President, The Pegasus Companies, Inc.
Kim Whetzel (1996)
Realtor, Kurfiss Sotheby’s International Realty

Emeritus Members

Rick Elko (2013)
Consultant, Excel Advisors
Eric Kaplan, PhD (2016)
Chief of Staff, Graduate School of Education University of Pennsylvania
J. Douglas MacBride (1990)
Consultant
Theresa Rollins, PhD (2002)
Board member emeritus, Arcadia University