Leadership

Karla Mitchell Executive Director

Karla Mitchell

Executive Director

Patrice Stillwell - Director of Operations

Patrice Stillwell

Operations Director

Eliz Nestorov

Development Director

Staff

Melissa Conchilla

Melissa Conchilla

Special Events Manager

Joshua Gearhart

Digital Marketing Coordinator

Josh Gibson

Culinary Experience Manager

Debra Jeliff​

Kitchen and Housekeeping Coordinator

Bonnie Lazusky

Bonnie Lazusky

Assistant Ronald McDonald House Family Room Manager

Heidi Murray

Heidi Murray

Ronald McDonald House Family Room Manager

Alyssa Noel

Volunteer and Operations Manager

Marketing and Public Relations Manager

Emily Pavalko

Marketing and Public Relations Manager

Lead Family Services Manager

Colin Powell

Lead Family Services Manager

Liam Quirin

Annual Giving & Database Coordinator

Robert Rabuck

Facilities Manager

Zoee White

Administrative Services Manager

Michelle Witman

Finance Assistant

Don Yordy

Facilities Manager

2026 Board of Directors

President

William J. Sutton II, LEED® AP

Chief Strategy Officer
Mowery Construction

Vice President

Ellen Kyzer

VP, Client & Community Relations Director 
PNC Bank

Treasurer

Randy Fackler, CPA

Tax Principal
Brown Plus

Secretary

Sara Firestone

Assistant Vice President of Community Relations
Members 1st Federal Credit Union

Directors at Large

Meghan McNelly Brenckle

Vice President, Quality & Pharmacy Operations

PA Health & Wellness 

Matthew Di Rienzo

McDonald’s Owner/Operator
Suarez Family McDonald’s

Directors

April Adley, DNP, MHA, RN, CNML, NEA-BC

Vice President of Nursing Services
Children’s Hospital and Women and Babies Center at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Coryann Catalano

Private Banker and Cash Management Associate
First Citizens Community Bank

Tammy S. Derk

Vice President Children’s Service Line
Penn State Health

Marcella Detreville

Educator, Substitute Teacher

Chris Garrett

Traffic Anchor

Total Traffic and Weather Network/iHeartRadio

Don McKenna

President

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Christy Pierce

Director of Strategic Network Programs

Highmark

 

Dorothy V. Rocourt, MD, MBA, FACS

Associate Regional Medical Director, Pediatric Surgery

UPMC Children’s in Central PA

Matt Romero

Assistant General Manager, The Hershey Lodge

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts

Carolyn Moser Smith, Esquire

Attorney/Shareholder

McQuade Blasko Law Offices

James Strong

Attorney

McNees Wallace & Nurick 

Lyndsay Tawney, MHA, MS, CCC-SLP

Administrative Director of Women’s and Pediatric Service Lines   

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health

 
Joseph Tertel, Jr.

Vice President of Brand and Digital Marketing

Lumistry

Adam Thomas

Senior Manager Project Management

The Hershey Company

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