Leadership
Board of Directors
Georgean Wardzinski, Chair
Ken Sher, Vice Chair
Tom Coia, Treasurer
Wendy Lee, Secretary
Larry Badler, Director
Barbara Taylor, Director
Darshan Kulkarni, Director
Mick Navin, Director
Rich Richardson, Director
Paul Koulogeorge, Director
Member Advocacy Council
The Member Advocacy Council (MAC) is comprised volunteer leaders including the Board of Directors and the chairs and co-chairs of Beacon’s Committees and Subgroups.
Committees
- Diversity & Inclusion Committee
- Pam Seplow, Co-Chair
- Pat Schaeffer, Co-Chair
- Finance Committee
- Tom Coia, Chair
- Governance Committee
- Greg Fegley, Chair
- Guide Committee
- Pat Schaeffer, Chair
- Marketing & PR Committee
- Kathleen Rohrbaugh, Chair
- Membership Committee
- Paul Koulogeorge, Chair
- Program Committee
- TBD
- Sponsorship Committee
- Georgean Wardzinski, Interim Point of Contact
Staff
Subgroups & Programs
- B-Circles
- Barbara Taylor, Point of Contact
- Business Networking Roundtable
- Charley Timmins, Chair
- Drew Ortyn, Vice Chair
- C-Suite Advisory Council (CSAC)
- Richard Marcus, Chair
- CEO Forum
- John Yankanich, Co-Chair
- Franne McNeal, Co-Chair
- Delaware Subgroup
- James Wilson, Chair
- Financial Executives Subgroup
- Glenn Weber, Chair
- Job Search & Career Development Subgroup
- John Hadley, Chair
- Leadership Subgroup
- Carol Mitchell, Chair
- Life Sciences & Healthcare Subgroup
- Dalfoni Banerjee, Chair
- New Jersey South Subgroup
- Hala Shawaf Barson, Co-Chair
- Keisha Stephenson Taylor, Co-Chair
- Non-Profit Subgroup
- Janine Scaff, Chair
- Jim Van Horn, Co-Chair
- Operations Executives Subgroup
- Eleanore Meals, Chair
- Private Equity Subgroup
- Andy Watson, Co-Chair
- Kevin Hott, Co-Chair
- Professional Services Subgroup
- Nella Bloom, Chair
- Sales & Marketing Subgroup
- Mark Kesti, Chair
- Technology Executives Subgroup
- Mitchell Stevelman, Chair
- Bob Merkle, Vice Chair
- Women’s Network
- Jo Ann Morgano, Chair
- Jo Colontonio, Vice Chair
Point of Contact: Barbara Taylor
B-Circles are closed, facilitated affinity groups that provide a way for members to get to know, like, and trust each other. Each B-Circle consists of 6 – 12 members with similar business operations and challenges who commit to meet virtually once a month for one year.
Chair: Charley Timmins
Vice Chair: Drew Ortyn
Business Networking Roundtables are designed to be a better way to learn more in-depth knowledge about other Members’ businesses with whom participants may want to engage, collaborate, or recommend to their business network.
Chair: Richard Marcus
CSAC is a closed group. All applications for membership must be approved by the group’s chair.
CSAC is an in-person peer support group for senior level executives who currently or previously served in C-level roles.
CSCAC members have opportunities to hear from (a) senior leaders whose stories lead to key learnings and takeaways and (b) subject matter experts presenting on topics relevant to top tier organizational leadership.
Co-Chair: Franne McNeal
Co-Chair: John Yankanich
CEO Forum is a closed group designed to serve in-seat CEOs, to network, collaborate and tackle their most pressing challenges, such as managing risk, developing a Board of Advisors, accelerating growth or increasing the capability of its leadership team.