 Miriam P. Kepner - President
Ms. Kepner has served on the Board since 2001. She is an active member of St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh where she is a past Vestry member and currently coordinates the St. Thomas/ECS partnership and outreach program.
 The Rt. Rev. Charles Bennison - Chairman
The Rt. Rev. Charles Bennison is Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania in 1998. As Bishop, he serves as chairman of the ECS Board of Trustees. He attended Harvard Divinity School, where he received a B.D. degree in 1968 and a Th.M. degree in 1970.
 The Rev. John Midwood - Executive Director
The Rev. John Midwood was appointed Executive Director in 2003 after serving as the Associate Director for three years. He holds degrees from Temple University, Episcopal Theological Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Seabury Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. Prior to working at ECS, Midwood served as archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.
 Gordon L. Keen, Jr. - Vice President
Mr. Keen joined the board in 2005. He is retired from Radnor-based Airgas, Inc. where he served as the senior vice president of law and corporate development. In addition to his service on the ECS board, he serves on the boards for the Independence Seaport Museum and Buck Foundation. He is a member of Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr.
 Elizabeth L. Useem, Ed.D. - Vice President
Dr. Useem recently retired as senior research consultant to Research for Action (RFA), a non-profit education research organization in Philadelphia. She is on the Board of the Pennsylvania Education Policy Leadership Center. From 1993-2004 she was Director of Research at the Philadelphia Education Fund. Dr. Useem is on the Vestry of St. Mary's Church in Ardmore.
 Raymond H. Welsh - Vice President
Ray Welsh returned to the ECS board in 2003 after serving as board president from 1995 to 2001. He is senior vice president with UBS and a parishioner at St. Christopher’s, Gladwyne. He is also active with the United Way of S.E. Pennsylvania, Bancroft Neurohealth, Cradle of Liberty Council for the Boy Scouts of America and the Salvation Army.
 Gail H. Trimble - Secretary
Ms. Trimble joined the ECS Board in 2002. She was on staff at ECS as director of development from 1994 to 2002 and worked for over 20 years as a not-for-profit fundraising professional. She also serves on the board of The Children’s Aid Society and is an active member at St. Peter’s, Philadelphia.
 Adrienne Yost Hart - Treasurer
Adrienne Hart joined the Board in the 2009 fiscal year and became Assistant Treasurer in fiscal year 2010. She is an attorney. Ms. Hart is a parishioner at Trinity Memorial Church, Philadelphia.
 John Pickering - Assistant Treasurer
John Pickering is a partner of Cooke and Bieler, a Philadelphia-based investment firm. He is a graduate of Harvard University where he studied Economics and English, and captained the lightweight crew. He joined the ECS Board for the 2010 fiscal year and also serves on the Board of The Church Farm School and as Treasurer of The Philadelphia Club. Pickering and his wife, Emily, are parishioners of Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr.
 Nolan N. Atkinson, Jr., Esq.
Mr. Atkinson is a partner with the firm of Duane Morris LLP, specializing in commercial and personal injury matters. In 2004, Philadelphia Magazine named him one of the top civil defense lawyers in the city. He currently chairs the Philadelphia Diversity Law Group, Inc. A former accounting warden at St. Luke’s Church, Germantown, he now attends Trinity Ambler.
The Rev.  Anne Bridgers
The Rev. Anne Bridgers joined the Board in 2011. She is Rector of St. Peter's in the Great Valley. She enjoys reading, cooking and gardening.
 The Rev. C. Reed Brinkman
Rev. Brinkman has been a priest in the diocese for the past 30 years, and presently serves as interim rector of St. Philip's in-the-fields, Oreland. He holds degrees from the Episcopal Divinity School and The School of Theology of the University of the South. He is a member of the Diocesan Finance and Property Committee and the Diocesan Consultation Team.
 John Chou
John Chou joined the Board in 2011. He is Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary at AmerisourceBergen. He holds degrees from University of Pennsylvania Law School and Harvard University.
 James Kelch
Professor Kelch rejoined the ECS Board of Trustees in June 2004 having served a ten-year term ending June 2003. Kelch is a Professor Emeritus of Temple University’s School of Social Work and an active member of Church of St. Andrew and St. Monica, West Philadelphia. In 1999, Mr. Kelch established the Beverly Gail Barnes-Kelch Exemplary Citizen Award to honor his late wife and to recognize an ECS staff person for extraordinary service.
 David Langfitt
David Langfitt is an attorney with The Locks Law Firm. He is the former Chair of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and remains a member of the Executive Committee. He is vice president of Ralston Center and also serves on the Board of Directors of the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research. Mr. Langfitt and his wife, Margaret, are members of St. Christopher’s, Gladwyne.
 James R. MacRae
James R. MacRae is Assistant General Counsel and Head, US R&D Legal Operations at GlaxoSmithKline. He is a volunteer mentor at Philadelphia Futures, an organization devoted to helping Philadelphia high school students attend college. He holds degrees from Harvard Law School, Harvard University John F. Kennedey School of Government and Yale. He is a parishioner of St. Peter's, Philadelphia.
 The Rev. Jean Mather
The Rev. Jean Mather joined the Board in 2011. She is rector of Christ Church and St. Michael's in Germantown. She received her Masters of Divinity from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and holds a doctorate from Yale University. Prior to being called to the priesthood, she had a two-decade career in academia.
 The Rev. Claire Nevin-Field
The Rev. Claire Nevin-Field is Associate Rector of St. Peter's, Philadelphia. She serves on the boards of the Philadelphia Theological Institute and Church Training Deaconess House and is also certified by the American College of Nurse Midwives. She and her husband, Andrew have two adult daughters.
 Richard G. Schneider, Esq.
Mr. Schneider joined the Board in 2003. He is a retired partner of Dechert, LLP and is an active parishioner at St. Christopher’s, Gladwyne.
 The Rev. Robert C. Smith
The Rev. Robert C. Smith is rector of the Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd in East Falls. He was called to the priesthood after careers as a college teacher of literature and as a managing editor at the Columbia Journalism Review and TV Guide, and as a writer for The New Yorker and other magazines. Before ordination he was a Vestry member, treasurer, and parish administrator at the Church of the Advocate.
 Rush B. Smith
A strategic planning consultant in plastics and consultant in Giving Services for The Episcopal Church Foundation, Mr. Smith lives in and is a long time member of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Chestnut Hill, where he has served as a vestry member, accounting warden and rector’s warden. A graduate of the Wharton School, Mr. Smith is president of the DKE Fraternity alumni association. He joined the board in 2005.
 Mollie Suddath
Mollie Suddath joined the Board in 2011. She is a human resources professional and a member of Christ Church, Philadelphia where she serves on the Vestry.
 The Very Rev. Judith Sullivan
The Very Rev. Judith Sullivan is Dean of the Philadelphia Cathedral. Ordained in 2004, she is a graduate of Wellesley College and of the General Seminary in New York City. Prior to her ordination, she directed organizations serving children in Philadelphia public schools, including the Sponsor-A-Scholar program, which she replicated in 16 cities.
 L. Frederick Sutherland
L. Frederick Sutherland is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ARAMARK Corporation. He joined the ECS Board in the 2009 fiscal year. He is also President of the Board of Trustees of People’s Light and Theater and a board member of WHYY. He is a parishioner of St. David’s, Radnor.
 The Rev. Peter T. Vanderveen
The Rev. Peter T. Vanderveen joined the Board in 2011 He is Rector of Church of the Redeemer, Bryn Mawr. .
 Sharon Webster, MSW, LSW
Sharon Webster joined the Board in the 2009 fiscal year. She is the former Executive Director of North City Congress, which serves older adults in North Philadelphia and is a parishioner of Church of St. Andrew and St. Monica, West Philadelphia where she serves as senior warden. Ms. Webster is an adjunct professor at Temple and Lincoln Universities.
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