The Independence Business Alliance is governed by a diverse group of professionals representing a cross-section of members from throughout the region. Board members serve two-year terms and are elected at the Annual Membership Meeting each June.
Officers
President
Anne E. Geary, Director, Research Project Management Office
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute
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Vice President
Elizabeth Wingfield, Associate
Ballard Spahr, LLP
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Secretary
Carolyn Natrin, Business Performance Advisor
Insperity
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Treasurer
Siobhan Neitzel, Director of Fund and Gift Financial Services
The Philadelphia Foundation
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Executive Committee Members-At-Large
Kaela Blanks, Associate Director of Advisory
Seramount
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Mars Sharrock, Program Director
The Wardrobe
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Yuri Crusca, Associate Director, Business Continuity Management
Bristol Myers Squibb
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Governance Co-Chair
Haleigh McDonald, DE&I Project Manager
Janney Montgomery Scott
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Governance Co-Chair
Brett Murphy, Vice President, Tax and Family Office
General Atlantic
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Board Members
Shenelle Brooks, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager
Aramark
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Peter Andrew Danzig-Palsencia, Director, Foundation Culture
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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Sybil Davis, Director of Sales
Valley Forge Casino and Resort
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Alistair Glover, Account Executive
Ceisler Media & Issue Advocacy
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Nick Lanzi, President and CEO
Direct Choice, INC
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Tia Lyles-Williams, Founder and CEO
Goffman Bougard (HelaPlex and LucasPye)
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Jone Magagna, President
Maycorr Print Group
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Darius McLean, Chief Operation Officer and Director
The Arcila-Adams Trans Resource Center and Empowerment Programs, William Way LGBT Center
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Lorena Plaza, Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis
Independence Blue Cross
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Meg Rider, Divisional Director, Office of Patience and Family Centered Care
Jefferson Health Center City Division
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Timothy Rissel, Customer Experience Manager
University City Science Center
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Amina Shahzad, Associate Director, Life Cycle Leader
Bristol Myers Squibb
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Matthew Shapiro, Owner
Campus Copy Center
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Xinyu Xie, PhD Candidate, Statistics
University of Pennsylvania
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c3 Foundation Board
Tommy Berner, Community Business Development Officer
TD Bank
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Richard Horrow
Law Offices of C. Richard Horrow
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Marcus Iannozzi, Chief Digital Officer
Tech Impact
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Stephen Kulp, Principal Attorney
Kulp Legal, LLC
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Jenn McCullough, Senior Principal
Slalom Consulting
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Staff
Zachary Wilcha, Chief Executive Officer
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Maggie Morrin, Operations Coordinator
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Sydni Perry-Anderson, TransWork Administrator
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