FOREVER FREDERICK COUNTY - Key Persons


Abbie Ricketts

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Grants Committee

Abigail Richon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Alejandro A. CaƱadas

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Associate Professor of Economics / Mount St. Mary 's University

Amy Benton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Amy Lyons

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Amy Steinhoff

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Andrea Mannix

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Andrea Zona Baker

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Andrew Burgoyne

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Anjanette Vaughns

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

April Lee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Ashleigh Kiggans - VP

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Real Estate Committee
  • Trustee
  • Vice President

Ashleigh Kiggins

Job Titles:
  • Co - Champion

Ashley Craig

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Ashley Goldsborough

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Marketing Committee
  • Member of the Professional Advisor Council Charting Committee

Ashley Waters

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Autumn Hall

Job Titles:
  • Accounting and Technology Associate

Beatrice H. Reaver

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Grants Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • First Vice Chair / Retired Director, Human Resources, Emmitsburg Glass Company
  • Second Vice Chair, Retired Director, Human Resources, Emmitsburg Glass Company

Becki DeLauter

Job Titles:
  • Philanthropic Services Manager
Becki is part of the Philanthropic Services team, working with donors to help them fulfill their charitable goals and dreams. She has been a part of the Community Foundation staff since 2011, and has worked closely with grants and scholarship administration, donors, and students.

Billie Homberg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Brandon Cannon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Brett Leonard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Brian E. Rippeon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Marketing Committee
  • Member of the Professional Advisor Council Charting Committee

Brian Ropp

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • Member of the Marketing Committee

Brigitte Farrell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Brittany Layne

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Brooke Augustine

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Brooke Kovalcik

Job Titles:
  • Marketing and Communications Associate
  • Marketing and Communications Associate / Marketing and Communications

Carlos M. Arze

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • Trustee
  • Principal Examiner / National Credit Union Administration

Carmen Hernandez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee
  • Trustee
  • Retired

Catherine Randazzo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Charlotte Warrenfeltz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Cindy Palmer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Daniel J. Schiffman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Investment Committee
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Daniel Lajewski

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Danny Tregoning

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Marketing Committee
  • Member of the Professional Advisor Council Charting Committee

Darryn Naylin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Grants Committee
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee
  • Pharmacist
  • Trustee

Dayna Lane

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Denise Getzandanner

Job Titles:
  • Philanthropic Services Assistant
  • Services Assistant

Detric L. Kemp

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the TRUSTS and ESTATES COMMITTEE
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Grants Committee
  • Member of the Marketing Committee
  • Member of the Professional Advisor Council Charting Committee
  • Second Vice Chair / Partner, Conklyn & Kemp

Diana Fulchiron

Job Titles:
  • Director of Community Impact
For as long as she can remember, Diana has wanted to save the world. Currently, she manages the grants and scholarship cycles of the Community Foundation to maximize donor impact in the Frederick County community. She has worked in the nonprofit field for over twenty years, during which time she has honed her skills in grants management, budgeting and financial analysis, as well as understanding and measuring impact. Diana earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kalamazoo College and Masters of Public Administration from George Mason University, graduating with honors from both universities. Outside of the office, if she isn't reading or cooking, Diana enjoys time with her two elementary-aged children and planning where she will travel to next.

Donald C. Linton

Job Titles:
  • November 1987 Founder 's Dinner
Donald C. Linton, CPA (center), Charles V. Main (left), and W. Jerome Offutt, Esq., are the founding fathers of The Community Foundation of Frederick County. The honor of Trustee Emeritus was conferred upon these three men in 2011 for their selfless dedication, extraordinary vision, and exemplary service to the organization.

Donna Gaver

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Doug Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Doug Propheter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Grants Committee

Dr. Rachel I. Mandel

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Consultant
  • Immediate past Chair

Dr. Shawn Wolf

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • Member of the Grants Committee
  • Member of the Marketing Committee
  • Trustee
  • Co - Founder and Principal / Outside Force Business Development Firm

Dr. Sonja Sperlich

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Duane Doxzen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Earl Robbins Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Retired

Ed Haser

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Elin Ross

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Elizabeth DeRose

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Elizabeth Forbes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Elizabeth Y. Day - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President
  • Trustee
  • President and CEO / Executive, Staff
Betsy, as everyone calls her, serves as the chief professional officer and manages the Community Foundation day-to-day operations. She works closely with the Board of Trustees to implement policy and to create impact that is long-lasting and meaningful now and for future generations. Betsy has more than 30 years' experience working with nonprofits and loves the thrill of making donor's charitable dreams come true. When she is not working with and for the Community Foundation, Betsy enjoys cooking without a recipe and spending time with her husband and their five children along with their children's "attachments" which include three sons-in-law, five grandchildren, and three dogs.

Emily Myers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Endow Maryland

Job Titles:
  • Gift Planning

Eric Dallavalle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Marketing Committee
  • Member of the Professional Advisor Council Charting Committee

Erica Cox

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Erik Moore

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Committee

Frank Lebherz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Grants Committee

Gabi Keller

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Development Committee

Gail Fitzgerald - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief Financial Officer / Accounting
Gail has held the position of Chief Financial Officer since 2001. She oversees all financial management, including investments, and is the staff liaison to the Investment Committee, Audit Committee, and Technology Committee.

Georgia Helthall

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Gordon M. Cooley

Job Titles:
  • Banking Executive
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • Member of the Marketing Committee
  • Member of the Professional Advisor Council Charting Committee
  • Member of the Real Estate Committee
  • Member of the TRUSTS and ESTATES COMMITTEE
  • Trustee

Greg Powell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Griff Garwood

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Holly Schor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Hongwei Xu

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Hunt Hendrickson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Ian P. Bartman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of the Grants Committee
  • First Vice Chair
  • Chairman / Principal, Offit Kurman, P.a

Jacquelyn Grossnickle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

James D. Summers

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Marketing Committee
  • Chairman of the Professional Advisor Council Charting Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Treasurer of the Executive Committee
  • Treasurer / Summers & Summers

Jan Marcus

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Jared Parsek

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Jean LaPadula

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Jean M. Joyce

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • Member of the Marketing Committee
  • Member of the Professional Advisor Council Charting Committee
  • Trustee
  • Vice President, Wealth Management / Morgan Stanley

Jean Peterson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Jean Wright

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Marketing Committee
  • Member of the Professional Advisor Council Charting Committee

Jeanne Hall

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Marketing Committee

Jeff Waltz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Development Committee

Jeffrey Poirier

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Grants Committee

Jennifer Hogg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Jennifer P. Clingan

Job Titles:
  • Principal
  • Trustee

Jenny Huseman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Grants Committee

Jerome Albright

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Jim French

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Jim Gangawere

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Joan Canfield

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Joan Hendrickson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Joshua Donofry

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Committee

Julie Martorana

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Justin Saltzman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Development Committee

Karen Christof

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Karen Ruehl

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Katharine Warthen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Kathy Frawley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Kathy Gordon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Kelli Goetz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Kelli Pavelko

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Kelly Stern

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Kelsey McManimon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Kimberly S. Chaney

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • Owner
  • Trustee
  • Champion
  • LLC

Kristen Howes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Marketing Committee
  • Member of the Professional Advisor Council Charting Committee

Kym Byrnes

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing and Communications
  • Director of Marketing and Communications / Marketing and Communications

Lamin Janneh

Job Titles:
  • Database Associate

Laura Heck

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Laura McCullough

Job Titles:
  • Director of Philanthropic Services
Laura has served as the Director of Philanthropic Services since 2015, and has worked in the nonprofit sector since 2007. She loves working with current and new donors, raising monies to fund the needs of the community and also with many professional advisors in Frederick County, helping individuals create and reach their charitable goals. In addition, she is the president for the Western Maryland Chapter of the Association Fundraising Professionals (AFP), as well as the chair of the IDEA Committee. Laura also serves on the Women's Impact Committee for AFP Global. Laura is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and University of Maryland Global Campus. She and her husband John live in Frederick County with their four children.

Laura Melia

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Laura Sherwood

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Lee Lushbaugh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Leigh Joos

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Lena A. Clark

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Marketing Committee
  • Member of the Professional Advisor Council Charting Committee

Lena Laug

Job Titles:
  • Marketing and Communications Manager
  • Marketing and Communications Manager / Marketing and Communications
Lena has been with the Community Foundation for five years and assists with all marketing and communications tasks and events. She takes pride in her work, with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and clear communication being top priority. Lena has spent the majority of her life in Frederick County and is happy to be able to share all that it has to offer with her husband and children. Outside of the office, Lena enjoys visiting with friends, reading, hiking and traveling.

Linda Brown

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Linda S. Thane Morgan

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Development Committee
  • Trustee
  • President / Support Unlimited, Inc.

Lisa Remsberg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Louanne S. Welgoss

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Marketing Committee
  • Founding Partner
  • Member of the Grants Committee
  • Trustee

Marcia Hahn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Maria Dennis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Marie Elena Fraley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Mark Kamie

Job Titles:
  • Community Impact Manager

Marty Snyder

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Marketing Committee
  • Member of the Professional Advisor Council Charting Committee

Marv Regner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Mary Ann Rundall

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Mary Barry

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Development Committee

Mary Ellis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Matt Fleischer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Megan Guzman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Melissa Sines

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Grants Committee

Michael Cumberland

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Grants Committee

Michael H. Delauter

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the TRUSTS and ESTATES COMMITTEE
  • Immediate past Chair / Principal, the Law Offices of Michael H. Delauter, LLC

Michael Trout

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Nancy Davis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Nancy Gordon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Nancy Williford

Job Titles:
  • Accounting and Technology Associate
  • Accounting and Technology Associate / Accounting
Nancy has been with the Community Foundation since 2004 working in all areas of accounting and office technology.

Nancy Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Nathan Harris

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Marketing Committee
  • Member of the Professional Advisor Council Charting Committee

Nicole Chafitz Orr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee
  • Trustee

Norman Ross

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Offit Kurman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Principal

Pamela Francis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Patricia Maluchnik

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Trustee
  • Account Executive / Georgetown Insurance Service, Inc

Patti Hagemann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Paul D. Rose

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Governance Committee
  • Trustee
  • Attorney / McNees, Wallace, & Nurick, LLC

Paul Foss

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Peggy Haser

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Peter Brehm

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

PW Shaffer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Development Committee

R. Sean McAdam

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • Principal Software Engineer / Titan Industries

Rachael Pashkevich

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

RaeAnn E. Butler

Job Titles:
  • Trustee
  • President / Edenton Retirement Community

Ray Brown

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Richard A. Pearrell

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Governance Committee
  • Trustee
  • Retired Banker

Rick Rogers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Robert Galey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Robin Rose

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Ronald Butts

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Ryan Harshman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Sally Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Sandy Brunken

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Scott Geisbert

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Grants Committee

Sherry Burgee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Sonia Tineo

Job Titles:
  • Community Impact Associate

Stacey Collins

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Grants Committee
  • Member of the Marketing Committee

Steven Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Sue Basford

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Susan Hayes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Susan Lyons

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Susan Pacific

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Susie Wireman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Taitia L. Elliott

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Scholarship Committee
  • Community Volunteer
  • Member of the Grants Committee
  • Trustee

Tammie Workman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Ted Luck

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Marketing Committee

Teresa Cochran

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Titilayo Ogunmakinwa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Tonyia Miller

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant
  • Executive Assistant / Executive, Staff
Tonyia provides administrative support to the President and board of trustees, as well as much of the day-to-day office management. She enjoys reading, quilting, and antiquing.

Tracy Arnold

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Valerie Andrews

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Veronica D. Lowe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Grants Committee
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee
  • Co - Champion
  • Secretary / Deputy Director of Labor and Employee Relations, Maryland Transit Administration

Vicki Lee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Wayne Wireman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Wendy Yingling

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Scholarship Committee

Will Dove

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Marketing Committee
  • Member of the Professional Advisor Council Charting Committee