Executive Leadership Teams
Advocacy
This Team focuses attention on building strong relationships with the City and County public officials while asserting ourselves to influence public policy critical to the success of Lancaster. The Team prioritizes being aware of the efforts and positions of Lancaster City Alliance ELT’s as to support them and impact their respective success. The Team, at the Community level, places value on understanding the priorities and positions taken by peer organizations to assure vetting and collaboration arrives, as possible, at formidable consensus.
- Dave Hornberger (Chair) - Orrstown Bank
- Doug Brossman - Burnham Corporation
- Robert M. Krasne - Steinman Communications
- John T. Reed - Barley Snyder
- John "Ski" Sygielski - HACC Central Pennsylvania's Community College
- Heather Valudes - Lancaster Chamber
- Dan Youngs - LSWMA
- Marshall Snively (staff)
- Colleen Wagner (staff)
Chairperson's Council
This Team is responsible for the LCA strategy of bringing together key economic development organizations to discuss, align and advance strategic level opportunities with the focus towards furthering the success of the City of Lancaster. The Team places emphasis on keeping pace with community progress and advances opportunities through use and reference of in place strategic plans to assist in coordinating and clarifying leadership efforts.
- Jane McMinn (Chair) - S&T Bank
- Sam Bressi - Lancaster County Community Foundation
- Heather Valudes - Lancaster Chamber
- Lisa Riggs, EDC
- Marshall Snively (staff)
- Colleen Wagner (staff)
Community Safety
This Team focuses attention on community safety, quality of life, crime education and prevention, public policy and programmatic responses. The group prioritizes strengthening our current relationships with the City Bureau of Police, the Lancaster Safety Coalition, Lancaster Safety Partners, the DID, organized neighborhood and community groups and other organizations seeking to make a positive impact on community safety and quality of life.
- Wes Farmer (Chair) – Consultant, Community Organizer
- Bill McHale – (Vice Chair) Franklin & Marshall Department of Public Safety
- Vince Aukamp - Cargas
- Jack Crowley – Water Street Mission
- Gene Duncan – Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
- Larry George - County of Lancaster
- Chris McMurtrie - Community Volunteer
- Tim Miller – Lancaster Safety Coalition
- Acting Chief Richard Mendez, Lancaster City Police
- Freddy Ramos – Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster
- Amos Stoltzfus - Tenfold
- Dave Aichele (staff)
- Colleen Wagner (staff)
Finance & Development
The focus of this Team is to insure the financial sustainability of the organization by playing an active role in overseeing financial budgeting, reporting and resource development. The Team will serve as a liaison to the Lancaster City Alliance Board in key areas such as preparation of the organization’s annual budget, review of periodic reports on financial performance and previewing the annual audit. This Team will additionally oversee the organization’s reserves (in accordance with the established Reserves Policy) and recommend investment strategies for reserves. Resource development via support to Lancaster City Alliance Staff in maintaining and growing the existing donor base, recruitment of new funders and seeking out innovative funding to support specific programs and initiatives is the responsibility of this Team as the need for ongoing revenue growth is assumed.
- Joe Crosswhite (Chair) – M&T Bank
- Matthew Fairbanks - EHD
- Lori Pickell - Irex Corporation
- Vanessa Philbert - Community Action Partnership
- Hope Schmids – Millersville University
- Marshall Snively (staff)
Economic Development and Planning
This team will serve as the Steering Committee to ensure the implementation of Building On Strength, the 15 year economic development strategic plan for the City of Lancaster, including regular review of developed metrics ensuring alignment with the Plan Aspirations. The team will effectively utilize, evaluate and develop new tools to drive increased investment in the City’s four quadrants.
- Andy Gilburg (Chair) – Benchmark Construction
- Alex Brame – Truist
- Brett Calabretta – Warfel Construction
- Chris Delfs – City of Lancaster
- Paul Fulmer – NAI Commercial Partners, Inc
- Jeff Horst – RKL
- Ken Hornbeck – High Real Estate Group, LLC
- Ben Lesher - Parcel B Development Company
- Tom Koppmann – M&T Bank
- Justin Manning – City Resident
- Zach Love - PNC Bank
- Randy Patterson – CRIZ Authority
- Vanessa Philbert – Community Action Partnership
- Tom Ponessa – TW Ponessa & Associates
- Todd Shertzer – CCS Building Group
- Jordan Space – S&T Bank
- Ann Swartzbaugh – Burnham Holdings
- Sara Tuscher – The Ecklin Group
- Jeff Vrabel – Baker Tilly US, LLP
- Dan Wolgemuth – Warehouse District
- Marshall Snively (staff)
- Jeremy Young (staff)
Marketing
This Team focuses on developing marketing opportunities for the organization while leveraging our strong relationships with partner organizations including Lancaster Office of Promotion (LOOP), Discover Lancaster, the Lancaster Chamber and the Economic Development Company (EDC), to ensure a coordinated approach to marketing Lancaster. The Marketing ELT will also work closely to support the missions of all Lancaster City Alliance Executive Leadership Teams.
- John Lines (Chair) - Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
- Chris Ballentine - Willow Valley Communities
- Deborah Brandt - Fig Industries
- Sandy Gambone - Water Street Mission
- Ed Harris - Discover Lancaster
- Erika Herold - Woodstream
- Cheila Huettner - Lancaster Office of Promotion
- Jennifer Johnson - Armstrong World Industries Foundation
- Erin Rettew - LNP Media Group
- Maggie Sheely - PPL Electric Utilities
- Annie Weeks - LancasterHistory
- Gregory Wright - F&M College
- Anne Williams (staff)
Neighborhoods
This Team seeks to engage and empower neighborhood leaders by becoming a trusted advisor to individuals and neighborhood groups seeking assistance with neighborhood stabilization, transformation, and broad stakeholder engagement throughout the City of Lancaster. The ELT will focus on initiatives as identified in the Building On Strength Economic Development Plan and on broad strategies for increasing quality of life and equitable neighborhood opportunities throughout Lancaster City.
- Holly Kutz (Chair) – Murray
- Milzy Carrasco (Vice Chair) – City of Lancaster
- Juan Aviles – Resident, City of Lancaster
- Ehsan Al-Hussaini – Resident, City of Lancaster
- Philip Cabassa – City Resident
- Heidi Castillo– Resident, City of Lancaster
- Lisa Colon – City Resident
- Maxine Cook – Resident, City of Lancaster
- Steve Cook – UGI
- Casey Flores – Resident, City of Lancaster
- Kristen Krimmel – City Resident
- Vasthi Laguerre - City Resident
- Mi Mi Poe - City Resident
- Cindy Sawicki – City Resident
- Douglas Smith – City of Lancaster
- Mark Stoner– Resident, City of Lancaster
- John Suarez - City Resident
- Kerry Sherin Wright – F&M Writers House
- Marshall Snively (staff)
- Dave Aichele (staff)
- Jeremy Young (staff)
Governance & Nominating Committee & DEI Taskforce
This team consists of members from the LCA Board of Directors and select Executive Leadership Teams. The G&N Committee serves as the base of LCA’s DEI Taskforce. The G&N Committee supports staff in reviewing and vetting new LCA volunteers using LCA’s partner benefits, attributes and skillsets. The G&N Committee works to ensure the LCA bylaws are being followed as well as DEI practices are being woven into the work of LCA. The Committee supports staff with succession planning for the Board of Directors as well as manages terms for all Executive Leadership Team members.
- Pedro Rivera (Chair) - Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
- Peter Barber - Two Dudes Painting Company
- Chris Ballentine - Willow Valley Communities
- Jack Crowley - Water Street Mission
- Chris Fidler - LNP Media Group Inc.
- Justin Manning - City Resident
- Freddy Ramos - Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster
- Dr. Marian Wilson - Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
- Hope Schmids - Millersville University
- Alex Otthofer (staff)
- Marshall Snively (staff)
- Colleen Wagner (staff)
