Since the program’s inception in 2017, 87 nonprofit professionals from more than 70 regional organizations have graduated from the program representing 10 counties. The program has created a network of high-performing individuals serving at nonprofit institutions, in addition to building an informal regional network of mentors and coaches for emerging nonprofit leaders.
Members of the 2025-2026 cohort of Scranton’s Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program and the organizations they represent are:
Pam Anslinger, business development officer I, PA Housing Finance Agency (PHFA)
Jessica Baab, philanthropic services coordinator, The Luzerne Foundation
Jessica Freyne, executive director, Providence Pregnancy Center
Rossanna Gabriel, executive director, Hazleton Integration Project, Inc.
Heather Greene, business manager, Jewish Family Services
Nicole Guzenski, workforce development LEAD center manager, Outreach
Jennifer Hayes Housel, executive director, Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers
Eileen Howells, designated institutional administrator, The Wright Center
Tara B. Jones, executive director, Lackawanna River Conservation Association
Alyse Kerr, executive director, Integrative Mind and Body
Marianne Linko, deputy chief operating officer, The Wright Center for Community Health
Amanda Masters, youth program manager, The Cooperage
Christine S. Pirillo, DHA, senior director laboratory medicine, Geisinger Health System
Dani Ruhf, chief executive officer and founder, Child Hunger Outreach Partners (CHOP)
Helen Schmid, president and chief executive officer, Telespond Senior Services
Conor Simon, grants and outreach manager, Wayne County Community Foundation
Rachael Stark, NEPA program coordinator, Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Jill Avery Stoss, president and CEO, The Institute
Gina Suydam, director, external affairs, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
For additional information, visit the Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program webpage or call 570-941-4047.
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