{"id":2290673,"date":"2026-02-20T08:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2290673"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:26:16","slug":"nonprofit-leadership-program-celebrates-2026-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/nonprofit-leadership-program-celebrates-2026-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonprofit Leadership Program Celebrates 2026 Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Since the program\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the 2025-2026 cohort of Scranton\u2019s Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program and the organizations they represent are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pam Anslinger<\/strong>, business development officer I, PA Housing Finance Agency (PHFA)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jessica Baab<\/strong>, philanthropic services coordinator, The Luzerne Foundation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jessica Freyne<\/strong>, executive director, Providence Pregnancy Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rossanna Gabriel<\/strong>, executive director, Hazleton Integration Project, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heather Greene<\/strong>, business manager, Jewish Family Services<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicole Guzenski<\/strong>, workforce development LEAD center manager, Outreach<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jennifer Hayes Housel<\/strong>, executive director, Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eileen Howells<\/strong>, designated institutional administrator, The Wright Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tara B. Jones<\/strong>, executive director, Lackawanna River Conservation Association<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alyse Kerr<\/strong>, executive director, Integrative Mind and Body<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marianne Linko<\/strong>, deputy chief operating officer, The Wright Center for Community Health<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amanda Masters<\/strong>, youth program manager, The Cooperage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christine S. Pirillo<\/strong>, DHA, senior director laboratory medicine, Geisinger Health System<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dani Ruhf<\/strong>, chief executive officer and founder, Child Hunger Outreach Partners (CHOP)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Helen Schmid<\/strong>, president and chief executive officer, Telespond Senior Services<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conor Simon<\/strong>, grants and outreach manager, Wayne County Community Foundation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rachael Stark<\/strong>, NEPA program coordinator, Pennsylvania Environmental Council<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jill Avery Stoss<\/strong>, president and CEO, The Institute<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gina Suydam<\/strong>, director, external affairs, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, visit the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scranton.edu\/academics\/ksom\/accounting\/nonprofit-leadership-program\/index.shtml\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nonprofit Leadership Certificate Program webpage<\/a> or call 570-941-4047.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source news.scranton.edu \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the program\u2019s inception in 2017, 87 nonprofit professionals from more than 70 regional organizations have graduated from the program representing 10 counties. 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