
Jessica Dasher
Board Chairwoman
Vice President - Oscar Health

Fran Crowley '77
President, West Catholic Alumni Association
Partner - Blank Rome

Eleanor Fauls Dezzi '65
Real Estate Committee co-Chair
President Emeritus - The Dezzi Group

Duane Glover '81
Manager/Technical Director at Glover Associates and Consulting

Jeanie Ward Heffernan '80
Chief Human Resource Officer - Independence Blue Cross

Joseph Houldin '69
Former CEO of DVIRC, Founder of the National Manufacturing Initiatives of the Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center

Brother Ed Koronkiewicz FSC, '72
Associate Registrar - LaSalle University

James Logue
Institutional Advancement Committee Chair
President & CEO, Therm-Omega-Tech, Inc.

William F. Lynch, PhD
Professor & Former Dean at Drexel University School of Education

Dr. Robert McNamara '74
Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Pat McLaughlin '61
President - West Catholic Alumnae Association

James F. McManus '65
Retired, Regional Vice President - Caron Foundation

Emily Okala
Psychiatry Specialty Sales Manager
Emily held a number of roles in HealthCare from 1998 through 2010, most notably as a Public Affairs Specialist and as a Financial Analyst. She has held senior positions in marketing and territory management within the Pharmaceutical Industry for both Quintiles and Pfizer from 2000-2010.
Emily lives in Wayne, PA with her husband, Philip, and children, Eliana and Philip Jr. She is also a member of Jack and Jill of America Incorporated (Chester County Chapter) since April 2016. She served as the Chair of Biennial Fundraising in 2017 and will have this role in 2019.

Ronald Patterson, Esq. '78
Partner Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP
Ronald J. Patterson is the Co-Chair of the Firm’s Zoning and Land Use Practice Group. His practice concentrates on zoning and land use matters, as well as on other land use and environmental regulatory, permitting and counseling issues.
Ron directly deals with obtaining all of the necessary zoning, use, building and other development-related permits and approvals from the relevant City agencies that enable a person to build or renovate a building, and operate a business. He meets with and obtains comments and approvals from various City agencies, including Licenses & Inspections, the Planning Commission, Streets Department, Water Department, Redevelopment Authority, PIDC, Historical Commission, Art Commission, Zoning Board of Adjustment and other City departments. He also interacts directly with local community groups and elected officials to gain their support or to eliminate opposition to a proposed project. Once zoning approvals are obtained, he assists in filing for and obtaining other necessary building-related permits, operational licenses, and available 10-year real estate tax abatements. Ron has an engineering degree and worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, better enabling him to work closely with architects, engineers and construction professionals in order to understand, tailor and modify the necessary plans that comprise the applications, permits and approvals. He is also experienced in reviewing and coordinating preliminary environmental investigations and remediation programs.
Ron is a member of the Packer Park Civic Association, Executive Board, a founding member of the Penrose Area Civic Association that covers most of southwest Philadelphia, and a former member of the Zoning and Business Development Subcommittee of the former Eastwick PAC that oversaw development in the Eastwick/Southwest Philadelphia Area pursuant to the federal Eastwick Urban Renewal Plan of 1956. In addition, he is counsel to two Democratic Wards in Southwest Philadelphia. He also served on Mayor Michael Nutter’s Administration’s Subcommittee on Zoning Board Policy.

Tia Noelle Pratt, PhD '95
Scholar-in-Residence - Aquinas Center
Inclusion and Diversity Committee Chair

Dr. Joseph R. Richardson, Jr. '62
President & CEO Professional Purchasing Partners
