Included were Bob Aretz: Principal and Creative Director of Paragraph a highly successful and
award winning brand agency; Jeffrey Gilmore: President of GFO Consulting a
premier Financial Support Services firm; Lisa Ndiaye, an arbitrator for the
National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD"), a national securities
regulatory body; Forrest Patterson: Senior Vice President in the Corporate Bank
within PNC Bank; Sandra Romaszewski, a longtime supporter of BGCP and soon to
be graduate of Cooley Law School in Lansing MI. Ms. Romaszewski will join DL
Piper LLP as an associate in 2008; Wanda James-Speight: Relationship Manager,
Commercial Real Estate Division, Sovereign Bank is returning to the BGCP Board
after a short hiatus; and Stephen Varenhorst, AIA is founder of Stephen
Varenhorst Architects, an acclaimed architectural firm, Mr. Varenhorst's
designs are fairly well known throughout the region.
Rob Ross, of Ross Feller Casey was elected to the Advisory Council, John Shimp of Ameriprise Financial was
elected Board Secretary and Kristin A.B. Davidson of the University of Pennsylvania
was elected Board Vice Chairman.
In addition to welcoming new Board members to the agency, the Board recommitted itself to
continue serving over 15,000 youth throughout the city of Philadelphia this year alone.
BGCP would like to thank Rick Smith &KPMG for hosting this year's Annual Meeting, extending
special thanks to Carolyn Best for all her efforts to make the evening
beautiful and successful! We would also extend our sincerest thanks to the
Board of Directors for their hard work and dedication to the agency, its
children and families, without whom Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia
could not serve the children we reach!
