Scholars Advisory Committee

The Philadelphia Scholars Program is led by an Advisory Committee chaired by Arthur S. Baldadian. This volunteer committee helps to raise funds for scholarships and oversees an endowment committed for future generations of Philadelphia Scholars.

  • Arthur S. Baldadian, Chair
    Goldman Sachs (retired)
  • Members:

  • Floyd W. Alston
  • Suzanne Sheehan Becker
    Community College of Philadelphia
  • Mark S. Blaskey
    Pepper Hamliton LLP
  • Jermaine Bromell
    Zimmer Tri-State
  • Richard Corcoran
    Morgan Stanley
  • Helen Cunningham
    Executive Director
    Samuel S. Fels Fund
  • Chris DelGiorno
    Director of Major Gifts
    Bucknell University
  • Dan Effron
    Partner
    Marcum LLP
  • Kimberly J. Evans
    Vice President, Clinical and Supportive Services
    Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
  • Carol S. Fixman
    Executive Director
    Philadelphia Education Fund
  • Tiffany Flippen
    PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Kenneth Gamble
    President
    Philadelphia International Records
  • Shanee Garner
    Co-Director of Education Policy
    Public Citizens for Children & Youth
  • Carole Haas Gravagno
    Phoebe Haas Charitable Trust
  • Ann Evans Guise
    Program Director
    Bright Lights Initiative
  • La-Toya P. Hackney
    Assistant General Counsel - Marketing
    Sunoco, Inc.
  • Ted Kirsch
    President
    American Federation of Teachers Pennsylvania
  • Samuel T. Lundquist
    Associate Dean for External Affairs
    Wharton School
  • Pedro A. Ramos
    Trujuillo Rodriguez & Richards, LLC
  • Evelyn Redcross
    October Galleries
  • Mercer Redcross
    October Galleries
  • Newbold Strong
    Senior Vice President, Investments
    Smith Barney, Inc.
  • A. Morris Williams, Jr.
    Williams & Company

emeritus

  • John B. Neff
    Neff &Company