Meet Our Board

Andrew R. Rogoff joined the Board of Managers in January 2017. Rogoff has been a trial lawyer in the Philadelphia office of Pepper Hamilton LLP since 1985, with a focus on the defense of pharmaceutical product liability claims and allegations of professional negligence.

Christina Mesires Fournaris is the leader of Morgan Lewis’s Private Client Group. She regularly advises high-net-worth individuals, multigenerational family groups, entrepreneurs, and owners of privately held businesses.

Dixie James, President and Chief Operating Officer at Einstein Healthcare Network Philadelphia is a proven healthcare professional offering over 15 years of experience in the healthcare industry with strengths in strategy and business development, physician alignment and engagement, operations management and optimization, business intelligence and analytics, and strategic affiliations/merger & acquisitions.

Evan Urbania is CEO of ChatterBlast Media, a digital marketing & advertising agency based in Philadelphia

Evelyn McNiff, founder and board president of the Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia, joined the TPF board in 2017. Since she founded the Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia, it has awarded more than 22,500 four-year scholarships to under-served children.

Fernando Chang-Muy is the Thomas O’Boyle Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. He teaches at both the Law School and at the Graduate School of Social Policy and Practice on topics such as U.S. Immigration Law, International Human Rights and Refugee Law, and Nonprofit Leadership.

Holly is Managing Director of Gabriel Investments, an investment firm focused on providing venture capital to high growth companies in the Philadelphia region. She is an Independent Trustee for Hamilton Lane’s Private Assets Fund and Hamilton Lane’s Special Purpose Acquisition Company. She is also an Independent Trustee for FS Investments’ Credit Income and Multi-Alternative Income Funds.

As trailblazer in the accounting industry, Jane started her career at Laventhol & Horwath, where she made history as the first woman tax partner at an international firm in Philadelphia. Her knowledge of family business consulting and wealth issues paved the way for Jane to co-found Drucker & Scaccetti, where she led the firm as CEO and eventually took over the role of Firm Ambassador and Chief Storyteller.

Larry Beaser was appointed to the Board of Managers by the Philadelphia Bar Association, where he serves as Counsel to the Board of Governors and previously served as Chancellor. He served as Chair of The Philadelphia Foundation’s Board of Managers from Jan. 1, 2009 through June 30, 2016.

Kathleen (Kate) S. Allison founded Alta Communications in 1999, predecessor of The Karma Agency in Philadelphia for which she is now CEO. She previously was the managing director of the Philadelphia office of Golin/Harris.

Michael K. Pearson (“Mike”) is a widely respected leader with more than 26 years of social C-Suite experience, deep public company, private family and private equity expertise as a front-line P & L entrepreneurial leader.

R. Duane Perry was first elected to the Board of Managers in 2004 and served through 2012 before being reappointed in 2015. He started The Food Trust, a charitable organization dedicated to ensuring everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food, in 1992.

Shirin Karsan, who serves on the Boards of the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians, the Global Bioethics Initiative and the Aga Khan Conciliation and Arbitration Board, joined The Philadelphia Foundation Board in 2018.

Steven Scott Bradley is the President/CEO of Bradley & Bradley Associates, Inc. It is a leading provider of commercial property and casualty insurance and risk management services for government, quasi-government, nonprofit organizations and businesses for over 14 years in Philadelphia.

Pritchett previously served as the Interim University President from February 2022 – June 2022 and previously served as the University Provost at Penn from July 1, 2017, through July 1, 2021.

William (Bill) P. Hankowsky was Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Property Trust, until February 2020.