Our Staff

Edith Yoder
Executive Director

Dana Felder
Web and Database Administrator

Mindy Fetherman
Director of Development

Wendy Hoke Witmer
Affiliate Consultant for Program and Outcomes

Leslie Homer-Cattell
Director of Outreach and Communications

Joy Sawatzky
Director of Affiliate Startup and Covenant Services

Michelle Wright
Office Administrator

Our Board of Directors

Dorothy Pulcher (Board Chair)
Manager, New Residential Contruction, PECO Energy Company

Rev. James Lapp, D.Min (Board Vice-Chair)
Interim Pastor

Jennifer Schwalm, C.P.A. (Treasurer)
Partner, ParenteBeard, LCC

Justin Weber, J.D. (Secretary)
Attorney, Pepper Hamilton LLP

Peter Barwick, J.D.
Attorney, Alston & Bird

Linda Coleman
Retired Assistant Deputy Director for Deputy Commissioner of Disability, Social Security Administration

Lewis Good
Financial Advisor, Master's Advisors, Inc.

Bill Hartman, J.D.
Vice President, Everence (formerly MMA)

Sheryl Holzbauer
Executive Vice President of Focused Service Hotels, Hampton Inn and Suites Valley Forge and Willow Valley Associates

Dr. Kimberlee Johnson, D.Min.
Director of Urban Studies - Eastern University

Ruth Lesher, Ph.D.
Psychologist and Partner, Behavioral Healthcare Consultants

Devon Martin
Principle and VP of Sales - Signature Custom Cabinetry

Larry Massanari
Retired Regional Commissioner, Social Security Administration

Rev. Phil Olson, M.Div.
Pastor, Church on the Mall at Plymouth Meeting Mall

Cindy Petersheim
Regional Director of Development, Messiah College

Shadell Quinones, L.S.W., M.S.S.
Adoption Supervisor, Chester County Department of Children, Youth and Families

Meridith Ridington, M.A.
Professor, West Chester University

Diane Schmeck
Human Resources Professional

Joan Gotwals Yoder
Co-Owner Brook Ledge Horse Transportation

Our Advisory Board Members

Michele Beamer
Graduate of Bridge of Hope Lancaster & Chester Counties (Penna.) and passionate advocate for homeless single mothers

Kent Martin
Award-winning business leader, CEO of Signature Custom Cabinetry

Ron Sider, Ph.D.
Author, seminary professor, proponent of holistic biblical faith, and the founder and president of Evangelicals for Social Action

Christine Sine, M.D.
Adjunct professor, author and co-founder of Mustard Seed Associates

Edgar Stoesz
Author, former chair of Habitat for Humanity International and first board chair of Bridge of Hope National

Heidi Unruh
Faith-based community development researcher and author of Hope for Children in Poverty