AFP Chapter Leadership
Joell Yarmel - Chapter President
Executive Director, F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts
Phone: 570-823-4599 ext. 225
Email: joell@kirbycenter.org
Jo Ann Verduce - Chapter Vice President
Director of Development, St. Joseph’s Center
Phone: 570-963-1260
Gary Bernstein - Treasurer
Associate Professor, Misericordia University
Phone: 570-824-4646 ext. 200
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Estella Parker-Killian - Secretary
Phone: 570-574-2805
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Lauren Pluskey McLain - Programming Chair
Senior Director of Corporate and Foundations Relations, Geisinger
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Desiree Voitek - Membership Chair
Director of Campus Development and Alumni Relations, Penn State Hazleton
Phone: 570-450-3015
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Sandra Snyder - Past President
Director of Foundation Relations and Special Events, Diocese of Scranton
Phone: 570-591-5004
Email: Sandra-Snyder@dioceseofscranton.org
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Directors
Betsy McGrath Ardizoni
Director of Development, Maternal and Family Health Services
Phone: 570-768-6118
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Amy Marie Feldman
Director of Development, Northeast Sight Services
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Amber Riedinger
Director of College Advancement, Lackawanna College
Phone: 570-961-7895
Email: loomis@lackawanna.edu
Alison Woody
Associate Director of Grant Writing, Food Allergy Research and Education
Email: awoody@foodallergy.org
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Contact AFP NEPA
For questions about our chapter and/or its activities:
Gene Axton
AFP Chapter Administrator
570-718-8440
P.O. Box 1294
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703