DARREN BLOUGH, MSW, BCABA
Co-Chair
Senior Vice President Adult Services, Lakeside, Pennsylvania and Delaware Programs,  Bancroft NeuroHealth

Darren Blough is a Senior Vice President of Adult Services with Bancroft, and possesses over two decades of experience working with children and adults with disabilities. He leads operations at the Lakeside Campus as well as overseeing residential programs in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Darren is a Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst. He earned his undergraduate degree in Sociology and his master’s degree in Social Work from Rutgers University. Additionally, Darren is an active member of the New Jersey Association of Community Providers, where he is the President of the Board, and previously served as the Chair of the Legislative and Policy Committee for the organization. Darren is also actively involved with Autism New Jersey and New Jersey Association for Behavior Analysis where he serves as the Vice-Chair of the Adult Services Workgroup.

856-454-9323 • darren.blough@bancroft.org

LES COHEN
Co-Chair
Executive Director
Katz JCC Cherry Hill

Les has spent more than a quarter century as the Director of the Betty and Milton Katz JCC in Cherry Hill. He began his career as a Teen Camp Director at the Flushing YMHA, then served as Associate Director of the Hartman YMHA, Executive Director of the JCC in Norwalk, Connecticut, and as a national consultant for the JCC Association in New York City. Les has received numerous awards and held many leadership positions, serving as past Chairman of his JCC’s Executive Group, Co-President of Camden County United Way Executives Council, Vice-President of the Association of Jewish Communal Professionals and Chairman of the Tri-State Regional Conference. Under his leadership, the JCC has become the hub of Jewish life in Southern New Jersey, with services for all ages and abilities, including classes older adults, a kosher meal program for the elderly, community-wide programs, the largest Jewish Day Camp in North America, an award-winning early childhood center, a state-of-the-art fitness center and an after-school program for children and teens.

TRACEY SHARPE
Vice Chair

Sharpe Consulting LLC

Tracey Sharpe is an experienced fundraising professional and licensed Grant Writer with more than two decades of dedicated work in the social service field.  Currently, the owner of Sharpe Consulting, LLC, Tracey works with multiple non-profit organizations throughout Southern New Jersey and the Philadelphia region to achieve their fund development goals. Tracey also recently joined the Office of Proposal Development at Rowan University to help facilitate research and grant opportunities for University staff.

A graduate of The George Washington University, Tracey began her career in the social service field as an Americorps member working within elementary school children in underserved neighborhoods in Washington D.C. Upon returning to the Southern New Jersey community, Tracey continued working in direct service in Camden City with at-risk youth before transitioning to her own business.  Tracey is a firm believer in giving back to the community and regularly volunteers her grant writing services to area nonprofits such as the Greater Woodbury Coalition Ministries. She loves to spend time with her family, reading, running, practicing yoga, and writing.

PAM HISLER
Secretary

Senior Vice President and Retail Market Manager
Republic Bank

Pam Hisler has been Senior Vice President and Retail Market Manager for Republic Bank since April 2019. In this role, Hisler leads the bank’s Southern New Jersey Region comprised of 14 stores serving Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties, and plays a key role in driving new business and providing leadership, accountability and coaching to store managers and team members.

Hisler has over 30 years of banking experience and has established herself as a leader within the South Jersey and Philadelphia markets. She previously served as Senior Vice President and Regional Director for Beneficial Bank from 2010-2019 where she directed all operations, financials, team growth and continuous improvement functions for 13 branches. Prior to that she was Vice President and Retail Market Manager for Commerce Bank/TD Bank from 2004-2010 after being promoted from Assistant Vice President and Senior Store Manager, a position she held from 2000-2004. Previously at PNC Bank holding various positions of increasing responsibility during her 14-year tenure, ultimately starting her career at Commerce Bank in 1984.

Hisler is graduate of KPMG Executive Leadership Institute for Women and a board member for the Nonprofit Development Center of Southern NJ.

PAUL BOLAND, MBA, EA
Treasurer
Atelier FAS, LLC

Paul is a member of Atelier FAS, LLC. He serves Non-Profits with their controllership and financial modelling/budgeting needs so they can focus on their mission. Paul has over 10 years of experience in the field of accounting and holds the License of Enrolled Agent (EA) with the IRS, an MBA from the Rohrer School of Business at Rowan, and a BS in Accounting from St. Vincent College. He has taught courses on taxation, business and Excel, at both Gloucester County Community College and Rowan University since the Fall of 2011. He has assisted with the pedagogically innovative Entrepreneurial Experiences Class for the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Rowan, which has since prompted the start of several small businesses within the South Jersey area.Paul is the co-author of several research papers within the area of entrepreneurship and opportunity creation which have been presented at USASBE and NEDSI Conferences. Paul also serves on the Alumni Council for Rowan University’s Business school and has served on the board of the South Jersey Technology Park.

215-525-1276  • paul.boland@atelierfas.com

LARRY ABRAMS
Founder/Executive Director
BookSmiles

Larry recently retired from teaching high school English so that he can serve as full time director of BookSmiles, a nonprofit that he started out of his garage.  BookSmiles specializes in upcycling mountains of gently used children’s books and getting them into the hands and homes of babies and children who need them most.  BookSmiles has quickly grown to one of the largest book banks in the nation, and  Larry was chosen as a CNN Hero in September 2022.

larry@booksmiles.org

ROBERT D’INTINO
Board Member
Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Rowan University

Bob teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in strategic management and social entrepreneurship. His academic research focuses on entrepreneurial leadership, social entrepreneurship, and new legal forms for social enterprise organizations around the world. His work is published in entrepreneurship and management journals. He has presented his research at academic conferences in the US and globally over the past twenty-five years and he serves on the board of directors of several professional and nonprofit organizations.

856-256-4926 • Dintino@rowan.edu

RYAN KASTNER
Account Executive, Aspire Technology Partners

Ryan is an Account Executive with Aspire Technology Partners working with new and existing customers on their network infrastructure, cybersecurity initiatives, and more. Outside of Aspire, Ryan invests his time in philanthropic interests.  Ryan has served on the NPDCSNJ’s Board of Directors since 2015 and served as Chair & Co-Chair from in 2021 and 2022. Ryan has also sat on the United Way’s local Board of Directors since 2018.  In recent years, Ryan was a recipient of the 40 Under 40 Award by SNJ Business People, the 20 Under 40 Award by South Jersey Biz Magazine, named one of the “Men of the Year” by South Jersey Magazine, and received the Cabinet Member of the Year award from the United Way.

609-313-8138 • rkastner@aspiretransforms.com

JUDY PATEL

MICHAEL WILLMANN, ESQ.
President & CEO
WMSH Marketing Communications

An Emmy-winning communications veteran, Michael is the co-founder of WMSH Marketing Communications. A graduate of Fordham University (BA) and the University of Pennsylvania Law School (JD), he is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, as well as before the Supreme Court of the United States. Michael is a former Emmy-winning television news and public affairs producer for Group W Television, as well as an award-winning reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer and an active freelance journalist and editorial consultant. The recipient of Adjunct Teaching Excellence Awards from both Camden County College and Salem Community College, he has been a member of 13 NPO boards, including the Board of NPDCSNJ since its inception and he served as NPDC Chair from 2008 to 2014.A graduate of Leadership New Jersey’s Class of 2001 and the Rutgers-Camden Southern New Jersey Regional Leadership Institute’s Class of 2004, he has receivedthe Philadelphia Bar Association’s Scales of Justice Award and the New Jersey Governor’s Volunteer Award for the Arts. He assumed the role of Interim Executive Director for NPDC in July 2018.

856-278-3333 • michaelwillmann@wmsh.com