Staff & Board of Directors

Executive Director | Amy Rice
610-384-6990 ext. 205 | amy.rice@handi-crafters.org

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Executive Director since September 2004 with responsibility for managing the daily business and operations of Handi-Crafters. Formerly Director of the agency’s Rehabilitation Services since 1996. Experience includes various human service positions involving casework, counseling and teaching. Education includes a BS in English, a Master’s in Administration (West Chester University), and a Master’s equivalency and certification in Special Education (Penn State).

Director of Finance and Human Resources | Linda Glazer
610-384-6990 ext. 204 | linda.glazer@handi-crafters.org

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Business Manager since 1987 with responsibility for managing budget, support functions (clerical, housekeeping, maintenance, transportation and nursing) and human resources. Experience in office and financial management since 1968. Attended Queens College (Accounting).

Director of Development | Brian Tagliaferro
610-384-6990 ext. 206 | brian.tagliaferro@handi-crafters.org

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Development Director since February 2007. Responsible for overseeing the agency’s fund raising, special events and public relations. Experience in development, management, public relations, writing, editing, and web design. His education includes a BA from Hamilton College and MPA from West Chester University

Director of Production Services | Doug Franz
610-384-6990 ext. 219 | doug.franz@handi-crafters.org

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Doug started at Handi-Crafters in August, 2010 and is responsible for all aspects of production services. He has 20 years experience in critical applications in the entertainment industry. Doug’s Education includes an MBA from Drexel University, and he has a Green Belt certificate in Six Sigma process improvement.

Production Sales Representative | Lauren Zatar
610-384-6990 ext. 218 | lauren.zatar@handi-crafters.org

Vocational Evaluator | Fred Stabene
610-384-6990 ext. 231| fred.stabene@handi-crafters.org

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Fred provides a comprehensive vocational evaluation program that tests the capabilities and evaluates the needs of new clients to determine what programs will best suit their individual needs.

Director of Independent Living Solutions | Diane Belnavis
610-384-6990 ext. 217 | diane.belnavis@handi-crafters.org

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Director of Independent Living Solutions, a division of Handi-Crafters, with responsibility for all housing services. Independent Living Solutions provides housing and independent living counseling to adults with disabilities in Chester and Delaware Counties. Diane is also responsible for the oversight of the Regional Housing Coordinator Program providing technical assistance and training to housing and service providers in Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton and Schuylkill Counties.

Director of the Older Adult Daily Living Center | Linda Zimmerman
610-384-6990 ext. 359 | linda.zimmerman@handi-crafters.org

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Director of Industrial & Vocational Support Services since August 2003 and Assistant Director since 1999. Ms. Zimmerman assumed the position of Director of the Older Adult Daily Living Center in August, 2010. Responsibilities include supervision of assigned personnel to provide recreational services and activities of daily living, and assure coordination and compliance of all individual programs for clients who participate in the OADLC. Education includes a BS in Health & Physical Education (Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania).

Director of Employment & Youth Services | Christine Broome
610-384-6990 ext. 210 | christine.broome@handi-crafters.org

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A Welfare-to-Work Coordinator and Dislocated Worker Program Coordinator with Handi-Crafters since August 1996 and assumed the position of Director of Employment Services in August 2007. Responsibilities include oversight of School-to-Work Program, community employment, mobile work crews, Career Directions for out-of-school youth, and the Oxford Photo License Center. Education includes B.A. in Psychology (Kutztown University) and M.S. in Counseling/Higher Education (West Chester University).

Board of Directors

President | John C. Gillespie, Parent of client at Handi-Crafters
Vice President | Gregory S. Bentley, CEO, Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Vice President | Marlene Vogel, Sister of a Handi-Crafters’ Client
Treasurer | Matthew D. Kelly, Carnegie Wealth Management
Secretary | Brian L. Nagle, MacElree Harvey, Ltd.
Past President | Robert A. Spatola, Chairman & CEO, Spatola Wines, Inc.

Directors

Amy Rice | Executive Director
Claire Annechini | Executive Vice President, MEDecision, (retired)
Karen Ladd Baker | Vice President, The Protection Bureau
Allan Burkley | Vice President, Business Banking, First Niagara Bank
Bruce T. Cavin | Principal, Architectural Alliance, Inc.
Thomas P. Davis | Consultant, Quality Systems
Mark Prowell | Prowell Financial Management
Donald Sheldon | Partner, CCO Summalux
Kate Spatola | Vice President, Lauber Fine Wine Division, Southern Wine and Spirits
Monica Zimmerman, PhD, CPA | Associate Professor, West Chester University School of Business and Public Affairs

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