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).

National Accounts Manager | Lauren Rolland

610-384-6990 ext. 218 | lauren.zatar@handi-crafters.org

Director of Production Services | Mariana Tarau
610-384-6990 ext. 219 | mariana.tarau@handi-crafters.org

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Director of Production Services since July 2012 with responsibility of all aspects of Production Services. Most recent management experience includes retail operations; entrepreneurship and food production. Education includes an engineering degree in Food Science and Technology from the University of Galati in Romania, Diploma in Management from Open University Business School in Milton Keynes UK, and an MBA degree from HEC Montreal, Canada.  Fluent in English, French and Romanian language.

Director of Development | William H. Dixon
610-384-6990 ext. 206 | will.dixon@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 | Donald Sheldon, Partner, CCO Summalux
Vice President | Karen Ladd Baker, Vice President, The Protection Bureau
Vice President | Marlene Vogel, Sister of a Handi-Crafters’ Client
Treasurer | Michael J. Hankin, Director of Business Development, The Hankin Group
Secretary | Brian L. Nagle, MacElree Harvey, Ltd.
Immediate Past President | John C. Gillespie, Parent of a Client at Handi-Crafters
Past President | Robert A. Spatola, Chairman & CEO, Spatola Wines, Inc.

Directors

Amy Rice | Executive Director
Claire Annechini |  Executive Vice President, MEDecision, (retired)
Gregory S. Bentley | CEO, Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Allan Burkley | Vice President, Business Banking, First Niagara Bank
Bruce T. Cavin | Principal, Architectural Alliance, Inc.
Kathy Cronin | Parent of a Client of Handi-Crafters
Thomas P. Davis | Consultant, Quality Systems
Joseph Howard | Owner, The Marketing Mechanic LLC
Kate Spatola | Vice President, Lauber Fine Wine Division, Southern Wine and Spirits

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