{"id":17337,"date":"2015-10-08T11:09:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T15:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=17337"},"modified":"2015-10-08T11:09:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T15:09:24","slug":"brandywine-health-foundation-names-three-to-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=17337","title":{"rendered":"Brandywine Health Foundation names three to board"},"content":{"rendered":"

COATESVILLE\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Brandywine Health Foundation announced the addition of three new members to its volunteer Board of Directors, Thursday.\u00a0 Since its inception in May 2001, the Coatesville-based public foundation has distributed more than $14 million in grants to non-profits improving health in the greater Coatesville area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2015-2016 New Officers include: Dawn M. James, Chair (Downingtown); Jason D. Alexander, MPP, Vice Chair (West Chester); Mark B. Myers, Treasurer (Unionville) and Gregory Cary, Secretary (Honey Brook).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lisa L. Croft<\/p><\/div>\n

The new board members are:
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Lisa L. Croft, D.O. of West Chester:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Croft is currently the Medical Director for a national managed care company. She is certified by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Practice, and is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, American College of Family Practice, Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Society, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and The Links, Inc. She is published in the American Baptist Women\u2019s Ministry Journal<\/i>, July 2014.\u00a0 Dr. Croft received her Doctor of Osteopathy from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, completed her internship at Springfield Hospital and a family practice residency at St. Joseph Hospital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gregory V. Hines<\/p><\/div>\n

Gregory V. Hines of Coatesville:<\/b>\u00a0Hines is a Magisterial District Judge in Coatesville.\u00a0 Previously he was the shipping and receiving supervisor for Sartomer Co. in Exton for more than 10\u00a0years.\u00a0 He served as a Personnel Record Specialist and Assistant Drill Sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1984 \u2013 1992.\u00a0 Judge Hines is currently attending West Chester University.\u00a0 He is the former president of the Coatesville Rotary Club, and serves on the Coatesville Youth Initiative board of directors, the Brandywine Health Foundation\u2019s Youth Mental Health First Aid Advisory Board, the Salvation Army Advisory Board, and is involved in many more volunteer activities in the community.\u00a0 In addition, he has received the following honors: Soldier of the Year and Honor Soloist.\u00a0 He is a lifelong area resident.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Valerie K. Martin<\/p><\/div>\n

Valerie K. Martin of Glenmoore:\u00a0<\/b>Martin is the former Chief Financial Officer for the John Templeton Foundation from 2001 \u2013 2015.\u00a0 Prior to her tenure at the Foundation, she was the Chief Financial Officer at the Housing Authority of the County of Chester for more than four years.\u00a0 She received a B.S. from the University of Delaware, and is a Certified Public Accountant.\u00a0 Ms. Martin is a former board member of the Philanthropy Network of Greater Philadelphia, <\/b>Wheels of Wellness Inc. and Foundation and the Foundation Financial Officer\u2019s Group.\u00a0 She is a current board member and treasurer of Let Freedom Ring, Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The Brandywine Health Foundation launched our Youth Mental Health First Aid program in August of 2014, and the program is continuing to grow and expand as we\u2019ve trained over 300 first aiders in the greater Coatesville community,”\u00a0said\u00a0Frances M. Sheehan, President and CEO of the Brandywine Health Foundation. “We\u2019re now expanding to launch a Youth Philanthropy Program generously sponsored by Citadel and as we move forward we will be partnering with several non-profit, community and government entities to develop a master plan for parks and playgrounds in the Coatesville Area School District, engaging the community in the process. Dr. Croft, Judge Hines and Ms. Martin\u2019s extensive and diverse backgrounds will complement our additional 18 board of directors, who will continue to help to guide our efforts to improve our community’s health and wellness.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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COATESVILLE\u00a0\u2014\u00a0The Brandywine Health Foundation announced the addition of three new members to its volunteer Board of Directors, Thursday.\u00a0 Since its inception in May 2001, the Coatesville-based public foundation has distributed more than $14 million in grants to non-profits improving health in the greater Coatesville area.\u00a0 2015-2016 New Officers include: Dawn M. James, Chair (Downingtown); Jason […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3569,699],"class_list":["post-17337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-board-of-directors","tag-brandywine-health-foundation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}