W.
Richard Booth
Secretary
Ann
Brownlee
Barbara
Carlin
Rhonda
Comer
Sharon
Cowden, M.D.
Dr. Cowden graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
in 1971 and Chatham College in 1986. She completed her medical
education at the University of Pittsburgh and graduated in
1990. Her pediatric residency was completed in 1993 at Children's
Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr Cowden is currently practicing
with Pittsburgh Pediatric Associates, an affiliate of The
Western Pennsylvania Hospital. She joined the KidsVoice
Board in 1999 and is on the marketing committee.
James
Denova
Marlene
Ellis
Paul
C. Franklin
Assistant Treasurer
Mr. Franklin is a life-long resident of Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania. He holds a BS in Business/Economics from Penn
State University graduating in 1963, and a MBA from the Prochnow
Graduate School of Banking, University of Wisconsin. Mr..
Franklin joined Mellon Financial Corp. in 1963 as a trainee
in the bank's Management Development Program. From 1965 until
1982 he held various management positions in the branch system
of the retail bank. In 1982 he was appointed manager of the
Pittsburgh office of Private Banking and was named head of
Consumer Products two years later. In 1989, Paul was appointed
First Vice President, head of the Business Services Group
for the retail bank. In this capacity, Paul directed product
management, marketing and advertising for the retail bank.In
January of 1991, Paul returned to the sales side of the retail
bank where he served 4 years as the Retail Bank Head of Mellon's
125 branch network for Western Pennsylvania. In 1995, Paul
was asked to return to his current position, Sr. Vice President
and Business Line Manager of Consumer Deposits & Loans
for Mellon Financial Corp.
Mr. Franklin joined the KidsVoice Board in 1986, and has served
in various capacities since that date.
James
G. Gordon, Esq.
Sandra
Hawkins Miller
David
Herring
Dale
Hershey
Kerrin
Kowach
Michael
E. Lowenstein
Lori Luke
Mark
J. Murphy
Mark J. Murphy is the deputy executive director of the
Disabilities Law Project and the managing attorney of its
western Pennsylvania office. The Disabilities Law Project,
with offices in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, is a non-profit,
public interest law firm that has represented and advocated
for persons with disabilities since 1977.
Mr.
Murphy practices exclusively in the area of civil rights for
persons with disabilities. He has represented clients in numerous
cases involving a wide range of disability law issues, including
the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Housing Act,
the rights of persons in institutions, employment discrimination,
guardianship and consent, and architectural barriers.
Mr.
Murphy also serves as the director of the National Fair Housing
and Community Integration Legal Back-up Project, which provides
technical assistance and litigation support on housing and
community integration issues to attorneys throughout the United
States, and as an adjunct professor of law at the University
of Pittsburgh School of Law. In addition, Mr. Murphy lectures
frequently at continuing legal education seminars and has
made many presentations to consumer, family, and advocacy
groups on the legal rights of persons with disabilities.
Mr.
Murphy received his B.A. degree and his J.D. degree from the
University of Pittsburgh.
Wendelynne
Newton
Vice President
Charles
J. Pascarella
Treasurer
Stella
Smetanka
President
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