About Christ Lutheran Community Outreach Corporation

Board of Directors

Jonathan Peri, Esq, Vice President and General Counsel of Neumann College.

Mr. Jonathan Peri Esq. has served with Neumann College since July, 2006. Prior to his appointment at Neumann, he held several positions with the Delaware County District Attorney's Office in Media, Pennsylvania, including the position of Special Prosecutor in the Special Prosecutions Unit where he conducted confidential grand jury proceedings. He was also a spokesperson for that office.

Mr. Peri has previously held Associate positions at Saul Ewing LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in small and midsized law firms in New York and Manhattan. He is also an Associate Real Estate Broker. Mr. Peri received a Management and Leadership in Education Certification from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, and his Juris Doctor from Widener University, Wilmington, Delaware.

Mr. Peri currently serves as the Board Secretary of Drexel Neumann Academy, a private grammar school; President of the Upper Darby Community Outreach Corporation; Board Secretary of the Delaware County Drug & Alcohol Executive Commission; Chairman of the Delaware County Bar Association Community Outreach Program; and is a member of the Alumni Board of Directors for Widener University School of Law. He is currently a member of the American Bar Association; Pennsylvania Bar Association; National Association of College and University Attorneys; National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education; and the District of Columbia Bar.

Marian Baldini, COO of JEVS Human Services.

Marian has a MBA with a concentration in health and medical administration from Widener University. She also has a Masters Degree from Drexel University in action research and a BA in Psychology with Departmental Honors from Temple University.

She has over 30 year of experience in human services administration and is currently employed as the Chief Operating Officer at JEVS Human Services and as an adjunct faculty member at the Widener University School of Business. She also serves on the Board of the Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation and is a volunteer with the youth ministry at Reformation Lutheran Church in Media PA

Beth Ann Garafola, B.A. degree in Education from Holy Family College and a M.Ed. from West Chester University. She was a teacher in the Upper Darby School District for 6 years and is currently teaching as a part-time faculty member at Burlington County College.

Beth Ann spent many years working with children in youth programs and summer camps prior to joining the programs of Christ Lutheran Community Outreach Corporation.

George S. Hewitt, has been an ordained Methodist Minister since his graduation from Drew Theological Seminary in 1947. Ten years later he earned his Doctorate in Sacred Theology from Temple University.

In addition to his service to congregations, boards, committees and agencies of the United Methodist Church, he currently serves as the Director of Pastoral Care of the Delaware County Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Hewitt is well known in the Delaware Valley and has been active in the Boy Scouts of America, Rotary International, Community YMCA, and the 7th Congressional District Air Force Academy Committee, to name a few.

He was elected to the Board in 2008.

Meghan Gordon, Bio not yet available...

Pastor David R. Shaheen, Master of Divinity, Lutheran Theological Seminary, B.A. in Education,  American University.   Pastor Shaheen has served congregations for over 30 years, and has been the Pastor of Christ Lutheran Community Church for the past 10 years.  

He serves on the Board of Directors for the Community YMCA of Eastern Delaware County and The Geranium Farm.  He  is also a member of  the Upper Darby Neighborhood Revitalization Partnership, the Upper Darby Refugee Resettlement Task Force, the Rotary Club and the Optimist Club.  He co-chairs with the YMCA the annual Upper Darby Martin Luther King Day Celebration.

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