Executive Committee
Mikele Bay, Chair (Smethport, PA)
Executive Director, Children’s Advocacy Center of McKean County
Kristina Taylor-Porter, MA, Vice Chair (Indiana, PA)
Assistant Teaching Professor, Penn State University
Chair, Education Committee
Elida Murray, MA, Treasurer (Gettysburg, PA)
Executive Director, Adams County Children’s Advocacy Center
Chair, Finance Committee
Cheryl Kimmel, Secretary (New Castle, PA)
Retired Engineer and Management Consultant
Members
Jo Ellen Bowman, MSW (Kittanning, PA)
Manager, Kay’s Cottage Child Advocacy Center
Lynn Carson, PhD (Harrisburg, PA)
Director of Operations, UPMC Child Advocacy Center of Central PA
Jo Ann Lawer (Selinsgrove, PA)
Retired
James Mandes (Hershey, PA)
Sales Manager, Krone North America
Daniel Mita, JD (Philadelphia, PA)
Associate, Duane Morris LLP
Abbie Newman, RN, JD (Montgomery County, PA)
CEO, Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center
Chair, External Affairs Committee
Curtis Rogers, JD (East Stroudsburg, PA)
Executive Director, Monroe County Children’s Advocacy Center
Mary Tatum, MPA (Clearfield, PA)
Director, Child Advocacy Center of Clearfield County
Chair, Communications Committee
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My two years serving as Vice Chair for Children’s Advocacy Centers of Pennsylvania were rewarding and inspiring. The Chapter performs essential yet challenging duties on behalf of the children of Pennsylvania. The vision is to inspire hope and end abuse. It is a gargantuan effort that desperately needs more awareness and investment. I cannot imagine a more noble cause, and I intend to remain a friend of PennCAC long into the future.
C. Elliott Haverlack