Jill is wrapping up a very busy first year as President and CEO of United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania. In addition to spearheading the annual fund raising campaign and leading an organization of 100 employees, Jill led a community wide effort of volunteers to change the United Way business plan to focus United Way efforts on Education for Children, Income for Families and Health for Seniors while putting in place metrics for funding that deliver measurable change and measurable results.

Under Jill’s leadership, United Way has shifted from an organization that simply made grants to one that truly makes change. With a value proposition that challenges United Way to become a change agent that brings together community, business, government and labor, Jill believes we need to break the cycle of broken systems in this region by focusing on the root causes of our most serious challenges. By defining ourselves more by the problems we are trying to solve than the organization or constituency we represent, Jill looks to make United Way the table around which the community gathers to make it happen.

It was during her early days at United Way that Jill caught the passion of the staff and the mission. Prior to taking on the top spot, Jill served as United Way’s Director of Finance, Vice President of Finance and Operations and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She oversaw Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, Building and Administration as well as certain aspects of Community Impact, Donor Research and Information Services. In addition, she has been an important figure on the national scene as a leader with the United Way of America Financial Issues Committee, a group of senior financial staff from United Ways across the country that develop financial standards and guidelines for United Way in all 50 states.

Jill began her career with Arthur Andersen, LLP, and was with the firm for approximately eight years focusing on healthcare and nonprofits, leaving to join United Way in December 2001. Jill is a graduate of Penn State University, a proud Nittany Lion with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and a member of the AICPA and PICPA. Jill serves as a Board Member of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia Council for College and Career Success and the nationally recognized Back on My Feet. She also serves on the Audit Committee of the Philadelphia Jewish Federation, the Advisory Board of Graduate!Philadelphia and the Finance Committee of the Delaware Valley Grantmaker. Jill is fast becoming the personification of what it means to LIVE UNITED.

Ann Schmieg serves as Senior Vice President of Southeastern PA where she serves as the voice of our CI agenda in the community at large, with dual goals of increasing our presence across the region as well as cultivating relationships that enhance UWSEPA’s ability to attract new resources to support our goals and ensure that our work is able to make positive lasting change in our community.

Prior to joining United Way in 2003, she spent 15 years with La Salle's Nonprofit Center. She consulted with many of the region's nonprofits in the areas of board development and strategic planning and served as the founding editor of Opportunity NOCs, the region's first nonprofit jobs newsletter which launched in 1993. She is on the Advisory Committee of the Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute (NELI) at Bryn Mawr College's Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research where she also teaches the NELI session on board governance. She also serves ad adjunct faculty at St. Joseph's University Haub School of Business where she teaches Stakeholder Theory and Social Responsibility. She has an MBA from La Salle University and a MSS, MLSP from the Bryn Mawr College's Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.

She has served in a variety of volunteer leadership roles in local nonprofits most recently at the Commonwealth Youthchoirs where she serves as Past President of the Board and with Delaware Valley Grantmakers where she serves as a board member.

She and her husband Martin reside in Mt. Airy. They have three children, two grown daughters Katie and Emily and a son Jack who attends Philadelphia’s Creative and Performing Arts High School.

Annie Madonia joined The Philadelphia Orchestra in August 2007 from the Cleveland Orchestra, where she worked from 1995-2007, and served as Director of Development from 2000-2007. Prior to Cleveland, she served in fundraising roles at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center for the Performing arts, Inc.

As Vice-President of Development and Board Relations for POA, Ms. Madonia was responsible for all aspects of fundraising for The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Academy of Music, and Peter Nero and the Philly Pops including the endowment, the annual fund, corporate partnerships, and foundation relationships. Ms. Madonia served as liaison to the Board of Directors and worked collaboratively with various Board committees. As a member of the Association’s senior management team, she participated in the development of strategic initiatives that ensured success as the Orchestra continues to bring its music to the broadest audiences in Philadelphia and around the world.

A native of New York City, Ms. Madonia holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history from Wellesley College.

Edward A. Montgomery, Jr., 75, graduated from Deerfield Academy; he received a BA and LLD from Trinity College, and attended Harvard Business School. He joined Mellon Bank's management training program in 1959, and worked in the Data Processing, Cash Management, Credit Policy and Corporate Banking. From 1970 to 1974 he was a Vice President responsible for corporate lending in the New York City division of the Corporate Banking Department.

In 1974, Montgomery became Manager of the International Banking Department's London Office with responsibility for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In 1977, he returned to the States to become a Senior Vice President of Mellon Bank, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon National Mortgage Corporation. In 1985, he became Vice Chairman of Mellon Bank Corporation and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mellon Bank (East).

On August 1, 1989, he retired from the Bank. Upon retirement, he served as the 1989/1990 Campaign Chairman for the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

He joined the staff of the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania in January 1990 as Vice President of Resource Development and a member of the Management Committee. In 1995 he assumed responsibility for the Tocqueville Society (individuals who give over $10,000 annually) and individual leadership donors outside the workplace. In 2000 he was appointed Vice President – Relationship Management. He currently is responsible for relationship management and planned giving and endowment.

He is Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Royal Oak Foundation, Vice Chairman of the Curtis Institute of Music, and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. He is a Trustee of the Isabel Rockefeller Trust and the Albert M. Greenfield Foundation. He is on the board of the Academy of Natural Sciences (past chairman), Elderhostel, Opportunities Industrial Center, Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (past chairman), and on the Advisory Boards of the Arthritis Foundation (Central PA Chapter) and Teach for America * Greater Philadelphia-Camden. He is Trustee Emeritus of Trinity College (past chairman) and the Philadelphia Orchestra Association. He is a retired director of Fisher Scientifics International, Mellon Bank Corporation, Pullman Corporation and Wheelabrator Technologies Inc.

From 1956 to 1958, he served in the US Army's Airborne Division. He and his wife Susan have two daughters and two grandsons.

A native Philadelphian and graduate of Holy Cross High School, Rutgers University and Wharton School Executive Development Program, Joe spent 17 years with Trans World Airlines in numerous positions including Vice-President Advertising Worldwide and Publication Director of TWA Ambassador Magazine. At TWA he was also responsible for business relations with the Vatican and all Papal charters.

As Senior Director Marketing for Amtrak, Joe’s duties included all Marketing, Communications and Branding for the Northeast Corridor and he was Project Director for the creation of the Acela high speed rail brand.

As Vice-President Marketing at Aramark, he held Marketing and Communications responsibility for Aramark’s convention center (including, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Los Angeles) and national park business units (Shenandoah, Lake Powell, Alaska’s Denali National Park and Ellis Island).

Joe’s first venture into the non-profit sector was with the national office of Big Brothers Big Sisters as Director Corporate Partnerships before joining United Way in September 2005 where he oversees all Marketing, Communications, Advertising and Branding.

Joe is a past Board Member of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau and is currently on the Board of Philadelphia’s Book and the Cook.

Lynn is responsible for our human resources function including best practices for management of volunteers serving on United Way committees.

Lynn joined the staff in 1986 and served as Director of the Donor Choice Program between 1987 and 1996. In 1997 she was promoted to Vice President of Human Resources. In recent years, she has assumed additional functional responsibilities in support of administration and volunteers.

Lynn is a graduate of Rutgers University with a degree in psychology. Her professional memberships include the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Penjerdel Employee Benefits Association (PEBA), and Philadelphia Human Resource Planning Society, where she recently finished a two-year Board term and served as Chair of the Outreach Program from 2004 through 2007.

A long-standing member of United Way’s senior team and part-time at this point, Susan serves as the Board Liaison, assisting the President with Board of Directors’ meetings and Nominating Committee work. She also assists the President with communications and oversees the management of the Parkway property, leases, and office services.

She served as Allocations Director and then Vice President, Community Impact from 1988 - 2000 and then as a member of the Major Gifts Division from 2000–2004. Before joining the United Way staff in 1984, Susan worked in delivering and administering services to the elderly for twelve years. She has an MBA from Drexel University.

Janet is a Philadelphia native and received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Temple University and is a 1991 graduate of Leadership Inc.

Prior to coming to the United Way, she enjoyed thirty years of service as an educator and labor leader in the Philadelphia Public Schools. She worked for the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers where she served as the administrator for the PFT Legal Services Fund, and a lobbyist for the PA Federation of Teachers.

Currently, she is the Director of Labor Participation, where she is responsible for serving as a liaison between the organized labor, the community and our United Way. She is also part of the PA Regional Rapid Response Team that provides valuable information to dislocated workers.

She is highly respected in the community and holds the distinction of being the first recipient of the Irv Sannit Labor Award from this United Way for her commitment to public service and labor and was named 2005 Community Leader of the Year.

Janet holds office in several organizations and serves on many boards. She is Career Link Chairman for the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board (PWIB) and a board member for the Philadelphia Parking Authority

Karen is responsible for our finance, customer relationship and quality management functions.

Karen joined United Way in 2003 as Controller and was promoted to Director of Finance in 2005. In 2008, she was promoted to Vice President of Finance.

Prior to joining United Way, Karen worked as an audit senior at Arthur Andersen, LLP, where she specialized in healthcare and not-for-profit clients. She also held the role of manager of expense administration at CIGNA. Karen is a graduate of Penn State University and is a CPA. She is a member of the PICPA.