Local Staff
Christine Thomaides
Executive Director
christine.thomaides@kidney.org
Marielle Van Thuyne
Director, Programs
marielle.vanthuyne@kidney.org
Michelle Foster
Community Impact & Strategic Partnership Director
michelle.foster@kidney.org
Kelly Antczak
Development Director
kelly.antczak@kidney.org
Wendy Benedict
Development Manager
Wendy.Benedict@kidney.org
Emily Sztenderowicz
Program Coordinator
Emily.Sztenderowicz@kidney.org
Board of Advisors
The Board of Advisors for Eastern PA & NJ serves as a critical community champion of the National Kidney Foundation. Members of the Advisory Board share their gifts in service to our mission by providing our organization with their professional expertise; their diverse knowledge of constituent perspectives; their connections to local or national resources, colleagues or peers; and their philanthropic support or other forms of needed assistance.
Chair:
Shetal Vyas
Company: Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Title: VP of Operations
Member Since 2019
Immediate Past Chair
Anthony F Naccarato, PE, SECB
Company: O’Donnell & Naccarato
Title: President
Member Since 2013
Nominating Chair: Vacant
M. Joel Bolstein, Esq.
Company: Fox Rothschild LLP
Title: Partner
Member Since 2011
Salvatore DeAngelis
Company: Philadelphia Phillies
Title: Director, Operations/Security
Member Since 2015
Chuck Hurchalla
Company: Evolution Energy Partners LLC
Title: President
Member Since 2013
Ellie Kelepouris, M.D.
Company: Perelman School of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania
Title: Professor, Department of Medicine
Member Since 1985
Jessica Kolansky, Esq.
Company: Willig, Williams & Davidson
Title: Associate
Member Since 2019
Cynthia Pettit
Company: HM Life Insurance Company
Title: President
Member Since 2004
Christian Ragland
Company: AtlantiCare
Title: Assistant VP of DEI
Member Since 2024
Karthik Ranganna, M.D.,
Company: University of Pennsylvania
Title: Professor of Clinical Medicine
Member Since 2022
Juliette Samson
Company: World Finer Foods
Title: CIO & VP of Supply Chain
Member Since 2022
Pooja Singh, M.D., MBA
Jefferson Transplant Institute
Title: Enterprise Director, Transplantation Services
Member Since 2022