LVCF Board of Associates
The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation (LVCF) formed a Board of Associates in March of 2018 to engage a broad range of influential community members in a dialogue in order to better serve the Lehigh Valley. With more than 150 members, the LVCF Board of Associates is a non-incorporated association of individuals, that meet twice annually to discuss issues important to the Foundation and the Lehigh Valley. Members of the Board of Associates will serve as ambassadors and advocates for LVCF through dialogue and interaction in the community.
The Foundation believes it is critical that representatives from government, all have opportunity to provide input and serve on the BOA. The Foundation’s goal is to foster a wider community understanding of the Community Foundation, further develop relationships with key community leaders, and maintain ongoing relationships with former governors of the Community Foundation.
The Board of Associates is led by an executive committee (see below)
LVCF Board of Associates | Executive Committee
Michael Stershic, Chair
etired (Discover Lehigh Valley)
Cynthia Lambert Durham, Vice Chair
Retired (Good Shepherd Rehabilitation)
Jared Mast, Secretary
Greater Easton Development Partnership
Dolores A. Laputka, Esq.
Norris McLaughlin, P.A.
Adrienne J. McNeil
Lehigh University
Linda Sheftel
Donna G. Taggart
Taggart Associates
Spring 2020 Virtual Meeting
Philanthropy's Response to COVID-19 | PDF
Important Links:
News Release 04/27/2020
COVID-19 Community Response Fund Issues More Than $320,000 in Emergency Grants to Local Nonprofits
Information for Volunteering | The Volunteer Center
To Donate Supplies | Pennsylvania COVID-19 PPE & Supplies Business-2-Business (B2B) Interchange Directory
Funds Supporting Nonprofits
- Greater Lehigh Valley COVID-19 Community Response Fund
- LVCF’s COVID-19 Response Fund
- LVCF’s Arts & Culture Relief Fund
- Upper Bucks COVID-19 Response Fund
Previous Board of Associates Meetings
Fall 2019
Census 2020 and its impact on Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley was the topic of the fall 2019 meeting of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation (LVCF) Board of Associates held on Tuesday, October 29. Two distinguished speakers spoke on the importance for Census for Pennsylvanians and how the philanthropic community can help in the effort to ensure a complete count. Learn more...
Spring 2019
The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation held its Spring 2019 Board of Associates meeting featuring a talk titled Beyond Bitcoin: Blockchain Technology and Social Impact on April 30, 2019. Michael Stershic, chair, LVCF Board of Associates, welcomed the more than 100 members who were in attendance. He was followed by update from Bernie Story, president & CEO of LVCF, who welcomed Jennifer Hanania from PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Andrew Ward, Ph.D. from Lehigh University. Learn more...
Fall 2018
The financial health of nonprofits will be the topic of the fall 2018 meeting of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation (LVCF) Board of Associates on October 30. Nadya K. Shmavonian, director of the Nonprofit Repositioning Fund, and a partner at SeaChange Capital Partners, will present data from the January 2018 report, ;,The Financial Health of the US Nonprofit Sector and will detail approaches that investors can take to address these challenges. Learn more...
Spring 2018
The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation (LVCF) held it's inaugural Board of Associates meeting on June 6, 2018, to engage a broad range of influential community members in a dialogue in order to better serve the Lehigh Valley.
