Officers & Executive Committee
William C. Dugdale, Chair, Private Wealth Advisor, AllianceBernstein
DCF Board Chair William (Bill) C. Dugdale is Vice President and Financial Advisor at AllianceBernstein, where he advises entrepreneurs, business owners, nonprofits and families on planning and investments including asset allocation, alternative income/growth strategies and responsible investment portfolios.
Prior to joining Bernstein, Bill was a partner, portfolio manager and head of business development for the Delaware office at Brown Advisory, where he provided investment solutions and advice to families, foundations and endowments. Previously, he was a partner and portfolio specialist at Friess Associates, an institutional money manager, for 18 years. Bill earned a BS in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University.
In addition to the DCF’s, Bill currently serves on the boards of AI DuPont Nemours Children’s Hospital, eBrightHealth, St. Michael’s School & Nursery and the advisory boards of Caron Treatment Centers (regional) and The Barn at Spring Brook Farm.
Drew Fennell, Vice Chair, Chief Officer of Strategic Communication and Experience, ChristianaCare
Cindy L. Szabo, Esq., Secretary, Partner, Morris James, LLP
Kelly E. Firment, Immediate Past Chair, Senior Vice President, Card Services, Bank of America
David W. Singleton, Treasurer, Retired Public Sector Executive
Margie López Waite, At Large, Head of School, ASPIRA
Directors
Ashley R. Altschuler, Managing Partner, McDermott Will & Emery
Dan Cruce, Chief Operating Officer, United Way of Delaware
Claire DeMatteis, Commissioner, Delaware Department of Correction
Lossie Freeman, Director of Corporate Partnerships, Zip Code Wilmington
Chanta Howard-Wilkinson, Human Resources Consultant, Vantige, Inc.
Nick Lambrow, Regional President, M&T Bank Delaware
Jim Mazarakis, Retired IT Executive
Hon. Tamika Montgomery-Reeves, Associate Justice, Delaware Supreme Court
Donald W. Nicholson Jr., CFP, AAMS, President, Donald W. Nicholson & Associates, LTD
Louisa Phillips, Retired Healthcare Executive
Vita Pickrum, Vice President, Division of Institutional Advancement, Delaware State University
Tom Sager, Former General Counsel, DuPont Company
Hon. Gregory M. Sleet, Retired Chief Judge, U.S. District Court of Delaware
Andy Staton, President, Berkshire Hathaway – The Andy Staton Group
Michelle A. Taylor, President & CEO, United Way of Delaware (ex officio)
Tom D. Wren, Retired Financial Services Executive
Committees
Audit & Compliance Committee
- Claire DeMatteis, Chair
- Pete Kennedy
- The Honorable Tamika Montgomery-Reeves
- Lossie Freeman
- Dan Cruce
Board Equity Task Force:
- Greg Sleet, Chair
- Kelly Firment, Vice Chair
- Chanta Howard-Wilkinson
- Lossie Freeman
- Tom Sager
- Don Nicholson
- Bill Dugdale
Development Committee
- Donald W. Nicholson Jr., CFP, AAMS, Chair
- Frank Albero
- Christopher F. Daniels
- Claire DeMatteis
- William C. Dugdale
- Deborah Frampton
- Thomas L. Sager, Esq.
- Catherine Seeber
Finance Committee
- David W. Singleton, Chair
- Robert W. Pierce
- Ashley Altschuler
- Nick Lambrow
Grants Committee
- Andy Staton, Chair
Doug Anton - Anthony Bosworth
- Carolyn Bray
- Don C. Brown
- Gina Cronin
- Dan Cruce
- Wendy R. Danner, Esq.
- Yvonne Deadwyler
- Len DeCapua
- Joseph Farris
- Don Fulton
- Todd B. Hammond
- Mary B. Hickok, Esq.
- Chanda Jackson
- Lu Johnston
- Kay Keenan
- Kathleen McCormick
- Katie Millard
- Hon. Tamika Montgomery-Reeves
- Vita Pickrum
- Allison K. Pierce
- Frank J. Robinson
- Andy G. Truscott
- Margie López Waite
Investment Committee
- Thomas D. Wren, Chair
Claire DeMatteis - Lynn Evans
- Kathleen Hawkins
- Hayes Roberts
- Marilyn R. Hayward
- Bud Martin
- James Mazarakis
- Donald W. Nicholson Jr.
- David W. Singleton
- Gordon Stone
Nominating Committee
- James Mazarakis, Chair
- Drew N. Fennell
- Vita Pickrum
- Thomas L. Sager
- Andy Staton
Personnel & HR Consultant
- Kathleen Furey McDonough, Esq.
Sussex County
Advisory Committee
- Lynn Adams Kokjohn, Chair
- David C. Doane, CPA
- Greg Fuller Sr.
- Marco Hernandez
- John Hollis
- Hugh D. Leahy Jr.
- Richard A. Legatski
- Shannon R. Owens, Esq.
- Harold W. T. Purnell II, Esq.
- Cindy Szabo
Youth Philanthropy Board
Advisory Committee
New Castle County
- Neil Kirschling
- David T. Woods
- Molly McPheeters
- Todd Hammond
- Calisa Emerson
- Caroline McDonough
Kent County
- Doug Crouse
- Michelle Dawson
- Susan Salkin
Sussex County
- Alonna Berry
- Keda Dorisca
*Special thanks to Tom Pulsifer for his pro bono legal counsel.