Rachel Cohen, age 20, isn’t your typical college student. As a Penn student, she juggles undergraduate and law school classes, while simultaneously overseeing a citywide organization called Hand2Paw that serves homeless youth and shelter animals. Rachel’s vision leading up to the creation of Hand2Paw grew from interactions with a group…
Sean Weinberg the small fry cook and Co-founder at Rezscore.com, trying desperately hard to prove to people that they can use data to transform their day-to-day life, starting with their job search. He’s on his second start-up now (this one is much cooler) and is very proud to be the…
Meet Sean Weinberg – Small Fry Cook and Co-Founder at RezScore.com
Skip Wiener has a master’s degree from Temple University in Plant Physiology (1967) and a master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania (1972). He worked for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the National Park Service, the Montgomery County Planning Commission and John Rahenkamp Consultants as…
Meet Saul “Skip” Wiener – Founder of the Urban Tree Connection
Buzz Miller, founder and president of PACT, was a successful practicing attorney for 35 years prior to his full time involvement in the animal welfare industry. As President of Melvin B. Miller, Ltd. he specialized in business transactions involving real estate, tax, corporate, securities and partnership law. Buzz has maintained…
Dave Girgenti is the founder of Wish Upon A Hero, the world’s largest social helping website. Dave also serves as the executive director of Wish Upon A Hero Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to grant wishes. Each year, Dave bears the title of executive producer for the Hero Awards Gala,…
For more than 30 years, Dr. Janice Presser has been focused on teams — how healthcare teams service those in need, how families “team” with one another and how organizations enable (or inhibit) human synergy in the workplace. All of these pursuits have had, at their core, the desire to…
Frank Napolitano joined GlobalFit (www.globalfit.com) in 2006 as President and CEO. He plays a key role in helping the company develop health and wellness programs for businesses. Using wellness education, community support, and healthy lifestyle incentives, Frank leads GlobalFit’s charge to motivate large populations to increase their everyday activity levels….
Tom Stewart is a young entrepreneur and product designer currently based in Philadelphia, Pa. He graduated in 2009 from Columbia University with a B.A. in architecture. During that time, he spent six months living abroad in Rome, Italy, furthering his studies in Italian language and architecture. Following college, he traveled…
Lisa Illman is the President and Founder of Kritter Kommunity. Born in 2009 out of her passion for pets, Lisa’s vision for Kritter Kommunity was first conceived as she observed her rescue cats, Madi and Abi’s sad faces as they peered longingly outdoors. A city dweller from Philadelphia, not only…
Meet Lisa Illman – President and Founder of Kritter Kommunity