Board of Directors
The mission of the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation is to advance literacy, guide learning, and inspire curiosity. Its vision is to build an enlightened community devoted to lifelong learning.
President and Director
- Kelly Richards
Officers
- D. Jeffry Benoliel, Chair
- Jude Tuma, First Vice Chair
- Jude Tuma, Treasurer
- Richard Greenawalt, Secretary
- Monique Moore Pryor, Executive Director
- Folasade A. Olanipekun-Lewis, Vice Chair, Ex-Officio
Members
- Johanna B. Baek
- Carol Banford
- D. Jeffry Benoliel
- Benito Cachinero-Sánchez
- Amy Coes
- Jeffrey Cooper
- Kristen De Paor
- Tobey Gordon Dichter
- Donald M. Generals
- Richard A. Greenawalt
- Melissa Grimm
- Robert C. Heim
- Renée Cardwell Hughes
- Antoinette Brock Johnson
- Melanie Nicholson
- Folasade A. Olanipekun-Lewis
- Barbara Sutherland
- Karla Trotman
- Joe H. Tucker, Jr.
- Jude Tuma
- Dick Webster
Emeritus
- James H. Averill
- Hon. Phyllis W. Beck
- Peter A. Benoliel
- Marie H. Field
- Elizabeth H. Gemmill
- W. Wilson Goode, Sr.
- Alexander Kerr
- Leslie Anne Miller
- William R. Sasso
- A. Morris Williams, Jr.
Foundation Staff Contacts
General Information
giving@freelibrary.org
215-567-7710
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Kelly RichardsPresident and Director
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Monique Moore PryorExecutive Director
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Christine Lee RyderChief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Operating Officer215-567-5948 | ryderc@freelibrary.org
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Jenny BogoniExecutive Director, Read by 4th and Interim Senior Director, External Relations & Strategic Engagement215-814-4109 | bogonij@freelibrary.org
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Erin ScheckenbachInterim Director of Individual Philanthropy215-814-3511 | scheckenbache@freelibrary.org
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Kelsey Scouten BatesThe John C. Haas Director The Rosenbach Museum & Library