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
• Lynn Charytan, Second Vice Chair
• James J. Biles, Treasurer
• Richard Greenawalt, Secretary
• Folasade A. Olanipekun-Lewis, Vice Chair, Ex-Officio

Members

• Cynthia H. Affleck
• Johanna Belda Baek
• Carol Banford
• D. Jeffry Benoliel
• James J. Biles
• Benito Cachinero-Sánchez
• Lynn Charytan
• Amy Coes
• Jeffrey Cooper
• Tobey Gordon Dichter
• Donald M. Generals
• Richard A. Greenawalt
• Melissa Grimm
• Janet Haas
• Robert C. Heim
• John F. Hollway
• Renée Cardwell Hughes
• Phillip P. Jaurigue
• Charles P. Keates
• Susan B. Muller
• Patrick M. Oates
• Folasade A. Olanipekun-Lewis
• Barbara Sutherland
• Karla Trotman
• Joe H. Tucker, Jr.
• Jude Tuma
• Dick Webster
• Jay L. Weinstein
• Peter Wolf
• Karima Zedan

Emeritus

• James H. Averill
• 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.

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