Board of Directors, Founders, Staff, and Volunteers
Founders & Board of Directors
Bill Allison
Founder, Board Member
Educator and Principal, Methacton & Philadelphia School Districts (Retired)
Tiffani Christman
Founder
Jim Christman Team Real Estate Agency
Mark Fludgate
Founder, Board Member
Owner/Founder ELK Group International
Darlene Nothstein
Founder
Mauch Chunk Park Administrator (Retired)
Founders & Board Members missing from photos:
Michael and Marian Carty
Marianne Eisenhauer
Dr. Grace Emanuel Gilkeson
Attorney Joe Velitsky
Marshall Walters
Chris Anthony
Board Vice Chair, Founder
Country Harvest Family Market
James A. Christman
Board Treasurer, Founder
The Jim Christman Team Real Estate Agency
Colette Kresge
Founder
Lehigh Valley Health Network, Radiologic Technologist specializing in Mammography
Richard Nothstein
Founder, Board Member
Country Harvest Family Market
Palmerton School District Teacher
(Retired)
Sheri Anthony
Founder
Country Harvest Family Market
Tina Dowd
Board Chair, Founder
Owner/Founder Sundance Vacations
Steve Kresge
Founder, Board Member
Senior Director, Workplace Services, Broadcom
Steve Ohl
Board Secretary, Founder
R.F. Ohl
Joe Bennett
Founder, Board Member
Bennett Family Properties
Dr. Mike Everett
Founder
Dr. Micheal Everett DDS Dentist/Family Practice
Joseph Mastriani, CPA
Board Member
Buckno Lisicky & Company CPAs
Dr. Lou and Maxine Vermillion
Founders
Dentist (Retired) &
Panther Valley Teacher/Preschool Founder (Retired)
Staff
Sharon Alexander, CFRE
President / CEO
Education: BS Lebanon Valley College (2004), Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) (2015)
Sharon Alexander, CFRE, brings more than a decade of experience in nonprofit fundraising to CCCF. Previously, she worked in the Development Offices at Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, PA, and Second Harvest Food Bank of Lehigh Valley in Nazareth, PA. She has been a member of the Board of Directors for the Eastern PA Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) since 2012 and assumed the role of President in 2020. Sharon and her husband, Zach, live in Summit Hill in Carbon County with their two dogs.
The Luzerne Foundation
Back-office Administration
CCCF is grateful for the administrative assistance of The Luzerne Foundation. Drawing on their 25+ years experience in the community foundation world, TLF has generously provided back-office fund administration services and has mentored and advised the Carbon County Community Foundation since its inception. Thank you TLF!