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Staff & Board of Directors
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Vice Chair
Peter Windle, President, Windle Mechanical Solutions, Inc. |
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Patricia Blakely
Executive Director
The Merchants Fund
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David Keiser
Executive Vice President
Tioga Pipe Supply Co. Inc.
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James Burnett
Executive Director
West Philadelphia Financial Services Institution |
Dr. Shriram Pillapakkam
Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering, Temple University |
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Dr. Helene Furjan
Assistant Professor, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA |
Michael Savage, Jr.
President, PTR Baler & Compactor Co. |
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Alan Greenberger
Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic
Development, City of Philadelphia |
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Steve Jurash
President & CEO
Steve is Philadelphia’s leading advocate for the city’s manufacturing sector. Together with the Urban Industry Initiative, he has worked to help the sector find trained workers, give companies a voice in city government and make the kinds of connection for them that results in growth. The Manufacturing Alliance of Philadelphia (MAP) was created in 2006 as a trade association for manufacturing and as a means for bringing the sectors collective strength together to resolve the challenges facing it.
Steve has over 25 years marketing experience, 17 of them as President of a medium-sized advertising agency and marketing consulting firm representing manufacturing clients from all over the world.
He is also President & CEO of the Urban Industry Initiative (UII), which is a city economic development agency for the manufacturing sector. He works directly with Philadelphia's manufactures, as a marketing coach, as well as leading a New Product Development Group, teaching companies how to innovate and bring new products to market. This initiative alone, between 2000 and 2002, generated $16 million in new investment and created over 250 new jobs for those companies participating. |
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Meghan Smyth
Vice President of Operations
Meghan is UII's senior administrator, who either manages or participates
in virtually every aspect of UII operations. She is the Treasurer and Secretary for
the UII/MAP Board of Directors and also insures that the office of the President
runs smoothly.
Meghan has worked extensively in both the non-profit sector and in the area of customer
service and brings well rounded energy to the UII team. Meghan has a B.A. from Arcadia
University in Corporate Communications. |
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Franz Schneider
Manufacturing Consultant
Franz Schneider has a first hand understanding of the problems faced by
small Philadelphia manufacturers.
He had a degree in Mechanical Engineering coupled with eight years of corporate and
military experience when his father died and he assumed the management of his families
ailing manufacturing business located in Frankford.
Thirty-seven years later when he transferred operations to his son, the company had
become the dominant domestic manufacturer in their industry and their tools were
considered premier products. |
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Charles Marcantonio
Director Employment & Training
As Director of MAP's Employment & Training division, Charlie is responsible for locating and placing workers needed by manufacturing companies. In addition, he coordinates the delivery of programs designed to assist companies in a variety of ways - from finding state funds to pay for employee training, to locating employer tax credits for certain classifications of employees. The employment and training division is here to help manufacturers with their HR needs.
Charlie comes to MAP after 26 years as CEO of an Executive Recruitment firm. He was involved in the recruitment of candidate's at all corporate levels, solicitation of client / corporate partners, and the marketing of services offered by the recruitment firm. Charlie's firm grew to well over 250 client companies and 30 thousand applicants throughout the USA. Charlie is a graduate of Glassboro State College / Rowan University with a B. A. in Education and is working towards his Masters.
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Barry McCarthy, Special Projects Manager
As Special Project Manager, Barry is responsible for coordinating, developing, and following through with various initiatives. He works with all of the directors, ensuring that their projects are running smoothly and efficiently.
His ability to understand the problems facing business owners and neighborhood residents is somewhat unique; he recently retired as a Police Sergeant from the Camden City Police Department after a twenty-five year career. His community outreach skills that he developed in an urban setting, coupled with his managerial skills make him an asset to MAP and the UII. Barry is a graduate of the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey with a Bachelor of Sciences Degree in Business Management.
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