The mission of The Franklin Institute’s Executive Corporate Board is to bring corporate expertise in providing counsel on the Institute’s mission, activities, and goals; to lead efforts in corporate fundraising, both for annual operating programs and special events and projects; and to create opportunities for and advise on best practices in communicating to and partnering with the corporate community in the eight-county Greater Philadelphia region. Members enjoy exclusive special-event invitations, complimentary admission and access for their employees, their families and clients, community recognition, and affiliation with one of the world’s premier science centers and the most-visited museum in Pennsylvania.
For more information or to join the ECB, please contact Casey Anne Satell at csatell@fi.edu or 215.448.2378.
2024 Executive Corporate Board
| Ian Wright, Chairman Principal, Energy and Resources CMO Deloitte LLP | Vikram Aggarwal Managing Director and Partner Boston Consulting Group |
| Mary E. Ashenbrenner Senior Vice President, Wealth Director PNC Bank | Alexandra Bauer Vice President Brown Brothers Harriman |
| Kelly A. Beaver Vice President – Engineering & Operations Support UGI Utilities, INC | Richard J. Bortnick, Esq. Partner Freeman Mathis & Gary |
| Timothy D. Buckley Cigna Treasurer Cigna Corporation | Devin Cahill Partner, Assurance Services Ernst & Young LLP |
| Martin J. Doyle Partner Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP | Dan Fee President The Echo Group, LLC |
| Christopher Gee Global Business Director - UTEC Braskem America, Inc. | John Grugan Partner Ballard Spahr LLP |
| Jordan Hesterman Commercial Director, Precision Agriculture FMC Corporation | Colena Johnson, DVM Director of Laboratory Animal Resources Merck & Co., Inc. |
| David Johnson Vice President of Corporate Development New Jersey Resources | Brian Jones President/CEO and Director The First National Bank of Elmer |
| Catalina Loveman Executive Director, Public Affairs Incyte | Douglas E. McCann Principal Fish & Richardson P.C. |
| Judith Mondre Founder & President Mondre Energy | Kayci D. Petenko, Esq. Partner Archer & Greiner |
| Douglas Raymond Partner Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | Deann Salam Area General Manager Trane Technologies |
| B. Daniel Seltzer, CPCU Principal Seubert & Associates, Inc. | Joel C. Shapiro Partner Blank Rome |
| Joan N. Stern, Esq. Member Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC | Laurie Thibodeau Community Engagement Lead Spark Therapeutics, Inc. |
List as of May 2024