Lower Merion & Narberth PATV Board of Directors

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Board of Directors - Bios

Perrin ‘Perry’ C. Hamilton - Jr., Chairman

(Wynnewood)

Born in Penn Wynne, PA, Hamilton attended Lower Merion public schools until high school where he graduated from the Haverford School in 1970. While at college at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA, Perry became chairman of the University Concert Committee and served as one of the founders of the campus coffee house.

Having graduated from Susquehanna University in 1974, Hamilton returned to Lower Merion in the employment of the Industrial Valley Bank where he worked in credit management and loan collections. After a brief but fruitful employment with the AMC-Jeep Corp. as a factory service and sales rep for dealers, Hamilton then joined the Alan McIlvain Co. as a territorial representative for sales, and credit risk management where he worked for 30 years.

Among his affiliations with business organizations, Hamilton has served as a Board member and vice President of the Washington DC chapter of the International Order of the Hoo Hoo, an international organization of forest products professionals and also served as a charter member of the board of an organization of credit managers in the Washington, DC area.

As a life long member of All Saints’ Church in Wynnewood, Hamilton served several terms on the church vestry and has been a lay reader there for many years.

When living in Narberth, PA, from 1978 to 1986, Hamilton and his wife joined N.I.C.E. and the Board of the Narberth Civic Association. Among his greatest pleasures was running the annual Memorial Day Parade in Narberth for several years. After moving to Wynnewood, Hamilton served on the board of the Wynnewood Civic Association from 1989 to 1991. He rejoined the board of the Wynnewood Civic Association in 2003 and was honored to serve as President from 2003 to 2006. He is currently Vice-President.

As a lifelong Republican, Hamilton was happy to add to his neighborhood activities by becoming the Republican Party committeeman for Ward 5-1.

Hamilton has been an active member of the Men’s’ Garden Club of Philadelphia, the Bachelors’ Barge Club, and has been President of the Stony Lane Swim Club.

Above all else, Perry Hamilton is most appreciative of his wife Betsy Kellogg, two daughters, Sarah (married to Jeb Gutelius) and Victoria, and their son, Perrin.

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Barbara Carlin, CPA, Vice Chair

(Belmont Hills)

Barb Carlin is a Certified Public Accountant who is currently serving as the Director of Corporate Project Management of Topaz Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company in Horsham, PA.

Carlin's professional career includes accounting and finance roles, with increasing levels of responsibilities and most recently business development and project management. She began her career as an external auditor working with Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the largest public accounting firms.

Carlin grew up in the Somerton section of Northeast Philadelphia and graduated from Archbishop Ryan High School. She received her degree in Accounting from St. Joseph’s University in 1996. In college, Barb held positions of leadership including Vice President of Finance for Student Government, President of Tri Sigma Sorority, President of the Accounting Society and Resident Assistant. Upon graduating, she was elected as Co-Chair of the Young Alumni from 1996 to 1998.

While at St. Joe’s University, Barb found Lower Merion to feel like home and decided to stay after graduating. Shortly thereafter, she met her husband Kevin, a 20+year veteran with Lower Merion’s Public Works-Highway Department. They live in Belmont Hills with their son Ryan, a student at Belmont Hills Elementary and their daughter Paige. They are members of St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Gladwyne.

Carlin's civic involvement includes serving as Treasurer for the Delaware County chapter of Habitat for Humanity from 1997 to 1999 and currently as the President of the Belmont Hills Civic Association, a position she has held since 2007. In 2010, as President of the Belmont Hills Civic Association, Carlin worked with members of the Belmont Hills Library in planning a fundraising event that contributed to reducing the library’s deficit as a result of the cutbacks in state funding. She also serves on the planning committee for Belmont Hills Elementary Home & School Association’s Annual Martin Luther King Day of Service where 250+ students, families and faculty members participate in a day of helping others- both locally and abroad. In 2011, she will serve for the third year as site leader for St. Joseph’s University National Community Day at Northern Home for Children in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.

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Irene McNeil - Founder, President, & CEO

(Community Volunteer)

Irene McNeil has over 20 years experience in planning, developing and implementing communications activities and media relations programs to maintain awareness of the role of government, business, and non-profit corporations.

From 1981 to 1987, McNeil was Chief of Public Relations for the Government of Canada to promote its role in Quebec, in particular Economic Development. She organized over 500 news conferences and special events. She managed a team of bilingual (french and english) writers and contractors for speeches, news releases, literature, and signage to inform the media, all levels of government, and the community. She briefed government officials on English and French media affairs and traveled with elected officials throughout the Quebec regions to announce government initiatives.

In 1980 and 1981, she was Deputy Director of Public Relations for the Canadian Red Cross. She developed and maintained awareness of the Red Cross and ensured success of annual financial campaigns. She acted as spokesperson for the Red Cross and participated in radio and television public affairs television programs. She also was guest speaker at many conferences sponsored by regional and local community organizations promoting the Red Cross.

From 1977 to 1980 McNeil was Public Relations Manager for the Quebec Construction Federation that groups 16 regional construction associations with a combined membership of over 4,000 construction firms. She counseled local construction associations on public relations and information matters. She organized press conferences and conventions. She worked closely with advertising agencies to publish consumer literature on construction matters and created and published a monthly newspaper for Federation members. From 1974 to 1977 she worked as a journalist in written and electronic media about current events in Quebec City. She also produced several television news segments with Quebec Parliament elected officials.

Throughout the 70’s and 80’s, McNeil was active as a volunteer in several organizations including the Quebec Symphony Orchestra (Chair Advertising), the Quebec winter Carnival (Chair Media), the Canadian Red Cross (Chair Advertising), Toastmaster Club (Board Secretary) and Ad and Sales Club (Board Secretary). After moving to the US, she kept active professionally through public speaking engagements about media relations and an on-going Alzheimer's caregiving graphic novel project.

McNeil moved to the US in 1987. She is married to Clarke Glennon who grew up in Narberth and Merion. They are both retired and living in Lower Merion Township and are active in volunteer organizations related to their professional background and also writing and publishing.

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Coy Purcell - Recording Secretary

(Narberth)

Coy Purcell is a corporate and health law attorney employed by the University of Pennsylvania. Coy's work at the University of Pennsylvania is focused on negotiation of contracts in the areas of clinical trial agreements and sponsored research agreements.

Purcell graduated from George Washington University and the University of Virginia School of Law, and has practiced law in the Philadelphia area since 1980. Coy started his legal career in litigation with the law firm of White and Williams, before moving to corporate law. A former General Counsel for an international corporation, Coy's legal career has included practice with law firms, corporations, and most recently with the academic institutions, Thomas Jefferson University and University of Pennsylvania.

Purcell enjoys running (he completed the Iron Man in Hawaii) and cycling with his wife, Nancy, and competing in triathlons. Coy and Nancy have been residents of Narberth for over twenty years. They both support Dance Affiliates, a nonprofit organization that brings the contemporary dance series "Dance Celebration" to Penn's Annenberg Center Theater each season.

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Joshua Klein - Treasurer

(Villanova)

Joshua Klein is President of The Rittenhouse Foundation, a small family foundation started by his grandparents 60 years ago. About $100,000 a year is awarded to non-profits, mostly in arts and education in the Philadelphia region.

His full-time job is as President and manager of Bristol Gardens Apartments in Lower Bucks County. It is a non-profit corporation that has 392 rental units.

He entered the real estate world nine years ago after a 15-year journalism career where he was a reporter for papers that include: The Washington Post, Journal Newspapers of Northern Virginia; Philadelphia Inquirer and The Trentonian. He then became an editor for Gannett running the newsroom at its Vineland and Millville papers. At the Inquirer, he spent three years working in the Main Line Neighbors section office.

He grew up in Center City and graduated from Friends' Central School in 1980. He received a degree in Print Journalism from American University in Washington, D.C. in 1984. In college, he was the photo editor of the school paper and chairman of the media commission, which oversaw the operation of the newspaper, radio and television stations and yearbook.

Klein moved to Villanova 10 years ago, and has served on the boards of the Philadelphia Art Alliance and the Corporate Partners Boar of the Mann Center for Performing Arts.

He is married to Wendy Koppel-Klein and has two daughters - Marielle (a junior at Ocean City, NJ High School) and Samantha (a third-grader at Gladwyne Elementary).

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Karen Ash

(Bala Cynwyd)

Karen Ash is active in several volunteer organizations and is the elected Republican Committee woman for Ward9-3 in Lower Merion Township.

Ash is the Finance Chair of the Republican Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth. She has participated in many fundraising events, for National, state and local election campaigns. She is currently a member of the development committee for the Montgomery Child Advocacy Project (MCAP). She served recently as a member of the Lower Merion Tax Study Commission. She is an active member of St. Matthias Parish.

Ash is the Aid for Friends General Food Coordinator, an ecumenical outreach program that serves the elderly shut-ins in the tri-county area. She also volunteers for HOPE by providing services to senior parishioners.

At St. Margaret School in Narberth, she has participated in fundraising as solicitor in the annual Blue Fest Auction and Dinner. She currently works with the J. Camiel Fundraising firm. She resides in Bala Cynwyd with her husband Bill and their five children. Her husband is a general building contractor in Lower Merion. She is co-owner of B.A.C.B. Construction.

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Mary Brown

(Wynnewood)

Mary Brown is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States. In addition, she has taught Latin, over the past thirty-six years, at Main Line schools including Harriton High School, Lower Merion High School, Delaware Valley Friends School, and Valley Forge Military Academy.

Brown holds a B.A. from Villanova University (French, Classical Languages, Philosophy), an M.A. from Villanova (Classical Languages), and a certificate awarded by the Non-Profit Executive Leadership Institute at Bryn Mawr College. Her volunteer service includes Rosemont-Villanova Civic Association Sports Program at Harriton High School (Co-Director, 1980-2007), AIDS Alive of Rosemont, and Teen Learning Community.

Brown was cited by Who’s Who of America’s High School Teachers from 1994-2006, and was selected, in 2001, as the recipient of the Lower Merion High School John “Fritz” Brennan Award for Outstanding Contribution to School and Community. Brown is also a member of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international sorority of educators.

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Georgette Dubois

(Narberth)

Georgette DuBois first moved to Narberth in 1976, and has lived in Lower Merion and Narberth since then. She is an active member of the Narberth community, and loves living in this unique small, progressive town.

DuBois’ first career was as a newspaper reporter for the Hunterdon County Democrat and Delaware Valley News in the 1970’s, covering local news and writing features and columns. Upon moving to this area, she completed her undergraduate work and received a degree in social work from LaSalle College. DuBois worked as a medical social worker at Bryn Mawr Hospital for 14 years from 1982 until 1996, specializing in orthopaedics and later in oncology. While there she completed her masters of science in counseling psychology at Chestnut Hill College. She also trained and became certified to teach Kripalu Yoga, and in 1995 opened the award-winning Yoga Garden in Narberth, the first yoga studio on the Main Line. In 2010 DuBois sold The Yoga Garden, which at that time had won 15 “Best of the Main Line” awards.

While she continues to teach her popular gentle yoga classes, she is also realizing her long-time dream of facilitating Artist’s Way groups, based on the book by Julia Cameron. These dynamic groups take participants on a 14 week journey of discovering and expressing their innate creativity. She credits this book with inspiring her to open The Yoga Garden and leave her job six months later to teach yoga and manage the studio full-time. While running the studio, DuBois was an active member of the Narberth Business Association, serving as secretary, vice-president, and president. Under her guidance The Yoga Garden became a hub of community connection and a valued Narberth institution.

DuBois is a board member of the Narberth Civic Association and has been enthusiastically involved in its premier event, NarbEarth Day, for the past 17 years. She now coordinates the event, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2010. In line with her commitment to environmental awareness and responsibility, DuBois became involved in Narberth Greens in 2009. She is the Coordinator of the Narberth Greens Flower and Vegetable Exchange and a Member of the The NarbEarth Area Garden Club.

She also volunteers at New Horizons Senior Center in Narberth teaching yoga to seniors and at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute helping out at annual fundraising events.

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Phyllis Faber Kelley

(Bala Cynwyd)

Phyllis Faber Kelley has been supportive of Public Access since the news broke, back in early 2005, of the community effort to activate the channel. She has been active in local organizations and understands the importance of community television as the voice of non-profits.

Phyllis first became active in Lower Merion Township’s community about 15 years ago when she was selected to serve as a Trustee of the Bala Cynwyd Library, second-largest library in the Township Library System. She oversaw the establishment of an electronic database of cardholders and donors.

Phyllis then became active with Bala Cynwyd’s civic association, The Neighborhood Club, serving as chair of its prize-winning Beautification Committee, as a Director, and as President. She now holds the position of Immediate Past President, and serves as editor of the organization’s newsletter, The Gateway. She also chairs the Nominating Committee.

In 2004, Phyllis completed the Barnes Foundation Arboretum School’s three-year program leading to a Certificate in Horticulture. That same year, she was named to the Township’s Shade Tree Commission, an organization in which she is still active.

Phyllis’ academic background is in math, engineering and computer science. She retired from Lockheed Martin Corporation in 1998, is the mother of four sons, and grandmother of Sara and Lucy. She and her husband, Steve Rosasco, live in Bala Cynwyd.

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