Poverty and Justice | Mary Kay Meeks-Hank
Mary Kay Meeks-Hank has been the Executive Director of Face to Face in Germantown since 2009. Her commitment to Face to Face, to the broader Germantown community, to those living in poverty is unwavering. Prior to her work at Face to Face, Ms. Meeks-Hank taught sociology at LaSalle University and was a child welfare social work supervisor at Tabor Children’s Services. She graduated from Fordham University in 1993 with a Master’s Degree in Sociology and from Chestnut Hill College in 1987 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology. She received Certification in Executive Leadership from the Nonprofit Executive Leadership Institute at Bryn Mawr College in November 2010.
Judaism, Immigration and Justice | Jack Herzig
Jack Herzig has been practicing Immigration Law since 1998 when he began working as a volunteer for Lutheran Children & Family Service. He now has his own legal practice which specializes in asylum cases, permitting him the opportunity to defend those who are afraid to return to their home country. Jack has experience in representing asylum seekers from Mali, Liberia, Guinea, Indonesia, Pakistan, Cambodia, Turkey, Ukraine, Iraq, and Central America, before asylum offices, immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal. He has lectured on asylum-related issues.
Race and Justice | Barbara McNeil
Barbara has experience as both a labor lawyer and a consultant for boards and leadership teams in charter schools and non-profit organizations. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College; a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. Barbara practiced labor and employment law at a private form, and at the School District of Philadelphia as Assistant General Counsel. Barbara’s firm, Barra Associates, LLC, provides consulting services on a wide variety of issues impacting charter schools. She has taught courses in labor relations and negotiations in the graduate education department of Arcadia University, and race and gender issues in employment in the continuing education department at Penn State University – Abington. Other professional experience includes her work as a Special Assistant to President Judith Rodin at the University of Pennsylvania
Criminal System and Justice | Todd Clark
Todd Clark has served in multiple roles in the criminal justice system including as a Police Officer, a Corrections Officer and as a Parole Agent. He is currently serving as a Supervisor with the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole; he oversees the Eastern Institutional County Unit which covers state parole cases who are incarcerated in county jails in southeastern Pennsylvania. Todd Clark holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Crime, Law and Justice from Penn State University and a Master’s Degree in Administration of Justice from Wilmington University. He is currently working on a Doctorate of Business Administration at Wilmington University with a research focus in community corrections.
Intersectionality of Justice | Adan Mairena
Rev. Adan A. Mairena is the Pastor of the West Kensington Ministry and Yeadon Presbyterian Church and resides in West Kensington. Reverend Adan A. Mairena was born in Central America and was raised in Chicago, Texas, and New Mexico. Adan is a graduate of the University of New Mexico and Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Adan moved to Pennsylvania in 2003 to serve as a Lilly Resident in Ministry at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church. Adan was then called by the Presbytery of Philadelphia to be the organizing pastor The West Kensington Ministry. Adan works with individuals, agencies large and small, elected officials of all levels, business people, academic institutions and others who wish to positively impact the community. He is involved in immigration reform, strengthening community-police relations, and the creation of small business opportunities that lead to job training and job creation. Adan is a member of the City of Philadelphia’s Special Committee on Criminal Justice Reform and is helping to co-found The Philadelphia Latino Coalition for Criminal Justice Reform.