The Waverly Senior Services Board of Trustees
Devoted to Providing Exceptional Service
Committed to You and Your Family
Waverly Senior Services is served by a volunteer Board of Trustees composed of men and women with demonstrated experience and expertise in many professions, including finance, law, insurance, medicine, education, construction, real estate, and human resources. Several of these board members also serve on the Board of Trustees for Waverly Heights and the Board of Trustees for Waverly Care.
Our Team
Thomas P. Garvin
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tom has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Waverly Heights since July 2010. From 2006 until joining Waverly, he was the Executive Director for Christ’s Home Retirement Community, a continuing care retirement community located in Bucks County, PA.
Prior to 2006, Tom served as Administrator and Regional Director of Operations at Manor Care, Inc. Tom began his professional career in 1991, working in various management positions with The Four Seasons Hotel Chain. He received his B.S. in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management from Pennsylvania State University in 1991. In 1995, he received his Master of Management degree in Health Care Administration. Tom is a licensed nursing home administrator.
Robert L. Supper
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Bob joined Waverly Heights in May 2013. He has over 30 years of experience in the senior living/continuing care retirement industry. Bob served as Vice President of Operations for the Mid-Atlantic Region for ACTS Retirement Life Communities, Inc., and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Dunwoody Village in Newtown Square, PA.
Bob has extensive experience in finance, long-range planning, resident, staff and employee relations, and operations. Bob received his B.S. in Business Administration from West Chester University and his Master of Business Administration in Management from St. Joseph’s University. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and Nursing Home Administrator.
Meredith Feher, N.H.A.
Senior Vice President of Healthcare Services
Meredith has served Waverly as Vice President of Healthcare Services since 2014. Meredith brings to Waverly more than 20 years of healthcare experience, having served in a leadership position at Abramson Center for Jewish Life, in management at various healthcare facilities, and as a mentor in areas of market development, census strategy, and community relations.
She received her B.S. in Special Education from West Chester University. She is licensed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Personal Care Administrator and Nursing Home Administrator.
Patricia Rodgers
Vice President and Director of Operations, Waverly Care
Pattie has been with Waverly Care since its inception in 1992. Her background is in social work, and she formerly served as President of the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Homecare Association.
Board of Trustees Members
Steven D. Kirkpatrick
Chair
- Former Director of Finance, Main Line Healthcare.
- Former Senior Vice President, Montgomery Healthcare System/Einstein Physicians – Montgomery.
- Former Senior Audit Manager, Ernst & Young.
Anne N. Conroy
Vice Chair
- Former Vice President, Waverly Heights’ Residents’ Association.
- Former President and CEO of the Dutchess County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC).
- Former Executive Director of the Dutchess County Industrial Development Agency (DCIDA).
- Former Board of Directors of the New York State Economic Development Council and the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation.
- Former Trustee, Vassar Brothers Medical Center, NY.
- Former Member of Planning Board, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Ambassador Katherine Shirley
Trustee
- Former American Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Senegal, United States Foreign Service.
- Former Deputy Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, Department of State, Washington, D.C.
- Former American Consul General, Palermo, Italy.
- Trustee, Connecticut Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
- Member, Planning and Zoning Commission, Stonington, CT.
Richard E. Bauer
Trustee
- Former Board Chairman.
- Former Chairman and CEO, Philanthropic Mutual Life & Insurance Companies and National Safety Life Insurance Company.
- Former Board member and Executive Officer of Columbian Financial Group.
- Former Senior Officer, PNC Bank.
- Former Director, Fox Chase Bank.
- Former Board Chairman, Wellness Council of the Delaware Valley.
- Former Board Chairman, Life Insurers Council.
Donald R. Fleischer
Trustee
- Former Board Vice Chairman of Waverly Heights, Ltd.
- Former Board Vice Chairman and Pension Committee Chairman.
- Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
- Actuary and Former Principal, Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, Inc.
Andrea Gilbert
Trustee
- Former President of Bryn Mawr Hospital.
- Former Director of Bryn Mawr Trust Bank Corporation.
- Former CEO of City Avenue Hospital, Philadelphia.
Carol M. Gray
Trustee
- Retired Sr. Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Saint-Gobain North America (Malvern, PA).
- Former Associate of Fox Rothschild LLP (Philadelphia, PA).
Howard L. Meyers
Trustee
- Retired Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, former Firm Managing Partner, Philadelphia Office Managing Partner and Finance and Audit Committee Chair.
- Former Director and Executive Committee Member, The William Penn Foundation.
- Former Director and General Counsel, Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia.
- Former Board Chair and Director, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.
- Former Board Chair and Director, Committee of Seventy.
- Former Board Member, National Association of Corporate Directors, Philadelphia Chapter.
- Emeritus Board Member, Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University of Delaware.
Robert L. Robinson
Trustee
- Former Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel Litigation and Insurance Law, CIGNA.
- Former Senior Vice President and Officer for Insurance Company of North America.
- Connecticut General Life Insurance and CIGNA Reinsurance Company.
- Former Director for Philadelphia Reinsurance Corp.
- Former Counsel and Managing Attorney for Xerox Corp.