The Waverly Heights Board of Trustees
Committed to Serving You
Dedicated to the Highest Quality
Waverly Heights is served by a volunteer Board of Trustees composed of men and women with demonstrated experience and expertise in many professions. Approximately one-third of the trustees are residents of Waverly Heights, ensuring residents have input in the highest area of governance of the community. The Board of Trustees is dedicated to ensuring that Waverly Heights provides the highest-quality programs, services, and amenities for senior living. Also overseen by a volunteer board of trustees are Waverly Senior Services and Waverly Care.
Board of Trustees Members
Steven D. Kirkpatrick
Chair
- Executive Vice President and Chief Integration Officer of Intealth (The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, ECFMG, and its Foundation Advancement of International Medical Education/Research, FAIMER).
- Former Director of Finance, Main Line Healthcare.
- Former Senior Vice President, Montgomery Healthcare System/Einstein Physicians – Montgomery.
- Former Senior Audit Manager, Ernst & Young.
Ambassador Katherine Shirley
Vice Chair
- 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 Amer
- 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.
Kenneth Lewis Brier
Trustee
- President, Mountbatten Holdings, LLC.
- Former Chairman and President, Sealord LLC, Villanova, PA.
- Member, The Cosmos Club, Washington D.C.
- Board of Directors, Hoxie Harrison Smith Foundation.
- Former Board of Directors, The Haverford School, Haverford, PA.
- Former Board of Trustees, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ.
- Former Board of Trustees, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA.
- Former Board of Trustees, Lankenau Hospital Foundation, Wynnewood, PA.
- Retired Colonel, United States Army.
Lillian N. Cassel Ph.D.
Trustee
- Ph.D. Villanova University, Department of Computing Sciences, Current Professor; Former Department Chair.
- Past Chair, ABET Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC).
- Past Chair, ACM Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education; Current Data Science curriculum development.
Eleanor Davis
Trustee
- Former Board Secretary, Waverly Heights.
- Retired Nurse Anesthetist, Temple University Hospital.
- BSN University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.
- Trustee: University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
- Trustee: Community Volunteers in Medicine, West Chester.
- Advisory Board: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.
- Advisory Board: Horizons Program at the Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School.
Andrea Gilbert
Trustee
- Former President of Bryn Mawr Hospital.
- Former Director of Bryn Mawr Trust Bank Corporation.
- Former CEO of City Avenue Hospital, Philadelphia.
William Y. Giles
Trustee
- Chairman Emeritus of the Philadelphia Phillies.
- Veterans’ Committee of Baseball’s Hall of Fame.
- Former President, Boy Scouts of America.
- Former President, Corporate Alliance for Drug Education.
- Former Board Member, Philadelphia Convention and Tourism Bureau.
- Former Board Member, Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
- Former Board Member, Philadelphia Sports Congress.
- Former Board Member, Police Athletic League.
- Former Board Member, The Salvation Army.
C. William Hanson, III, MD
Trustee
- Chief Medical Information Officer and Vice President of Penn Medicine.
- Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Surgery, and Internal Medicine.
- Professor of Computer and Information Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
- Penn Medicine Physician.
- Board Certified in Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, and Critical Care.
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Medical School.
- Stanford University Medical Center Residency.
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Residency and Fellowship.
David B. MacGregor
Trustee
- Principal, Co-Chair, Energy & Utilities Practice Group, Post & Schell P.C.
- Board of Trustees, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Retired Elder.
- Former Secretary and Member of Board of Governors, Merion Golf Club.
- Former Member Executive Committee, Orpheus Club of Philadelphia.
- Former Member of Board of Director, Wheels.
Edwin B. Mahoney
Trustee
- President, E. B. Mahoney Builders, Inc.
- Former Board Chairman, Waverly Heights.
- Chairman, Agnes Irwin Building and Grounds Committee.
- Committee Chairman and Trustee, National Association of Home Builders.
- Board Member, Williamson Trade School and Elk Mountain Ski Area.
Lauren M. Massimo, PhD, CRNP
Trustee
- Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and School of Medicine, Neurology.
- Nurse Practitioner, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Department of Neurology.
- Preceptor, Translational Neuroimaging in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, University of Pennsylvania.
- Co-Director, University of Pennsylvania Frontotemporal Degeneration Center.
- Executive Committee Member, Individualized Care for At-Risk Older Adults, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing.
- Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Institute on Aging.
Elizabeth P. Mclean
Trustee
- The Library Company, Emeritus Trustee, Past President.
- Independent Publications, Inc., Emeritus Member Advisory Board of Managers.
- The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Executive Committee.
- Barnes Arboretum Faculty.
Allan L. Rayfield
Trustee
- 20 years of Manufacturing and Management experience with General Electric, including Chairman of the Board of GE do Brazil, San Paolo, Brazil.
- Former Executive Vice President and Member of the Board, GTE Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut.
- Former Chief Executive and Member of the Board of M/A Com, Lowell, Massachusetts.
- Former outside independent Director on Corporate Boards of several public companies including Parker Hannifin Corp, Cleveland, Ohio; Acme Steel, Chicago, Illinois; and Arch Wireless, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Former Partner Forstman-Rayfield, New York, New York.
Emory H. Woodard IV, PhD
Trustee
- Dean of Graduate Studies, Villanova University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
- Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Villanova University.
- Chair of the Institutional Review Board, Villanova University.
- Former Media Studies Coordinator, Villanova University.
- Founding Committee Member of the Waterhouse Family Institute.
- Member of the Council of Graduate Schools.
- Member of the National Communication Association.
- Member of the International Communication Association.
A Message From Dr. Woodard
