Sacred Places Summer 2011 | Page 4

UPDATE on Partners: 1700 Sansom Street 10th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 [email protected] www.sacredplaces.org (215) 567-3234 Board of Directors The Reverend Dr. Thomas E. Frank, Chair The Reverend Dr. Roy G. Almquist The Reverend Dr. Eugene C. Bay The Very Reverend Msgr. John F. Canary David R. Cooper Mary Werner DeNadai, FAIA John J. DiIulio, Jr., Ph. D. The Reverend Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr. The Reverend Pierce W. Klemmt Corlis S. Moody James R. Nader, FAIA The Reverend R. Scott Sheldon Gordon R. Woodrow National Office New Faces Partners welcomes two staff members to our Pennsylvania Office: Karen DiLossi joins us as the director of the Making Homes for the Arts in Sacred Places program, and Scott Schnur as the new Programs and Administrative Associate. Karen, a native Philadelphian, holds a B.A. in history and drama, and an M.A. in theatre. She has worked in the theatre since 2000, both onstage and off, as an actress, stage manager, director, and producer for numerous theatre companies. She sits on the Board of Directors’ Executive Committee of the Flashpoint Theatre Company, is the coArtistic Director of Madhouse Theater Company, and serves as a panelist for the Philadelphia Cultural Fund. She was the Director of Programs & Services for the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia for eight years, where she produced the Barrymore Staff A. Robert Jaeger, President Tuomi Joshua Forrest, Executive Vice President Karen DiLossi, Director of Arts in Sacred Places Daniel Duffy, Project Manager, Pennsylvania Office Leanne Gehrig, Project Manager, Chicago Office Gianfranco Grande, Vice President for Philanthropy and Business Development; Director, Chicago Office Marie Malloy, Director of Operations Scott Schnur, Programs and Administrative Associate, Pennsylvania Office Elizabeth Ann Terry, Director of Training Suzanne Yowell, Project Manager, Texas Office Sacred Places Production Neeta McCulloch, Editor Partners’ summer interns include (l. to r.) Fabiana Mileo, Lizzie Hessmiller, Vanessa dela Torre, Simone Gadpaille, Lynn Alpert, John DiIulio, Rachel Hildebrandt, and Levi Gikandi. Partners’ new Programs and Administrative Associate, Scott Schnur, is on the far right. The interns are working on a range of projects: researching congregations with separate 501(c)3 organziations; generating case studies for the Making Homes for the Arts in Sacred Places program; interviewing congregations for the Halo Effect project; searching for examples of adaptive re-use of church and synagogue buildngs in cooperation with KSK Architects Planners Historians, Inc.; writing articles for Sacred Places; and revamping our website. Molly Lester (not pictured), who returns to Partners as a summer intern, is developing a database of historic religious properties, in coordination with the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Historical Commission. 3 • Sacred Places • www.sacredplaces.org • Summer 2011