MANNA’s Executive Leadership & Boards
Sue Daugherty, RDN, LDN, CEO
Sue joined MANNA in December 1999 as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN). Sue was instrumental in MANNA’s shift from providing comfort and care to those dying from AIDS to an organization helping people with over 85 different illnesses through nutrition counseling and home-delivered medically appropriate meals.
At MANNA, Sue held several positions prior to being appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2012. Sue garnered national recognition in June 2013 when she co-authored a key study, “Examining Health Care Costs Among MANNA Clients and a Comparison Group,” published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. This research study examined the health care cost savings associated with MANNA’s model, and continues to have ongoing impact on nutrition policy nationwide.
Sue presents MANNA’s work at conferences and meetings across the United States including the annual Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo, Harvard University’s Food as Medicine Symposium, Tulane University’s Culinary Medicine Conference, and the Root Cause Coalition’s National Summit on Social Determinants of Health. She proudly testified in front of the United States Congress.
Sue currently serves as co-Vice Chair of the national Food Is Medicine Coalition. In 2019, Sue was invited to join the Food Lab Accelerator at Google as a product owner for Food Is Medicine. Other accolades include the 2015 Jefferson College of Population Health Education Hero Award, Comcast’s Newsmakers selection, the Cancer Treatment Center’s America Caregiver Women of the Week Award, and Bank of America’s Neighborhood Builders Award.
Contact Our Team

Sue Daugherty, RDN, LDN (she/her)
Chief Executive Officer

Rich Curtis
Director of Finance
RCurtis@mannapa.org

Eric Gantz
Director of Operations
EGantz@mannapa.org

Jule Anne Henstenburg, PhD, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND
Director of Research & Evaluation
JHenstenburg@mannapa.org

Ann Hoskins-Brown
Director of Policy & Institutional Affairs
AHB@mannapa.org

Nicole Laverty, RDN, LDN (she/her)
Director of Nutrition & Client Services
NLaverty@mannapa.org

Rob Saxon (he/him)
Director of External Affairs
RSaxon@mannapa.org
Board of Directors
Officers
Rosemary Connors
Chair, Anchor/Reporter, NBC10
Barbara Ilsen, Esq.
Vice Chair, Partner, Dilworth Paxson LLP
Matthew Malinowski
Treasurer, AUA Private Equity Partners
Elaine Gillison
Secretary, Administrative Assistant, The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia
Members
Ted Dallas
President & COO, Merakey Human Services
John Demming
Vice President, Corporate & Financial Communications, Comcast
Jay Feldstein, D.O.
President & CEO, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
William S. George
President & CEO, Health Partners Plans (retired)
Marla Gold, MD, FACP
Vice Provost for Community Health Care Innovation, Drexel University
Dinesh Indala
Executive Vice President, Philadelphia Housing Authority
Brandon Johnson
Director of External Affairs, Urban Affairs Coalition
Megan Kennedy
Head of Product Management, Aberdeen Standard
Victoria Lupica
Vice President Marketing and Communications, Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania
Denise J. Mariotti
Chief Human Resources Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Mark Schutta, MD
G. Clayton Kyle Associate Professor in Diabetes, Medical Director Penn Rodebaugh Diabetes Center, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Rachael Tamalonis
Executive Assistant, American Airlines
Cathy Weiss
Philanthropic Advisor
Maryellen White
Paralegal, PECO
Kate Wilhelm
Director, Ceisler Media & Issue Advocacy
Advisory Board
Chairs
Steve Korman
Chair, Founder, Korman Communities
John Alchin
Co-chair, CFO (retired), Comcast Corporation
Members
Kevin Boyle
Financial Partner, Stradley Ronon
Stephen Carlino
Owner, Tavern on Camac
Charles Chase
President & CEO, FirstService Brands
Joseph Coradino
CEO, PREIT
James F. Dever, Jr.
Market President for Philadelphia, Bank of America
Lynn Garvin Dever, MD
Pediatrician
Julia Fleischner
Philanthropist
Lynne Honickman
Founder & President, The Honickman Foundation
Barbara Kaplan
Philanthropist
Stephen Klein
CEO, President & Founder, The Klein Company
Frederick Kroon
Investor
William R. Levy, Esquire
Senior Advisor, Brown Brothers Harriman
David Lipson
President, Philadelphia and Boston Magazines
Mark Niehaus
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
John Paz
Owner, Prime Legacy Management
Edward Rendell
Former Governor of Pennsylvania
Linda Richardson
Founder, Richardson Company
Peter Rohr
The Rohr Group, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Private Banking & Investment Group
Allan Schimmel
Investor
Susan Sherman
President & CEO, Independence Foundation
Julius Steiner, Esq.
Labor Relations Attorney (retired)