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DANA Board Of Directors

William R. Allan
President, Verizon Delaware

Paulette Austin
Executive Director, Generations Home Care Inc.

Pamela Baker
Partner, Barbacane Thornton & Co

Thère du Pont
President, Longwood Foundation

Robert E. Ewers, Jr.
Community Volunteer

Sherry P. Magill
President, Jessie Ball duPont Fund

Ginny Marino
President & CEO, YWCA Delaware, Inc.

Peter Morrow
President, Welfare Foundation Inc.

Fred Sears, III
President, Delaware Community Foundation

Michael Sigman
Partner, Journey Leader

Helen M. Stewart
Vice President, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

John H. Taylor, Jr.
Delaware Public Policy Institute,
Delaware State Chamber of Commerce

Mark A. Turner
President & CEO, WSFS Bank

Richelle A. Vible
Executive Director, Catholic Charities

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Board and Staff Changes, August, 2011

Thère du Pont, president of the Longwood Foundation, has been elected chairman of the Delaware Association of Nonprofit Agencies (DANA) board of directors.

Mr. du Pont said he is "honored to lead the DANA board during such an exciting period. Ginny Marino (CEO of the YWCA Delaware and DANA's immediate past board chair) and the Working Group formed to review options to expand and strengthen DANA's leadership capacity and reach did an excellent job of benchmarking with similar organizations in other states and I am ready to help implement the best practices they identified."

Mr. du Pont will serve a two-year term as Chairman of the newly reconstituted DANA board.

The board also designated Robert Ewers, a DANA director, as DANA's transition leader who will work with the board, DANA members and staff and others over the coming months as plans to expand and strengthen the organization are refined and implemented.

Mr. Ewers, who has had a career in merger and acquisition transactions and integrations, corporate governance and general management, was a volunteer community member of the Working Group that researched and proposed the revitalization framework presented to the DANA membership at its annual meeting in June when the board was reconstituted. Mr. du Pont said that "Bob was a very effective leader in the Working Group and remains committed to helping DANA implement its recommendations. He brings a wealth of professional experience to the task."

The board recognized the contributions of John Baker, who has worked to maintain and grow DANA's presence in the community since August 2009. Mr. Baker will continue to lead DANA's existing programming and policy initiatives as the revitalization plan is refined and rolled-out in his new role as Executive Vice President of Policy and Programs. Mr. du Pont stated that "the board is very grateful that John will now focus on consolidating DANA's past successes as we build toward the revitalized DANA with expanded resources and staffing."

DANA's revitalization plan calls for several key actions over the coming year including:

• Board development and governance that will include senior representatives from the nonprofit, corporate, foundation and other communities.
• Broadening representation from Kent and Sussex Counties.
• Adding management talent and resources (including the hiring of a CEO).
• A focused plan designed to enable DANA to emerge as a best-in-class leadership and service entity for the Delaware nonprofit sector.

Mr. du Pont said the board wanted to hear from the community. He urged DANA members and others to send suggestions to bod@delawarenonprofit.org.