Board of Directors
Each January, the YWCA installs new members to its Board of Directors. Directors will be eligible for three-year terms, and may be reelected for a second three-year term. The Board of Directors for 2011 is as follows:
Erin Eline Aumen is a graduate of Delone Catholic High School and Penn State University, a communications major with a focus in Public Relations. She worked as a marketing coordinator for the West Shore Chamber of Commerce for two years before coming to the YWCA as Communications Director in 2001. In 2004, she became a full-time mom to Abby, 13; Alexander, 5; Zachary, 3 and Nicholas, 1. She has served on several Chamber Committees, Healthy Adams County PR committee and Task Forces and was a founding member and graduate of Leadership Adams Hanover. She is still active with St. Francis Church and School. Erin resides in Gettysburg with her husband, Eric and their children.
Wendy Weikel Beauchat is a principal of the firm of Beauchat & Beauchat, LLC. She is a native of Greenville, PA, and a graduate of Reynolds High School. Mrs. Beauchat graduated with honors from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar, the Maryland Bar, the Federal Bar, the U.S. Tax Court Bar and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. She also has professional memberships in the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys and Wealth Counsel, LLC.
Vickie Corbett is currently vice president of the United Way of Adams County and director of UWAC’s volunteer center. Vickie’s list of volunteer experience is extensive. She has been an active part in Healthy Adams County, the Exchange Club of Gettysburg, the Adams County Human Relations Council, the Community Unity Committee, Points of Light Foundation/Volunteer National Network, and Volunteer Centers of PA. She also contributes a great deal of time to the youth of the community through her work with Manos Unidas, Collaborating for Youth, the Gettysburg Alternative Sports Park, and Youth Providers Network of Adams County, among others.
Donna Dodson is the Deputy Chief Cyber Security Advisor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Donna is married to John Dodson, a veterinarian and owner of the Gettysburg Animal Hospital. They have one son, Michael, who is a freshman at Occidental College. Donna and John have lived in Gettysburg since 1987 and have been members and supporters of the YWCA for several years. She is a member of Prince of Peace Church and was previously involved in Gettysburg Little League, GYSC, AYSO, CYO Basketball, Gettysburg Sharks, Adams County SPCA.
Anne Douds is executive director of The Lloyd Society in Kensington, Md.; a small, nonprofit research institute created to provide automated, open access to the best evidence of health, welfare, and legal interventions among justice-involved and marginalized populations. She is currently working toward her doctorate at George Mason University’s Justice, Law and Crime Policy Department. She is also involved with the Children’s Advocacy Center, Gettysburg, where she provides pro-bono services for child-centric litigation support center; and she also serves as Cub Scout coordinator for Toys for Tots in Gettysburg.
Jennifer Gastley is Healthy Adams County’s administrative assistant. A 2000 Gettysburg High School graduate, Jennifer received her Associates Degree in Business Management from Harrisburg Area Community College in 2003. She also serves on the Gettysburg Hospital Auxiliary’s Board of Directors. In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading, walking and playing with her dogs. She and her husband, Chad, reside in Gettysburg.
Emily Knowles-Kellett is a stay-at-home mother who makes video biographies. She has lived in Gettysburg for 10 years. Before moving here, she lived in New York City and Chicago and worked in the theater business. She currently serves as a board member for Collaborating for Youth, president of Lincoln Elementary PTO, AYSO soccer coach and is a representative for the Democratic Committee. Emily is also a member of the Adams County Arts Council, Adams County Land Conservancy, Friends of the Library and Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve. Emily is an avid user of the YWCA. She and her husband, Bill Knowles-Kellett, have four children: Nate, Cy, Jack and Will.
Sharen Neale is a very active YWCA volunteer. Sharen says “From the time I was very young; my mother ingrained in me the importance of giving back to the community and helping those who are in need.” She also co-chairs the Social Ministry Committee of St. James Lutheran Church in Gettysburg. Also at St. James, Sharen coordinated, with the Salvation Army, and Adams Hanover Counseling Services, a school supply drive for children of those incarcerated at the Adams County Adult Correctional Facility as well as residents of the homeless shelter and Survivors shelter.
Carolyn Nunamaker is a retired educator, having taught mathematics for 20 years. She was also the principal of the Gettysburg Middle School for 11 years. She is one of the founders of the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra and serves as its business manager. She also volunteers at the library store and serves on the Head Start board.
Jane Nutter is the director of Program Support at PathStone Corporation of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Jane says her life’s mission has been a “voice for the voiceless.” Jane is also the founder of Adams County’s Martin King, Jr. committee and is also an active member of the Adams County Career Aid project. She is also affiliated with the Pennsylvania Department of Education Office of Child Development and Early Learning Committee, (OCDEL) NAEYC, the national branch of the NAACP, National Migrant and Seasonal Employee Head Start Association, St. James Child Governance Committee, National Association for Farm worker Opportunities Programs and the Committee for Farm worker Justice.
Rukhsana Rahman has been a radiologist at Gettysburg Hospital for 23 years. Born in London, Rukhsana has lived on three continents but is proud to call Gettysburg “home.” She is a member of the American College of Radiology, Penn Medical Society, and the Adams County Medical Society. Rukhsana has volunteered on the YWCA’s Hallmark and Mission Committee.
The Rev. Kathleen O’Keefe Reed serves as Chief Advancement Officer at Lutheran Theological Seminary. Prior to returning to Gettysburg in the spring of 2007, the Chicago native had served for 25 years as pastor of congregations in Vermont, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Her theological studies include Gettysburg Seminary’s Washington House of Studies, the Bodelschwingschen Anstalten of Bethel in Bielefeld, Germany and Georg August Universiteat in Goettingen, Germany. She has also studied at Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English. Reed and her husband have three adult children. She also enjoys traveling, reading and walking.
Lisa Tully, after working as a commercial insurance agent in Maryland for eight years, moved to Gettysburg in 1995, where she is currently employed as a bookkeeper for Tully Dental. She graduated from George Mason University with a degree in economics. Her past and present volunteer experience includes treasurer of the YWCA Sharks Swim Team, Penn Laurel Girl Scout leader, PTO treasurer at James Gettys Elementary School, playground chairperson at Lincoln Elementary School, and various other committees in the Gettysburg Area elementary schools.
Carolyn D. Wagaman, is the AVP/Business Development Officer of the Adams, Hanover and York Region of PNC Bank. She also serves on the membership and special events committee of the Gettysburg /Adams Chamber of Commerce and the board of the American Heart Association. She also served as the coordinator for the United Way Campaign at the Bank of Hanover and has been on the American Heart Association Heart Walk committee for the past 10 years. She is married and has two grown children.
Maxine Willis has been a YWCA member since 2000. She taught Physics at Gettysburg Area High School for 23 years retiring in 2006. She currently serves as an Associate Fellow at Dickinson College where she organizes and gives workshops to colleagues at the national, state, and local levels on the latest in Physics Education and is an active curriculum developer. She serves as the YWCA advisor to the YWCA/GAHS STEM Savvy girls’ science club. She is married to Clodius Willis, mother of two sons (Henry and Sam), and grandmother of two grandchildren.
Maria Zavala is employed with WellSpan as a translator and interpreter. She is a student at Harrisburg Area Community College and also a student worker in their library. Maria is Vice President of the Bilingual Club at HACC.