America 250 PA Infrastructure Improvements & Projects Committee
August 15, 2023 | 11:30 a.m.
Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation – Liberty View Ballroom
Agenda
1. Welcome
Co-Chairs, Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill and Rep. Jared Solomon
2. Introduction to America250PA and Today’s Hearing Process
America250PA Executive Director, Cassandra Coleman
3. Proposed Project Testimony
a. Jovida Hill, Executive Director — Philadelphia Commission for Women
i. Panel Q&A
b. Libbie Hawes, Preservation Director — Cliveden of the National Trust, Inc.
i. Panel Q&A
c. Patricia D. Wellenbach, President and CEO — Please Touch Museum
i. Panel Q&A
d. Tracey L. Gordon, Register of Wills & Clerk of Orphans’ Court — Register of Wills, Philadelphia County
i. Panel Q&A
e. Rev. Michelle Simmons, CEO & Founder — Why Not Prosper, Inc.
i. Panel Q&A
f. Michael Carwile, Board of Directors — Mummers Museum
i. Panel Q&A
g. Jillian Patricia Pirtle, CEO — Marian Anderson Museum and Historical Society
i. Panel Q&A
h. Monifa Young — Uptown Entertainment & Development Corporation
i. Panel Q&A
i. Chris Bartlett — William Way LGBT Community Center
i. Panel Q&A
j. Maggie Fairs, Vice President of Communications — Philadelphia Museum of Art
i. Panel Q&A
k. Dr. Christopher R. Rogers, Vice President of Communications — Friends of the Tanner House
i. Panel Q&A
l. Angie M. Van Scyoc, Chief Operating Officer — Lynnewood Hall Preservation Foundation, Inc.
i. Panel Q&A
m. Tonnetta Graham — Strawberry Mansion Community Development Corporation
i. Panel Q&A
n. Diane Turner — Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
i. Panel Q&A
o. Tuomi Forrest — Historic Germantown
i. Panel Q&A
p. Sean C. Hughes, PhD Institutional Giving Officer — James A. Michener Art Museum
i. Panel Q&A
q. Leigh Goldenberg — The Wilma Theater
i. Panel Q&A
r. Jalessa Slade, Grants Manager — The African American Museum in Philadelphia
i. Panel Q&A
s. Erik Petersons — Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
i. Panel Q&A
t. Warren Hamilton, Esq., Chairman of the Board, and Sam Olshin, Principal at
Atkin Olshin Schade Architects — Mother Bethel Foundation
i. Panel Q&A
u. Rachael Viscidy — Friends of the Rail Park
i. Panel Q&A
v. Dennis S. Pickeral, Director — Stenton, NSCDA/PA
i. Panel Q&A
w. Jacob Golden, Legislative Director, Office of Councilmember Mike Driscoll —
City of Philadelphia/Streets Department
i. Panel Q&A
x. Tom Caramanico, Executive Director — Independence Historical Trust
i. Panel Q&A
y. Sean Connolly — Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust
i. Panel Q&A
z. Tavis Sanders, Co-founder/Executive Director, and Renee Sanders, Co-founder — InDigenous Education
i. Panel Q&A
aa. Victor A. Young, Esq., Chairman Board of Trustees, and Brenda J. Mattox-Young, Curating Coordinator —
Called To Serve Community Development Corporation
i. Panel Q&A
bb. Karl Jenkins, CEO and Larry Dickerson, Consultant — New Freedom Theatre
i. Panel Q&A
cc. Tracey Rae Beck, Executive Director — American Swedish Historical Museum
i. Panel Q&A
dd. George Leone, President and Board Chair — Homecoming 250 Navy Marine Corps
i. Panel Q&A
ee. Kelsey Bates, Executive Director — Rosenbach Museum & Library
i. Panel Q&A
ff. Dr. Michael Barsanti — The Library Company of Philadelphia
i. Panel Q&A
gg. Jennifer Stark, Director of Capital Projects, and Andre Barrette, Director of Production — Kimmel Center Inc.
i. Panel Q&A
hh. Karen D. Ragland, Operations Manager — The George W South Memorial Church
i. Panel Q&A
ii. Pastor Robin Hynicka — Arch Street United Methodist Church
i. Panel Q&A
jj. William R. Hartman, PLA — Montgomery County Planning Commission
i. Panel Q&A
kk. Alison King, Clerk of Session — Berean Presbyterian Church, USA
i. Panel Q&A
ll. Catherine Cahill, President & CEO — Mann Center for the Performing Arts
i. Panel Q&A
mm. Vashti DuBois, Founder and Executive Director — The Colored Girls Museum/CO Painted Bride Art Center
i. Panel Q&A
nn. Allison Schapker, Chief Projects Officer — Fairmount Park Conservancy
i. Panel Q&A
oo. Lou Scheinfeld, President and CEO — The Museum of Sports
i. Panel Q&A
pp. Alaine Arnott — National Liberty Museum
i. Panel Q&A
qq. Cornelia Dimalanta, President — Native American House Alliance, Inc.
i. Panel Q&A
rr. George Matysik, Executive Director — Share Food Program
i. Panel Q&A
ss. Neil Batiancila, Chief Development Officer — Zoological Society of Philadelphia
i. Panel Q&A
tt. Kim Reynolds, Chief Advancement Officer — The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
i. Panel Q&A
uu. Cornelia Swinson, Executive Director — Johnson House Historic Site, Inc.
i. Panel Q&A
vv. Michael Carroll and Gus Scheerbaum — City of Philadelphia, Office of Transportation,
Infrastructure and Sustainability
i. Panel Q&A
4. Closing Remarks
Co-Chairs, Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill and Rep. Jared Solomon