Advisory Board

Active Members of the CAIMS Advisory Board
(in order of longevity on the Board)

Mr. Morton Spector

Board Member: Boys & Girls Club, Boy Scouts, Crime Stoppers, Harrisburg Public Schools Foundation, Homeland Center, Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg, Lebanon Valley College, Mary Sachs Trust, Penn State Business Advisory, RSVP, Salvation Army, Silver Academy, Silver Academy Foundation. Previous (selected) Board Positions: Dauphin County Library System, Pinnacle Health, United Way of the Capitol Region, Capital Region Goals 2000 Mr. Spector is widely honored and deeply committed to the betterment of the Capital Region.

Ms. Lori Lauver

(Present: STEM Coordinator Sylvan Heights Charter School; former Science Specialist at the Whitaker Center.)

Dr. Steven P. Messner

Present: Private Consulting. Previous: President, Carson Long Military Academy; Superintendent of Newport, Susquenita, and Shamokin School Districts; Director of Capital Beginnings for the Foundation for Enhancing Communities; Advisor to former Mayor Steven Reed; Executive Director of Harrisburg Regional America’s Promise; Chair, Mayor Reed’s Commission on Literacy, among others. Dr. Messner is well-known for innovative initiatives.

Ms. Marion C. Alexander

Present: Community Philanthropist and Volunteer; Previous/Present: Board Chair of Harrisburg Symphony; Board Member of Susquehanna Art Museum, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, United Cerebral Palsy of Central PA, United Way of the Capital Region, Harrisburg Area Community College Foundation, State System of Higher Education Foundation; Chair of Goodwill Foundation and Girl Scouts of America.)

Welcoming our Newest Members

Janice Black, Meg Burton Connors, Jairee Counterman, Carolyn Dumeresq, Sybil Knight-Burney

Additions for April Event: Mike Greenwald as MC

Legacy Member

Mr. Miles Gibbons
Founding Member of CAIMS
The Helen Whitaker Fund