About PCCYFS

PCCYFS Staff & Board

The Pennsylvania Council of Children, Youth and Family Services (PCCYFS) is the collective voice for nearly 100 agencies that serve Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable children and their families.

PCCYFS Staff

President & CEO

Terry L. Clark, MPA

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Vice President, Legal and Public Affairs

Samea Kim, Esquire

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Vice President, Operations and Finance

David A. Mattern, MSW

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Director, Marketing and Communications

Kim Yakowski

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Director, Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, and Education Services

Abigail Wilson, DSW, LSW

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Administrative Assistant

Adina Papinchak

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Director, Children’s Behavioral Health Services

Jaclyn Kreshock

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Board Officers

Chair

Rebecca Van der Groef, LSW

Hoffman Homes, Inc.

Vice Chair

Laura Maines, Esquire

Every Child, Inc.

Treasurer

Gordon May

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Secretary

Erin Chick, MA

Common Sense Adoption & Foster Care

Board Members

Lisa Bennett, MS, LPC, BSP

Tabor

Heather Bert, MSW

Bethany Christian Services of the Greater Delaware Valley

Joseph Birli, EdD, LPC, NCC

Bethany Children’s Home

Jennie Cummings, MS, LPC

Bethany Christian Services of Central PA

Immediate Past Chair

Dominick DiSalvo, MA LPC

KidsPeace

Nathan Gressel, MSW, MBA

George Junior Republic

Louis GrowMiller, MSW, LSW

Turning Points for Children

Nancy Kukovich

Adelphoi Village

Anita Jo Paukovits, M.Ed

Children’s Home of Easton

Michael T. Shaffer, M.Ed

Pinebrook Family Answers

Lisa Strobel, M.Ed, LPC

Diversified Treatment Alternative Centers (DTAC)

Terri Tolomeo, BA

Children’s Home of York

George Trauner

Bethesda Lutheran Services

Lisa Weingartner, MSW, LSW

Valley Youth House