ABOUT US
Outreach staff and Board members attended a Strategic Planning Retreat at Johnson College.
LORI CHAFFERS, Executive Director
Dear Friends:
What a glorious 35th Anniversary Year! Remembering and learning from our past helps us recommit to our mission and reminds us of how far we’ve come – from serving 50 in our first year to serving over 4,500 individuals annually! Even as we looked back this year, our board and staff embarked on a strategic planning journey that will guide us as we enter the next 35 years. More to come on that in 2024 – stay tuned. I hope you are as filled with hope about our future as I am! Thank you, once again, for believing in and joining Outreach’s mission. Together we are moving today’s families forward!
With Gratitude, Lori
Board of Directors
Victoria Castagna, President
Barbara Byrne, Vice President
Cynthia Yevich, Secretary
Nick Parise, Treasurer
Deanna Beyrant
Rosemary Bohenek
Bryan Boles
Anne Quinn Butler
Colleen Dunsmuir
Kate Holod
Mary Icker
Stephanie Mihal
John S. Morrison, Jr.
Jerry Musheno, R.Ph. Esq., Past President
Mary Belin Rhodes
Jahan Tabatabaie
Joe Van Wie
Mark Young
Honorary Board Members
J. Randall Palko
Donald Ryan
Joe Sileo, Esq.
“A dedicated staff that operates fluid and consistently lauded programs in the community made me want to be a part.”
-Jahan Tabatabaie, Broker/Owner, Family Investments Realty
“I joined the Outreach Board because I would like to make an impact in the communities where I live and work.”
-Colleen Dunsmuir, Assistant Vice President/M&T Bank
Board member Deanna Beyrant and Chuck Beyrant, her husband, volunteered during the Outreach annual Children’s Career Fair in 2023.
Vicky Castagna President
Senior United States Probation Officer, retired; Adjunct Professor, University of Scranton, retired
Emergency Medical Technician, CPR Instructor, Moscow Fire & Hose Company Stop the Bleed Instructor, Stop the Bleed Project Mental Health Counselor, Critical Incident Stress Management Foundation Guide, Steamtown National Historic Park
Barbara Byrne, M.Ed., RT, Vice President
Vice President of Faculty and College Planning, Johnson College
Johnson College; Scranton Lackawanna Resource Development Corporation (ACE)
Cynthia Yevich Secretary
Retired, Former Executive at Blue Cross Foundation
United Way of Pennsylvania board of directors; Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Active Schools Advisory Committee; board member of The Advocacy Alliance; trustee of Lackawanna Industrial Fund Enterprises
Nicolas Parise Treasurer
Director of Wealth Management, Fidelity Bank
Blind Association of Lackawanna County Board Member, Lions Club of Scranton member