Empowering Moms. Nurturing Children.
Susan Kaminski chairs the Board of Directors of NurturePA and is a retired executive from the semiconductor equipment industry. With a degree in physics, she has held positions at M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory and Applied Materials. Susan has served on the board of directors for various organizations including Youth Connect, a local community collaborative organization focusing on reducing teen risky behaviors, along with Village Theater Company, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, the Sewickley YMCA, and Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners.
“NurturePA combines the best of technology with caring mentors to provide supportive, personalized guidance. It is exciting to be a part of supporting this new generation of mothers in a way that works best for them.”
-Susan Kaminski, Board Chair
Tom Canfield is a co-founder of NurturePA as well as a retired investment banker and businessman, running Equity Catalysts LLC, which he founded in 1999. He was an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University, served on the board of directors at Propel Schools and Auberle, and earned his MBA from Harvard University.
Vince Ciganik is a co-founder of NurturePA and has been instrumental in the design and development of several hardware products as well as been responsible for the architecture and development of many software products including web interfaces and web-based applications. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
Philip Keys is a co-founder and President of NurturePA and has over 35 years of management experience in healthcare organizations including as co-founder and president of successful for-profit companies. He has served on the board of directors of a local cyber school and Chartiers Community Center. He earned his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University where he has been an invited lecturer in entrepreneurship.
Judy Horgan has focused her recent efforts on improving the lives of young children in Allegheny County and western Pennsylvania. She helped create the Allegheny County Early Childhood Collaborative to join together local agencies serving children ages 0-5. Judy has served in an advisory capacity for the Office of Children, Youth and Families in Allegheny County, and worked with a local non-profit advocacy organization for children.
Katherine Stoehr is our most recent board member. She was formerly the First Deputy Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, and her career has spanned nearly two decades of work on child welfare reform across multiple U.S. jurisdictions. Katherine has held executive responsibility for management of direct services, and has managed strategic planning, policy development, and revenue maximization in government and non-profit agencies. She earned a Master of Public Administration from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, and is a proud Returned Peace Corps Volunteer.