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Featuring Mandy Mundy

CONNECTING donors who care to causes that matter to them, GROW their charitable legacies and help FUND nonprofit organizations. The work I am privileged to do is about contributing to the well being of others and brings diversity, teamwork and collaboration as a personal mission into my professional goals.

3.) What book has had a profound impact on you and why?

6.) Do you believe in ghosts? Yes

7.) What is your pet peeve? Littering

8.) What concerns you the most? The safety and security of my children.

9.) What song instantly puts you in a good mood?

1.) Tell us a briefly about your professional life and who you work for.

I serve as the Executive Director of the Bucks County Foundation. As a community foundation, we are a public charity that focuses on supporting the programs and people of Bucks County, primarily by working with generous donors to establish funds, such donor advised funds and scholarship funds, that, in turn, provide funding to address community needs, support local nonprofits with grants and provide scholarships to Bucks County students. Fundamentally, we help donors plan and carry out their charitable giving,

2.) What is the favorite thing about the work you do?

I am a Connector personality style. Through my work for the Foundation, I absolutely love

There are too many to select from! I have read meaningful books in all stages of my life for personal and professional enrichment. For fun, I will throw the answer back to one of the books that inspired my love of reading as a young girl - Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White. For me, Charlotte’s Web inspired life lessons about friendship and diversity; the importance of being humble; and love and loss. I still have the first copy of Charlotte’s Web that I read as a girl on my bookshelf- a bit tattered and worn, but well loved.

4.) What is your favorite movie and why?

Like books, there are too many to pick just one favorite!

I do love pshyco-thriller movies: Misery, The Shining, Get Out. I’ll watch anything by John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, M. Night Shyamalan, James Wan or Shirley Jackson.

5.) If you could be an animal, what would you be and why?

I would definitely be a dog, specifically our family dog. She gives love and receives love unconditionally.

Three Little Birds by Bob Marley & The Wailers

10.) When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a teacher growing up. In fact, my undergraduate degree is in Elementary Education, but I never taught in a classroom full time. I went right into nonprofit work after graduation and then went on to get my master’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership from LaSalle University.

11.) What is something people would be surprised to learn about you?

My full name is Amanda, but I always, personally and professionally, go by Mandy.

12.) What are your three pieces of advice?

- Take the chances!

- Assume the best in others.

- Be genuine.

QUESTIONS ABOUT MONEY? DAVE IN DOYLESTOWN CAN HELP!

to meet clients closer to their home towns. The idea was to have at least one office location within easy traveling distance of their client base, so that they could, in essence, come to their clients rather than having their clients come to them. It’s just one iteration of the team’s core philosophy of maintaining personal and long-lasting relationships.

Management, Dave can address them that much more effectively.

“The due diligence and the research on the investment side seems much deeper at Planning Capital,” Dave says. “They also offer cash-flow planning, and not specifically goal-based planning, so you can change with life’s changes.”

Doylestown local Dave Emery spends most of his day answering questions about money. As a Senior Financial Planner for Planning Capital Management, Dave works out of a cozy office space right on East Court Street.

It’s the fourth office the team has opened since 2020, when a year of working-fromhome led them to completely rethink the traditional office model. After reducing the size of their office space in Center City, Philadelphia, they opened up several intimate office locations in Philadelphia, Radnor, and Doylestown, PA and Marlton, NJ

Of late, Dave’s newer clients’ concerns have centered around whether, in the current market and economic conditions, they will have enough money. After years of hard work and saving, will they now have enough to retire and keep their current lifestyle? Will they have enough to educate their kids and take care of aging parents? If a divorce is imminent, will they have enough to accommodate separate lives now that the kids have moved to college?

When addressing his clients’ needs with the support and teamwork of Planning Capital

Dave has had years of experience helping clients manage the costs of higher education, care for aging parents, set and meet retirement goals, and navigate divorces. He holds the Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA®) designation, in addition to his CFP® certification.

Now, Dave is proud to be a member of the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce, where he hopes to help fellow Doylestown residents manage their wealth wisely and in a way that will set them up for success through all of life’s ups and downs.

CENTRAL BUCKS ROTARY - PEOPLE OF ACTION

Central Bucks Rotary Club members are people of action who get stuff done. The “happy-hour” club meets at The Plumsteadville Inn in Pipersville on Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. to explore ways to enrich the lives of other people through local, national, and international projects. On Monday nights, weather permitting, members get together for bike club rides. If you are interested in doing service and sharing fun with like-minded friends, connect with the club at www.centralbucksrotary.com to learn more.

The club’s mission is committed to the unmet local and global humanitarian needs emphasizing families at risk, veterans, and the disabled. Members do their best to positively improve the quality of their lives through the allocation of member and community donations of time and money, while encouraging and fostering the ideal of “Service Above Self.”

Together Rotarians lead and promote change in their own backyards and across the world. A short list of the activities and organizations that they support includes:

- Ride For the Heroes

- Aark Wildlife Rehabilitation & Education Center

- Bucks County Food Pantry

- The Grace Project two ways to participate: by sponsoring a banner on the race track, and by registering teams to race. There is no admission price for spectators, so employees are encouraged to participate and cheer on the riders. Get your game on, be creative and come prepared for the excitement.

Contact Pam Northrop at 215-230-8888 for more information.

COMING THIS SPRING: MOZART’S DON GIOVANNI

widely regarded as the first grand opera ever performed in Philadelphia, debuting at The Chestnut Street Theater in 1818.

Hacker, Daniel Noyola, Anthony Schneider, Vanessa Vasquez, Ethan Vincent, and Allegra de Vita, among others.

Philadelphia’s prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni this spring, April 27-May 9, 2023 in Center City, the Main Line and Bucks County. This is the final production of AVA’s 2022/23 opera season. Don Giovanni is considered to be one of Mozart’s most famous operas, and is a comic and tragic masterpiece. It is also

Robert G. Loughery Wins Dealmaker and Dublin Town Center, Deal of the Year by The Philadelphia Business Journal

DUBLIN, PA – MARCH 30, 2023

Every year The Philadelphia Business Journal’s Best Real Estate Deals awards program recognizes the top deal makers and real estate projects in the Greater Philadelphia area. At Thursday night’s awards program, Robert G. Loughery, President of Nehemiah Development Company was named Dealmaker of the Year and Dublin Town Center won First Place as Deal of the Year in the Retail and Hospitality: Retail Development category.

Robert G. Loughery, Dealmaker of the YearWith a vision to redevelop and revitalize cities, towns and neighborhoods, Rob wanted to bring back the “town square” feel to Dublin in Bucks County, something he’s been working to accomplish over the past decade and has finally come to fruition.

Nehemiah Development Co. spent $25 million developing Dublin Town Center on Main

The devilish Don pursues women all over Europe, leaving a trail of broken hearts and shattered lives. A ghostly encounter ensures that this devil gets his due! AVA first presented Don Giovanni in 1986-87 and continued with performances in 2000, 2005, 2011 and 2015 which featured many alumni who have gone on to significant professional careers. AVA’s last production in 2015 featured now rising international opera stars André Courville, Meryl Dominquez, Jorge Espino, Jonas

This production features a special addition - alumnus Griffen Hogan Tracy (AVA ‘22) returns to the AVA stage to sing the role of the Commendatore. Griffen has been seen in previous AVA productions as Colline in La bohème, Gremin in Eugene Onegin, and Antonio in Le nozze di Figaro.

This production will also feature Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition National Semifinalists Yihan Duan and Sahel Salem.

Street, Dublin. Maintaining and repurposing age-old structures, beloved by the community was part of Loughery’s goal to preserve the history and integrity of Dublin, while bringing new life and new businesses to the area. In total, the Dublin Town Center development has been responsible for $40 million of investment in the borough. Economic vitality is something Loughery is no stranger to, having served as a Bucks County commissioner from 2011 to 2020. During his tenure, Loughery led efforts to reorganize the county’s housing, economic and community development departments, which helped lead to new investment in municipalities and improved access to affordable housing for veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Dublin Town Center, Deal of the Year in the category Retail and Hospitality: Retail Development More than a dozen parcels were assembled to create a 17-acre site upon which the Dublin Town Center has been developed. The Central Bucks County town center, just over six miles from Doylestown, has created a robust mixed-use community that includes 78 Ryan Homes townhomes, a 45,000-square-foot mixeduse building with 30 apartments and 7,000 square feet of retail space, plus several adaptive reuses. Those included are The Square, a former industrial building that’s been converted into offices, retail and dining space, and The Station, a 1930s gas station restored into a brewpub and food hall. Grand View Health also occupies 15,000 square feet of space at the site. The master plan has taken Nehemiah Development about four years to complete and has created a link between Doylestown and Quakertown.

Learn more at www.nehemiahdevco.com and www.dublintc.com .

THE ESG BACKLASH: POLITICS AND SHAREHOLDER PRIMACY

As Chair of the ABA Business Law Section’s Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Sue Maslow is Program Chair of the Business Law Section’s CLE Showcase Program on Thursday, April 27th in Seattle, Washington titled The ESG Backlash: Politics and Shareholder Primacy. The Program will explore the role of ESG [a wide-capturing acronym standing for “environmental, social and governance], 2023 proxy proposals, recent litigation challenging traditional ideas of board fiduciary obligations and objections to ESG factors shaping corporate strategy and required corporate disclosure. To read more about the Program, check out this Business Law Today article.

https://businesslawtoday.org/2023/04/the-esg-backlash-politics-and-shareholder-primacy/