She earned her B.A. in religious studies from Neumann and her M.S. in instructional leadership from Boston College. She resides in Aston, PA. JOHN C. FORD is a member of
the development committee. After serving on Neumann's development committee as a non-board member, Ford filled an unexpired board term from 1993-95 serving on the development committee and then as board chair. He completed his first full term from 1996-99 as an executive committee member. He is the principal of John C. Ford Associates, a consulting firm specializing in organizational development and communications. His practice includes seminar development, delivery and executive coaching. He writes and speaks extensively on leadership topics Ford began his career in financial services with positions at the American Stock Exchange and Merrill Lynch and Company. He then transferred his focus to broadcasting and cable, where he had senior human resources responsibilities at CBS, Inc. (establishing its award-winning School of Management), ABC, and the Home Box Office division of Time Warner. He serves on a number of boards, including his parish council, and is a facilitator for Protecting God's Children, the safe harbor program for the Archdiocese of New York. Also a parish lector and cantor, he is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Finance and Industry. He and his wife, Dr. Sandra Sollod Poster, reside in New York City. REGINA HANEY, Ph.D., serves on the academic affairs committee. She is the executive director of the Department of Boards and Councils of Catholic Education at the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA). In this capacity, she shares her experience with school and diocesan boards across the country through workshops, research and publications. She is co-author with John Convey of Benchmarks of Excellence: A Research Project on Effective Boards of Catholic Education.
Prior to joining NCEA in 1990, Haney served for nine years as the superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Raleigh, NC. Among her achievements as superintendent, she counts the revision and implementation of a system-wide accreditation plan, several publications including CRE-ACTION, a “hands-on” science guide for all grade levels, and the establishment of a network of curriculum coordinators. A resident of Alexandria, VA, she received her doctorate from St. Mary’s University, Winona, MN, in 2004. SISTER ELIZABETH HOWE, OSF, M.D., FACEP, ’76, serves
on the student affairs committee. She is an emergency physician with St. Joseph Medical Center in Reading, PA. Previously, she had been the director of the department of emergency medicine at St. Joseph. In addition, she is a former faculty member of Penn State University at the Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA. Sister Elizabeth Howe has done medical mission work in the Philippines and Haiti. She is the recipient of the St. John Neumann Alumni Award from Neumann University, and is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians and Oley Valley Combined Training Association. In addition to numerous presentations, Sister Elizabeth Howe is also the author of several medical publications. Sister earned her B.S. in nursing from Our Lady of Angels in 1976 and her M.D. in 1993 from Georgetown University. She resides in Reading, PA.