Events

Cyndy Pappaterra, M.A., LCADC

Cyndy is a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor in private practice. She holds a Master’s Degree in Holistic Health from Georgian Court University and a B.A. from Temple University. Cyndy has served as Drug and Alcohol Coordinator for Human Services of Burlington County, Addictions Counselor at Providence House of Catholic Charities, and Adjunct Professor […]

Legacy Letters & the "Alphabet Soup" of Giving,

Stephen Pappaterra, Esq.

Steve has a diverse background as an attorney, wealth management executive, professor, and professional drummer. He is Co-Founder and President of Syncopate Creative, LLC, a consulting firm that provides creative direction on presentations, positioning, and performance for professional services firms. In addition to practicing law at two prominent regional law firms in New Jersey and […]

Legacy Letters & the "Alphabet Soup" of Giving,

Kathleen S. Burns, Esq.

Kathy assists clients with their estate and long-term care planning and guides fiduciaries in the administration of trusts and estates. She focuses primarily on estate matters, helping clients to develop effective plans to meet their estate and long-term care goals, and assisting trustees, executors and estate administrators in navigating the probate process and preparing all […]

Legacy Letters & the "Alphabet Soup" of Giving,

Jeff Thomsen

I paint representationally and mostly in oils, both scenes observed and those imagined. I am sometimes inspired by music, often by animals, and always by the atmospheric play of light falling throughout the day and drifting away at night. I like a sense of narrative and feeling of place and character, and so I attempt […]

Cathleen Cohen

Cathleen Cohen was the 2019 Poet Laureate of Montgomery County, PA. She created the We the Poets program for children from diverse cultural and faith communities (www.theartwell.org) and has taught students and educators in the USA and Israel. She teaches poetry and painting to adults through local venues, including Ritualwell (Reconstructing Judaism), Or Zarua, and […]

Gloria F. Donnelly, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCPP

Gloria Donnelly is a longstanding proponent of self-care and resilience building strategies beginning with her book, Coping with Stress: RN’s Survival Sourcebook Medical Economics Press, 1983 and most recently, with Dr. R. Wicks, Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice, Oxford University Press, 2021. As the recently retired Editor in Chief of the refereed […]

Robert Wicks, PsyD

Dr. Robert Wicks has spoken on his major areas of expertise—resilience, self-care, and the prevention of secondary stress (the pressures encountered in reaching out to others)—on Capitol Hill to Members of Congress and their Chiefs of Staff, led a course in resilience in Beirut for relief workers brought there from Aleppo, Syria, spoken at Johns […]

Warren B. Cooper

Warren B. Cooper has been a professional musician since the age of 9. With roots in a wide diaspora of traditions, his performance presentation is a gumbo of distinctive artistry. As a vocal specialist, he reaches to give voice to the matters of Spiritual Awakening, Human Rights, and the Sanctity of our Planet. He has […]

Gail Morrison-Hall

A Philadelphia native, Gail attended Tyler School of Art (Temple University) on full scholarship, graduating with a BFA and certification in education. She later graduated from Arcadia University with a MA ed +60 graduate credits. She spent the first part of her career as an art educator, helping K-8 students learn about and make art. She has […]

Helen David Brancato, IHM

Sister Helen David Brancato, IHM studied portrait painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and a variety of visual art forms at The Tyler School of Art of Temple University.  Working as a painter, printmaker, and illustrator, she has exhibited professionally primarily in the Philadelphia and New York areas and taught visual arts […]