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Our strength comes from a diversity of professional and personal backgrounds and experiences that are firmly rooted in work that relentlessly seeks the good, advances your goals, and leaves you and your team stronger to serve others.
Mission-centered from a young age, our Founder Jessica Edris has a wealth of experience in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors as a strategic thinker who sees the forest and the trees and is driven to make good things better while helping others. As a graduate of Moravian University and a long-time resident of the Lehigh Valley, Jessica has focused on mission-based organizations over her career as senior leadership in development, marketing, communications, strategic planning, and operational vitality, most recently as Director of Mission Advancement at the Diocese of Allentown.
She is highly skilled at leading complex collaborations and for the last seven years she has served as Event Director for the Lehigh Valley Wine Auction and Gala events, overseeing the successful collaboration of The Children's Home of Easton and the Northampton Genealogical and Historical Society. In 2023, she was named the Administrator of Lehigh Valley250, a celebration of culture, arts, and history, that brings together community partners of Lafayette College, the Sigal Museum, Historic Bethlehem Museum and Sites, and the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. As a past recipient of the Emerging Leader Award from Moravian University, she has served her alma mater as Past President of the Moravian College Alumni Association and former member of the Alumni Board of Directors.
Carey has dedicated her career to nonprofit mission-driven organizations, serving the museum, cultural, education, and social service sectors. Over the past twenty-five years, she has gained expertise in all areas of nonprofit management including: communications, marketing, programming, development fundraising and grant writing, education, outreach, strategic planning, and operational and fiscal management. She has spent a decade in senior and executive director positions, most recently at Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society/Sigal Museum and Equilibrium, a therapeutic horsemanship nonprofit.
Under her leadership, Sigal Museum was honored with an American Association for State and Local History Award of Excellence and an NAACP Image Award for work in partnership with NAACP Easton Branch #2260. She is past Chair of the Lehigh Valley Passport to History Partnership, and served on the Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium Steering Committee, the Easton Tourism Partnership, Lehigh Valley Wine Auction & Gala Committee, Seven Generations Charter School Founding Member Group, and Amercia250 PA - Lehigh Valley organizing chapter. Carey has extensive experience collaborating with academic and K-12 educational institutions, as well as cultural organizations, tourism and economic development entities, and community groups. She enjoys helping nonprofits connect, innovate, and thrive.
Amy is an award -winning photography director, editor and producer with over 10years of industry experience with a diverse range of editorial and advertorial clients including Runners’ World, Bicycling, Popular Mechanics, Forbes, Fortune, and AARP. Originally from Easton, Amy spent time in San Francisco where she produced art exhibitions and public programs for the Presidio Trust. Her career took her to New York City where she served as a photo editor at Fortune Magazine. Amy became the Photo Editor at Photo District News (PDN), the photo industry's award-winning title. and produced a 4-month exhibition at The Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles showcasing images from more than 90 photographers. Amy co-founded CoEdit Collection, an art consulting service and online gallery, and developed educational programming for the creative community through Inspired Live and the Photoville festival. She is also the Founder of the non-profit, Friends of the Historic Easton Cemetery and leads programming and fundraisers in coordination with the Board of Directors. She has a passion for visual communications and storytelling, project management and production, and developing community engagement through well-executed special events and programs. Amy also loves her rescue dog, Pre, running, cycling, cooking and eating.
A skilled professional with over 20 years of experience in government and community relations and all aspects of fundraising, Andrew is a lifelong resident of the Lehigh Valley. He graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a B.A. in Political Science and a Liberal Arts Business minor and holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Kutztown University. He was honored as a recipient of the Association for Fundraising Professionals Rising Star Award.
Andrew has vast experience in the government relations and development fields. He started his professional career in the political world, first as a research analyst in the Pennsylvania State Senate’s Policy Development and Research Office in Harrisburg. Andrew then returned to the Lehigh Valley where he worked for former Congressman Charlie Dent, both with the Pennsylvania State Senate and the US House of Representatives.
Building upon his political and fundraising experiences, Andrew joined Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network in Allentown, where he served in increasing roles of responsibility. Most recently, he was the Manager of Community Relations and Special Events, serving as the liaison for community relations by maintaining relationships with existing community partners and elected officials and by developing a strategy to discover and cultivate new community partnerships. Among his board service, he served a two-year term as board president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)’s Eastern PA chapter and as board president of the Lehigh Valley Consortium of Professional Organizations (LVCPO). He is currently involved with the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, the LVCPO, AFP, the Disability Friendly Community of the Lehigh Valley, Penn State Lehigh Valley, Temple Beth El and Jewish Family Service of the Lehigh Valley.
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