2023 Executive Corporate Board

The mission of The Franklin Institute’s Executive Corporate Board is to bring corporate expertise in providing counsel on the Institute’s mission, activities, and goals; to lead efforts in corporate fundraising, both for annual operating programs and special events and projects; and to create opportunities for and advise on best practices in communicating to and partnering with the corporate community in the eight-county Greater Philadelphia region. Members enjoy exclusive special-event invitations, complimentary admission and access for their employees, their families and clients, community recognition, and affiliation with one of the world’s premier science centers and the most-visited museum in Pennsylvania. 

For more information or to join the ECB, please contact Casey Anne Satell at csatell@fi.edu or 215.448.2378. 

2023 Executive Corporate Board 

Ian Wright, Chairman
Principal, Energy and Resources
CMO
Deloitte LLP

Mary E. Ashenbrenner
Senior Vice President, Wealth Director 
PNC Bank 

Alexandra Bauer
Vice President
Brown Brothers Harriman 

Kelly A. Beaver 
Vice President – Engineering & Operations Support  
UGI Utilities, INC 

Richard J. Bortnick, Esq. 
Partner 
Freeman Mathis & Gary  

Timothy D. Buckley  
Cigna Treasurer 
Cigna Corporation 

Devin Cahill
Partner, Assurance Services
Ernst & Young LLP 
 

 

Martin J. Doyle 
Partner 
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Dan Fee 
President 
The Echo Group, LLC 

Christopher Gee 
Global Business Director - UTEC 
Braskem America, Inc. 


John Grugan 
Partner 
Ballard Spahr LLP  

Jordan Hesterman
Commercial Director, Precision Agriculture
FMC Corporation

Colena Johnson, DVM 
Director of Laboratory Animal Resources
Merck & Co., Inc.  

David Johnson
Vice President of Corporate Development
New Jersey Resources

Brian Jones 
President/CEO and Director 
The First National Bank of Elmer 

Douglas E. McCann 
Principal 
Fish & Richardson P.C.

Judith Mondre 
Founder & President 
Mondre Energy 

Douglas Raymond 
Partner 
Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP

Deann Salam
Area General Manager
Trane Technologies 

B. Daniel Seltzer, CPCU 
Principal 
Seubert & Associates, Inc. 

Joel C. Shapiro 
Partner 
Blank Rome 

Joan N. Stern, Esq. 
Member 
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Laurie Thibodeau  
Community Engagement Lead
Spark Therapeutics, Inc. 


List as of November 2023