We wish to express our sincere appreciation and gratitude to the Penn Professional Staff Assembly (PPSA) Executive Board and Committee Representatives for their commitment and dedication to providing an extensive range of valuable resources to full-time staff and the community at large at the University. The PPSA has consistently met the needs of staff in collaboration with the Division of Human Resources and numerous colleagues across the campus. During the 2024-2025 fiscal year, PPSA events attracted thousands of registered participants from our Penn community. We are grateful to all who generously dedicate their time to this organization and to the many Penn staff members who actively engage with our events.

Please visit ppsa.upenn.edu to learn more about the PPSA, subscribe to our mailing list, and register for upcoming events for the 2025-2026 academic year. As we look to the 2025-2026 academic year, we are pleased to introduce the new and continuing members of the PPSA board, council, independent committee representatives, and appointed positions.

—PPSA Tri Chairs 2024-2025: Tonya Bennett, Dawn Maglicco Deitch, Natalie Dury Green

2025-2026 PPSA Executive Board 

Tri-Chairs

• Chair: Dawn Maglicco Deitch, Executive Director, Office of Government and Community Affairs
• Chair-Elect: Justin Purohit, Manager, Property Management Accounting Operations, Office of the Comptroller
• Past Chair: Tonya Bennett, Director of Educational Technology, Penn Vet

Members at Large

2024-2026 Term

• Joseph-James Ahern, Senior Archivist, University Archives
• Lamesha Brown, Director, College Achievement Program
• Elona Canaj, Business System Analyst, Penn Vet
• Monica Jacobe, Director of Advising, Wharton Undergraduate Division

2025-2027 Term

• Jeremy Gatens, IT Director, Division of Human Resources
• Alisha George, Assistant/Web Editor, Almanac
• Erika Gross, Chief Operating Officer, Wellness at Penn
• Matthew Kennedy, Director of Parking, Penn Parking and Commuter Services

Appointments

• LISTSERV Manager: Adam Sherr, Director of Crossfunctional Training, Senior Application Data Analyst, Office of University Registrar
• Secretary: Dee Patel, Director of Content, Wharton Marketing & Communications
• Treasurer: Jillian Powell, Director of Budget and Analysis, Provost Administrative Affairs
• Webmaster: Mayumi Hirtzel, IT Senior Project Leader, ISC
• Communications Manager: Andy Maynard, Associate Director of Data Analysis, Development & Alumni Relations
• Book Club Manager: Katherine Toder, Research Project Manager, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

2025-2026 PPSA Committee Representatives

Veronica Aplenc, Noemí Fernández, Natalie D. Green, AJ Jacobs, Abby Kalkstein, Christopher Klaniecki, Jenny Luong, Elisabeth Maselli, Kait Johnstone, Francesca Pugh-Opher, Bethany Robblee Schell, Adam Sherr, Xime Trujillo, Valerie Wrenn, Bruce Zou