Meet some of our Board Members

Lina serves as chief philanthropy officer at Miller-Keystone Blood Center where her primary responsibility is generating philanthropic giving to support the work of the region’s community blood center. Previously, she served as associate vice president of annual giving at DeSales University. Her career spans more than three decades in higher education, having served as a communications officer at several regional universities before operating a successful communications business. Lina earned her communication degree from DeSales University and holds the Certified Fundraising Executive CFRE accreditation. She is part of the Think Courageously leadership community and was named a Women of Influence in 2021 by Lehigh Valley Business.

She has served on the board of the local chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and on working committees for Catholic Charities of Allentown and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. She has served as a school board member of St. Thomas More Parish, where she and her family are parishioners. Currently, she serves as a board member of both the Catholic Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania and Sync Recovery Foundation, an organization serving people in active recovery from substance use disorder.

John was elected a director in 2023. He also serves as Chair of the Board and Chair of the Governance Committee. Before retiring in 2015, John served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. A passionate supporter of recovery from use disorders, he served on the Chester County Drug and Alcohol Advisory Council and has been active in several volunteer recovery-support organizations, including Kacie’s Cause and Chester County PRO-ACT.

John is an avid woodworker and a music lover who still plays the drums. He lives in Malvern with his wife, JoEllen Berger, their two dogs, Cherry and Bella, and their cat, Biscuit. After many years of sobriety, their son Alex died of an overdose in May 2022 at age 29.

Tim Hunter was elected a director in 2023. He also serves as Chair of the Programming and Advocacy Committee. Before retiring in 2019, Tim served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Radian Guaranty Inc., a Philadelphia-based mortgage insurance company. He has also served on other non-profit boards, including CLARIFI and the Committee of 70.

Tim has been in recovery since 2021. He lives in South Philadelphia and is active in the Philadelphia recovery community.

Tara Calderbank, CRS, CFRS, CRSS is the Recovery Support Services program manager for the NIH funded Whole Health Research Study at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. In this role, she provides program oversight and leads a team of Certified Recovery Specialists in Philadelphia and Lancaster Counties. Before joining Penn, Tara worked as the Recovery Support Services Manager for the Montgomery County chapter of The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania/PRO ACT overseeing a team of professional peers in a community-based program. Tara is an advocate for promoting high quality peer recovery services and has co-created education for CRSs working in healthcare settings. She has been actively involved in the development of newly certified Peers and Peer Leaders at an organizational level. Tara is passionate about harm reduction and eliminating disparities that people who use drugs face when accessing healthcare and basic human services. In her free time, Tara enjoys attending live music events and festivals.