Hundreds Attend York County Community Foundation Annual Meeting: New Board Officers Announced

Hundreds Attend York County Community Foundation Annual Meeting: New Board Officers Announced

Nearly 300 people attended York County Community Foundation’s (YCCF) 2016 Annual Meeting at the Yorktowne Hotel at the end of May. Just prior to the meeting, Paul L. Rudy III, President of Graham Capital Company, ended his term as board chair while William R. Hartman, former president of YCCF, assumed the board chair position for the upcoming term. Guest speaker Dr. Bill Thomas, international authority on geriatrics and elderhood, challenged us to change the way we think about aging and elderhood and helped educate us on the value of ending ageism in our society.

YCCF recognizes board leadership at 2016 Annual Meeting. From left, Paul Rudy, retiring board chair, Bill Hartman, incoming board chair, and Jane Conover, YCCF president.

Dr. Thomas questioned the purposeful isolation of elders (a term he finds much more appropriate than “elderly” or even “older adults”) and emphasized intergenerational living as a way for not only elders to benefit, but for the younger generation to benefit as well. Importantly, in downtown York, this trend is already coming to life. Young people and elders alike are moving into newly-developed apartments and residences downtown to take advantage of all York has to offer.

“Perhaps the deepest and most abiding wisdom of age is this: we all need the shelter of each other,” said Dr. Thomas. “We were all made to travel this arc from birth to death in the company of others.” Dr. Thomas applauded YCCF’s Embracing Aging initiative and its forward-thinking efforts to reframe how we view aging in York County. YCCF has video of the event online.

2015-2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1st Term:
 No new board members joining this term

Beginning 2nd Term:
●          John W. Bailey, President and Executive Vice President, Bailey Coach, Inc. & Bailey Travel Service, Inc.
●          Joseph P. Clark II, Vice President and General Counsel, The Stewart Companies
●          Krista Snyder Darr, Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Manager, Fulton Bank
●          John J. Shorb, Of Counsel, Stock & Leader

Beginning 3rd Term:
●          Carl E. Anderson, Esq., Owner, Law Office of Carl E. Anderson
●          Timothy J. Kinsley, Vice President Development, Kinsley Construction, Inc.
●          Claire S. Weaver, CPA, Shareholder, SF & Company

For our complete board list, including officers, click here.