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Staff Bios

PANO staff serve their communities in their free time. Currently, they are assisting the following organizations:

  • Christian Churches United
  • Jewish Family Service of Greater Harrisburg
  • Mercy Spiritual Ministries (Advisory Board)
  • Pathstone
  • Duquesne University, School of Leadership and Professional Advancement’s Central Pennsylvania Advisory Board
  • Lincoln Institute
  • First Nonprofit Insurance Company Board Education Foundation
  • Bloomsburg University International Alumni Advisory Committee

Joseph Geiger, CAE
Executive Director of PANO and PASAE

Joe delivers programs on the role of charities in the public policy process, change, feasibility, shared vision, team building, strategic planning and more, to organizations throughout Pennsylvania and beyond. He is currently serving as a consultant in the area of public policy for the Alliance of YMCAs throughout Pennsylvania.

Joe brings more than thirty-three years experience in the fields of education, human resources and nonprofit and association management. Before coming to serve as the Executive Director of PANO in January of 1995 he was a consultant for Organizational Effectiveness Group in Princeton, NJ and Campaign Associates in King of Prussia, PA. He also served as the Executive Director of the Keystone State Head Injury Foundation, various executive positions with the YMCA and a consultant/researcher for the YMCA of the USA, Valley Forge, PA. Joe chaired the Ethics Committee for the National Head Injury Foundation State Associations. Joe was a secondary education social studies teacher.

He earned a Bachelor of Science and Masters Degree in Secondary Education from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He graduated from Columbia University's Graduate Business School for Not-for-Profit Management. Joe is certified by the American Society of Association Executives as a Certified Association Executive.

Joe traveled to Japan in 2002 and 2008 as a consultant to the government, business and nonprofit communities to express the value of the nonprofit sector and why government and business should be valued partners. The occurrence was funded by the Japanese Exchange Foundation, Center for Global Partnerships.

Joe is currently on the adjunct faculty at Duquesne University Graduate School where he is teaching Leadership and Organizational Business Ethics. Joe currently sits on the following Boards: Lincoln Institute, Chairman of the First Nonprofit Insurance Company Board, First Nonprofit Holding Company, and the First Nonprofit Insurance Foundation Board and the Big 33 Scholarship Foundation. Geiger was recently elected to the National Wrestling Coaches Association Board and the Graystone Bank Regional Advisory Board.

Joe has served on the Duquesne University Capital Region Advisory Board, National Standards for Excellence Board, Governor's Rehabilitation Advisory Committee, The Civil Justice Coalition, The Bloomsburg University of PA Alumni Board, Board of Directors for the National Head Injury Foundation, the Big 33 Scholarship Foundation (President), Service Academy Selection Committee for Congressmen George Gekas and Tim Holden, C3 Publications, The American Trauma Society - PA Division, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - OVR Project, Penn State University - Rehabilitation Department, Nonprofit Management Risk Retention Group, the Harrisburg Area YMCA and the Oakmont V Homeowner’s Association Board (President). Geiger is a Past President for the Lower Paxton Township Lion's Club and the DELTA Communities Board.

Joe was the first recipient of the Executive Director of the year award inaugurated in 2007 by Eastern University.

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James Eirkson
Standards for Excellence Associate

Education: James earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication and Rhetoric with a focus in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. As part of his studies he participated in Semester at Sea, a global study abroad program operated by the nonprofit Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE). James also held an internship with the Pittsburgh Council for International Visitors, which fosters relationships between international visitors and the Pittsburgh community. As an ESL instructor in Vietnam, he earned a TESOL international teaching certification. James is currently pursuing his Masters in Nonprofit Management at Eastern University.

Experience: James comes to PANO with association experience at the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association (PFDA). There he aided with administrative work, the annual convention, and helped organize a special project dealing with disaster preparedness and pandemic awareness. James also brings unique experience in working abroad as an ESL instructor over the past year in Vietnam.

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Tish Mogan
Standards for Excellence Officer

Education: Tish earned an MBA with concentration in Non-profit Management from Eastern University.   This follows a MA in Theology from St. Bonaventure University and a BA in Mathematics with a minor in education from Gwynedd Mercy College.

Experience: Tish brings over 34 years of experience in the fields of education, non-profit administration and business.  Her educational experience spans from secondary through graduate level. Currently an adjunct faculty at Eastern University’s MS in Nonprofit Management program teaching the “Ethics and Nonprofit Issues Course in St. Davids, PA and Washington, D.C.  Tish enjoys keeping current with the needs of Nonprofit organizations. As the initial Executive Director at The MBF Center, a nonprofit organization located in Norristown, PA, Tish directed the program’s growth in becoming an accredited post-secondary school and employment service for adults with disabilities.  Tish brings professional administration experience in creating and leading integrated strategies to align organizational objectives with key constituencies (investors, students, staff, and communities).  Areas of expertise include program development, fundraising, fiscal and legal accountability, policy development, board management and marketing.

Community Service: Tish serves on the board of Pathstone and is an Advisory board member for Mercy Spiritual Ministries. Former areas of service include Board member and Chair of the Vocational Division for the Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Board member of Freedom Valley Disability Center, Advisor and Committee member of The Craig D. Buckler Learn to Ski Program, a fund of The Philadelphia Foundation, Quail Crossing Homeowners Association and the Capital Campaign Committee for Daylesford Abbey as well as numerous volunteer consulting projects in the areas of education, disability services and nonprofit administration.

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Megan Resser      
Director of Programs and Events

Education: Megan recently earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology from The Pennsylvania State University. She also completed one semester of coursework in the masters level Human Resource Development program at Villanova University.

Experience: Megan comes to PANO with experience as the Administrative Assistant for Christian Churches United in Harrisburg, PA and with a great deal of experience working in a retail sales environment. While completing her undergraduate studies, Megan completed two internships at the United Way of York County in York, PA. She first completed a summer internship as a member of SecureCorps and the next year she was asked to return as the SecureCorps Program Assistant. SecureCorps is an AmeriCorps program centered around disaster and emergency preparedness. Megan started her tenure at PANO in 2009 as Administrative Assistant and was promoted quickly to Director of Programs and Events at year's end when the position became available.

Community Service: Megan serves on the board of Christian Churches United.


Jennifer Ross,CAE
Chief Information Officer

Education: Ms. Ross earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in French and Sociology with a Minor in Fine Arts History from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. Part of her studies included an academic year at the Dickinson Center at Toulouse, France (Academic Year 1991-1992) where she also had an internship teaching English to students at a French High School.

Experience: Ms. Ross was PANO's Member Services Director and Administrative Assistant from January 1997-December 1999.  She brought administrative and office managerial experience from two years at the business and political consulting firm Singel Associates and her year and a half on the Friends of Mark Singel Gubernatorial Fundraising Team.  Her experience working with databases and dealing with a multitude of requests from clients, associates and funders at her past employment enables her to effectively aid PANO members. 

Ms. Ross has extensive knowledge of databases, spreadsheets, desktop publishing and web design.  She employs these skills to design and coordinate PANO's quarterly newsletter Keynotes, edit and issue the biweekly PANO Enews, upgrade PANO's web site, and help maintain PANO’s database.  Her primary role at PANO is to serve its members by offering nonprofit help desk assistance and by developing and promoting the member benefits.

She participates in the National Council of Nonprofits Products and Services Group.  Ms. Ross is a member of the Statewide Health Improvement Plan Steering Committee.  She is also a member of the American Society of Association Executives.

Community Service: Ms. Ross is VP of Programming on the Board of Jewish Family Service in Harrisburg.  She volunteers as requested at Dickinson College and is a former member of its Alumni Council.

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Interns

If you are interested in interning at PANO, visit our joblinks page.

Volunteers

The Standards for Excellence Program has numerous volunteers including the advisory committee, peer reviewers and committee members.

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