The Board of the Jenkintown Education Foundation
Nancy W. Campbell, M.Ed.
President, Jenkintown Education Foundation
Nancy W. Campbell is the current President of the Jenkintown Education Foundation. She has been a member of the Board for over 20 years. She is also proud to be the second of three (3) generations of her family to have graduated from Jenkintown School District, her family having lived in the Borough for over 100 years. Ms. Campbell is an education professional with over 30 years of experience in secondary and adult education, providing expertise in college & career readiness skills instruction to high school and adult populations, as well as relevant professional development to other educators.
Her most extensive experience (25+ years) in college & career planning and preparation was with Philadelphia Academies. Inc. (PAI), the organization that created the original high school career academy model. Ms. Campbell has served on the College & Career Readiness Advisory Committee for the Pennsylvania Department of Education and has been a member of the Philadelphia College Prep Roundtable (a consortium of college access and success professionals) for over 20 years. She is currently an educational consultant and the Front Office Operations instructor in the Hospitality Training Institute of Philadelphia OIC, a not-for-profit community organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty, illiteracy and unemployment in the Philadelphia community.
Ms. Campbell has a Master of Education in Secondary Curriculum and Teaching from Howard University.
Maya Cheek
Vice President, Jenkintown Education Foundation
Maya served on the Jenkintown School Board from 2001 through 2022, including serving as its president. In addition, Maya was a founding member of The Breathing Room Foundation, Inc. where she served on the board as its treasures for 10 years from 1997-2007 and is still active. Maya has served as the corresponding secretary for the Jenkintown Newcomers Club and spent many years volunteering at Jenkintown School District when her children were students there. Maya was involved in the Home and School Association where she served on several committees.
Maya is a speech and language pathologist at the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit where she works in Early Intervention. Maya grew up in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia and attended Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Her undergraduate and graduate degrees are from Loyola College in Maryland.
Nina Russakoff
Secretary, Jenkintown Education Foundation
Nina is a mother of three JSD students and a lawyer with more than fifteen years’ experience. She graduated from Columbia College with a B.A., Oxford University with an M.St., and Columbia Law School with a J.D. She has worked in the government and private practice and currently serves on the Jenkintown School Board.
Karen Ovington
Treasurer, Jenkintown Education Foundation
Karen has been in public service for over 25 years, 13 of those working in public education. She began her career working for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, first with the Department of the Auditor General and then with the Department of Treasury, Bureau of Unclaimed Property. In 2007, she moved into the field of public education joining the Norristown Area School District as the Assistant Business Administrator. In Norristown she worked on many fundraising activities and events to help support the students of the district as well as the community. Karen began working with Jenkintown as the Business Administrator in November 2020 and is looking forward to working with the Jenkintown Education Foundation to support the students of Jenkintown.
Aliya O'Neal
Board Member, Jenkintown Education Foundation
Aliya O’Neal is the proud parent of three current Jenkintown students and one graduate of Jenkintown High School. She has a BS in Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education from Temple University. She has been a member of the Jenkintown community for 15 years. She has worked as a teacher for the School District of Philadelphia for 24 years and currently serves as a teacher leader in a school in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia.
Coleen Hill
Board Member, Jenkintown Education Foundation
Coleen has one child in the Jenkintown School District and has lived in the borough since 2019. She has a B.A. in Digital Arts from La Salle University and works as a graphic designer. She is also on the board of the Jenkintown Community Alliance.
Chrissy Levy
Board Member, Jenkintown Education Foundation; Chair, Support our Students
Chrissy is the mother of one JHS alum and one current JHS student. She has lived in the borough with her husband, Brian, for 18 years. She graduated from Penn State University with a B.S. in Marketing and Management. She is self employed as a personal assistant and party planner and helper. She was Jenkintown Home & School VP for 1 year and president for 4 years. Managed color day clothing sales for 7 years and Co-Chair of the Red & Blue Fair for 5 years. She has been actively involved in the district in one way or another over the last 14 years as a homeroom parent, lunch & library volunteer, Girls on the Run coach, and member of the baseball boosters. She volunteered for the Jenkintown Festival of the Arts for 3 years. She looks forward to managing the Support our Students program with the help of JEF and the Jenkintown community.
Dana Munson
Board Member, Jenkintown Education Foundation
A Jenkintown resident since 2015 and parent of two children in the district, Dana has been an active member in her community. Prior to moving to Pennsylvania, she enjoyed a 17-year career in Corporate Finance at Southern Company, a large public utility company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Dana holds a BA in Mathematics and a Master of Teaching from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Fran O’Neill
Board Member, Jenkintown Education Foundation; Chair, Friends of the Pond
Fran is a trial lawyer focusing on personal injury lawsuits. He is a founding member of his firm, Groen Strokoff O’Neill, LLC. Fran is a 2004 cum laude graduate of The Catholic University of America. He is a 2007 graduate of Temple University School of Law. He also earned his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in 2007 from Temple University. Dedicated to his local community, Fran does extensive pro bono legal work. He is a life-long resident of Jenkintown and a graduate of JHS (2000).
Jason Slowik
Board Member, Jenkintown Education Foundation
Jason is the Fine Arts Teacher at Jenkintown Middle and High School, where he teaches a general Fine Art curriculum spanning from 7th grade Art through to Advanced Placement levels. Jason has extensive experience in utilizing Art as a catalyst for community building and social change through his work with the City of Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program from 1997-2006, and he remains a practicing artist. This experience, including efforts in helping manage funding streams for a nonprofit, help fuel his efforts and ambitions with JSD. Jason is spearheading public art efforts in and around the school community while also serving as a liaison for all district educators to coordinate efforts with the JEF.
Lori Sullivan
Board Member, Jenkintown Education Foundation
Lori is the parent of three Jenkintown students and has lived in Jenkintown borough since 2002. Lori has an undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree in Education from Temple University. Lori currently works as a behavior analyst for the Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22.
Lori Sullivan
Board Member, Jenkintown Education Foundation
Lori is the parent of three Jenkintown students and has lived in Jenkintown borough since 2002. Lori has an undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree in Education from Temple University. Lori currently works as a behavior analyst for the Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22.
Lori Sullivan
Board Member, Jenkintown Education Foundation
Lori is the parent of three Jenkintown students and has lived in Jenkintown borough since 2002. Lori has an undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s degree in Education from Temple University. Lori currently works as a behavior analyst for the Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22.