The George and Mary Kremer Foundation Advisory Board
In May 1998, Mary A. Goddard, founding board member and long-time Kremer family accountant, succeeded George Kremer, Jr. as Executive Director. Sister Trinita Balbach, OSF, founding board member and past elementary school principal and teacher, was appointed Assistant Director in August 1998. Sr. Trinita retired to Aston, PA in June 2011, and entered into Eternal Life on March 13, 2016. Melanie Richter was appointed successor Associate Executive Director in November 2024.
The Trust Agreement for the George and Mary Kremer Foundation, founded in 1985, provides for a five-member Advisory Board to select the Catholic elementary schools that receive funding and to distribute the net income of the trust.
As of March 2023, the following individuals are the members and officers of the Advisory Board:
Top left to right:
Fr. Bryan Garcia
Board Member
Dr. Karen Ristau
Board Member, past president NCEA
Mr. Jeffrey Hoffman
Board Counsel, Wilson & Johnson
Mr. John George
Chair, Financial Advisor
Bottom left to right:
Mary A. Goddard
Vice Chair, Executive Director
Sr. Kevin Berdis, OSF
Board Member
Left to Right:
Melanie Richter, Nina Cohen, Mary A. Goddard, John George
Left to Right:
Melanie Richter, Mary A. Goddard
In October 2010, the Advisory Board chose The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A., headquartered in Philadelphia, PA as the successor Trustee and investment manager of the Foundation's Trust. Nina L. Cohen of Glenmede serves as the relationship manager for the Foundation.
Glenmede
Left to Right: Adam Conish, Nina Cohen, Kathryn Davidson, Natalie Parker