Helping shape a better community.
Hamot Health Foundation is guided by a dedicated Board of Trustees whose leadership and strategic oversight ensure that our mission remains focused, accountable, and impactful. Each trustee brings valuable experience and perspective, helping to shape initiatives that advance health, innovation, and opportunity throughout our community.
2026/2027 Officers
- Beth Burnside — Chair
- Danielle Bates, CPA — Vice Chair
- Charles "Boo" Hagerty — Chief Development Officer
- Carrie E. Ennis — Secretary
- Bradley N. Dinger — Treasurer
2026/2027 Board of Trustees
- Danielle Bates, CPA — Accudyn Products, Inc.
- Mbembo Bongutu, MD — UPMC Hamot
- Harold "H" Bender — Hardinger Integrated Logistics
- Beth Burnside — CMIT Solutions of Erie
- Elliott J. Ehrenreich, Esq. — Phillips Lytle
- Sarah Ewing, PhD — Duquesne University
- Lorianne (LA) Feltz — Retired, Erie Insurance
- Kyle Gallo — MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton, LLP
- Garrett A. Fuhrman — Retired, Fuhrman-Brown Precision Tool
- Emily Hirsch — UPMC Hamot Aid Society
- Allison Hodas — ERIEBANK
- Margaret Joy, Esq. — McCarthy McEnroe Rosinski & Joy
- Robert Maholic, DO — UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute at UPMC Hamot
- Charlotte Manison — Retired, US Bank
- Erin Mesanko — Grace Church
- Jennifer Naber, MD — Pathology Associates of Erie
- Doug Smith — Erie Insurance
- Kyle Strayer — Erie Strayer Company
- Debra Uht — Professional Communications Messaging Service, Inc.