Our Team
Stephen Reedy
Founding Board Member and President
RHS Class of 1979. Penn State University BS in Business Administration, Finance major. He has 21-year Wall Street banking career. Steve has served the community through leadership positions in various non-profit organizations.
Master of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary in 2013. An ordained minister, Steve is active in local and international ministry efforts. Steve and his wife Adrienne, live in Wilton, CT and have three grown sons. Steve attributes his mentoring success to being both a mentee and mentor to others.
David Reedy
Founding Board Member
RHS Class of 1980 and Kutztown University in 1985 with a BS in Telecommunications. Dave spent 5 years raising money for non-profits in Reading, including the ACS and The United Way of Berks CO. Dave also spent 25 years in banking as a Customer Service Operations Manager for online banking and outsourcing. Dave is currently, Senior Director of Training, Coaching Quality and Performance Enablement for PayPal. He lived in the Philippines for 4.5 years. Dave is married to Marie and lives in Rehoboth Beach, DE. Driven by developing future leaders.
James T. Reedy Jr.
Founding Board Member
RHS Class of 1976 and Penn State University with a BA in Finance. Jim was in medical sales with Medtronic in 1991 as a Clinical Specialist supporting the implant physicians of pacemakers then as a Sales Rep in Nashville from 1994 and just retired in 2020. Jim is a 3-time President’s Club winner and still loves coaching, teaching and mentoring his Medtronic colleagues. Jim is Married 40+ years to his wife Kelly, living in Nashville, TN
Our Team
Christopher Urso
Board Member, Vice President
RHS Class of 1979. Chris has been in the Financial Services industry for over 40+ years. Chris has his Certified Financial Fiduciary® designation running his Urso Financial Management & Consulting, LLC practice. Chris holds a position at Atria Wealth Solutions since 2016 as VP of Advanced Planning. Chris mentors financial advisors so they can incorporate technology into their workflow. He and his wife Colette, also RHS class of 1979, live in Manchester, NJ.
Holly Smith
Board Member
RHS Class of 1971. Millersville University BS in Elementary Ed, MS in Education and Supervisor Early Childhood. Holly had 33 years of teaching Pre-K and Kindergarten in the Reading School District before retiring. She was also a mentor to new teachers coming into the profession. Holly then became a professor of Early Childhood Ed. at Alvernia College and was mentoring Student Teachers as their Supervisor for over 10 years. Holly lives in Muhlenberg, PA and loves to read and travel.
Advisory Board Member
Linda Reedy
RHS Class of 1971. Linda Reedy is the Liaison to RHS Scholarship Committee. She retired from Kutztown University Career Development Center as Office Manager after forty years experience. Managed the James T. Reedy Sr. Annual Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament, (2003-2017). Linda considers herself blessed to have been married to Terry for twenty years. She is so pleased that his life and legacy continues to make an impact in the lives of RHS students through scholarship and mentoring.
Our Team
Board Member
Jacob Kaucher
RHS Class of 2005. Northwestern University BS in Journalism/History. Currently working as a video producer/editor at the Rochester Institute of Technology where he shares stories highlighting the creativity and innovation of the students, faculty, and alumni. Previously, Jacob worked as a television sports reporter and anchor, covering Penn State athletics, the Pittsburgh Steelers, minor league baseball and high school sports. Jacob lives in Rochester, NY with his wife Ashley. He is a previous recipient of the James T. Reedy,Sr. Scholarship.
Charlene Fletcher
Board Member
RHS Class of 1984, Valedictorian. Lehigh University 1988, BS in Electrical Engineering, Minor in Religion Studies. Over 20 years of IT experience in the areas of Finance, Biotech and Insurance, Charlene architects, develops and deploys distributed systems using Microsoft technologies and is grateful for the many opportunities she has had to tutor developers. Charlene and her husband Robert live in Florham Park, NJ. Now an advocate for women and minorities in STEM vocations, she was blessed to have a supportive mentor experience early in her career. Charlene is the chairperson of our mentoring program.
Dante Urso
Advisory Board Member
Dante has BS in IT & Computer Science from NJ Institute of Technology 2017. Dante is a Senior Backend Software Development Engineer in the pharmaceutical industry. He also tutored other NJIT students while in college and had a Division I Track scholarship at NJIT. He has been a longtime volunteer and is developing our new website. Dante lives in Jersey City, NJ with his cat, Dewey, and loves working on metal and wood.
Our Team
Mentor
Imani Logan
RHS Class of 2017. West Chester University with a BS in Biology with a concentration in Microbiology. She currently works as a laboratory technician for a pharmaceutical company. Imani currently lives in Reading, PA. She is a previous recipient of the James T. Reedy, Sr. Scholarship.
Cynthia Lemanek-Martinez
Mentor
RHS Class of 1980. West Chester University BS in elementary Ed. Cynthia was active in RHS Theatre program, performing in lead roles under the direction of James T. Reedy. Cynthia worked in the federal corrections system retiring as an executive assistant to a director. Cynthia is positive and people-oriented, and enjoys helping people hit their goals. She owns her own business, The Body Shop. At Home Cynthia lives in Fredericksburg, VA. with her husband, Doug.
Phuong Nguyen
Mentor
RHS Class of 2011. Bucknell University with a BA in Linguistics and MEd from Western Governors University. She currently works in audit services for a healthcare analytics company. Previously, Phuong worked as a Community Director at Bucknell University where she mentored many residential advisers. Phuong currently lives in the Hershey, PA area with her fiancé, David, and dog, Buddy. She is a previous recipient of the James T. Reedy, Sr. Scholarship.
Our Team
Board Member and Treasurer
Rodger Krause
Reading High School,Class of 1976. Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Accounting major, Shippensburg University, Class of 1980. Masters in Business Administration, Finance major, St. Joseph’s University, Class of 1984. Certified Public Accountant: March 1986 - present. Started public accounting career at Ernst & Young. Established an accounting business in 1987. Has taught full-time as an accounting faculty member at Kutztown University and Albright College. Currently owns and manages his own accounting practice, Rodger Krause CPA, Inc. in Wyomissing, PA.
Pauline Jurasinski
Advisory Board Member
Pauline is a 1984 graduate of Reading High School with a B.S in Chemical Engineering from Penn. State University. She is a certified Project Management Professional and completed her M.B.A.. She is presently Associate Director of Program Management in Global Supply Chain for Sanofi. She is passionate about improving patients’ quality of life and addressing unmet medical needs. She has mentored many young engineering, science and project management professionals supporting diversity and inclusion in STEM. Pauline is a dedicated girls’ volleyball coach for her town high school and elite volleyball clubs for over 25 years. She enjoys mountain biking, yoga and pickleball and lives with her husband Ray Labbe as new “empty nesters” in Ashland Massachusetts.
Calvin Reedy
Mentor
Calvin earned his B.A. in Art & Visual Culture from Bates College in 2017, and has held various positions in New York's art world since then. With a passion for supporting artists, he currently works as a Project Manager at Schwartzman&, an art advisory firm, where he manages and oversees the firm's artist advisory projects and works with emerging collectors. Calvin currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, loves to travel, and enjoys cooking, walking, reading, and museum visits in his spare time.