Staff

Our office is staffed by full and part time employees and many, many volunteers who help both in the office and behind the scenes at our special events.

Read more about our staff and email them with any questions. Some of our part time employees are not in the office everyday, but they'll respond as soon as they can. We look forward to hearing from you!

Marci Kuttler Bossow Schankweiler (say that 5 times fast) is currently President and founder of For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation, which she started with her late husband, Peter R. Bossow, in 1999. In her tenure as President, Marci, with her team of employees, volunteers and colleagues, has solicited funds to support the organization's goal of providing respite excursions to young adult cancer patients and their caregivers. Thousands have benefited from the life-altering services that FPS offers.

Marci's level of energy and enthusiasm leads many to question if she is, in fact, a human being. Her staff is fairly sure that she knows a secret and has found a way to inject more than 24 hours into each of her days. In her spare time, Marci enjoys presenting science projects in her daughters' classrooms, verbally insulting her Blackberry and the man who got it for her (Tom McGinn), fighting for sidewalks in her neighborhood and finding solutions to the world's most pressing problems.

Before the inception of FPS, Marci practiced law in the Philadelphia firm of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman and Goggin and at the Law Office of Thaddeus Mikulski in Trenton, NJ. Yes, you read that correctly. She left a lucrative career in law in order to give her time, talent and money to FPS. She has never regretted the decision, but becomes nervous when she thinks about ways to fund her daughters' college careers.

She is active in her local community and can often be found at her family's bakery business in Sea Isle City, NJ and Doylestown, PA. She also was an adjunct professor in the Communications Department of LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA and in the College of Business from The College of New Jersey. Marci is an alumna of Mt. St. Joseph Academy and pursued a teaching degree in Mathematics from LaSalle University, where she later became an honorary brother of the Sigma Phi Lambda Fraternity. She attended Temple University Law School and completed her law degree in 1995. She later received an LLM in Taxation in May, 1998, also from Temple University Law School.

Marci was raised in Doylestown, PA and is the oldest of nine children. Marci's siblings and their spouses are always on hand to fund the majority of FPS's live and silent auctions - with only minor pleading from Marci. Marci has remarried. She currently resides in North Wales, PA, with her husband, Mark (a man with great and unrelenting patience), and their two small daughters, Maura Grace and Rose Marie, who are both honorary FPS staff members.

To reach Marci, just e-mail her!

Margaret, "Peg", Eckert is currently a part-time Program Coordinator for FPS. Peg joined the FPS team in March 2009 and job shares with Mariann and Jane. It is still unclear as to whether or not Peg filled out an application, or just started showing up one day. Peg received a Bachelor of Nursing from La Salle University in 1995 and was certified by Oncology Nursing Society from 1988 until retirement 2008. Peg is also certified in Chemotherapy and Biotherapy by the University of Pennsylvania. Peg held positions at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Holy Redeemer Hospital. She also collaborated in the establishment of Medical Oncology Unit at Holy Redeemer Hospital 1986. With all of these qualifications it is clear that FPS hires program coordinators based on 3 things: nursing background, willingness to help, and whether or not you have a face. We are happy to report Peg meets all of these qualifications. It was recently discovered that she enjoys watching "Dancing With the Stars" while fast forwarding through the "junk" as she calls it. She has been married for 44 years and has two daughters and three granddaughters.

To reach Peg, write her an email.

Mariann Kuttler is also a part-time component of the Program Coordinator Team. Mariann is a native of Philadelphia, which is where her tough streak comes from, and has been a Registered Nurse for 40 years. She received her R.N. from Fitzgerald-Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, and her B.S. in Psychology from Philadelphia University. She has held a variety of nursing and nursing management positions at Holy Redeemer Health Care System, the University of Washington at Seattle, Oxford Hospital in Philadelphia, and at Fox Rehabilitation Center.

Mariann has been a business owner for over 40 years as the successful proprietor of MaryAnn Pastry Shoppe with locations in Doylestown, Pa, and Sea Isle City, NJ. She is a favorite in the FPS office due to her frequent contributions of powdered donuts, cinnamon buns and other decadent pastries. Mariann and her husband, Herb, are the parents of nine children (including Founder/President, Marci Schankweiler) and resides in Doylestown and Sea Isle City. She is active in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Doylestown, and St. Joseph's Church in Sea Isle City.

If you'd like to contact Mariann, please e-mail her.

Jane Greenberg rounds out the Program Team as a part time Coordinator. She graduated from Gwynedd Mercy Junior College nursing program with an associate degree and worked in nursing in the hospital setting for several years as staff nurse, unit manager, supervisor and director of nursing. She finished her education at La Salle University in 1985 with a BSN degree. She worked in the long term care industry in PA and NJ since 1991 and became responsible for the operation and management of a 170 bed facility with gross revenues of $18 million annually. In this position, she participated in contract negotiations with labor union, contract management, vendor contracting, marketing facility, census building and personnel issues. Eventually, she served as regional director for 4 years, covering 7 long term care facilities in NJ.

Jane loves to crochet and her handiwork is exquisite. She is the proud grandmother of nine grandchildren and she is always willing and able to babysit! She likes to travel, read and cheris spending special time in Sea Isle City, NJ.

Sara O'Brien, the FPS part time Finance Director, spends her time in the office tied to the accounting needs of the organization. Sara graduated in 1998 Maxima Cum Laude from La Salle University with a BS in Accounting. After graduating she began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as a Senior Associate in Assurance and Advisory Services. She then began her non-profit career at American Red Cross where she was Account Manager for Blood Services and worked in the Donor Resources Department. Afterwards she worked as an Accountant for Liberty Lutheran Services. Sara is married to Chris, also an accountant (nerd-love at first sight), and has two boys. She likes to run and exercise and definitely promotes the importance of exercise the lives of her colleagues at FPS.

If you'd like to contact Sara, shoot her an e-mail.

Amber Gruver, For Pete's Sake Operations and Communications Director, has been with FPS since August 2006. Like Marci, she has done nearly every job in the office! She is a graduate of La Salle University (yes, LaSalle is a favorite feeder for FPS) and has watched FPS grow in leaps and bounds through the years.

She spends her leisure time shampooing her hair, dancing to top 40 music, telling stories about her seven-year-old brother and reading really intellectual books. She is completely selfless except when it comes to sushi. When she is in the office, she is kept extremely busy by the constant questions - as Amber is the expert on everything, except computer speakers and anything electronic. If there were a major disaster in which Amber was the sole survivor, Amber would be up to the challenge of keeping FPS running. She'd be lonely, but she'd have the time.

If you'd like to contact Amber, email is your best bet.

Ashley Dolloff, Intern turned Development Associate, has been with FPS since May 2007. She is a bright ray of sunshine in the office. Ashley currently is the primary special event liaison for each and every event, although she likes to tell strangers that she is a part time model in New York.

Ashley recently graduated La Salle University (thus joining the ranks of the majority of the FPS community) with a Marketing degree that she is clearly using at FPS on a daily basis! She is a quick learner and truthfully, is also a great baker! We like when she too brings in her homemade baked goods!

If you'd like to contact Ashley, send her an email.

Emily Loomis is FPS's part time Administrative Associate, is our latest hire in the office. Emily is a Penn State University graduate with a B.S. in Elementary Education. She worked for four years at Springfield Township School District as an elementary classroom assistant. Then, she took five years off to raise her two small daughters. Emily is now excited to return back to the "working world" and see what office work is all about - she is learning to love computers and technology!

If you'd like to contact Emily, she checks her email regularly.

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