Leaders & Bios

• Jennifer Walters — Chair
• Nakia Stith — Vice-Chair
  
  
• Chris Ashby
• Leonard DeProspo
• Lloyd Freeman
• Kendra Fretz
• Laura Gumpert Wintroub
• Ky'a Jackson
• Nick DeAngelo
• Abby Petrilla
• Sherri Jurgens
• Moshé Simpson
• Tom Thomas
• Tom Farrell
• Nigel Richards

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Jennifer Walters

Jennifer Walters is the Chair of Project Next. She’s got the non-profit world on lockdown, managing a developing family foundation focused on alleviating poverty both locally and internationally.

Jennifer...

• works to end poverty in Philadelphia and internationally
• loves her travel (work or play), with stamps for Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, India and 15 others on her passport
• can be found catching a show at the church, drinking an IPA from Sidecar, working the Blackberry at La Colombe, or filling the basket on her trusty rusty bike in Clark Park.

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Nakia Stith

Nakia Stith is the Vice Chair of Project Next. She is a metaphysical superhero who uses her powers to shift the dominant paradigm.

Nakia...

• is the courageous President and CEO of Top of the Clock, Inc. where she works to change the way people think about security, public safety, and community development
• has perfected the art of chillaxin
• uses the scientific method for everything. Seriously, she really does
• is the lead singer of an all girl rock band….in her dreams

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Len DeProspo

Len DeProspo is a member of Project Next. He is currently employed as an equity research associate by Janney Montgomery Scott, a 177 year old firm headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Len...

• is a member of Project Next’s Events Committee.
• assisted in leading his firm’s United Way fundraising campaign in 2009, and was selected to do so again in 2010.
• is also involved in working with other organizations sponsored by the United Way, including Big Brothers Big Sisters and Habitat For Humanity.

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Lloyd Freeman, Esq.

Lloyd Freeman is a steering committee member and the chairman of the Volunteer & Network Committee for Project Next. He is a litigation attorney at Archer & Greiner, P.C., a full service law firm with 7 offices in NJ, PA, DE and NY.

Lloyd...

• enjoys the fine and performing arts, especially the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
• speaks French (not quite fluently, but he's pretty good)
• is addicted to internet shopping, but gets everything delivered to his job so his wife won't find out.

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Ky'a Jackson

Ky’a Jackson is the co-chair of the Marketing Committee. She designs, manufactures, packages, and hand-delivers the fabulous in all that she does. If you meet her out, you’ll want to be her friend immediately, guaranteed.

Ky’a...

• works in Comcast’s Community Investment department
• is a closet technophile but masks it with a good manicure
• used to be a professional singer
• has been dubbed “Imelda Marcos, Jr.” for her extensive shoe collection. Don’t know who Imelda Marcos is? Wiki it.

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Nick DeAngelo

Nick DeAngelo co-chairs Project Next’s Marketing Committee. He brings an abstract eye and big picture thinking to the group, while also doing a fantastic job of repeating his ideas often and loudly enough to have them heard.

Nick...

• works in Comcast’s Community Investment department
• wears a lot of neutral sweaters
• plays the drums, both acoustic and electronic
• fails miserably at golf, but enjoys it nonetheless

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Sherri Jurgens

Sherri Jurgens is a member of Project Next’s Events Committee. Give her a spreadsheet large enough and she’ll organize the world. She’s also trained whole nations on how to best prepare for emergencies, so if you ever find yourself in the middle of one and Sherri goes running by, do your best to keep up.

Sherri...

• works in Comcast’s Community Investment department
• starts every well-balanced meal off with a little dessert
• loves music, but couldn’t identify Bjork from Bob Dylan by name
• is always up for adventure, whether it’s vaccinating animals against rabies in Ecuador or cage diving with sharks in South Africa

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Tom Farrell

Tom Farrell co-chairs Project Next’s Events Committee. The group’s top negotiator, Tom has a true passion for “making a deal.” He also has deceptively large sleeves. Where else is he going to hide all of those events?

Tom...

• works in UPS, Metro Philadelphia Employee Communications
• loves to wear his "mustard" colored dress shirt, which his wife Emily hates (fortunately, he loves her too)
• continuously hones negotiating skills through daily interaction with his toughest opponent – his two-year old son, Ethan
• takes a lot of photos, earning his camera racing stripes

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