Chester Charter Scholars Academy

An Arts Integrated K-12
Public Charter School

Board of Trustees

President

Frances Hoover

Executive Director at Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse Philadelphia

Vice President

Grant Gegwich

Director of Corporate Communications, Independence Blue Cross

Treasurer

Alice Turbiville

Assistant Vice President of Finance & Assistant Treasurer, Swarthmore College

Secretary

Christopher Klock

Director of Divisional Administration, General Obstetrics & Gynecology at Penn Medicine

Ben Berger

Associate Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College & Executive Director, Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

William Cumby Jr.

Chairman of W.S. Cumby Construction & Board member for the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia

 

Pam Greenblatt

Head of Lower School, The Haverford School

Marilyn Henkelman

Retired, Director of Phebe Anna Thorne School, Bryn Mawr College’s Developmental Lab School

Zachary Oberfield

Professor and Chair of Political Science at Haverford College

Judith Owen

Retired, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Haverford College, Former Board Member of the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr

 

Judy Wertheimer

Retired, Consultant and Quality Improvement Coordinator for Delaware Valley Association of Young Children, former Board Member of A Better Chance, Swarthmore

 

Chanel Young

Serves Sales Account Manager/Digital Sales Team Lead/Biomolecular Product Specialist, Intellisource

 
Ex-officio

Akosua Watts

Joan K. Richards Head of School/CEO

Trustee Emeritus

Donald Delson

Retired, Managing Director, Investment Banking Division, Keefe, Bruynette & Woods, Inc. Former member of Wallingford-Swarthmore Board of School Directors and Swarthmore Borough Council

 

2025-2026 Schedule of Public Board Meetings

August 19, 2025
September 16, 2025
November 18, 2025
December 16, 2025
February 17, 2026
March 17, 2026
May 19, 2026
June 16, 2026

All meetings convene at 6:30 p.m. and are held at CCSA's campus*

 

CCSA School Board Minutes