The Happy Hope Staff
Founder & CEO
Emi Burke
Executive Director
Wendy Webster
Director of Developement
Joy Jankowiak
Graphic Designer
Steven Figuereo
Hospital Liaison
Sarah Rath
Event Coordinators
Brie Dunn
Marianne Birk
Team Leaders
Operations Coordinator
Kim Gilchrist
Volunteer Coordinator
Lisa Tischer
Systems Coordinator
Kristine Soderstrom
Our Board of Directors
Joy Howard, Chair
UPS, retired
Emi Burke, President
Happy Hope Foundation
Carolyn Dias, Treasurer
LMA Associates
Charles Stromeyer, Secretary
Entrepreneur
Sumia Hussain
Vertex
Kelley Medeiros
Ipsen Pharmaceuticals
Brenda Nagle
Merrill Lynch
Andrea Piccarelli
Covanta
Peter Traianou
Agnovos Healthcare
350
Hope Factory events per month
550,000+
Children have received Hope bags
1 Million
Goal to help 1 million children by 2022