Corporate Council

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) Corporate Council is composed of executives from varied backgrounds who are inspired by the hospital’s mission and who are committed to advancing its organizational priorities by helping to maintain its financial growth and health.

The Role of the Council

Corporate Council members are engaged, compassionate and altruistic volunteer leaders who serve as ambassadors for CHOP within their firms and industries. They help to open the hearts and minds of their peers to the invaluable work being done by CHOP’s world-class researchers and clinicians.

The Work Done by the Council

The Corporate Council supports CHOP in identifying and achieving new and broadened opportunities for support, by helping to locate alignments between the hospital’s work and the philanthropic priorities of corporations with the capacity and motivation to give. At biannual meetings, CHOP leaders give updates on advancements at the hospital and the support CHOP will be seeking from its corporate partners and donors. Activating the professional networks of our Corporate Council members has the potential to exponentially expand the number of firms supporting the lifesaving work pursued within CHOP.

Through connections, volunteerism and charitable giving, council members are CHOP’s partners in innovation and philanthropy. The Corporate Council is led by:

Nicholas Bertram

Nicholas Bertram

Former President

The GIANT Company

Don Smolenski

Don Smolenski

President

Philadelphia Eagles

 

View a list of all Corporate Council members.

CHOP Corporate Council: Recent leaders and meetings

  • Corporate Council Co-chairs with Madeline Bell and Monica Taylor Lotty
    Corporate Council Co-chairs Don Smolenski (left) and Nicholas Bertram (right) with CHOP President and CEO Madeline Bell and Monica Taylor Lotty, Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer at CHOP. The four-some are pictured at Citizens Bank Park’s Diamond Club during the May 2021 Spring Meeting.
  • Participants mingling at council breakfast meeting in November 2019
    Participants mingling at council breakfast meeting in November 2019.
  • Corporate Council members mingle during the networking portion of the Fall 2019 meeting
    Corporate Council members mingle during the networking portion of the Fall 2019 meeting.
  • Corporate Council members Angelo Perryman and Carl Dranoff speak with CHOP CEO Madeline Bell
    Corporate Council members Angelo Perryman and Carl Dranoff speak with CHOP CEO Madeline Bell.
  • Corporate Council members listen during a program at the November 2019 meeting at CHOP’s Roberts Center for Pediatric Research
    Corporate Council members listen during a program at the November 2019 meeting at CHOP’s Roberts Center for Pediatric Research
  • Sue Lonergan, a Corporate Council Member, speaks during a meeting
    Sue Lonergan, a Corporate Council Member, speaks during a meeting.
  • Corporate Council Member Geoff Gross speaks during a program
    Corporate Council Member Geoff Gross speaks during a program.
  • CHOP CEO Madeline Bell shares hospital updates at a 2019 Corporate Council meeting
    CHOP CEO Madeline Bell shares hospital updates at a 2019 Corporate Council meeting.
  • Nicholas Bertram (left) and Don Smolenski (right), current co-chairs of CHOP’s Corporate Council, flanking Chris Gheysens, a former Council co-chair
    Corporate Council leaders provide continuity of care for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Pictured are Nicholas Bertram (left) and Don Smolenski (right), current co-chairs of CHOP’s Corporate Council, flanking Chris Gheysens, a former Council co-chair (center).
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For More Information

To learn more about Corporate Council and how you can support CHOP, please contact Dana Raftas, Associate Vice President of Institutional and Events Fundraising at CHOP, at 267-426-1047 or RaftasD@chop.edu.