Frances M. Sheehan, President and CEO
Direct Dial: 610-380-9080 ext. 101
Email: fsheehan@brandywinefoundation.org
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Dana M. Heiman, Vice President for
Development and Communications
Direct Dial: 610-380-9080 ext. 102
Email: dheiman@brandywinefoundation.org
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Joanne E. Pacana, Executive Assistant
Direct Dial: 610-380-9080 ext. 100
Email: jpacana@brandywinefoundation.org

Mark McKendry, Accountant
Direct Dial: 610-380-9080 ext. 103
Email:mmckendry@brandywinefoundation.org

Jill Whitcomb, Special Events Coordinator
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Direct Dial: 610-293-8106 or 610-380-9080 ext. 103
Email: jwhitcomb@brandywinefoundation.org

Frances M. Sheehan

Frances M. Sheehan currently serves as the President and CEO of the Brandywine Health Foundation in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Prior to coming to the foundation, Ms. Sheehan served as the CEO of Planned Parenthood of Chester County from 1990-2002, where she provided staff leadership for a successful $3.15 million capital and endowment drive, and as one of the founding members and President of the Board of Directors of the Coatesville Center for Community Health, a collaborative effort to improve health care delivery through the co-location of services in a new headquarters building in the heart of Coatesville.

Frances serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Delaware Valley Grantmakers and Regional Housing Legal Services. In 2002, she received the March of Dimes' Chester County Woman of Achievement in the Field of Health Award. She has also served on the Steering Committee of the Healthy Communities Partnership of Chester County, was a founder and Advisory Board member of the Maternal and Child Health Consortium, served on the Advisory Board of Community Volunteers in Medicine, and is a founding member and former commissioner of the Chester County Women's Commission.

Frances received her B.A. with Honors in History from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, and her M.B.A. from Temple University's Fox School of Business's Executive Program. She is a Certified Fund Raising Executive through the Association of Fund Raising Professionals.

Born in England, Frances became a U.S. citizen at the age of 13. Currently, she resides in Swarthmore with her husband, Dr. Ricardo Gelman, a physician in the Emergency Department at The Chester County Hospital, and their two children, Julia and Russell. She enjoys reading, traveling, exercising, hiking, biking, and spending time with her family.

Dana M. Heiman

Dana M. Heiman is the Vice President for Development & Communications at the Brandywine Health Foundation since 2003. Prior to joining the staff at the foundation, Dana served as the Director of Development at Planned Parenthood of Chester County for more than eight years. Under her direction there, the fundraising program increased significantly, doubling the number of donors and dollars raised. She also implemented the launching of the organization's gift-planning program in 2001.

Dana received her B.A. in English and Communications from Villanova University. In addition, she is a Certified Fund Raising Executive through the Association of Fund Raising Professionals, and has been a member of the Association for over thirteen years. She serves on the board of directors of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and the Western Chester County Chamber of Commerce. She has lived in Chester County for nearly eighteen years, and now resides in Downingtown with her husband, two sons and Shi Tzu Marbles.