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Thank you for taking time to visit the UCF School Board page. All school board meetings are conducted openly and in public in compliance with the Pennsylvania Sunshine Law. Residents are welcome to stay informed about the schools by attending school board meetings and getting involved in their public schools.

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At regular board meetings, public comment is taken on agenda items at the beginning of the regular monthly meetings; time is also allocated for additional public input at the meeting's end as needed.

Citizens who want to have a specific item placed on the agenda must send a written request to the Superintendent at least one week prior to the meeting.

Work sessions are also held in public. The purpose of these sessions is for the school board, as a whole, to gather information, review and discuss issues.

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Board meeting minutes are posted after they are approved at the following month's board meeting at www.ucfsd.org/boarddocs.

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Committees meet monthly prior to the Board's Work Session. Committee meeting times and locations are posted on the district calendar at calendar.ucfsd.org

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EILEEN BUSHELOW – Region B (Newlin, Pocopson, Birmingham Townships)

Appointed March 15, 2010 to fill the seat vacated by Mr. Curt Baker.

JEFF HELLRUNG – Region A (East Marlborough, West Marlborough Townships)

Jeff Hellrung and his wife Elizabeth have been residents of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District since 1986. Both of their children received excellent educations in our district and both are four year college graduates. Joe is a graduate of Penn State and Lani a graduate of Wake Forest University. Joe has worked for Caterpillar for ten years since graduating from Penn State. Lani went on to Nursing School at Villanova and presently works as an Operating Room Nurse in Chester County Hospital.

Jeff is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy who served on active duty for ten years as a Naval Aviator. He continued in the Naval Reserve, retiring as a Captain. After completing his active duty, Jeff worked for the E. I. Dupont Company Electronic Materials Division for eight years in positions of increasing responsibility in sales, manufacturing management, product management, and new business development. He then worked for Heraeus Inc. Cermalloy Division as Operations Manager for eleven years. Jeff’s career in private industry was capped by serving for two years as Area Supply Chain Manager for Castrol Industrial, a division of BP. Jeff realized his long term goal of becoming a high school teacher in 2002 when he accepted a position as a math teacher at Sun Valley High School in Delaware County where he still teaches.

Jeff earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of West Florida and a Masters Degree in Education from Widener University. He taught in the MBA program at Eastern University for six years while working for Heraeus Inc. Cermalloy Division.

Active in the local community, Jeff has served on the board of his church for eight years and he was elected to a four year term on the UCFSD School Board in 2001. He has been active in various local civic and charitable organizations including Chester County Migrant Ministry, Habitat for Humanity, the Garage after school program in Kennett Square, and Rotary. Jeff and his wife Elizabeth have resided in Traditions at Longwood since 2002.

KEITH KNAUSS – Region A (East Marlborough, West Marlborough Townships)

JEFF LEISER – Region B (Newlin, Pocopson, Birmingham Townships)

Elected in 2009, Jeff Leiser is serving his first term on the UCFSD School Board. Jeff and his family moved here eight years ago because of UCFSD's excellent public school reputation. He and his wife, Dolores, are raising two children, Savy and Ross, who attend Unionville High School, class of 2011.

Jeff earned a B.S. degree in Engineering from Swarthmore College, where he was honored as a McCabe Scholar. He also attended Tufts University in Medford, MA. Jeff grew up in nearby Wilmington and was class valedictorian at Mount Pleasant High School.

He brings twenty-three years of business experience in the private sector. Presently, he works full-time for W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., where he has contributed in various sales and business leadership commitments.

Jeff broadly supports numerous school and community related activities, among them Unionville Marching Band Boosters and the UHS Speech & Debate Team. He has coached youth soccer and basketball. Jeff also has served as a volunteer instructor for Junior Achievement, where he taught business principles at the elementary school level. His personal interests include the family's two dogs, exercising, photography, and spectator sports.

DR. HOLLY MANZONE – Region B (Newlin, Pocopson, Birmingham Townships)

FRANK MURPHY – Region C (Chadds Ford, Pennsbury Townships)

DR. PAUL PRICE – Region C (Chadds Ford, Pennsbury Townships)

Paul Price, after graduating from high school in White Plains, New York, went on to get a BS in Biology from The American University in Washington, DC. He worked in management for Alexander’s Inc. before going back to dental school. He graduated from The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Dental Medicine in 1977. He served as a dental officer in the United States Air Force both domestically and overseas from 1977-1985, and then practiced private dentistry until 1987.

In 1987 he changed career paths to become a Financial Consultant/Investment Manager. He worked for Merrill Lynch, A.G. Edward, Wachovia securities (then named Wheat First Securities) and Ferris, Baker Watts, Inc. from 1987-2000.  Paul retired in 2000, but is still active in financial management for friends and relatives.

Paul and his wife Christine have one son who went through the Unionville-Chadds Ford school system K-12. Their son is currently in the Honors program at Penn State’s Smeal College of Business in State College, PA.
Paul was elected to the UCF School Board in December 2007.

DR. CORINNE SWEENEY – Region A (East Marlborough, West Marlborough Townships)

Corinne Sweeney has lived and worked in East Marlborough Township for 31 years. She received her BS from the University of Delaware and DVM from the University of Georgia, and then came to this area to do post- doctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, New Bolton Center where she met her husband, Ray. Their two children (a son and a daughter) were educated in the UCFSD (K through 12) and currently are in New York city employed and in graduate school, respectively.

Corinne is a Professor at Penn’s Veterinary School, specializing in Equine Internal Medicine. She currently serves as Associate Dean, COO and Executive Hospital Director for the Large Animal Hospital at New Bolton Center. She also serves the Commonwealth as Chairmen of the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission.

Corinne became a UCF School Director in 1993. Over the years she has served in a number of positions and currently is Board Vice- President. Corinne's outside interests include her husband, children, Dad, and friends; running; and "listening" to books.

TIMOTHA TRIGG – Region C (Chadds Ford, Pennsbury Townships)

Timotha Trigg has been a resident of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District since 1985, when she moved here with her husband, Jon. They met at the University of Michigan where she majored in Cellular and Molecular Biology. Prior to moving to this area, Timotha was the general manager of a large retail plant nursery in Southern California.

The Triggs have four children, 7 to 18 years of age. Three of their children attend schools in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District; the fourth graduated from Unionville High School in 2006.

Timotha was elected to the U-CF School Board in 2003. She currently serves as President. In her spare time, Timotha enjoys gardening, reading, collecting fossils, and playing with the various household pets.