Jeff Leiser, Dr. Holly Manzone, Gregg Lindner, Eileen Bushelow, Vic Dupuis, Keith Knauss, Frank Murphy, Kathleen Do, Superintendent Dr. John C. Sanville (not pictured: Jeff Hellrung)

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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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Minutes - Top
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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Board Committees - Top

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

- Communications - 7:45pm, first Monday
- Curriculum and Educational Technology - 5:00pm, first Monday
- Facilities - 7:00pm, first Monday
- Finance - 6:00pm, second Monday
- Legislation - no meetings
- Personnel - no meetings
- Policy - 4:00pm, first Thursday
- Revenue Initiation - 5:00pm, second Monday

Members Biographies - Top

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

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

KATHLEEN DO – Region C (Chadds Ford, Pennsbury Townships)

VICTOR E. DUPUIS – Region A (East Marlborough, West Marlborough Townships)

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.

GREGG LINDNER – Region C (Chadds Ford, Pennsbury Townships)

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

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

Frank and his wife Anna Marie reside in Chadd’s Ford with their two daughters, both UCFSD students. Frank is a practicing attorney whose main office is in Philadelphia, PA. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, particularly in the representation of banks and other lenders, construction companies and municipalities. Mr. Murphy also has wide experience in "workout" litigation, check fraud and Uniform Commercial Code matters. His municipal representation covers a broad range of zoning and land use issues, as well as general transactional matters.

Mr. Murphy is a member of the Temple University College of Engineering Board of Visitors as well as a Director of the Alumni Association. He served for several years on the Aston Township, Delaware County, PA Board of Commissioners, where he chaired the New Construction, Fire, and Personnel Committees. Frank also has served as a member of the Board of Directors of a municipal authority as well as on the Paralegal Advisory Committee of the Delaware County Community College.

Frank graduated from Temple University, with a B.S. (Mechanical Engineering Technology) in 1980; from Penn State with a Masters Degree (Mechanical Engineering); and from Temple University Law School 1992.

Elected to the Board in 2009, Frank chairs the Facilities Committee, and is a member of several other committees. Frank can be reached at 484-841-6371.