Lorna Arocena is a registered architect with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Temple University. She started her career working for commercial firms in the Philadelphia area prior to her move to State College where she established her private practice in residential architecture. She has been guiding clients with the process of designing and building their custom homes, additions, and renovations for 23 years. Lorna is a member of the Pennsylvania Builders Association and the Builders Association of Central Pennsylvania. She gives back to the community by serving for Out of the Cold Centre County, the Community Café at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, and visiting inmates at Rockview State Penitentiary as a member of Contemplative Outreach of Centre County. Her time exploring the outdoors, whether biking, running, or backpacking is a constant source of inspiration for her life and work. She lives in the Borough of State College and is a member of State College Friends Meeting.

Marsha Bartlett is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Hospitality Management at The Pennsylvania State University, team teaching a course titled “Hospitality in Senior Living.” The course is designed to introduce students to Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) or Life Plan Communities, and to the opportunities and challenges involved in managing them. The course is taught from a hospitality perspective and focuses on how the application of hospitality management can bring multiple advantages for senior communities and residents. Marsha earned a B.S. degree in Psychology from Juniata College and an M.S. degree in Health Policy and Administration from Penn State. She earned the Nursing Home Administrator (NHA) license (inactive) and worked at Foxdale Village for over nine years. In other social service roles, she served as Executive Director for Strawberry Fields and also worked as a counselor and administrator for the Youth Service Bureau in State College. She is also ordained in the Church of Spirituality and Prophecy and maintains a spiritual counseling practice.

Glen grew up in Illinois, living the first 40 years of his life in the Midwest. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Oberlin College and went on to teach high school and middle school mathematics in Illinois and Wisconsin. Glen furthered his education with an M.A. in mathematics from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He then joined the University of Iowa as a faculty member before becoming part of the Penn State College of Education in 1986, where he taught until his retirement in 2013.

Glen has been actively involved in volunteer work, serving on the Foxdale Village Board of Trustees and the boards of Centre Safe and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Centre County. He participated in two Jimmy Carter Habitat Work Projects overseas, engaged in short-term community development work in Haiti, and helped rebuild houses after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In recognition of his service, he received the Barash Award for Human Service from Penn State in 2004. Currently, Glen serves as the Board Treasurer for Mount Nittany Park, a nonprofit organization that provides low-income rental housing for seniors, and as a trustee for a private foundation supporting diabetes research.

Glen first learned of Foxdale Village when his mother was a Foxdale resident in 1991. He and his wife moved to Foxdale in 2018.

Brosi Bradley has been a resident in the Centre region for most of her life, growing up in Port Matilda. She received her bachelor of science degree in biology from Juniata College, and is currently a research technologist with the Pennsylvania State University’s Department of Ecosystem Science and Management. Her research focuses on soil, and supports a team of researchers exploring various ways to improve and understand how we grow food and manage forests. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time with her family, gardening, playing backyard badminton, cross country skiing, or learning pottery.

A member of State College Friends Meeting, she also loves to visit historic Penn Hill meetinghouse in Lancaster County that her dad attended as a child.

Glenn received a B.S. degree in Agricultural Economics in ’56 and a M.S. degree in Agricultural Marketing in ’61 from Penn State University. After working for trade associations and a large farm manufacturing operation, he returned to Penn State to work in Continuing Education Administration at the McKeesport and Altoona campuses, while completing a D.Ed. in Higher Education Administration. Glenn went on to serve as the Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Admissions Office at Penn State and as the Director of Admissions and Records at West Virginia University. In 1996, Glenn retired, and he and his wife, Doris, returned to State College. In retirement, Glenn and Doris have been active volunteers. Glenn volunteers at the Pasto Agricultural Museum; was active in the start of the Community Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL), now OLLI; and is currently the president of the Penn State Retired Faculty/Staff Club. Glenn and Doris moved to Foxdale Village in 2010, where they became very active in the community. Glenn has served as the president of the Resident Council and as a member of the Board Strategic Planning Committee.

Nancy holds a B.A. from Stanford University (1965) and an M.L.S. from the University of Texas at Austin (1968).  She has held increasingly responsible positions in the field of Library Science since 1968, including Director of Libraries and Media Services at the University of Vermont, Dean of Library Services at Iowa State University, and Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications at Penn State (1997-2010), which included administration of all 36 libraries at Penn State’s 24 campuses and the Penn State Press, retiring from Penn State in 2010.  Nancy has served on many professional and community boards, including the Association of Research Libraries, OCLC (an international network that connects libraries worldwide), the Library and Information Technology Association, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries Advisory Board, the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra, the Schlow Library Foundation Board, and the Borough of State College Human Relations Commission. At Foxdale Village, she has served on the Residence Council, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Finance Committee, Development Committee, and OLLI Curriculum Committee.  She has won a number of awards, including Iowa State’s Diversity Award and the American Library Association’s Hugh Atkinson Award for outstanding contributions in the areas of library automation and library management. Nancy lives at Foxdale Village with her two cats.

Singer/songwriter and educator Eric Ian Farmer, son of Edgar and Barbara, was born here in State College; however, the family spent most of Eric’s childhood in North Carolina.  So, even though he is fond of soft pretzels and scrapple, he still has a taste for hushpuppies and barbecue.  As a singer/songwriter, Eric collaborates mainly with musicians but also visual artists, dancers, and poets, sharing songs about social awareness, finding one’s path, and relationships.  As an educator, he teaches English at State College Area High School.  To that role he brings experience in classroom teaching, outreach education, and, dating back to the ’90s, co-production of an educational video on Zimbabwean high schoolers.  Eric Ian Farmer is a 2016 graduate of Penn State’s doctoral program in educational leadership, and he is a lover of Indian food, professional soccer, and farmers’ markets.

Dr. Grace Hampton received her Bachelor of Art Education Degree from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, a Master of Science in Art Education Degree from Illinois State University, and a Ph.D.in Education from Arizona State University.  After holding positions at the Jackson State University and the National Endowment for the Arts., Dr. Hampton began her administrative career at The Pennsylvania State University, serving as the Director of the School of Visual Arts in the College of Arts and Architecture, Vice Provost, Executive Assistant to the Provost for the Development of the Arts, Head of the Department of African and African American Studies and Senior Faculty Mentor for the University. During this time, she was also as Professor of Art in the College of Arts and Architecture, working with and mentoring both undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Hampton is now Professor Emerita of Art Education and Integrative Arts.

Dr. Hampton’s long-standing interest in community development and the arts led her to participate in the Intergenerational Leadership Institute (ILI) certificate training program for older adults wishing to develop and expand intergenerational programs in their areas of interest. As a result, Dr. Hampton has developed intergenerational and cultural programs for the community and public school, and in 2017, Dr. Hampton was inducted as an Intergenerational Leadership Institute Fellow.

Lisa Marshall founded The Smart Work Company in 1999. Using communication and collaboration skills training and executive coaching, she helped clients (primarily high-tech) focus on and prepare for the best instead of the worst in managing change and developing leadership capacity. She was also the developer of The Leadership Story ™, a process for discovering individual and organizational stories that create compelling futures.

 These days, Lisa is a grandmother, coach, writer, and poet. She writes about maturity, sorrow, elderhood, Yin (the feminine principle), listening to the wild voices of our living planet, and living in the age of the ending of modernity. Her most recent book is Yin, Completing the Leadership Journey.

 Lisa has served on numerous boards and is a former co-clerk of the Foxdale Village Board of Trustees. She was also formerly a co-clerk of Bethesda Friends Meeting. In her spare time, she works to raise food and plant flowers and herbs on the cold side of First Mountain, out in Penns Valley. She is also in training to use Francis Weller’s work to help communities acknowledge and honor their grief.

Ken has worked for the American Philatelic Society, the national organization for postage stamp collectors, for over 25 years holding several management positions.  He has been active in the community since his time as a Penn State student from which he received degrees in Computer Science and Political Science and served three years as Graduate Student Association president.  Ken is past board chair for the Greater Alleghenies Blood Region and Mid Central Chapter of the American Red Cross and has donated nearly 1000 units of blood including more than ten gallons of whole blood and over 800 platelet apheresis products.  He served nine years on the Patton Township Planning Committee, six years on the board of the Happy Valley Adventure Bureau and over ten years on Historic Bellefonte, Inc.  He currently serves as District Treasurer and Area Governor for Rotary.  Ken received the Barash Award for Human Services in 1992 and the Snyder Alumni Award from Penn State University in 2000.

Emma attended Westtown, a Quaker Boarding School, for 3 years and graduated in 2006. She attended Guilford College, completing her BA degree in 2016, majoring in Religious Studies and minoring in Quaker Studies. At Guilford College, Emma immersed herself in the Quaker Leadership Scholars Program, wishing to gain a better understanding of Quakerism and her understanding of the world. She was also active in the Prison Literacy Group on campus, where college students had the opportunity to interact with those incarcerated to discuss literature and life. After graduating, she attended a Quaker-led trip to Ramallah, Palestine, and Israel to learn more about everyday living under occupation and about peace-building groups working together throughout the Middle East.

Emma is a Business Development Sales Agent at Stuckey Automotive in Duncansville, PA. She conducts sales through internet and phone inquiries. A resident of Huntingdon County, she and her husband enjoy spending time with their two cats, Lemmy and Rose, hiking with their black lab, Rowdy, and attending live music concerts. Emma attends the State College Friends Meeting.

Rob is an atmospheric scientist with research interests in the areas climate dynamics, empirical downscaling, uncertainty quantification, and Earth system modeling. Rob obtained a B.S. in Physics from Bucknell University, an M.A.T in natural Science from Colgate University, and a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington.  Rob serves as an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences at Penn State University as well as Assistant Director of Penn State’s Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI).  Rob is a regular attender of the State College Friends Meeting and lives in State College with his family.

Beth received a B.A. in Psychology from Brandeis University and a M.S. in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin Madison. For 27 years, Beth served as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice at SunPointe Heath and The Highlands. During her time in private practice, Beth provided mental/behavioral health therapy to a variety of clients, including those with trauma issues/PTSD, LGBTQ+ issues, women’s issues, family issues, parenting issues, grief issues, depression, and anxiety.

Beth is actively involved in volunteer work, including facilitating a support group for the Centre LGBTQ+ Support Network. She enjoys outdoor activities, gardening, music, reading, and community theater. Beth a member of the State College Friends Meeting.

Tom received a B.A. from Penn State University, a J.D. from the Villanova University School of Law, and an LL.M in Taxation from Temple University Beasley School of Law. Tom is a shareholder at McQuaid Blasko, where he focuses his practice on advising all form of entities, including businesses, municipalities, municipal authorities, and non-profit organizations. Tom routinely advises various middle market, emerging and closely-held businesses in many industries including health care, education, engineering, construction, restaurant, hotel, retail, real estate, and insurance and benefits.

Tom is also actively involved in his community and has served on numerous boards, in many cases serving as president or chair. In addition to Foxdale Village, his recent board appointments include the Centre County United Way, the Schlow Library Foundation, Leadership Centre County, and the YMCA of Centre County. In these roles, Tom leads by example and harnesses his passion for corporate governance to help improve the quality of life in the community in which he lives.

Selden earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Writing from The Pennsylvania State University in 1978. Throughout his career, Selden has served in various development and fundraising positions, including roles at The University of Pennsylvania, The University of Iowa Foundation, and The Pennsylvania State University. In 2017, Selden retired from Penn State after 17 years as the Director of Major Gifts for the Eberly College of Science. Selden is a member of the State College Friends Meeting and is involved in many other community activities, including the Borough of State College’s CDBG Citizens’ Advisory Committee and the Nittany Knights Barbershop Chorus. Selden is very familiar with Foxdale Village, having previously served on the Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2007 and as clerk of the Board from 2006 to 2007. Selden’s father-in-law is also a Foxdale Village resident.