National Senior Campuses, Inc. Directors

Ron Walker, Chair

Mr. Walker served as President of Lyon, Conklin & Company in Baltimore until his retirement in 1993. Prior to that position, he was Treasurer and Controller of C.C. Dickson Company in Charlotte, North Carolina. Both companies were involved in HVAC equipment distribution. Mr. Walker started his professional career as a CPA with the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand in Charlotte after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Jim Anders

Mr. Anders is the Administrator and Chief Operating Officer for the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc. and all subsidiary corporations. Kennedy Krieger Institute is an internationally recognized academic, research, healthcare and educational facility dedicated to serving children and young adults with developmental disabilities and spinal cord injuries. He is responsible for the overall strategic, operational, and financial management of Kennedy Krieger. In addition he is Chairman of Chesapeake Rehab Equipment, Inc., a Mid-Atlantic rehab company. He has an MBA from the University of Baltimore and is also a CPA.

Harold Ashby

Mr. Ashby retired in 2001 from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he served as Managing Partner of the firm's Baltimore Office. He was also, at various times, Partner in Charge of regional or national industry programs for financial services, middle market companies, and state and local government. Mr. Ashby's volunteer activities include Chairman of the Central Maryland YMCA, Board of Directors of the Maryland Association of CPAs, Board of Advisors of the Loyola College Executive MBA Program, and Greater Baltimore Committee Task Forces on Crime and Regionalization.

Rod Coe

Dr. Coe serves as Professor Emeritus at the Department of Community and Family Medicine of the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He also held faculty appointments in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and the School of Public Health. Formerly he was Director of Medical Care Research Center in St. Louis. He is the author of numerous books and articles in professional journals.

Stanley Elwell

Mr. Elwell is the former President, C.E.O. and Trustee of Episcopal Hospital in Philadelphia, having served this major teaching hospital for 25 years. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Delaware Valley Healthcare Council and the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania where he served a term as the Chairman of the Board. His other activities included service in the Regional Advisory Board of the American Hospital Association and member of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation Committee on awards. He is now a director and officer of the Presbyterian Children's Village located in Rosemont and Philadelphia. His career in health care management began on the staff of Duke University Medical Center and he earned a Masters in Hospital Administration from Duke. He has a Bachelors of Science degree from Iowa State University.

Jim Hayes

A registered CPA, Mr. Hayes most recently was employed as Senior Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan where he was involved in all aspects of recruiting, admissions, and enrollment. He is a retired partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers where he served as Partner in Charge of Minority Recruiting and Retention, and Partner in Charge of Workforce Diversity at Coopers & Lybrand prior to the merger of the two firms. In both positions, Mr. Hayes succeeded in developing and implementing strategies to enhance workforce diversity. Mr. Hayes holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from St. Joseph’s University in Pennsylvania.

Bill Kennedy

Mr. Kennedy is a litigation partner in White and Williams, LLP, a large, civil law firm with offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic. Mr. Kennedy represents insurers, manufacturers, and health care providers. He has taught at both graduate and professional levels on many aspects of the integration of law and business. He has served as Special Counsel to institutions investigating abuse. Mr. Kennedy received his B.A. from Bucknell University and his Juris Doctor from The Dickinson School of Law, where he was on the Law Review.

Mary Helen Lorenz

Ms. Lorenz is a city planner who has worked in community development and management, and has chaired school, town, and church boards including the Lincoln Housing Commission and First Parish, in her town of Lincoln, Massachusetts. Ms. Lorenz has worked for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Stubbins Associates, Inc., and Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Inc. She holds master's degrees in city planning from the University of Pennsylvania and in management of human services from Brandeis University. She obtained her bachelor's degree in United States studies from Wellesley College.

Willow Pasley

Ms. Pasley is a finance and management professional with 20 years of experience in the banking industry. During her tenure with Citizens Bank and BayBank, she specialized in lending to healthcare and not-for-profit organizations. She earned a BA from Hartwick College and an MBA from Simmons College. She currently serves as Treasurer of the Board for the Cape Cod Children's Museum.

Larry Shubnell

Mr. Shubnell retired from Legg Mason, a Baltimore based financial services firm, at the end of 2001 having served as senior managing director for public finance investment banking. Prior to joining Legg Mason he was a public finance officer at each the local, state, and federal levels of government. He also served as an independent financial advisor to companies and public authorities in matters of debt management. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame and George Washington University and holds an MBA degree and a CPA certificate. He has served on the boards of several profit and not-for-profit organizations including the United Way and the Historic Annapolis Foundation.

Meryle Twersky

Ms. Twersky is a business executive/attorney with 20+ years of extensive healthcare industry experience. She served as Vice President of Episcopal Hospital, a major teaching hospital in Philadelphia, PA; as a VP/Counsel for a Philadelphia-based Pharmaceutical Company and as a Senior Consultant to diverse non-profit organizations. Ms. Twersky received her law degree, MBA & bachelor's degrees from Temple University. She is a member of the New Jersey Bar and Pennsylvania Bar. Her community volunteer activities include membership on her local township Zoning Board and as a board member of Settlement Music School, Jenkintown, PA.