Rob Schmidt, DHS \u201897 \u2013 ASDF Board Member Background<\/strong><\/p>\n Stepping down off the ASDF Board are Elizabeth H. Marcon, Esq. after seven years of service and Robert E. Sperling, Jr. after six years.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n About the Allentown School District Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n Pursuing a vision\u00a0<\/strong>of developing enriched education for Allentown School District students, the ASD Foundation has a mission to encourage, promote, support\u00a0and fund positive educational experiences for students in the Allentown School District. Since its founding in 2009, the Foundation has raised over $4.0 million for supplemental programming in ASD schools. If you would like to learn more, please contact the Foundation at 484-765-4093 or williamssu@allentownsd.org<\/u>. The mailing address is P.O. Box 328, 31 South Penn Street, Allentown, PA 18105, and the website is http:\/\/asdf.allentownsd.org<\/a> <\/u>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/70q.ab7.mytemp.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image003-1.jpg\")
<\/a>Maria is the Rector of The Episcopal Church of the Mediator, located on West Park, Allentown, having begun her ministry on September 1, 1999. She co-chairs the Moravian-Episcopal Coordinating Committee for the national Episcopal Church and, locally, is a member of the Interfaith in Action Committee of the Lehigh Conference of Churches. She is also the Ecumenical and Interfaith Officer for the Diocese of Bethlehem. Maria graduated from Swarthmore College and the Berkeley\/Yale Divinity School. \u00a0While her children were attending schools within the Allentown School District, Maria was president of William Allen High School and Raub Middle School\u2019s parent-teacher organizations and served on Foundation\u2019s Gala Committee for many years. She is a member of the Ethics Committee of the City of Allentown. A second- generation missionary child, she initiated the Refugee Community Center at Allentown\u2019s Church of the Mediator.\u00a0 She is married to Alan Tjeltveit, Ph.D., a professor at Muhlenberg College, and they reside in Allentown. They have two grown children.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>Since graduating from Louis E. Dieruff High School in 1997, Rob has had a distinguished career in the risk management and insurance industries, serving the greater Philadelphia area. In 2020, he joined the Seltzer Group, an award-winning independent insurance agency with six locations in eastern Pennsylvania, as director of business development. Prior to this, he was employed as a vice president of East Penn Insurance Company, Allentown.\u00a0 Rob graduated from Muhlenberg College in 2001, majoring in history and education. He serves as the chair of the Council of the YMCA of Allentown, as a board member of the Greater Valley YMCA and as a member of the Muhlenberg College Board of Associates. He resides in Fogelsville with his wife, Lisa, and three children.<\/p>\n
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