Liz Mercogliano

Township Supervisor (At-Large)

Liz Mercogliano brings a life devoted to caring for others to public service.  Holding several degrees herself, Liz believes in the importance of education.  Liz will continue her public and volunteer service in a thoughtful and compassionate way on the Board of Supervisors.   

Liz is well-known and liked in the Tredyffrin community for her positive energy and her volunteer involvement.   No one out-works Liz and she rolls up her sleeves to bring positive change.  Liz served as a TE School Board Director from 2011-2015. She chaired the Diversity committee and participated on the facilities committee.  More recently, Liz realized that opioid addiction was ruining many lives in our community.  She became one of the leaders locally in sensitizing people to this crucial issue.

Liz supports the Open Land Conservancy, the Tredyffrin Historic Preservation Trust, Police, Fire & EMS and The Gardeners. She volunteers as a Tredyffrin trail watcher and on her HOA landscape committee.

Liz started her professional life caring for the most vulnerable, the mentally ill, at Norristown State Hospital.  Liz is a registered nurse by training (serving in T/E schools).  She was employed as a real estate agent for Berkshire Hathaway and Long and Foster (serving six counties and 3 states). She currently serves as a pro bono attorney for Southeastern Legal Aide in West Chester, PA.

Liz lives in the Summerhill neighborhood with her husband, Dr. John Mercogliano, for over 24 years.  She has an intense intellectual curiosity and believes deeply in education.  She has three children who all graduated from T/E schools. Her children are in the fields of education, law and medicine. She married a doctor and has several degrees herself.  Liz graduated from La Salle University, Montgomery County Community College, University of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Law School.

As your supervisor, Liz will study each issue carefully.  She will aim to balance issues and handle them correctly and compassionately.

Gina Mazzulla

Township Supervisor (At-Large)

Gina Mazzulla is a 20-year resident of Chesterbook. Her local community involvement began in 2001 when she participated in the second class of the Citizens’ Police Academy. Her continued involvement with community policing initiatives led to volunteer service as interim emergency management coordinator in 2005, the same year she obtained her EMT certification.  Gina served as an EMT with Good Fellowship Ambulance in West Chester and Berwyn Fire Company, where she remains an active business member.  She attends St. Isaac Jogues church where she is a lector and parish council leader.

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For the past four years Gina has volunteered with the United Way of Chester County serving on the Community Impact Team for financial independence, crisis, and housing, evaluating grant applications for funding of local non-profit services and programs.  In 2017 Gina was elected to the board of directors of the Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County. As Supervisor, Gina will apply her knowledge, experience, and methodology of non-profit management to plan, evaluate and make decisions on the services and programs impacting the safety, security, health and property of Tredyffrin residents and taxpayers – taking a holistic and integrated view on the impact of any decision and action to all Tredyffrin stakeholders.

Gina currently works at Exton-based Bentley Systems, a global leader in engineering and architecture software for the design, construction, operations, and maintenance of smart city infrastructure. In her role, Gina is responsible for the development and implementation of promotional messaging and communications for Bentley’s global events.  Prior to Bentley, Gina was in marketing and educational services at The Institutes, a professional development organization serving property & casualty insurance professionals. She began her professional career in adult and executive education at The Wharton School, where she specialized in strategy, leadership, and management development for clients in the insurance, telecommunications, financial services, and pharmaceutical industries.

Gina holds a B.S. in sociology from St. Joseph’s University, serving as President of the National Alumni Board from 2010-12012, and a master of science in higher education administration from the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently studying management and leadership at Immaculata University. In 2003 Gina received the Ignatius Award from St. Joseph’s University for a life of service to others and last year was awarded the F. Karl Schauffele Community Service Award from the Main Line Chamber of Commerce.

Raffi Terzian

Township Supervisor (District 1)

Raffi Terzian and his family (his wife Rosanne and four children - 22,20,18 and 15 have lived in the Deepdale section of Tredyffrin Township for 16 years. Raffi was born and raised in the Philadelphia area. He enjoys spending time with family, listening to music and is passionate about his favorite sports teams (Eagles and Phillies). Professionally, Raffi is a board certified Emergency Physician with a background in Public Health, and has been working in health advocacy for the past 12 years.

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Raffi believes in service to our community and believes that Tredyffrin is a wonderful place that offers so much for those who work and live here. Over the years, Raffi and his family have participated in TE youth soccer, Devon Strafford Little League, summer day camps, Deepdale Civic Association events, fireworks on the 4th of July in Wilson Farm Park and listened to the great music of the summer concert series.

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Raffi's focus is on Community First and how best to address the needs of Tredyffrin including: public safety and enhancing support for our fire and EMS personnel, historic preservation and advancing an historic ordinance to protect historic and cultural resources, addressing gaps in infrastructure including storm water management and making sure that taxpayer funds are managed with accountability and transparency. He is a Board member of the Tredyffrin Historic Preservation Trust and a member of the Tredyffrin Parks and Recreation Board. Raffi has participated in a community stakeholder session as part of the Center for Public Safety Excellence Strategic Plan Project for Radnor Fire Company. He is also an active member of the St. Katharine of Siena parish community in Wayne, PA.

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Raffi is deeply committed to Tredyffrin Township and welcomes the opportunity to serve as a Township Supervisor.

Peter DiLullo

Township Supervisor (District 3)

Peter DiLullo lives in the Summerhill neighborhood with his wife Alexis and three daughters (ages ten, eight, and four) and has been a Tredyffrin Township resident for the past eight years. Peter’s children attend T/E schools and participate in township sports programs.  Peter is a CPA (inactive) and real estate professional working for LCOR, headquartered in Tredyffrin Township, for the past 13 years. Peter and his family attend Christ Community Church where Peter regularly teaches Sunday school.   The family enjoys swimming, gymnastics, cheerleading for the Wayne Wildcats, and skiing.

Living and working in Tredyffrin Township is a blessing and I want to make sure that my children and future generations can safely enjoy this community flush with history, open spaces, and award-winning schools.  With an audit and business background, I will focus on responsible use of resident tax dollars making sure that each decision is carefully considered and clearly shared with the tax payer.  Most importantly I pride myself in listening to all sides of a topic and making pragmatic decisions that benefit our community, our safety, and our financial resources.

Nick Lee

T/E School Board (Region 3)

Nick Lee comes from a family of educators and public policy makers. A graduate of Vanderbilt University's Peabody School of Education, Nick now serves as a teacher in Wilmington, DE having previously worked in consulting. Nick's wife teaches Ethics at Villanova University; they are members of St. Katharine of Siena in Wayne, PA where Nick serves on the Parish Council.

Ed Sweeney

T/E School Board (Region 2)

What is my background?  I am married to Franny Ryan and we have a 12 year old daughter, Katie, in VFMS.  Franny put her law career on hold to raise Katie.  I own a small law firm, Wusinich & Sweeney, LLC, in Exton, with deep roots in Chester County.  I am a Plaintiff’s attorney who goes up against big insurance companies and corporations.  It makes me particularly sensitive to how big entities treat individuals.  For 25 years, I have served in various volunteer and official roles in the Chester County and Tredyffrin communities and at St. Isaac Jogues.  I value a good education.  I am a graduate of the highly ranked University of Chicago Law School where I met my wife, Franny.  I attended La Salle University on a Christian Brother’s Scholarship.  I graduated St. Joe’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia.  My parents sacrificed for me to attend the Prep and a private elementary school and hoped I would receive a scholarship.
 

In TESD, we need to preserve and improve what is great (including  a history of moderate taxation, a budget that has not deficit spend, and a history of being welcoming to all) and to correct what can be improved (what I would call charitably “institutional myopia,” most particularly in financial matters).  I believe our School Administration has two “weaknesses” which I have pushed to improve.  First, fiscal matters need to be absolutely transparent and accountable to the Board and through the Board to the public.  Our Board does not have a clear fiscal picture and we have the challenge that our student body has increased 20% in five years.  Second, the Administration can be top down and is perceived, rightly in my view, as often resistant to reasonable suggestions from the public-at-large. 
 

I ask humbly for your support and would advocate my candidacy as follows.  First, I will have had four years on-the-job Director experience as a productive board member dealing with often very difficult issues.  I am familiar with what has been done and what needs to be done.  Being on a volunteer Board is a unique skill set and I have many years of service on volunteer boards.  I am good at it.  I respect good ideas and listen for them.  Second, I recognize and continue to be the most major contributor on trying to address a weak spot at TESD – an occasional “institutional myopia.” I do so carefully because it is obvious we have one of the best public educational experiences in many areas in the nation.  This is my “role” on the Board and my job is a work-in-progress.  Third, I am an advocate and negotiator from a conservative perspective.  I fight for taxpayers, retired individuals and single income families.  If I can’t make a good tax deal, I vote against a budget.  TESD’s affordability is the key to attraction to our community.  Our fiscal prudence is a challenge.  Fourth, I have upheld the dignity and gravitas of this School Board in this professional community.  Board Directors set the example for our students, teachers, and administrators.  If elected governance can’t work here, it can’t work anywhere.  Finally, I want to make public schools comfortable for all students and families.  However, I draw the line at  proselytization. I have fought to keep partisan ideology out of our schools.

It has been thus a very great honor to try to serve the public well in the historic Valley Forge area as an elected School Director.   I try to serve in a way that brings credit to the district even when I push for improvement.  This district is exceptional.  I love interacting with the highly skilled people we hire, my talented colleagues, and the knowledgeable community members. 

Kate Murphy

T/E School Board (Region 3)

Kate Murphy is one of the three members of the T/E Board of School Directors from Region III, and the only Republican.

First elected in 2015, Kate has chaired the Education, Policy, and Legislative committees and has developed a track record of questioning the status quo, building consensus, and advancing policies that are good for our students and our community. Specifically, she's led efforts to re-evaluate and update our reading curriculum, supported initiatives on diversity and inclusion to better address equity, and encouraged our administration to think strategically about how decisions we are making today will affect decisions future boards will be making in 5 years, 10 years, and 20 years.

Kate lives in Berwyn and is a mother of three kids in T/E schools.  Kate and her husband John are both graduates of Conestoga High School and Cornell University.  Kate has worked in professional marketing and communications positions for major international law firms in Los Angeles and Boston.  She’s on the board of FLITE, and she’s active with local groups like ARCH, BUILD, the Upper Main Line YMCA, and district PTOs. 

Kate thinks our public schools can be both excellent and affordable.

This fall, Kate is running for reelection because she hopes to continue to work on your behalf for our students and taxpayers.  Like you, she has high expectations for our administration, teachers, and kids.  Learning is our business.  The challenge is to always get better.