Jonathan Savage

Director

Jonathan C. Savage serves as a Vice President for Pennoni Associates where he is responsible for the oversight and management of the Business Development Team, development of new business accounts and opportunities, as well as for overseeing the development and implementation of the firm’s international business opportunities. 

Jonathan is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University (BS in Geography), with expertise in land use planning, strategic growth, landscape architecture, grant writing, financial analysis, and economic development.  Mr. Savage has significant financial experience in the development of regional, national, and international business projects throughout his career, including public leadership positions for the State of New Jersey, Cumberland County NJ, and Delaware County PA, as well as the private sector. Mr. Savage is a former elected official and has served in a variety of community leadership positions, including President of the Ewing Township (NJ) School Board (2002-2011), and the Ewing Township Public Education Foundation (1997-2002). Mr. Savage has previously served as the President of the Ewing Presbyterian Church and was also an elected member of the Penn State Alumni Association Council and is currently serving his 2nd term (2022-2025).

Mr. Savage is a singer-songwriter, and acoustic/electric guitar player who regularly performs as a solo artist in his own rock band, typically for community fundraisers and regional music festivals. He has published four albums of original songs, and is currently completing his fifth album. 

Tim Roe

Director

Tim’s passion lies in helping early-stage companies navigate growth from 0-1 and tackle significant challenges. With 15 years of experience in finance, venture capital, and company building, he brings operational know-how and empathy for acting on big ideas. Tim graduated with a degree in finance from Temple University and is a proud owl. He started playing the drums in 5th grade in a rock band and then joined the school marching band and orchestra in the percussion section. He enjoys outdoor adventures, traveling, and learning guitar during his downtime. One of his favorite quotes is “No one was ever wise by chance,” from Stoic philosopher Seneca.

Lauren J. Walker

Director

Lauren J. Walker is a Business Affairs Executive at Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in New York. In this role, Lauren negotiates commercial endorsement deals for social media offers, client appearances and brand partnerships. Prior to working at CAA, Lauren worked in local government in a number of roles ranging from Special Assistant to the Mayor to Deputy Chief of Staff. In these roles, Lauren worked to increase community coordination efforts between government entities and the communities they served. Prior to working in local government, Lauren served as an Americorps Vista in the Mayor’s Office of Civic Engagement and Volunteer Service. Lauren is originally from Philadelphia and attended the Baldwin School and Howard University for both her undergraduate and law school degrees. Lauren is a graduate of Leadership Philadelphia and has an interest in using her skills to enhance the city that she calls home. 

Adam Robinson

Director

Adam Robinson is the Senior Corporate and Government Partnerships Officer for the Museum of the American Revolution. He is a Philadelphian with two decades of local, state, and national experiences building partnerships and engaging diverse stakeholders to drive civic progress. Adam earned an MPA from the University of Pennsylvania, and both a BA in Political Science and a Certificate in Business from the University of Wisconsin. A member of Leadership Philadelphia’s Core Class of 2024, Adam has also served as a Buchholz Fellow with Committee of Seventy. From fourth grade through college, Adam performed as a percussionist in a variety of ensembles, including the University of Wisconsin Jazz Big Band. He also led the Wisconsin Union’s Student Performance Committee and created the University’s first Arts Opportunities Fair.

Dr. Jason Karlawish

Director

Jason Karlawish is a professor of medicine, medical ethics and health policy, and neurology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He was educated at Northwestern University, the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and the University of Chicago. He is co-associate director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and co-director of the Penn Memory Center, where he cares for patients and their families. Dr. Karlawish also directs the Penn Program on Precision Medicine for the Brain (P3MB). A writer, Dr. Karlawish is committed to translating science into society. He’s the author of The Problem of Alzheimer’s: How Science, Culture and Politics Turned a Rare Disease Into a Crisis and What We Can Do About It and the novel Open Wound: The Tragic Obsession of Dr. William Beaumont. His essays on ethics and aging have appeared in publications such as The Hill, The New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, StatNews and The Washington Post. In addition to POP, he serves on the Board of Directors for The Greenwall Foundation, a grant making foundation dedicated to expanding bioethics knowledge to improve clinical, biomedical, and public health decision-making, policy and practice.

David Esqueda

Director

David Esqueda is a Managing Director at Accenture within the Infrastructure Engineering practice where he advises clients as they embark in large transformations of their technology infrastructure including cloud, network, digital workplace, and IT service management. Over the last ten years, his primary area of focus has been Merger and Acquisition programs within IT and Security organizations, having being part of over 30 transaction teams in that period of time. Prior to joining Accenture in 2011, David held a number of engineering roles in the Aerospace and Data Center Facilities industries. He graduated from Penn State University, where he studied Electrical Engineering. Prior to that, he attended Valley Forge Military Academy and College where he also served as a member to the Board of Trustees of Valley Forge Military Academy (2012-2019). While growing up in Caracas, Venezuela he participated in El Sistema at the Conservatorio de Musica Simon Bolivar, and later was a member of the Orquesta Sinfonica Pre-Juvenil de Chacao, and the Chacao Youth Strings Orchestra as a violinist. David is currently a member of Orchestra Concordia in Wayne, PA.

Trina Smith

Director

Trina Smith is a Director at PFM Financial Advisors, where she advises governments and 501(c)(3) organizations on the issuance of debt to fund capital projects. She specializes in higher education but has worked with many other sectors, including utilities and municipal governments at the state and local level in the mid-Atlantic area.She holds a B.S. in Economics with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in Public Administration from Rutgers University. She has a lifelong interest in music, and started playing the piano at 8 years old.