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YWCA Lancaster announces new board members

(Source: YWCA Lancaster)

(Source: YWCA Lancaster)
(Source: YWCA Lancaster)

The YWCA Lancaster has appointed seven new members to its board.

Members are selected among dozens of community business and civic leaders referred for consideration. They are elected to three-year terms.

The new members are as follows:

  • Dr. Hyasmine Charles, physician, Penn Medicine, Lancaster General Hospital;
  • Sally Chuquimia, immigration paralegal, Church World Services;
  • Aimee Deraco, chief operating officer, YDOP Internet Marketing;
  • Jasmine Kraybill, Realtor, Berkshire Hathaway;
  • Kathryn Sandoe, communications director, Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority;
  • Dr. Latinia Shell, therapist and entrepreneur;
  • Lisa Simmons, AHF Products.

In December, Deborah Wilson Gadsden became chairwoman of the YWCA Lancaster board, the first Black woman to assume that role. Gadsden has been a board member since 2014.