PRESIDENT

Jessika has 3 kids enrolled at Cook-Wissahickon: Max (4th grade), Maddie (1st grade), and Miles (1st grade). She has lived in the Roxborough Area since 2015 and continues to be impressed by the close-knit community and small town feel as well as the big city benefits like public transportation, Dottie’s Donuts, and Wissahickon trails. Jessika has worked for a variety of non-profits in program development and fundraising - most recently at the Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project.

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Vice President

Brittany Bronson has been a Cook-Wissahickon parent for four years. During this time, she has been an avid contributor to fundraising initiatives, participates in school yard clean ups, and volunteers as a chaperone on all field trips for her twins currently in Kindergarten and her oldest son in 5th grade. In addition to her commitments to the HSA at Cook-Wissahickon, Brittany also leads Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion for CI&T. In this role, she plans and hosts engaging culturally relevant activities for a global workforce to enhance cultural competence, promote empathy, and increase inclusion and belonging. Brittany is excited to collaborate with the Cook-Wiss community.

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Treasurer

Rhonda has been a part of the Cook-Wiss family for the past six years and is mother to a rising second grader. She is terrible with awkward silences and is prone to volunteering for things that no one else wants to do. She works in corporate and foundation fundraising at Penn, and is comfortable working with budgets, excel, and other financial systems, and is attuned to non-profit rules and regulations. Her mother, a lifelong municipal bookkeeper, who was also frequently recruited to volunteer treasurer positions, will be excited to lend Rhonda her vintage adding machine for deposit tapes (which Rhonda will most likely not use, although she does have fond memories of its sounds at the kitchen table while her mother prepared treasurer’s reports for the local cemetery). She is excited for the opportunity to collaborate with other Cook-Wiss parents and continue to make CW a warm and welcoming community school.

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Activities Coordinator

As graduates of Temple, my husband and I knew we wanted to stay in the city we fell in love in and build our lives together here. Until recently, we lived on Pechin St. but moved to the Wissahickon neighborhood a little over a year ago where we were lucky enough to be able to send our daughter to Cook-Wiss as her catchment school. We are so very happy with this life change, as we have seen her grow and thrive in the environment that Cook Wiss has provided her this past year. The sense of kinship and family in the school community is evident, and this has driven me to want to become more involved to continue to forge and build upon this foundation. I am excited to continue to provide the Cook-Wiss community with engaging and enjoyable activities to strengthen the sense of community and Cook-Wiss pride.

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Fundraising Coordinator

My husband and I have one boy at the school – in 8th Grade. Our other son just graduated from Cook-Wiss. I am an organizational consultant, and a nonprofit fundraiser, and grant writer. I ran the East Falls Development Corp. and was a lawyer who worked for people who could not afford to hire a lawyer. My family lived in Marseille, France for a year to absorb French culture and language. We now enjoy the region’s gardens and arboretums. This is my fourth year as Fundraising Coordinator. I am thrilled at the business community’s support of the school and of the families’ contributions through NUT days. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have ideas on how to support our children and the staff at Cook-Wiss through fundraising.

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Volunteer Coordinator

I am mom to 2 girls- 5th and 3rd grade. We have been at Cook Wiss since my oldest was in kindergarten, and we really love the school and community support. I was a teacher here in Philadelphia for 10 years before I opened a bakery in the neighborhood for 3 years. I am now a SAHM and full time volunteer with several organizations, including Cook-Wiss as the librarian, a Girl Scout Daisy leader, Friends of Andorra Library, Rox HS neighborhood support group and occasional foster for kittens. In my spare time, I enjoy running, reading and cooking.

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Correspondence Secretary

My family and I have lived in Roxborough for 16 years. We love the Roxborough and Cook-Wissahickon communities. We also love being so close to the Wissahickon valley. I work for the School District of Philadelphia Office of Research and Evaluation and am a former teacher. We have two Cook-Wiss students and I am happy support all that Cook-Wiss has to offer by serving on the HSA board. Please reach out with questions or suggestions!

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Recording Secretary

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