Senior Administration
MaryEllen Dickey
MaryEllen Dickey is Senior Vice President of
Advancement for Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries. As such, she oversees a range of giving
programs, including grants, major gifts, planned giving, corporate giving, endowments,
and special capital projects, to support Diakon’s mission to serve those in need.
Before joining Diakon the beginning of 2007, Ms. Dickey was Vice President for Development
at Good Shepherd Hospital and Rehabilitation Network, Allentown. In addition to completing a
successful $40 million capital campaign that resulted in $52 million in giving, her department
focused on creating its first chair, expanding numerous program endowments, and supporting
the development of a health and technology center. She also has held planned giving and
executive director positions with Lafayette College, Easton, and Lehigh University, Bethlehem.
A graduate of East Stroudsburg State College and the Canon Financial Institute, with
specializations in charitable and estate planning and development of private foundations
and endowments, Ms. Dickey began her career in the finance industry. She has held the
positions of Vice President of wealth management and charitable services for Fulton
Financial Advisors and Senior Trust and Charitable Specialist for First Union National
Bank in the Lehigh Valley. While in banking, she provided support for non-profit
organizations in endowment management and development, major gifts and planned giving
development, and donor-solicitation support.
Ms. Dickey is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, National
Committee of Planned Giving, and the Lehigh Valley Estate Planning Council. In the past,
she has served as nomination committee co-chair for the Association of Fundraising Professionals,
finance committee chair and trustee for First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, endowment
trustee and development committee member for the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, and as a
member of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, the Council for Advancement & Support
of Education, Girl Scouts’ Great Valley Council, the Planned Giving Group of Greater New York,
the board of Family Counseling Services of Lehigh Valley Board, and the Pittsburgh Estate Planning
Council.
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Board of Directors |
Richard Barger |
Tracy Boyer |
Tama Carey |
Alice Clark |
Lauren Conzaman
MaryEllen Dickey |
Scott Habecker |
Susan Lippy |
Jeanne Oski |
John Palkovitz |
Mark T. Pile
Rick Reed |
The Rev. John Richter |
William Swanger |
Beckey Van Etten |