{"id":5701,"date":"2024-10-21T23:37:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T23:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veeempittsburgh.org\/?page_id=5701"},"modified":"2025-01-07T21:54:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T21:54:41","slug":"bod","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/veeempittsburgh.org\/?page_id=5701","title":{"rendered":"Meet the VEEEM Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5701\" class=\"elementor elementor-5701\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac6214a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac6214a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e1256a column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"0e1256a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-571f385 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"571f385\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"1004\" src=\"https:\/\/veeempittsburgh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/FB_IMG_1729268834541.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5703\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Maryn L. Formley, MS <p> <\/p>   Executive Director & Founder<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-774700f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"774700f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"auto\">Maryn L. Formley (pronounced Muh-&#8216;Rin Form-lee) is a dedicated community advocate from the East End of Pittsburgh. A 1998 graduate of Trinity Christian School, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, with double concentrations in Sociology and Black Studies, from Randolph-Macon College in 2002.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">With over 20 years in child welfare, Maryn&#8217;s career evolved into information technology, culminating in a master\u2019s degree in Leadership with a concentration in Information Technology from Duquesne University in December 2017. Inspired by her parents&#8217; commitment to service, Maryn founded the Voter Empowerment Education &amp; Enrichment Movement (VEEEM) in 2017, aimed at increasing voter turnout in Allegheny County.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">An active elder at Bidwell Presbyterian Church and a proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, Maryn resides in Brookline with her cat, MeowMeow, and continues to strive for positive change in her community.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf10eee elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cf10eee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7e0a11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7e0a11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<center><h2><strong>Board of Directors &amp; Staff<\/strong><\/h2><\/center>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f9244 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"73f9244\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e913eec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e913eec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/veeempittsburgh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/P1000567-cropped-1024x923.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5695\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fb5252 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3fb5252\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-728c797 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"728c797\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Board of Directors:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><strong>Maryn L. Formley,\u00a0 MS\u00a0 <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Executive Director &amp; Founder<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Deidre Lesesne\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Board of Directors Chair,\u00a0 Development Coordinator<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Ron Bandes\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Board of Directors Vice-Chair,\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Election Procedures Specialist<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Lance McFadden, Esq.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Board Secretary,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director of Legal Affairs<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>Staff:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><strong>Rebecca Widener-Weston\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lead Canvasser\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Sherri Malloy<\/strong> Virtual Assistant<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maryn L. Formley, MS Executive Director &#038; Founder Maryn L. Formley (pronounced Muh-&#8216;Rin Form-lee) is a dedicated community advocate from the East End of Pittsburgh. 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