Our Board

Shannon Holliday

Board Chair

A New Orleans native who drifted ashore Happy Valley after Hurricane Katrina fourteen years ago, Shannon’s background consists of more than thirty years’ experience working in various industries where she provides Customer Success and Administrative Support for both non-profit and for-profit organizations. Professionally, she currently supports the Associate Dean’s Office for Undergraduate Students in the Eberly College of Science. In addition to her six-year tenure at Penn State, for the past three years Shannon has also dedicated her weekends to serving our seniors as an essential employee in the healthcare industry as a Concierge/Receptionist at The Village at Penn State and Harmony at State College retirement communities.  

 In her spare time this mother of three and grandmother of one enjoys volunteering in her community where she provides servant-leadership, wearing multiple hats as a Community Activist, Advocate, Connector and Educator. Her servant leadership spans many organizations which include: serving on the Ferguson Township Planning Commission, the State College Community Land Trust (SCCLT) Outreach and Development Committee, the SCCLT’s Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee, the Centre County Human Relations Advisory Council (CCHRA) to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC), Global Connections Executive Committee as the Co-Vice Chair of Cultural Luncheons, the Chair of the Community Diversity Group (CDG) Sub-Committee Cultural Corners, the Secretary for the Forum on Black Affairs (FOBA) at Penn State University at University Park, the Pine Grove Mills Small Area Plan Advisory Board (Pine-SAP), Centre County Women’s Leadership Coalition (CCWLC), the Community Volunteer Leader for the Centre County American Red Cross where she is also a founding member of the Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, Board Member for Bridge of Hope Centre County (BOHCC) and the BOHCC Church Relations Committee, and last but not least a member of both the Community Care Committee and the Health Committee with the NAACP State College Chapter. 

Her most recent accomplishment was completing the Leadership Centre County community development training program and becoming a proud member of the Class of 2020 cohort.

As an agent of change, Shannon believes volunteering, philanthropy, and humanitarianism are all gifts that keeps on giving. It is for this reason that she aspires to inspire others to be servant-leaders by volunteering in their community so that they can be the change they desire to see.

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Sue Bosak

Board Vice Chair

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Kevin Mahood

Treasurer

Kevin is a CPA currently working in the Office of the Corporate Controller at Penn State University. Prior to moving to State College in 2015, he spent six years in public accounting in the Harrisburg area, with a focus on audits of local governments and nonprofit organizations. He has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Penn State and extensive experience in nonprofit accounting and financial reporting.

Kevin lives in the Houserville area with his wife and three sons and is a member of the State College Evangelical Free Church. He enjoys spending his free time with his family and particularly enjoys hiking, fishing, stargazing, and watching Penn State football. Kevin is honored to have the opportunity to serve the local community through Bridge of Hope.

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Lauren Watkins

Secretary

Lauren is a Licensed Professional Counselor with Sunpointe Health. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice from Penn State Altoona and Master’s in Counselor Education from Penn State.

Lauren is from Hollidaysburg and throughout college was always active with the community through volunteering. Lauren moved to Harrisburg in 2009 to pursue a school counseling job within the district. While living in Harrisburg Lauren became a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.-Nu Sigma Zeta Chapter. A huge part of Zeta Phi Beta is giving back to the community through service and helping others excel. When Lauren moved back to the area she was drawn to Bridge of Hope because it was a way to serve the community and to bring awareness to homelessness in Centre County.

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Sally Best

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Leigh Tinik

Leigh began her journey with Bridge of Hope in August 2015 serving as a neighboring volunteer and joined the board in January 2018 after witnessing first-hand what a difference Bridge of Hope can make. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Crime, Law and Justice, and a Master’s degree in Sociology from Penn State University. She currently works as the research and analysis manager for the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing. She is a member of Faith United Methodist Church where she enjoys making music in the hand bell choir.

Kimisse King

Kimisse is a Domestic Violence Legal Advocate and Counselor at Centre Safe, helping victims of Dating/Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and stalking for the past 13 years. She is also a survivor of Domestic Violence and really appreciates being a part of the process to help victims and survivors be free from abuse.

Kimisse is originally from Queens, New York and moved here to State College with her parents. She is a proud single parent of four boys. She is a senior at Penn State University working towards a bachelor’s degree in Rehabilitation and Human Services, and her future goal is to go for her master’s degree in Counseling to become a Licensed Professional Counselor.

In her spare time she enjoys spending time with family, going to the beach, traveling, shopping, and eating. She also enjoys being a community activist, an advocate speaking out against injustice, and is really dedicated to doing social justice work. Kimisse is a member of the State College NAACP, Campus Community and Unity group (CCU), Centre County Human Relations Committee, and the PA Prison Society. She is excited and looking forward to helping prevent and bring awareness to family homelessness.

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