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Ellen Toplin, president and founder of Toplin & Associates, Inc., a Fort Washington, Pa.-based marketing, public relations and advertising firm, has been elected to serve as a trustee of the Abington Memorial Hospital Foundation Board.
Active in various nonprofit organizations, Toplin serves as a board member of The Forum of Executive Women, as former mentor and now facilitator in the Forum’s mentoring program, and has chaired the group’s strategic marketing and communications committee. Currently vice-chair of the American Red Cross Blood Services, Penn-Jersey Region, she also co-chairs the organization’s donor services committee and serves on both the executive and nominating committees. Toplin has also served on the image enhancement committee of the Girl Scouts of Southeastern Pennsylvania and as a member of the Women for the WaterWorks.
In addition to her dedication to advising women professionals, Toplin, who began her career as a social worker, is equally committed to performing countless hours of pro bono service for more than 40 regional nonprofit organizations that have benefited from the firm’s counsel or support over the years. In honor of her firm’s upcoming 25th anniversary, Toplin has decided to offer 25 nonprofit organizations one full day of pro bono service, in an effort to “give back” to the community.
A strong leader and role model in the business community, Toplin has received numerous honors. In addition to recently being named one of Leadership Philadelphia’s Top 101 Connectors, a distinction awarded to members of the community who exemplify high-quality leadership, she was also recognized this year as an “inspiring individual” by the Women’s Center of Montgomery County. In 2005, she was named one of the state’s Best 50 Women in Business by The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and Economic Development, a program recognizing women business owners and leaders and their impact in creating jobs and building communities in Pennsylvania. In addition, Toplin was the recipient of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce’s 2005 Athena Award, which honors business people who “affirm a values-based philosophy of leadership that celebrates relationships and service to the community.”
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