Nov. 2010 - Present Strategic Business/Marketing Advisor and Trustee
2008 - Nov. 2010President, StarToplin and Managing Partner, The Star Group, a top full-service marketing and communications firm with offices in Philadelphia, Wilmington, Cherry Hill, Las Vegas and Ft Washington. (Toplin & Associates, Inc. was merged into Star on November 1, 2007.)
1982 - 2007President and Founder, Toplin & Associates, Inc., ranked among the Philadelphia area's top strategic markting business advisory and public relations firms.Clients include healthcare, legal, financial services and non-profit institutions.Establish and implement marketing plans and public relations campaigns to promote the growth and profitability of professionals, professional corporations, service organizations and non-profit institutions.Clients have included Adoptions from the Heart, ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) Association, the American Bar Association, Beneficial Savings Bank, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Cozen O'Connor, Main Line Health, Pennsylvania's Organ Donor Awareness Program, Pennsylvania State Education Association, Philadelphia Education Fund, Sunrise Assisted Living, Temple University�s Beasley School of Law, The Dr. Robert C. Atkins Foundation, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Wesley Enhanced Living, among others.
1981 - 1982National Account Executive, International Rehabilitation Associates, Inc. (Subsidiary of CIGNA Corp.)Established and coordinated national strategic marketing business and servicing plans as well as promotional and public relations programs for 16 of the company's key accounts.These accounts, which included insurance companies such as Metropolitan Life, Royal Insurance, and Prudential Insurance, yielded approximately 20 million dollars in revenue for IRA each year.
1980 - 1981Assistant Regional Manager, International Rehabilitation Associates, Inc. (Subsidiary of CIGNA Corp.)Supervised the managers of three district offices in New York and New Jersey to ensure that they produced a combined revenue for the company of 3 million dollars per year.Responsible for establishing and implementing all administrative, marketing and servicing plans and procedures.
1978 - 1980Regional Marketing Manager, International Rehabilitation Associates, Inc. (Subsidiary of CIGNA Corp.)Established and implemented marketing, promotional, and public relations plans for six mid-Atlantic districts which produced a combined revenue of 6.5 million dollars per year.Supervisedthe activities of six local sales people.
1977 - 1978Sales Representative, International Rehabilitation Associates, Inc. (Subsidiary of CIGNA Corp.)Sold insurance rehabilitation services to local claims offices of insurance companies located in Philadelphia, Southern New Jersey, and Delaware.
July 1977 - Oct. 1977Rehabilitation Specialist, International Rehabilitation Associates, Inc. (Subsidiary of CIGNA Corp.)Provided insurance rehabilitation services to people disabled by automobile accidents and industrial injuries.
1973 - 1977Social Worker and Supervisor, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Rehabilitation Department.Performed diagnostic psycho-social assessments and provided psychotherapy for families with disabled children.
1973 - 1976Social Work Consultant, Head Start Montessori School.Trained and supervised parents as social work paraprofessionals.
CIVIC DUTIES
2007 - Present Trustee, Abington Health Foundation Board
November 2010-Vice chair, Abington Health Foundation Board
2011
November 2010- Trustee, Abington Health System Board
2011
November 2010- Trustee, Abington Memorial Hospital Board
2011
November 2010- Trustee, Lansdale Hospital Board
2011
November 2010- Member, Governance & Nominating Committee, Abington Health
Present
2010 - Present Member, Governance & Nominating Committee, Abington Health
Foundation Board
2010 - PresentMember, Strategic Philanthropy Committee, Abington Health
Foundation Board
2010 - PresentMember, Community Benefit Committee, Abington Health Foundation Board
2010 - 2011Trustee, Ann's Choice, Inc.
2010 - 2011Trustee, Maris Grove, Inc.
2010 - 2011Trustee, Seabrook Village, Inc.
2010 - 2011Trustee, Cedar Crest Village,Inc.
2007 - PresentTrustee, Abington Health Foundation Board
2007 - PresentBoard chair emeritus, American Red Cross, Penn Jersey Blood Services
2006 - 2007Board chair, American Red Cross, Penn Jersey Blood Services
2005 - 2006Vice chair of the board, American Red Cross, Penn Jersey Blood Services
2005 - 2006Second vice chair of the board, American Red Cross, Penn Jersey Blood Services
2005 - 2004Secretary of the board, American Red Cross, Penn Jersey Blood Services
2004 - PresentNominating committee member, American Red Cross, Penn Jersey
Blood Services
2003 - PresentExecutive committee member, American Red Cross, Penn Jersey Blood Services
2003 - 2007Marketing committee chair, American Red Cross, Penn Jersey Blood Services
Board member, American Red Cross Blood Services-Penn Jersey Region
2003- 2008Marketing advisory committee member, United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
1998 - 1999Board member, Jewish Community Centers of Greater Philadelphia
1989 - 1991 Board member, Young Leadership Council, Greater Philadelphia Federation of Jewish Agencies
1990 - 1991 Cabinet member, Young Leadership Council, Greater Philadelphia Federation of Jewish Agencies
1989 - 1990 Program chair, General Programs and Education, Young Leadership Council, Greater Philadelphia Federation of Jewish Agencies PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Board president, Forum of Executive Women, 2009-2011 term
Board vice president, Forum of Executive Women, 2008
Board secretary, Forum of Executive Women, 2007
Board member, Forum of Executive Women, 2003-present
Strategic marketing committee chair, Forum of Executive Women, 2003-2005
Board member, Public Relations Society of America, Philadelphia chapter, 2004-2005
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Inducted into Temple University Alumni Hall of Fame, 2010.
Received Lifetime Achievement Award from Public Relations Society of America, Greater Philadelphia Chapter, 2009.
Named to the national PR Hall of Fame by PR News in 2007 and to the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame in 2009.
Named one of the four inspiring leaders of the year in 2006 by the Women�s Center of Montgomery County.
Named one of Pennsylvania's 50 Best Women in Business in 2005.
Received the 2005 Athena Award from the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce.
Earned the 2002 DeAnn White Award for Community Service for commitment to applying public relations expertise in the field of community service and volunteerism from the Philadelphia Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.
Received a Hale's Legacy award -- for outstanding achievement in the field of public relations -- from Philadelphia Women in Communications.
Toplin & Associates, Inc. was ranked as one of the top PR agencies in Philadelphia by O'Dwyers and the Philadelphia Business Journal, for 10 consecutive years (1997 - 2007).
Toplin and Associates, Inc. was ranked among the top 100 independently owned PR agencies in the nation by O'Dywers (2003-2007).