Delaware Valley Friends Welcomes New Board Members

We are pleased to welcome the three newest members of the Delaware Valley Friends School Board of Trustees.

(full bios can be found HERE)

Matt Azarva is an alumnus if DVFS (class of 1999), and graduated from Northeastern University in 2004 with a B.S. in Media Studies/Broadcasting. Matt spent 8 years at Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia as a Sports Producer, earning 2 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards. In 2014, he left the television industry and joined Klein Hersh International, an executive search firm focused on the healthcare and life sciences industries. In the last 3 years, he has been recognized as a Top-10 performer in a network comprised of more than 3,000 search professionals in nearly 40 countries.

Matt has fond memories of DV's evolution and growth over the years, from its days at Harcum College to the school breaking ground in Paoli and finally having a place to call its own. However, it is the relationships he cultivated with the teachers that he remembers and values most - caring educators who gave him the self-confidence to accept the idea that it is okay to learn differently. Those life lessons remain with him to this day.

Vonda Davis is an Innovation Principal for SAP America managing innovative projects for current and future customers. Vonda has more than 27 years of professional experience in the software industry specializing in project management, mentoring, and software development. She is a graduate of Talladega College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and Marist College with a Master of Science degree in Software Development. She is a DVFS alumni parent with two sons who recently graduated in the Class of 2017.

Vonda strongly believes in the mission of Delaware Valley Friends and how it helps students with learning differences succeed in school and beyond. She is honored to serve on the Board of Trustees to give back to the school.

Molly Watson has spent more than 30 years in the business of integrated marketing, most recently as the Chief Operating Officer at Tierney – an Interpublic Group agency (NYSE:IPG), offering integrated advertising, PR, media, social media, and digital solutions. Molly has been recognized professionally with the Young & Rubicam Media Excellence award, as one of Philadelphia Business Journal’s Women of Distinction, an Adweek/She Runs It Working Mother of the Year, and as the 2017 Mission in Action award recipient from the Women’s Resource Center. She has served on the boards of the People’s Emergency Center, the Philadelphia AAAA FirstStates Council and the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Marketing Committee. She currently serves on the Fred’s Footsteps Board of Directors an organization that supports families during the traumatic period when they have a sick or injured child. Molly is a graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington and sits on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the IU Media School. Molly has a son in the 9th grade at Delaware Valley Friends School.

As a parent, Molly deeply appreciates what a special place Delaware Valley Friends School is for kids who learn differently. She says that DVFS was one of the only schools to see the potential in her son and give him a chance after he had been tossed and tumbled around the public school system. She reports that he has blossomed because of the school’s committed and caring faculty, who she refers to as “ real people giving real kids a chance.”

We look forward to the energy, insights and dedication these three newest members bring to our school’s Board of Trustees.

(full bios can be found HERE)

Photo: Delaware Valley Friends School’s new Trustees 2017-18: (pictured left to right) Matt Azarva (DV Alumnus, Class of '99), Vonda Davis (DV alumni parent, Class of '17), Molly Watson (DV parent, Class of '21).