UWGLV Staff Promotions Announced

United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley is pleased to announce well-deserved staff promotions which will support our 2021 Campaign as we plan for significant growth over the next 5 years. Please join us in congratulating the following staff members.


Erin Connelly has been promoted to Assoc. Vice President, Impact. Erin has served as our Sr. Director, Impact since 2019 where she provided strategic support to healthy aging, food access and emergency services. Erin will continue to lead those initiatives as well as lead continuous process improvement across the Impact department with a focus on DEI, Policy, and Collaborative Partnerships.




Ray Santiago has been promoted to Sr. Director, Campaign Strategy. He will lead both workplace campaign and also direct appeal strategies that are not leadership giving. In addition, Ray will have a focus on overall annual campaign strategy. Ray has been a valuable member of the United Way workplace campaign team since 2015.





Kim Kitashima has been promoted to Director, Finance & Donor Relations. She will take on an intensified focus on pledge processing for major and mega gifts which require more customized customer service than general pledge processing. Kim has been a key team member in finance since she was hired as part time Finance Coordinator in 2017.





Takyra Kleinsmith has been promoted to Manager, Finance. She will shed her more administrative duties to the new administrative assistant and acquire from Kim more advanced finance duties. Takyra joined our United Way in 2019 and we're confident in her ability to take on her new role.