2024-2026
State Officers
donna malone
President
Donna has been an active member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs for 32 years. She joined the GFWC Hollidaysburg Area Women’s Club in 1990 having served her club as President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, and Corresponding Secretary, as well as chairing numerous departments and committees through the years, including Membership, Communications, PR & Social Media, and co-chairing the Community Impact Program.
At the state level, Donna is currently serving as President. She previously served as 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President; Communications, Public Relations & Social Media Chairman, 2018-2020 and 2016-2018; and as Pennsylvania Clubwoman Newsletter Editor, 2016-2018.
In her local community, Donna served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Hollidaysburg Area Public Library for 14 years and Board Secretary for six years. (2003 – 2017). Most recently, Donna was honored to be selected as the 2019 Citizen of the Year for the Borough of Hollidaysburg and was the 2022 Wise Women of Blair County Community Service Volunteer Honoree.
In 2021, Donna retired as Office Manager from Spring Cove Container, a division of the Roaring Spring Blank Book Company, where she was employed since 2007. Her hobbies and interests include traveling, shopping, scrapbooking, being with friends, and especially spending time with her family.
Donna, and her husband, Tim, have been married for 44 years. They have three sons and two grandchildren.
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Sara Ruppel
1st Vice President
Sara Ruppel is a member of the Federated Women’s Club of Hershey. A Lancaster County native, her teachers selected her to attend the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) seminar in 1998 as an ambassador and she continued to volunteer at the seminar and on the Board of Trustees for a number of years.
While at HOBY, Sara learned of GFWC and joined the Federated Women’s Club of Hershey in the fall of 2014. Previously she served her club as, International Outreach Chairman, 2nd Vice President and two terms as club President. Currently she serves as the Program Chairman and as a mentor -something she is passionate about!
Currently, Sara is serving as the Pennsylvania First Vice President and Dean of Directors, On the GFWC Middle Atlantic Region board and as her local clubs Programs chairmen, and on the membership and financial committees. She represented Pennsylvania as the 2016 LEADS candidate at the International Convention in Baltimore. Sara has served as GFWC PA International Outreach Program Chairman, GFWC PA Education Chairman, the South-Central District Director and most recently as the GFWC Pennsylvania Second Vice President and Dean of Chairman.
While serving as the International Outreach Program Chairman, Sara became involved in Shot at Life and her (and her husband) are active volunteers traveling to Washington DC, when possible, for the organization’s summit as part of the GFWC delegation.
Sara resides in Marietta, Lancaster County with her husband Mike and their two very spoiled Maine Coon cats. She currently works at Penn National Insurance in Harrisburg as an Operations Analyst. Sara enjoys spending time with her large extended family, traveling, and reading. She loves honeybees and Disney- especially Winnie the Pooh.
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sue O'Day
2nd Vice President
Sue has been a member of GFWC Abington Heights Civic League, Inc. since 1989. She has served her Club as: President for several non-consecutive terms; First Vice President (Programs); Recording Secretary; multiple terms as Treasurer; Chairman of the Dance Department for over 10 years; and has served as chairman and committee member on numerous committees.
She served as the Northeastern District’s Art Chairman for 2012-2014, and the Crafts Chairman for several years. During the 2014-2016 administration, she was the chairman of the Education Committee. She was co-chairman of the GFWC Signature Project-Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention for the 2016-2018 administration. For the 2018-2020 administration, she served as the Northeastern District Director, held the office of Treasurer for the 2020-2022 and the Leadership Chairman for the 2022-2024 administrations.
Sue was the recipient of the GFWC PA Jennie Award in 2016, and runner-up for the Middle Atlantic Region. She represented Pennsylvania as the LEADS candidate in 2017.
Returning to college as an adult, she received her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Keystone College in 2008. For the past 30 years, Sue has worked for the Abington Heights School District, and is currently Director of Business and Student Services, overseeing the Food Service Program, the district’s purchasing, managing the Student Activities Accounts, and doing Accounts Payable.
Sue is an avid mountain biker, book reader, and collector of rabbits (not real ones!). She lives in Scott Township with her significant other and has a son, a daughter, and six granddaughters, and one grandson!
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sue morrow
Secretary
Sue Morrow joined GFWC in 1990 as a member of the Junior Women’s Club of Butler.
While a member of Junior Club she served as Assistant Treasurer and Treasurer and chaired several committees. She transitioned to the GFWC Intermediate League of Butler in 1995 and continued to serve on the board as Corresponding Secretary, Committee Chair, and a Department Chair for Butler County. Sue left Intermediate League in 2006 because of career traveling and job restrictions. Upon retirement in 2018, she rejoined and became actively involved serving as club President from 2020 – 2022.
Sue has been a member of Federation for over 20 years and is a member of the Southwestern PA district. In her local club, she currently serves as Parliamentary Advisor. Sue designed the winning state newsletter for 2022-2023 and has developed a tri-fold pamphlet to advertise Intermediate League while Co-Chairing Communications, Public Relations, and Social Media. As a Board member of GFWC Pennsylvania 2022-2024, Sue is the Community Service Program Chairman for Environment.
Sue is actively involved in her community returning in 2022 to the Board of Directors of the Butler County Symphony where she served from 2010 – 2018 and held the office of Vice President for 3 years. As the current Operations Director for the Symphony, she is responsible for leading the committee that plans and produces the annual concert programs. She is a member of Soroptimist International of Butler County and a Library Ambassador for the Butler Area Public Library. Most Mondays, Sue can be found at her local church helping to prepare and serve free community dinners for those in need in the Butler community.
As a lifetime member of Girl Scouting, Sue has served on the Board of Directors for Keystone Tall Tree Girl Scout Council and Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania. She was a national delegate twice, representing the interests of local girls. It was her honor to be awarded the Thanks Badge I and II – the highest national adult volunteer awards for outstanding service in a leadership role.
Prior to retirement, Sue worked as an RN spending 30 years in hospital nursing and then another 13 years as an Implementation Consultant for computerized nursing documentation done in a hospital setting. During the recent pandemic, she returned to nursing to administer the COVID-19 vaccinations.
Sue lives with her husband and enjoys traveling and spending time with the families of her daughter and son most especially her three grandchildren.
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kathy cassel
Treasurer
Kathy has been an active member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs for 27 years. She joined The Woman’s Club of Perkasie in 1996 having served her club as President (2000-2002), Vice President, Recording Secretary, and Treasurer as, as well as chairing numerous departments and committees through the years, including Membership, Evening Division, Movie night, Festival of Arts (Arts and Culture), Fashion Show and assisting with publications for events.
Kathy has also held positions at the County level for Bucks County serving as President for three (3) terms, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, and chaired numerous departments and committees.
At the state level, Kathy is presently serving as Southeastern District Director (2022-2024), and has previously served as Arts and Culture Chair (2020-2022) and served one term on the Bylaws Committee.
Kathy is presently working as a Pennsylvania licensed Realtor with RE/MAX Reliance. She has been a Realtor for 36 years during those 25 years she owned her own Property Management Company for 300-500 units. Management included handling budgeting for all the units, showing, processing applications, verifying information, running both credit and criminal background checks, and overseeing Escrow accounts for all the units. During the ‘80s she managed three (2) HR Block offices, and was finance chair of her church for 6 years (2012-2018).
Her interests include horses, traveling, spending time with her family and friends, and spoiling her 5 grandchildren. Kathy, and her husband, Ken, who are Junior High School sweethearts have been married for 47 years. They have one son and two daughters / two wonderful sons-in-law and five grandchildren ranging in ages from 8-18.
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— Helen Keller
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