Tonyehn Verkitus

Tonyehn Verkitus is the Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility PA and the Northeast Counties Medical Society. Her work in the nonprofit world has mostly centered on health and food though she also spent many years training organizations and communities on fundraising and telling their mission-based stories.

In 2007, Tonyehn along with other family members and friends started Africa Community Exchange (ACE), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support an effective model of education for youth and educators in Liberia. Since then they have impacted the lives of ten of thousands of students and trained teachers at 26 schools across the country. Tonyehn is the current board chair of ACE and also sits on the boards of the Lackawanna County Arts, Culture and Education Department; NEPA Health Care Foundation; Clean Water Action; and is a member of WVIA's Community Advisory Board.