Our Board
Board President
DebORAH Dunn
Deborah Dunn has been a postsecondary private school administrator for over 40 years. For the past twenty years, she and her husband have owned and operated Lancaster School of Cosmetology. Ms. Dunn has a degree in education which she has utilized throughout her career.
Ms. Dunn has been elected to several boards including American Association of Cosmetology Schools, CSPEN and PAPSA, which is now MAACS. She served three times as Board President of PAPSA/MAACS and helped lead the organization from a state level to a regional level association. She has served on both licensing and accrediting teams as well as a Government Relations Chair for CCA. She has presented at NACCAS conferences as well as many state association conferences including AACS and PAPSA/MAACS conferences.
Board Treasurer
Michael Emanuelo
Michael Emanuelo is an entrepreneur and telecom industry veteran with over 25 years in the sector. He started Cynergy in 2007 and through his expertise with data, hosted voice and colocation he drove growth while exceeding client expectations. He has a passion for solving problems and creating outcomes that employ the very best technology to ensure future success for his clients. His tenure in the service provider industry inspired both his design of Cynergy’s customer service/retention practices and the development of a proprietary order processing, trouble ticketing, and customer inventory portal. In 2021, its success and growth enabled Michael to sell Cynergy so he could use his expertise and passion to pursue other opportunities.
Prior to Cynergy, Michael held various executive titles at successful firms which included Intermedia Communications, Sprint, WorldCom, Cbeyond Communications, and Reignmaker Communications.
Today, Michael continues to employ his operations expertise to oversee provisioning of services, customer escalation support and support for customers with complex needs. His dynamic leadership has helped create an environment that fosters leading edge thinking with measurable and results-oriented solutions for his clients.
Board Secretary
Bruce Grissom
Bruce Grissom graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in Phycology and earned his Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Illinois. Bruce, being a life-long learner, also became a licensed psychiatric social worker, a licensed Merchant Marine captain, a licensed pilot and earned his Class-A Commercial Driver’s License.
Bruce spent most of his career in healthcare as the Director of Psychiatric Social Work for long-term care centers including Sacred Heart Hospital and the State of Pennsylvania’s Veterans Administration.
As an entrepreneur, Bruce started and ran a very successful entertainment business for over 10 years.
Bruces’s experience with post-secondary education includes serving on Advisory Boards, conducting business to business training and Admissions coordination.