Campaign Team
“At the end of the day it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished… it’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back.”
– Denzel Washington
What our campaign team has in common is a passion and commitment to Allentown. Not political operatives, but rather hard working individuals who want to make a difference for the city they love.
Dr. Diane Scott
Campaign Chair, Friends of Siobhan “Sam” Bennett 2017
Jeanette Eichenwald
Inaugural Campaign Chair, Friends of Siobhan “Sam” Bennett 2017
- Former Allentown City Councilwoman
- Former Allentown School District Board of Director
- Numerous Civic and Public Service Appointments, Allentown PA
Tatiana Tooley
Campaign Treasurer, Friends of Siobhan “Sam” Bennett 2017
- 1989 William Allen High School Graduate
- 1989 to 2002 Operations Manager, Corporate America, Washington DC
- 2009 to present Community Activist, Community Organizer
- 2014 Candidate State Representative District 22 (Allentown)
- Currently HR Representative for Deploy HR
Dick Leonzi
Inaugural Campaign Treasurer, Friends of Siobhan “Sam” Bennett 2017
- B.S. Business Administration – Edison State University
- Retired Chief Financial Officer – John Yurconic Agency
- Former business owner – Whitehall Development Inc
- Former Campaign Treasurer – Rep. Jennifer Mann
- Registered Tax Return Preparer – Internal Revenue Service
Matthew Gross
Administrative Manager
- 2016 WAHS graduate
- 2016 WAHS Marching Band
- 2016 WAHS Junior Naval ROTC
Cynthia Douglas Mertz
Development Manager
- Attended Penn State
- 40 years Allentown resident
- 32 years Lehigh County Department of Human Services (retired)
- 35 year Allentown School District parent
- 33 years resident N. 6th Street Allentown
Anne Crothers
Co- Chair of Events Committee
- Psychotherapist in a private practice in Allentown at her business, Healingworks
- Lives in Allentown and is a board member for Allentown Weed and Seed and Old Allentown Preservation Association.
- Fourth Generation Democrat and feels strongly about electing women to public office
Selina Winchester
Communications
Carole Gorney
Communications
I'm With Sam
“Sam Bennett would be a great mayor because what she can do is incredible. With the William Allen Construction Company, Good Neighbors, Properties of Merit and the Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King Memorial (now The Freedom Memorial), I have seen her build amazing organizations, starting with nothing but a great idea and committed colleagues. With Mayfair Festival of the Arts, Women's Campaign Fund and the Lehigh County Democrats' get-out-the-vote operation, she stepped into challenging situations and turned them around. Sam is successful due to hard work and talent; she is highly skilled at marketing, communication, finance and operations. Sam is honest and she really cares about Allentown.”
— Martin Estrada - Allentown City Democratic Committee, immediate past chair, Mayfair Festival of the Arts and Properties of Merit of PA, volunteer; married twenty-one years to Siobhan "Sam" Bennett.
