Joseph Pyle has more than 20 years of experience in behavioral health, serving eight years as a CEO at various institutions including MeadowWood Behavioral Health System, Northwestern Institute of Psychiatry, Malvern Institute, and Friends Hospital.  Mr. Pyle joined Friends Hospital in 1999, and has served as part of the Hospital’s executive team since that time. In 2004, he was named interim Chief Executive Officer; during his tenure, he worked with the Board of Managers to seek, evaluate, and select a joint venture partner that would preserve both the Hospital’s patient care operations and continue the Board’s nearly 200-year old mission.  After the Board selected a partner, Mr. Pyle oversaw the legal transaction and guided the Hospital staff and community through the change process which culminated in June 2005.  At the conclusion of the transaction, he was named Interim Executive Director of the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation, which was created from a portion of the assets of the conversion of Friends Hospital to a joint venture.  As of September 2006, he was appointed President of the Foundation.

Prior to his administrative positions, Mr. Pyle held various clinical positions including Clinical Director of Adolescent Services at MeadowWood Hospital and psycho-educational specialist at Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic.  He also held special education teaching positions in the Pennsauken, New Jersey and Montgomery County Intermediate Unit school systems.  Mr. Pyle sits on several non-profit Boards: the Advisory Board for the Philadelphia Chapter of Outward Bound, the Board of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and as a member of the Flower Show Executive Committee, as well as the Board of the Family Planning Council.  He also served on the Boards of the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems and the Delaware Valley Health Care Council.  A graduate of LaSalle University, Mr. Pyle holds a Master’s Degree from Glassboro State College in School Psychology.  He lives in Chester County with his wife and their two sons.

Carol Delgado has more than 30 years’ experience working in the field of Administration.  Prior to working for Friends Hospital, Carol worked 28 years for the Penn Central Railroad and then Conrail.  Carol worked for the Chief Operating Officer at Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) where she oversaw a staff of 25 secretaries along with working closely with the Senior Management of the Railroad and Senior Management of numerous external customers including UPS, J.B. Hunt and the Automotive Companies.  After the merger between Norfolk Southern and CSX, Carol came to work for Friends Hospital working for the CEO and COO.  After 18 months with the hospital Carol came to work for The Thomas Scattergood Behavior Health Foundation as Director Administrative Services

Along with the everyday responsibilities of overseeing the administrative duties of the Foundation, Carol oversees the various volunteer programs and special events held by the Foundation and sets up the various monthly meetings, as well as maintaining the President’s daily meeting schedule. Carol handles the accounts payable and receivable process at the Foundation and the recording of all donations.  Carol handles the correspondence for the Foundation as necessary and keeps records on all Grants approved by the Board of Managers.

Carol lives in Philadelphia’s Fox Chase section and has two grown children and six grandchildren. 

Laura Paliani graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Science, Technology & Society, concentrating in biology and biomedicine, and a minor in Italian Studies in 2008. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY and works for both the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation and one of its partner organizations, the ScattergoodEthics Program, managing and developing their on-line services. She will begin her first year at the University of Virginia School of Law in the fall of 2009.