Dorothy Alexander Muccilli, CEO and Founder

Dorothy Alexander Muccilli is CEO and Founder of Healing Art Works.  She holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from the Pennsylvania State University. She retired from teaching to raise her family, but pursued other business opportunities during those years. She taught extensive needlework courses in cross-stitch, quilting, embroidery, and needlepoint. Additionally, she co-founded a needlework business called Crossroads.
    An artist of both watercolor and oil, Dottie currently belongs to several art groups and is represented in galleries.  She donates pieces of her artwork to charities on a regular basis. Other charitable works include extensive volunteering for a variety of causes, including local schools, the literacy program at her local library, and homeless shelters.

Susan Leps, President

Susan Leps is President of Healing Art Works. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, with a concentration in Illustration from Syracuse University. After college, she moved to the Philadelphia area and pursued a career in graphic design. But it is in her free time that she really shines, creating illustrations that are both whimsical and playful, and also showing her more serious side by bringing to life beautiful florals and subjects in still life. Today, Susan is an active member of the Artist Circle Fine Arts Group. She also has reached out to those in need, donating to the Healing Art Works foundation.

Kay Kustanbauter, Spokesperson

Major Gifts Director, Intercollegiate Athletics, Penn State University

A member of the Penn State athletic staff for nearly 34 years, Kay Kustanbauter was appointed Executive Director of the Nittany Lion Club in 1989. She retired from that position in December of 2005.
    As Executive Director, Kustanbauter had principal responsibility for the management and coordination of all Nittany Lion Club fund-raising undertakings. The Club was between $9 and $10 million annually. She has now come back to the University on a part time basis, acting as a major gifts director for Penn State Athletics "Success With Honor" campaign which hopes to raise $100 million in five years.
    In 2000, she received the Fund Raiser of the Year Award given by the National Association of Athletic Development Directors for her significant contributions and dedication to that profession. She also received the 2000 Ridge Riley Lions Pride Award by Penn State's Division of Development and Alumni Relations.
   She serves on the Board of Easter Seals of Centre County, PA as well as the North Central Region Business Development Board of M&T Bank. She is also working with FourthFest-State College's Fourth of July Celebration and has most recently agreed to serve on the board of Healing Art Works, an organization which collects donated artwork for patient rooms in hospitals.
   Kay spent 40 years with Penn State working in Intercollegiate Athletics for 34 years and the Department of Dairy and Food Science for 6 years.

Vicki Messina, Treasurer

Vicki is currently the Office Manager at Medical Healing Arts Center in Doylestown, PA. The Center provides conventional medicine, as well as complementary healthcare, to the community. Medical Healing Arts Center is also known for the original works of local artists that it exhibits in its first floor gallery throughout the year.
   Prior to her position at Medical Healing Arts Center, Vicki worked as a remedial reading teacher in the Central Bucks School District. She is also a facilitator for the parenting program, Parent to Parent, sponsored by the Central Bucks Healthier Communities Team. Vicki has volunteer experience as both a Girl Scout leader and a CCD teacher.
    The mother of three, Vicki grew up in New Jersey and has lived in Bucks County, PA since 1996.

Patty Cunningham - Exton, PA

A self-taught artist, Patty has worked in the Chester County, PA area for many years. She belongs to Artists Circle and Flying Colors, two groups of professional women artists who meet regularly to paint together, as well as the Chester County Art Association and Chester Springs Studio. Shows include juried exhibits in local galleries, annual shows with the art groups to which she belongs, invitational and member shows at CCAA and CSS.

Dr. Robert Wilson Sweeny, Ph.D., Art Consultant

Robert W. Sweeny is an assistant professor of art and art education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is coordinator of the Art Education program, and earned his PhD in Art Education from The Pennsylvania State University in 2004. He has taught art at both middle and high school levels in Montgomery County, Maryland. He is responsible for teaching methods courses for art education majors, supervising student teaching fieldwork, as well as teaching studio courses, art for elementary educators, and aesthetics in the Robert Cook Honors College.
    Dr. Sweeny is also a working artist, having earned his MFA from Maryland Institute, College of Art in 2000. His work explores similar territory as his research, deriving sculptural forms and large-scale drawings from the intersections of complex self-organizing biological systems, networked digital technologies, and cartoons.
    He has had many exhibitions in recent years in the eastern states.