Ed Margolis is the executive chairman of the Kades-Margolis Corporation, a trusted partner in the PSEA Member Benefits program since 1974. Ed co-founded Kades-Margolis in 1972 with a focus on working with educators and support professionals to meet their financial needs by offering guidance, financial strategies, and proven retirement and investment solutions.

Today, Kades-Margolis has a network of more than 50 financial professionals and serves clients in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. According to U.S. Retirement Partners, Ed is “considered a forerunner, an innovator, and a respected leader in the 403(b) marketplace.”

He received the Bob D. Schiller Meritorious Service Award in 2013 and is one of the founders and past president of the National Tax Sheltered Account Association. Ed is a graduate of the Coatesville Area High School and the University of Pennsylvania. Ed is an extraordinary friend of PSEA and our members. 

Lily Freeman is a senior at Central Bucks High School East and is an outstanding advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, not only in Central Bucks, but across the United States.

Lily spoke out against the dangerous and discriminatory antiLGBTQ+ policies that the Central Bucks School District’s school board approved. She also advocated at the national level to oppose similar discriminatory policies that are being leveled against LGBTQ+ students and individuals.

Even though they tried to silence her voice through fear and bullying, Lily found the courage to speak up so all people are included and treated with respect.

Jordan Corcoran is the founder of Listen, Lucy, a mental health organization that uses lived experiences with mental illness to end the stigma that has stopped so many people from receiving the help they need and deserve.

Jordan’s mission is to create a kinder, less judgemental world. She frequently visits public schools in the Pittsburgh community to share her experience battling generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder in a relatable and honest way. She has selfpublished two children’s books and visits local elementary schools to read her stories to students and connect with them about mental health in a way they can understand.

For the first time this year, Jordan is hosting a free wellness conference for middle school students that will help eliminate the financial barriers school districts face when providing mental health programming.

www.listenlucy.org.

Jessica Henry is an Elizabethtown Area Education Association member and gifted coordinator and instructional coach at Elizabethtown Area High School.

Jessica dedicates her time to serve as an advisor of the high school’s Human Rights Club, a student-driven organization that advocates for everyone’s human rights through education, activism, and community service based on the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The Reflections Of Grace Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports children diagnosed with pediatric brain cancer and their families. It raises awareness about the disease and provides financial, emotional, and educational support for children with all types of pediatric brain tumors. Since its start in 2008, the Reflections of Grace Foundation has raised $625,000 for pediatric brain cancer research and has awarded $831,000 to families across the United States.

Tamara Ekis, a kindergarten teacher in the McKeesport Area School District, is the president of the Reflections Of Grace Foundation. After losing their five-year-old daughter Grace to diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), a rare cancerous brain tumor located in the middle of the brain stem, Tamara and her husband Brian established the foundation to channel their grief, support families in similar situations, and help find a cure for DIPG.

www.reflectionsofgrace.org.