The Junior League of Lancaster (JLL) recently announced the appointment of Hannah Funk as president, as well as the incoming 2023-24 board of directors.

A native of Lancaster County, Funk is a 2007 graduate of Ephrata High School. She earned her Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Elizabethtown College in 2011 and participated in Semester at Sea through the University of Virginia during the summer of 2010. During the pandemic, she obtained her Paralegal Certificate from Villanova University. Funk also participated in Leadership Lancaster as part of the 2020 Core Class and currently serves as her class's ambassador. She works remotely as the manager of sales operations and analytics for a unified communications company.

Funk joined the JLL as part of the fall 2015 provisional class. During the course of her eight-year JLL career, her executive leadership activities have included serving as the communications vice president, placement vice president, parliamentarian, and president-elect. She has also served as a Run4Luck co-chair and a member-at-large for the House Programs and Membership Development committees.

In addition to Funk, fellow 2023-24 board members include Laura McGarry, president-elect; Anna Oot, recording secretary; Melissa Frill Esterly, parliamentarian; Michelle Weaver, treasurer; Erin Sell, community impact vice president; Brittany Fellin, communications vice president; Ashley Noel, fund development vice president; Sandra Schiffli-Salerno, membership development vice president; Meg Lefever Titter, nominating vice president; Erin Derstler, placement vice president; and Debbie Havert, sustainer chair.

As of June 2022, JLL's current initiative is nutrition insecurity, a newly adopted issue-based community impact (IBCI) focus area, to combat the lack of access to healthy and nutrient-rich food and improve nutrition knowledge and dietary habits across all populations in Lancaster County. Members collected 1,500 manual can openers for the Lancaster Power Packs Project, and they planted and continue to tend a community garden at the Boys and Girls Club of Lancaster's Jack Walker Clubhouse in downtown Lancaster.

The JLL will celebrate its 100th anniversary in November of this year and will mark the achievement with several commemorative events throughout the year. The centennial jubilee will conclude on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at Fulton Theatre, where active and sustaining members and community partners will celebrate and pay tribute to the JLL's impact and look forward to the coming years of service to the Lancaster community.

Operating on a fiscal year, the 2023-24 League year began on July 1 and will conclude on Sunday, June 30, 2024.

Visit http://www.jllancaster.org for more information about the JLL's projects, programs and fundraisers.