SCRANTON — Maryla Scranton, of North Abington Township, is among five new individuals named to The University of Scranton’s Board of Trustees.
Scranton has had a long and successful career as a fundraising executive for non-profit organizations. She has planned and led annual and capital campaigns that raised millions of dollars for non-profit organizations throughout the United States. She served as director of development for the university and as campaign director for its first national capital campaign, A Second Cornerstone.
She was development director at Lackawanna College, Allied Services Health System, Marywood University and The Langley School, in McLean, Virginia. She was vice president of community relations and development for The Mercy Health System, a division of Catholic Health Care Partners, Cincinnati, Ohio. There, she established and administered The Mercy Foundation and The Monsignor Andrew J. McGowan Institute for Community Health.
In 2004, Scranton started MPS Consulting, which has done work for both profit and non-profit companies. She began as a consultant for Parente Randolph Inc., one of the largest accounting firms in the East. While there, she set up a fundraising business for the company.
She served on the several boards, including The Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre, Friendship House and the Children’s Advocacy Center in Scranton, and Geisinger Health System’s insurance companies in Danville. She served as board chair of the Penn State Worthington Scranton Campus. She is currently a member of the Board of Governors of The Scranton Area Foundation.
She has presented at local and national conferences and has been the recipient of several awards during her career.
Scranton is a graduate of Penn State. She is married to the former Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania, William W. Scranton III. Her daughter, Brook Coyer ’04, ’G08, earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at The University of Scranton.
