March 2026
Chester City Mayor
Upland Borough Mayor
Special Assistant to the Mayor and Constituent Affairs Manager
Professor and Author of The Seminarian: Martin Luther King, Jr. Comes of Age
Committee Founder
Author, CEO of Yan Money Matterz Entertainment, Management & Consulting, Blockchain Founder of Yan Money Coin, and Committee Executive Secretary
Executive Director of the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia
Director of Policy and Communications of the PAGP
Retired CEO of the Crozer Keystone Health System
Executive Director, Riverfront Alliance of Delaware County, a program of the Chester Economic Development Authority
Pastor, Community Activist
Media Attorney
Historian, Author, and Retired Neumann University Professor
Professor of Religion, Swarthmore College
Professor of Political Science; Faculty Director, Program on Urban Inequality and Incarceration, Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility; Founder and Lead Instructor, Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, Swarthmore College
Writer and Editor
NAACP President of the Media Branch PA; Former Staff, Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility, Swarthmore College
Upland Resident; Historian and Preservationist
Owner and Principal of Niyonu Spann Associates; Founder and President of 4 Circles Beyond, Inc.
Retired CUSD Teacher; Curator of the The Travelin' Black History Museum; Founder, CEO, and Board President of the Yes We Can Achievement and Cultural Center; and Interim Executive Director of The Nia Center, Inc.
Educator, Chester-Upland School Board Member; Pupil Services Committee Chair
Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.