Hi! I’m Cait Allen, president of the Queen Village Neighbors Association. Serving in this role since last January has been an incredible honor, and I appreciate the opportunity to continue to do so. Since taking office, I’ve worked tirelessly to improve the quality of life for everyone who lives in the Village. To be most effective, I’ve worked on building a coalition with nearby civics to amplify our collective voice and address shared issues.

A main focus has been on increasing public safety by promoting community policing, launching the safety ambassadors program, and repairing broken street lights. Another focus has been strengthening our relationship with the Courtyard development by expanding our joint summer camp, helping to enroll several teen girls in a college prep program, and assisting with the semimonthly food pantry.

I look forward to continuing to serve the residents of Queen Village in my next term!

I have been a Queen Village resident since 1996. First on 3rd and Fitzwater and on Queen St since 2006.

I have been on the Board since the Fall of 2021 and in that time I have been the Secretary, Chairmen of the Membership Committee where I steered the development of the Tour d’ Arte and our Holiday Celebrations. I also sit on the CCIP (the Community organization that liaises with ILMAC). I have been the Vice President for the last 2 years where I have helped QVNA recover from a post-Covid world.

I am optimistic about our neighborhood, and I look forward to the opportunity to share opinions with other residents and help us to continue to be the best neighborhood in Philadelphia.

I currently live at Queen and Swanson with my wife, Tracy, our 2 dogs Lucy and Browndawg, and our cats.

In 1976, my parents bought our home at 325 Gaskill Street. My dad spent the next year building our home from the inside out while my mom got her Masters in Urban Planning from Penn. At the time, the Southwest corner of the block was occupied by a sausage factory (now a physical therapy studio), which I’m told received a dump truck full of miscellaneous animal parts weekly. The surrounding neighborhood was on the verge of being demolished to make way for a conduit to I95; an effort that was thwarted by hippies and artists like Julia and Isaiah Zagar. Suffice it to say, Queen Village was a very different place then…

I was born in 1983 and spent my childhood at Three Bears, Old Pine (both church and community center), and McCall School until 5th grade. We rented our house on Gaskill and moved to 11th and Spruce. I made my way through Masterman and finally, Central High.

After graduation, I attended Tulane in New Orleans; eventually making my way back to Temple University and to the 300 block of Gaskill Street. I graduated with a marketing degree but decided to pursue full-time motherhood, which was made especially sweet by being back in my childhood home.

In 2021, both my children started school; my son Kindergarten at McCall, and my daughter pre-school at YCCA. I completed my real estate license and joined Elfant Wissahickon Realtors. Since then, I’ve been working hard as an agent to share the best this city and our neighborhood has to offer.

Over the last 40 years, I’ve seen the many iterations of South Street and the communities that surround it and I believe there is opportunity for the residents of this community to affect real change for its businesses and residents alike. We have the resources and the talent to “be the change” we’d like to see, and I’m excited and honored to be invited to participate.

As an agent, a mom, and lifelong resident of Queen Village, it is my ambition to serve my clients, my children, and my community!

Dennis Mahoney’s career spans across both the private and the non-profit sector, focusing on developing local, national, and international partnerships to unlock opportunities, and provide greater access to the marginalized. Dennis Mahoney is a business owner. Dennis is the founder and principal of a consulting firm, focusing on unlocking access, opportunity, and impact for organizations through partnership cultivation and performance coaching. Previously, Dennis served as the Director of Integrated Partnerships at Food for the Hungry (FH), an international development and disaster relief NGO that works in communities across eighteen nations. In his role, Dennis cultivated partnerships with the private sector that integrate into the interventions that FH engages in, whether responding to global disasters or long-term development. Prior to FH, Dennis led disaster relief teams in the Caribbean and United States. Additionally, Dennis has a background in cyber underwriting and enterprise risk management in the private sector. Dennis serves on the US Global Leadership Coalition’s PA State Advisory Board, the Philly House Board of Directors, and is a Buchholz Fellow at the Committee of Seventy.

Dennis holds an Executive Masters of Public Administration and a Masters of Organizational

Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania. His research and capstones at the University of Pennsylvania focused on Building Resilient Indigenous Capacity in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, and an Ecosystem Approach to Private Sector Partnerships in Development.

I have served as a Board member for the past 8 years in various roles including Finance Committee member and as a member of the Grants Committee. I am seeking your vote for another 2 year term.

While serving in those roles, I helped initiate increases to QVNA’s revenue streams, allowing us to increase our financial support for projects and services to our community.

As a member of the Grants Committee, I collaborated with Committee members to provide funding for summer educational programs for our youth ; park refurbishments; and critical school needs, among others.

Kevin Farrell and his wife have called Queen Village home for over two years. Originally from Bucks County, Kevin moved to Philadelphia to attend Temple University, where he earned his degree in Finance. He currently serves as a Portfolio Manager at Glenmede Trust Company, providing clients with tailored investment advice, asset allocation strategies, and ongoing portfolio management. Kevin also earned his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, further solidifying his expertise in the field.

Kevin is passionate about giving back to the community and is actively involved with several charitable organizations that support individuals with special needs. He regularly volunteers his time and assists with fundraising initiatives to further these causes. In his personal life, Kevin enjoys traveling and often explores new countries with his wife. They are also enthusiastic skiers, eagerly anticipating their annual trip to Vermont. A food lover, Kevin takes delight in discovering new restaurants and cuisines wherever his travels take him.

Ryan Fair is a scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, conducting research on CT scanners in the Department of Radiology. He earned his bachelor's degree at The University at Buffalo, and his doctorate at Pennsylvania State University.

In his free time, he works with teens in an after school program at Queen & Rook. He's an avid runner, and can often be found running up the Delaware and Schuylkill. He and his wife love to cook, and never miss the Sunday morning Headhouse Square farmer's market.

Kim Vo is a motivated scientist for Johnson & Johnson, developing and delivering life changing medicines to patients for 20 years. Kim obtained her B.S. in Biology from Albright College, M.S. in Microbiology from Thomas Jefferson University and Certificate in Project Management from Temple University. Kim has been living in Queen Village and the vicinity for 40 years and has served the communities of Greater Philadelphia in different capacities. She has seen the transformation of our neighborhood over the last 4 decades for better and worse. She is passionate to serve on the Board for another term to make an impact by improving the quality of life for residents of Queen Village specifically on safe streets and beautifying our neighborhood by leading the mural project to increase community engagement and drive change together.