Ann McNally
Managing Principal

Ann McNally (MBA) is a former financial executive with more than 20 years experience in financial planning, financial analysis, and accounting operations.  She served as Vice President, Finance for JP Morgan Chase, where she not only oversaw the operation of several credit card market leaders, but was also instrumental in the creation of a new operations branch and product costing for a new production line.  Before that, Ann worked as a financial manager at Kraft Foods, where she was responsible for corporate reporting and analysis as well as investment analysis for several new and existing consumer product lines.   Ann also has a strong background in IT and has designed and installed IT systems for such major corporations as Unisys, Xerox, and Eastman Kodak.

Ann holds an MBA with a concentration in Accounting Information Systems from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and a BS from Drexel University in Commerce and Engineering with a focus in production management.  Her professional associations include former Board President of Financial Executives International's Delaware Chapter, where she remains a board member, and the Greater Philadelphia Senior Executive Group and its Nonprofit Subcommittee.

Ann understands the unique challenges of the nonprofit sector thanks to her work in the community.   She is a former Board President of the Women's Resource Center, where she remains on the Board Development Committee, and a former Board President of the YWCA of Delaware, where she is currently a member of the Finance Committee.   Ann is also a member of the Finance Committee for the Brandywine Wellness Foundation. 

Today Ann McNally is a sought-after writer, educator, and consultant.  In addition to her work with ACM Advisors, Ann serves as the Chair of the Mid-Atlantic Consultants Network and as an Adjunct Professor at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business and St. Joseph’s University, where she teaches classes on entrepreneurship, business planning, and consulting for nonprofits. Her articles about performance measurements, capital formation, and economic projections, meanwhile, have appeared in the industry publication IEC Insights.

Judy Swartley
Principal

Judy Swartley (MBA) has over 25 years of business experience in manufacturing, mechanical contracting, and sales.  An entrepreneurial executive with strong diversified leadership skills, Judy's experience ranges from concept development to project implementation, including a background in business planning, technical sales, engineering, purchasing, supply chain management, OSHA/safety compliance, field operations, quality assurance, and Human Resources.  She tackles all of these areas with a “teamsmanship” approach that fits new ideas and solutions into existing organizations.

Judy's extensive skills come from several years of work in business and education.  Judy has served as Quality Control Department Manager at Honeywell, Inc., a Managing Partner at the M. Arthur Group, and Manager of Lehigh University's Rauch Center for Business Communications.  And she has also taught undergraduate and masters-level business courses at both Lehigh and Penn State's Great Valley campus and presented seminars on a wide range of subjects from strategic business planning to substance abuse programs in the workplace.  Her writing has appeared in several trade publications.

Judy earned at BS in Physics from Juniata College, holds an MS in Industrial Engineering and MBA from Lehigh University, and has studied French at The Sorbonne and Physics at East Carolina University.    She is currently on the Advisory Board for the iMBA program at Penn State University and is active with the Independent Electrical Contracting Association and Juniata College.

Janet Unger
Principal

Non-Profits hire Janet to help increase the effectiveness of their governing board and to position their organization for the future. She believes that a non-profit can only be successful if it has equally dynamic leadership from both the board and management. Janet has applied this premise consulting with small community-based agencies, large regional corporations as well as national and nternational associations. Her practice is devoted to strengthening non-profit board leadership.

Janet trained in the theory and implementation of Policy Governance. The foundation of Unger's consulting practice is in the integration of her governance expertise with holistic organization development concepts. Janet taught Board Leadership in Non-Profit Organizations at the University of Pennsylvania for 11 years.

Since 1990, clients have been coming to her to help them analyze their current practices, evaluate their options and make decisions to increase their impact. Today, through board self-assessments, board retreats, strategic planning and resturcturing, this skilled facilitator helps groups capitalize on their assets to effect change. Her experience with corporate restructuring includes the successful facilitation of a merger between a regional agency and state-wide association with well-aligned missions. Her clients value Janet's commitment to their success.

Janet has held senior management positions with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF in the Philadelphia Regional Office and at the Volunteer Action Council. She has also worked in the organization development department at Strawbridge & Clotheir.

Her dedication to community services has been reinforced through participation on a number of local as well as national boards as a Director, Officer and Board Chair. Janet currently services on the Board of Trustees of the ALS Association, Greater Philadelphia Chapter where she is co-chairing the strategic planning project for the Board.

Janet holds a BA in Human Development and Social Relations from Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana.

ACM Advisors assembles project teams from its network of business and strategic partners on an as-needed basis.