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Posted on August 1, 2025
“I was born to oversee a fleet but didn’t even realize it”  Kelly Lorenzen earned her college degree in art history and expressed her creative talent on personal projects while she stayed home for 20 years raising her family. In 2017 she was ready…
Posted on May 20, 2020
By Paul Schiavone, Chief Human Resources Officer Who knew you could visit The North Pole, Paris and Disney World during a pandemic? Virtual travel via Google Earth and Zoom is one of many ways Penn-Mar is now relying on technology to help team members and…
Posted on May 12, 2020
With the COVID-19 stay-at-home order still in place after more than a month, cabin fever has begun to set in at the Penn-Mar home in Manchester, Md., that Residential Supervisor Emily Finnegan oversees. It’s safe to say that, to varying degrees, being cooped up at…
Posted on April 16, 2020
Kelly Dorsey has never been one to stop moving. While our world has practically come to a standstill, and almost every facet of our lives upended by the Coronavirus pandemic, Kelly’s commitment and deep compassion for the men and women she supports at Change, Inc.,…
Posted on April 7, 2020
By Gabe Jones, Maryland Community Living Administrator It’s month two of the COVID-19 quarantine. My team’s typical day now revolves around getting the people we support to acclimate to a new normal at home while still providing all the substance and growth they were used…
Posted on March 20, 2020
By Jackie Stevens, Chief Operating Officer Since the coronavirus pandemic has literally infiltrated all of our lives, Penn-Mar’s COVID-19 Task Force has been “meeting” daily via teleconference to address and implement the ever- evolving precautions and necessary adjustments that are changing life as we know…
Posted on February 14, 2020
Andrea Hilbert has been a Direct Support Professional (DSP) at Penn-Mar for 15 years. In that time she’s supported people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a variety of capacities: through the Maryland Day Program, the Pennsylvania Day Program, as a substitute in the Residential Program when called upon,…
Posted on February 3, 2020
When Karen Mottern arrives at work at Chick-fil-A in Cockeysville, Md., a job she began three years ago, it’s always with a big smile on her face and an eagerness to get started. Her attitude is infectious, and her helpfulness, hard work and dependability are…
Posted on January 27, 2020
A Direct Support Professional (DSP) for over 40 years, Kim Kucherer has seen it all – and probably been in the thick of it. “I was just 19 when I got my first DSP job; a Residential Assistant working summers, breaks, and weekends while going…
Posted on January 3, 2020
Many of us might still remember the thrill of receiving our very first paycheck. For Timothy Moran that memory is still fresh. In late October, Tim was put on the payroll of Maple Press, the 118-year-old book manufacturer in York, Pa., as an on-call employee….
Posted on January 3, 2020
Event Helps Support Individuals with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Live Their Best Life Baltimore, MD – Penn-Mar Human Services, the region’s leading provider of services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), will welcome hundreds of friends, families, and supporters to the Delta Hotels Marriot Hunt…