Bucks Writs - Summer 2018 - 9

A fond farewell from Liz Fritsch,
LASP's longtime Executive Director
Dear Bucks County colleagues and supporters,
problems. I also soon discovered how rich LASP was in
the number and generosity of its friends and supporters.
The future success of LASP, and my own success, I quickly
realized, would be dependent upon my ability to hold
onto, nurture and develop that incredible staff and that
wonderful family of LASP's supporters, like those of
you reading this note, who have donated so generously
of your time and monies. You have also supported
and sustained me personally, and it is you who have
inspired and motivated me to try a little harder and do a
little more each day.

As some of you know, I have decided it is time for me to
step down from my position as Executive Director of Legal
Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP). I will be leaving at
the end of July of this year.
Leading LASP for the past 21 years has been an
incredibly stimulating and rewarding job. It has
demanded much from me and given me much in
return. Over the years I, and the program, have been
provided with many opportunities and faced more than
a few challenges. At times the going has been rough.
But LASP has survived and, in fact, grown stronger
despite it all. And much of this is due to colleagues and
friends like you.

But is it time for me to move on to make way for new
leadership and fresh energy and ideas at LASP. I ask you to
help the new Executive Director at LASP just as you helped
me for so many years. As for me, I am not done yet. I
want to continue to work on issues I believe in and I look
forward to new opportunities and challenges. (And a little
more time off.) 

I arrived at LASP to find a committed and excellent staff,
many of whom had dedicated their whole professional
careers to providing legal assistance to low-income and
vulnerable individuals and families facing urgent legal

- Liz
Elizabeth Wood Fritsch, Esq.

Legal Aid of Southeastern PA's Bucks County staff
members join Elizabeth Wood Fritsch, Esq. She
departs at the end of July after more than 20 years
with LASP.
Front row (from left): Elizabeth Wood Fritsch, Esq.;
Tesla Thomas, Staff Attorney; Carol Wilbur, Office
Manager, Doylestown; Mitsue Shafer, Paralegal/
receptionist. Back row: Robert Kim, Staff Attorney; Mardi Busanus, Protection from Abuse (PFA)
volunteer; Rhonda Sherrod, Staff Attorney; Jennifer
Pierce, Managing Attorney of LASP's Doylestown
office; Randi Riefner, Legal Assistant. Other LASP
Bucks staff missing from the photo: Rodlena Sales,
Managing Attorney of the Bristol office; Barbara
Kaner, Staff Attorney; Maryjane Kelley, Staff Attorney; Pat McCorkle, Office Manager, Bristol.

SUMMER 2018

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