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The PICA Board appoints a staff to execute the functions of the Authority. Currently, the Staff of the Authority is comprised of the following individuals: 
URI Z. MONSON, Executive Director
On July 1, 2008 the PICA Board appointed Mr. Monson as Executive Director. Prior to his appointment Mr. Monson served as Acting Executive Director and was Deputy Executive Director since October 2001, after having joined PICA as Director of Budgetary Analysis in 2000. From 1998 to 2000, he served as an Assistant Budget Director for the City of Philadelphia. From 1995 to 1998, he worked for the US Department of Education (US/ED) in Washington, DC as a congressional liaison, policy analyst, and as manager of the Javits Graduate Fellowship Program and co-manager of the National Resource Center program.
Mr. Monson is a graduate of the Presidential Management Internship Program, serving as a program analyst at the US/ED, and working in the Office of the Vice President of the United States and the NYC Office of the Superintendent for Alternative High School Programs. He has a Masters Degree in Public Policy, with a concentration in education policy, from the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. He also has a BA in Political Science from Columbia University, as well as a BA in Midrash from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
Mr. Monson serves on the Boards of Camp Ramah in the Poconos and the Philadelphia Academy for Law, Criminal Justice and Public Administration as well as President of the Philadelphia Committee on City Policy. He is married to Rebekah, an attorney with Pepper Hamilton LLP, and they have three children, Shoshana, Ariel and Eitan.
Uri Z. Monson, Executive Director  umonson@picapa.org
JOHN DALY, Director of Capital Analysis
Mr. Daly has served in his current role at PICA since January 2001. Prior to his tenure at PICA he was the Director of Dislocated Worker Programs for the Delaware County Workforce Investment Board.
Mr. Daly serves on the boards of the Media Little League, Nativity BVM Catholic Youth Organization and the SEPTA Citizens Advisory Committee. He is married to Tricia and they have three children; Jack, Connor and Erin.
John Daly, Director of Capital Analysis  jdaly@picapa.org
ALIKI BONAROU, Director of Program Analysis
Mrs. Bonarou has been at PICA since August of 2007. She holds a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Swarthmore College and an MBA in Finance from the Fox School of Business. Mrs. Bonarou holds National swimming records in Greece, her native country. She lives with her husband David in downtown Philadelphia and is an avid supporter of their community.
Aliki Bonarou, Director of Program Analysis  abonarou@picapa.org
Additional Staff Members
Deidre A. Morgenstern, Accounts Manager dmorgenstern@picapa.org
Kim Richardson, Secretary/Receptionist krichardson@picapa.org
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