Toni Pergolin served as Bancroft’s President and CEO for 22 years before her retirement in 2025. Under her leadership, Bancroft expanded its services to include extensive programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism, and those in need of neurological rehabilitation. She now serves as an advisor and Chief of Staff to the Bancroft Board of Trustees.

Prior to joining Bancroft, she worked at the University of Pennsylvania Health System for 14 years in various positions, including Chief Financial Officer for Pennsylvania Hospital. She received her undergraduate degree in accounting from Pennsylvania State University and her master’s in health administration from Saint Joseph’s University.

Toni is actively involved in community activities and welcomes opportunities to help others with important missions. She has extensive board experience, serving on the boards of seven organizations — both public and nonprofit – over the past decade. Currently, she serves on the Boards of Fulton Bank, N.A,. and Inspira Health.

Toni’s book, Too Important to Fail: Leadership Lessons for Nonprofits, describes her extraordinary story of taking Bancroft from operating on the edge of bankruptcy to doubling its size and building a state-of-the-art campus for those Bancroft serves today and in the future.

(Watch the Toni: In Her Own Words series.)