Marcie Taylor
Co-Founder
Marcie co-founded the Drew Michael Taylor Foundation (DMTF) with her husband, Randy, after the death of her three-year-old son, Drew, in a June 2006 auto accident. Marcie was a high school Spanish teacher for 15 years, but she retired from teaching in 2008 to devote herself to the grieving families served through the foundation’s grief support programs. She oversees the day-to-day operations of the DMTF and Drew’s Hope Grief Center, serves as the Family Services Coordinator for the Drew’s Hope grief support program, leads several adult grief support groups, plans DMTF fundraising and grief awareness events and speaks throughout South Central Pennsylvania on a variety of grief-related topics. Marcie is a proud graduate of Shippensburg University of PA (BSEd – Spanish, BA – Communications/Journalism & MEd – Educational Administration) and earned a Certificate in Thanatology from Hood College in Frederick, MD in 2012.
Bethany Gardner
Child & Teen Workshop Coordinator
Bethany is the Drew Michael Taylor Foundation’s Children and Teen Program Coordinator and Administrative Assistant. Bethany plans and presents children and teen workshops and co-facilitates several adult grief support groups run by the Drew Michael Taylor Foundation. Bethany is also the Drew’s Hope Program Coordinator where she plans the seven session program activities and supervises program volunteers from the Shippensburg University of PA Counseling Dept. and Social Work Dept. Bethany holds professional certificates for K-6 elementary teacher and elementary and secondary school counselor PK-12 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She is also a certified counselor through the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) since March 2, 2015.