>> My name is Tiffany Tavaris, and I'm a Corporate Contributions Manager for PECO.
I am part of a team that manages $5 million in charitable contributions and sponsorships
across the region, specifically to over 300 nonprofits in the area, specifically in arts
and culture, environment, education, and community development.
So we support a number of organizations.
We seek to make impact in the communities that we serve.
It's PECO, so obviously, is a customer.
So aside from providing electricity, we actually provide a number of financial resources
and in-kind support to these organizations, so that they can facilitate different programs,
hold different events and festivals.
One example would the Penn's Multicultural Series on Penn's Landing.
PECO is a big supporter of that, which enables over a dozen different festivals
and different particular ethnicities for them
to celebrate their culture, so PECO is a sponsor of that.
So essentially, my role is being part of the team that kind
of facilitates those contracts and those relationships.
Like I said, we support a number of programs and events.
If that program happens to be taking place in a community at 7 p.m. or an event taking place
at 7 a.m., and I vowed and advocated for that organization to receive funding
or support, then I'm going to be there.
So that's why I attend a number of those things at all hours of the day.