Home of the Penn State University Cheerleading Team, Lionettes Dance Team and the Nittany Lion Mascot Booster Club
Board Members
Lou Ann Kloss - President
Lou Ann is a proud State College native. She was the Assistant Cheerleading Coach from 2000-2015. She retired from coaching in 2015 and relocated to South Carolina with her husband, Paul. After spending four years in the south, they decided to return back to Happy Valley.
Lou Ann then re-joined the Nittany Lion Pride Booster club as the President.
WE ARE thrilled to have her back!!
Marci Harmon - Treasurer
Marci Harmon is a 1982 graduate of Penn State University with a degree in Accounting and a 1987 graduate of the MBA program at Fairleigh Dickinson University. While at Penn State, Marci was in Alpha Phi Sorority, a little sister at Theta Chi Fraternity, founder of the Penn State Twirling Club and danced in Thon each year that she was a student there. Marci and her husband, Brian (’83 SpCom) (the Penn State Spirit Squad Photographer), recently relocated to Naples, Florida and also have a second home in State College, PA. They have two children Jason (’12 AerospaceEngr) and his wife Katie ('13 Acctg) who live in Clark, NJ and Jessica (’14 M.Ed and BS Education) and her husband Bobby Miller who live in Alexandria, VA. Marci is a Certified Public Accountant and owns her own accounting firm, Marci J. Harmon, CPA LLC. In her spare time she is involved in the Penn State Alumni Admissions Program, the Schreyer Honors College Parents Council, the Alpha Phi Alumni Association, the THON Hope Gala Advisory Board, the State College Quarterback Club and the Nittany Lion Pride organization. Her daughter Jessica was a Penn State cheerleader from 2010-2014 (and one of the founders of the current Cheer House), and Marci is proud to serve as the Treasurer of the Nittany Lion Pride Booster Club.
Doreen Schivley - Membership -Chairperson
Doreen Schivley lives in State College, Pa with her husband Mark. Doreen received a BS in Special Education from Penn State in 1978 and a Master's Degree in Psychology from Washington College in 1983. She retired from teaching in the field of Special Education from the Kent County Public Schools (Chestertown, MD) in 2008 after a 30 year career. Hobbies include reading, dancing, cooking, picking grapes for a local winery, swimming, and watching sports. In State College, Doreen is a docent/volunteer at the Penn State All-Sports Museum. She and her husband, Mark are members of the Nittany Lion Club, Life-time members of Back the Lions and the Penn State Alumni Association, State College Quarterback Club, Lady Lion Cager Club, Friends of Penn State Men's Hockey, Tailback Club, Centre County Penn State Alumni Association, and of course Nittany Lion Pride. In addition, Doreen was selected to be an inaugural member of the Nittany Lion Fan Council.
As an undergraduate, Doreen danced in Thon in 1976 and 1977 when it was a full 48 hours and held in the HUB ballroom. Doreen also tried out for the cheerleading squad. She is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority and a Sigma Pi Little Sister.
Kimberly Fragola- Secretary
Stefanie Stewart-Kenton
Stefanie Stewart-Kenton joins the board as an alumna of the Penn State Cheerleading program, where she cheered from 2004 to 2007. She graduated from Penn State University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Business degrees. During her time at Penn State, she also served as a Lion Ambassador for the Penn State Alumni Association.
After graduation, Stefanie embarked on a 12-year career in the chemical industry, focused on cosmetics and personal care. She began in sales, progressed into supplier management, and concluded her corporate career in business development. While traveling nationally and internationally, she furthered her education by earning an executive degree in International Business from INSEAD in 2016.
Today, Stefanie is an entrepreneur, active volunteer, and board member for several nonprofit organizations. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she now resides in Delaware with her husband.