About Us

BARBARA BUSHEY ERNICO is President and CEO of Charitable Advisory Services which she founded in 1999.   Ms. Ernico worked in the non-profit public charity world for over 35 years.  A former Executive Director of Easter Seals and Administrator for an Intermediate Care Facility, Ms. Ernico has shared her experience in non-profit administration and grantwriting for the past 40 years by consulting for charities.  Her focus has been foundation grant-making and community building for York County Community Foundation, the Robert C. Hoffman Charitable Endowment Trust and the Adams County Community Foundation.  She has served as a Peer Reviewer for PANO (Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations).  Following her retirement in August 2017 as Founding President/CEO of Adams County Community Foundation, she attended the Standards for Excellence Institute and is a recognized, licensed  consultant for The Standards for Excellence . 

In her spare time Barbara serves on the Temple University Alumni Association Budget and Investment Committee and the Temple University College of Public Health Board of Visitors.