Our Executive Board members are elected to hold each office for a period of two years. While this Executive Board was elected to this term in 2024, we only provided a bio for the newest member Kathi Noel at that time.
The Publicity & Editorial Committee is working on a summary of the Board order Governors to be posted here soon. While we await some information from the B.O.G. We felt it appropriate to introduce our Executive Board members. And as is the trend right now they each have (with a little help from Chat GPT) their very own Action Figure in the “U.G.H. Club-Man” and “Ms. U.G.H. Club-Man” Executive Board Line.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
JANET FRICKER MALOFIY:
PRESIDENT
Janet was elected President of the United German Hungarians in 2014.
Janet has been an active member of our club since age six when she joined the Cultural Dance Group. She is an avid Schuhplattler Dancer having been a member of all our Prize Plattling Teams from 1989 to 2013. Janet was on the team winning first place in 1999 and 2007. She and her husband Sasha also won First Prize in the Einzelplattler in 2007. She repeated the First Prize Einzel in 2017 with Paul Ulrich. She then achieved Second Place in Einzel in 2019 and Third Place in 2022. She still dances whenever needed. Janet was a performer in all the Kirchweih shows from 1982 to 2001. Janet was Chairman of the Cultural Group for fourteen years from 1998 to 2012. She began playing soccer on our girls team at age 11 and continued for five years enjoying the game very much.
Janet was awarded the Ehrenwürdig in 2000.
She has served on many special committees at our club and was for 8 years the General Secretary on our Executive Board prior to becoming the President. She also served as the Chair of the Rental, Catering and Kitchen Committee in the past. Janet was elected in 2022 and re-elected in 2024 the Schriftführerin of the Gauverband Nordamerika. She is the Co-Chair, along with Brian Schulz of DE, of the 30. Gaufest.
Her action figure, dressed in our classic red club dirndl, embodies the spirit of the German Hungarians. She’s always ready to go, microphone in hand.
She lives in Horsham, PA with her husband Sasha who is a member of our Board of Governors and assists in coaching out Schuhplattler Presiplattler team. They have three children Sasha Jr. (Who along with his Wife Chrissy are expecting a baby boy soon), Mikaela, and Kyra. All the kids and daughter-in-law are active in our Cultural Group.
STEVE PAUL:
VICE PRESIDENT
Steve Paul was elected as our Vice President in 2016 at our Annual General Meeting. Paul was first elected to the Board of Governors in 1998. He served from 2005 to 2016 as the Chairman of the Board.
He began playing youth soccer at our club in 1966 and played his entire youth career with us through 1977. He was selected multiple times to the United Junior Soccer League All Star Team during that era. He then played on our Reserve team from 1977-1978 when he moved up to the Major Team. He played with the Majors until 1981, then coached the U-11 Girls team from 2003-2004, and has coached the Major Division Women’s team since 2016. He was inducted into the Southeastern Pennsylvania Soccer Hall of Fame (SEPA) in 2015. He also currently serves as the Treasurer of the United Soccer League of Pennsylvania.
Steve joined the Cultural Group at a very young age in the 1960s. In the 1970s Steve was an original member of the German Hungarian Schuhplattler Group. He also performed and participated in the 1980s and 1990s Kirchweih floor shows. A dance group alum, Steve supports our dancers in various ways to this day. He is a member of our 30. Gaufest Core Committee as a co-treasurer with Klaus Vikari of the Delaware group. Steve was awarded the Ehrenwürdig in 2010.
Steve’s action figure is ready for the sidelines, clipboard in hand, whether he’s making a lineup sheet for Sunday’s game or writing match recaps for our website.
Steve lives in Feasterville with wife, Christina (née Tillmann). They have a daughter Michelle McFadden, and a son Stevie. Both are members of our Cultural Group. Michelle plays soccer on our women’s team, and is a Board of Governor. Steve has one granddaughter Delanie.
NICHOLE BLANK DEELY:
GENERAL SECRETARY
Nichole was elected as Secretary on our Executive Board in 2014 to serve along with the new President Malofiy.
She joined the Cultural Group as a child as soon as she was able and has never looked back. She took part in the Kirchweih floor shows in that era. As a member also of our Schuhplattler group Nichole served as an alternate on our Preis teams in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2022, and 2023. She danced in competition as part of the team in 2013. She also coached the Preisplattler team in 2019. In 2022 she placed first in Einzelplattler (Ages 35-49). She has served as a member of the Cultural Group committee in the past. The 12. Gaufest in Parsippany, NJ was her first Gaufest. She is a member of our 30. Gaufest Core Committee. She was awarded the Ehrenwürdig in 2020.
Nichole’s action figure, sports the most beautiful Banater Tracht. Ready to take minutes she has her pencil and paper, plus the Rosmarein Strauss. What do we have today? A meeting or the Kirchweihfest?
Nichole lives in Horsham, PA with husband Chris, and son Christopher. The whole family are active in our club and Cultural Group.
KATHI NOEL:
TREASURER
In 2024, at an organizational meeting of the Board of Governors immediately following the Annual General Membership Meeting, the Board of Governors elected Kathi Noel as the newest member of our Executive Board.
In 1992 and the Michael and Kathi Noel family brought sons Jason and Brian to the club and the dance group. The goal was for the boys to learn about their culture through dancing as well as being a part of the social aspects of the United German Hungarians.
By the next year Kathi Noel joined up in the Cultural and Schuhplattler Group herself. She participated in the Kirchweih shows from 1992 through to the end of that era of the floor show.
She served the club as Entertainment Chairman from 1997-2009. She was a member of the 19. Gaufest feasibility committee and the Hotel & Entertainment Chair for the 19. Gaufest in 2003 in Philadelphia. In 2005 Kathi was elected to the B.O.G. and served as secretary of the Board from 2013-2024. She also was the Financial Secretary for a time. Kathi was awarded our club’s gold Ehrenwürdig pin at the 100th Anniversary Banquet in 2010.
She is the Treasurer of the Steuben Day Observance Association.
She is showing off our “Blue Danube” tracht in her action figure. She’s ready to balance the budget, pay the bills, and calculate anything, with her stack of cash and trusty adding machine always at hand.
Kathi lives in Lansdale with her husband Mike. They have two sons, Jason and Brian. Jason and his daughter Evie are active in the Cultural & Schuhplattler groups. We’re happy to see the Brian Noel family at practices recently, and hope they continue to be involved. Kathi is incredibly proud of her many grandchildren and loves to share stories about them!
EDITOR’S NOTE:
These bios have been adapted, compiled and updated from past bios printed in our Monthly Progress and on this website.
Images in this article were created with AI.
