Our Staff

Meet Our Diverse Team!

Coffee Inclusive is a full-service, unique coffee shop experience that employs people with diverse abilities and Autism. Here, they work side by side with experienced baristas and servers to provide a warm and welcoming community fueled by delicious coffee creations and delectable baked goods. Our coffee shop is a place of employment for people with diverse abilities, where all team members are trained as any other employee would be and paid a fair wage as baristas and servers.

Bianca Lupio

Coffee And Bakery Manager

Megan Valkenburg

Development Director

Email Megan at [email protected]

Megan Valkenburg is an experienced Community & Civic Engagement Practitioner with decades of successful collaboration in the higher education and non-profit sectors. Passionate about experiential learning and community partnerships, Megan specializes in event planning, community-engaged teaching and scholarship, ludic learning, adult education, and community-based learning.

Throughout her career, Megan has worked alongside diverse groups of community partners, faculty, and students, focusing on creating sustainable solutions to pressing community challenges. A dedicated play practitioner, Megan is also a member of the Professors at Play community, an international network of higher education faculty, researchers, and instructional designers committed to the transformative power of play in adult learning. Additionally, she is a trained LEGO Serious Play facilitator.

Committed to fostering innovative collaborations, Megan works to bring together the necessary resources, skills, and knowledge to create meaningful change, particularly for vulnerable and marginalized communities. Megan holds a Bachelor’s degree in English and a Master of Science in College Counseling and Student Affairs from Shippensburg University. She is also featured in the Professors Play Playbook, a valuable resource on community engagement. Megan resides in Forty Fort with her husband and children.

Brendan Karolchyk

Marketing Coordinator

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Brendan is a recent MBA graduate from the University of Scranton’s Kania School of Management, where he concentrated in Marketing and served as Vice President of the campus chapter of Mu Kappa Tau, the national Marketing Honor Society. He is also an Eagle Scout, a distinction that reflects his long-standing commitment to leadership and community service. Brendan brings experience in social media marketing, event coordination, video production, and website development. At PA Inclusive, he supports brand awareness, digital strategy, and community engagement initiatives. He is passionate about creative storytelling, inclusive outreach, and mission-driven impact.

Anthony Melf

Director of Operations

Frank Bartoli, President & CEO

President & CEO

Frank Bartoli is the founder and CEO of NEPA Inclusive and Coffee Inclusive. His career spans more than 30 years of successful non-profit leadership. His disability advocacy interest and experience, and the reason for starting NEPA Inclusive, was to advocate for his daughter Ellie, who has Down Syndrome, and other people like Ellie so they can live typical lives. As a result, Ellie was fully included in her high school classroom and attended many community programs. She was the Pittston Area High School 2017 Homecoming Queen, the Pittston Area Girls Basketball Team Manager; where she played in two High School Basketball Games, including the All-Star game, and became the inspiration for NEPA Inclusive. Mr. Bartoli furthered his advocacy experience as the Executive Director of The Arc of Delaware County, a member of the Board of Directors of The Arc of Pennsylvania, the president of The Arc Community Trust. He was selected to the Governor’s Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities. His non-profit leadership experience includes multiple positions within the YMCA movement, including Executive Director/CEO of the Greater Pittston YMCA and Associate Executive Director at the Ambler Area YMCA, a branch of The YMCA of Philadelphia and Vicinity. In addition, he provides consulting and grant writing services to non-profit organizations under his private business, Bartoli Advocacy, and Consulting Services. He has taught undergraduate students at Eastern University, mentored undergraduate groups at the University of Pennsylvania, was a guest columnist for the Sunday Dispatch, founded and served as President of the Delta Nu Alumni Association of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity at Lock Haven University, and served on the Board of Directors of the Luzerne County Down Syndrome Network. He graduated from Leadership Wilkes-Barre and was named the 2002 Greater Pittston Person of the Year by the Sunday Dispatch. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania in Recreation Management and a Master’s Degree in Administration from the West Chester University of PA. He currently resides in Pittston, PA, with his wife and Great Dane, Luna.