Transition Committee
We’re ready to get to work on Inauguration Day. Meet the community leaders, organizers, local employers, academics, and government experts guiding our transition.
HONORARY CHAIR
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Austin Davis
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
TALENT COMMITTEE
The Talent Committee is comprised of leaders in their fields who are working to identify talented, diverse leaders to join County government, a central component of the Innamorato Administration’s commitment to transform Allegheny County government into an honest, transparent, and responsive force that delivers housing, safety, opportunity, and high-quality service for all Allegheny residents.
CO-CHAIRS
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Robert Cherry
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Partner4Work
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Farnam Jahanian
PRESIDENT
Carnegie Mellon University
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Jennifer Rafanan Kennedy
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
PA United
TALENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS
ELECTED OFFICIALS
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Office of U.S. Senator Bob Casey
Jordan Ball, Political and Operations Director
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Office of U.S. Senator John Fetterman
Bobby Maggio, Senior Advisor
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Office of U.S. Representative Summer Lee
Brandon Forbes, District Director
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Office of Governor Josh Shapiro
Dana Fritz, Chief of Staff
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State Senator Jay Costa
PENNSYLVANIA STATE SENATOR
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Mayor Ed Gainey
CITY OF PITTSBURGH
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Caroline Lowe
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
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Curtis Aiken
PRESIDENT, CEO & FOUNDER
ProTech Compliance, Inc.
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Carlos Carter
PRESIDENT & CEO
Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh
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Steve Catanese
PRESIDENT
SEIU Local 668
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Dr. Kathi Elliott
CEO, GWEN’S GIRLS
Convener of the Black Girls Equity Alliance
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Dave Henderson
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AFSCME State Council
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David Holmberg
PRESIDENT & CEO
Highmark Health
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Darrin Kelly
PRESIDENT
Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council
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Joylette Portlock
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Sustainable Pittsburgh
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Silas Russell
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania
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Lisa Schroeder
PRESIDENT & CEO
The Pittsburgh Foundation
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Andréa Stanford
VICE PRESIDENT
YWCA Greater Pittsburgh
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Guillermo Velazquez
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation
ALL IN ALLEGHENY
All In Allegheny committee members are overseeing the most inclusive community engagement effort in County history – All In Allegheny – which invites people from every corner of the county to share their ideas, priorities, and needs with the Innamorato Administration. In addition to the three co-chairs listed immediately below, the All In Allegheny committee divided into policy committees that draw on a range of expertise from across the county.
CO-CHAIRS
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Michelle McMurray
VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
The Pittsburgh Foundation
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Monica Ruiz
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Casa San José
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Lauren Connelly
VICE PRESIDENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND ADVOCACY
Allegheny Conference on Community Development
ALL IN ALLEGHENY POLICY COMMITTEES
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Co-Chair - Jada Shirriel, Chief Executive Officer, Healthy Start, Inc.
Co-Chair - Karen Wolk Feinstein PhD, President & CEO, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Co-Chair - Tiffany L Gary-Webb, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
Alice Bell, Overdose Prevention Project Director, Prevention Point Pittsburgh
Ben Stahl, D.Sc., Chief Executive Officer, Veterans Leadership Program
BJ Leber, President & CEO, Adagio Health
Chris Hunter, RN from WPIC
Cori Fraser, LSW, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Center for Autistic Advocacy
Deborah Gentile MD, Medical Director, Community Partners in Asthma Care
Doug Williams, President & CEO. Renewal, Inc.
Dr. Elizabeth Miller, Medical Director, Community Health, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Eric G. Hulsey, DrPH, Senior Technical Advisor: Drug Use Epidemiology and Data, Vital Strategies
Jennifer Modell, Executive Director, Locally Served
Jodi Faltin, BSN, RN, CCRN
Kannu Sahni, VP Community Affairs, Highmark + AHN
Kristy Trautmann, Executive Director, FISA Foundation
Laura A. Maines, CEO, Every Child, Inc.
Maya Ragavan, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Noble Maseru, Director, Social Justice and Professor of Public Health Practice University of Pittsburgh Schools of Health Sciences Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Rochelle Jackson, Founding CEO Black Women's Policy Center
Sarah Rosso, Executive Director, Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation
Susanne Cole, President/CEO, Pressley Ridge
Sydney Etheredge, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania
Dr. Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, MD, MPH, FAAP
Dr. Trisha Gadson, Chief Executive Officer, Jefferson Regional Foundation
Uday Palled, Councilman, Franklin Park
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Co-Chair - Lena Andrews, Vice President of Real Estate Development, ACTION-Housing, Inc.
Co-Chair -Steven Mosites, President, The Mosites Company
Co-Chair - Sydney Hayden, ACHA Board of Directors/ACHA RAB
Anthony Costa, AWK Development
Arthur Pang, Manager, FHLBank Pittsburgh
Bob Damewood, Senior Staff Attorney, Regional Housing Legal Services
Chavaysha Chaney, Manager of Advocacy and Health Policy, Women for a Healthy Environment
Cynthia Oliver, Executive Director, Three Rivers Business Alliance
David K. Roger, President and Trustee, Hillman Foundation
David Vatz, Organizing Director, Pro-Housing Pittsburgh
Dena Stanley, Executive Director , TransYOUniting
Ed Nusser, Executive Director, City of Bridges Community Land Trust
Jane A. Downing, formerly, The Pittsburgh Foundation
Senior Program Officer, The Pittsburgh Foundation
Jason Wrona, Attorney, Meyer Unkovic & Scott
John J. Katz, President, Brandywine Communities
Ken Doyno, AIA, President, Rothschild Doyno Collaborative
Kendall Pelling, Executive Director, Rising Tide Partners
Laura Poskin, Executive Director, Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh
Lucas B Piatt, CEO, Piatt Companies
Megan Hammond, Executive Director, Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh
P. Nathaniel Boe, Esq., President & CEO, MidPoint Group of Companies, Inc.
Preston Moore, Realtor
Steve Mazza, Council Representative, Greater PA Council Of Carpenters
Swain Uber, Housing Attorney, Community Justice Project
William Gatti, President/CEO, TREK Development Group
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Co-Chair - Geoff Webster, Pittsburgh Futures Collaborative description
Co-Chair - Michael Lamb, Pittsburgh City Controller/Attorney at Law
Co-Chair - Tara Matthews, Consultant, Aspirant
Amanda Settelmaier, Executive Director, Turtle Creek Valley Council of Governments
Annafi Wahed, Founder and CEO of The Flip Side
Beth Schwanke, Executive Director, Pitt Cyber
David J. Pasternak, Chair, Tri-COG Landbank
Doris Carson Williams, Chief Executive Officer African American Clamber of Commerce Wester PA
Emma F. E. Shoucair, Associate, Dentons Cohen & Grigsby
Heidi Norman, Director of Innovation and Performance, City of Pittsburgh
Illah R. Nourbakhsh, Professor, Executive Director, Trustee
Itha Cao, Director of Digital Inclusion and Innovation, Neighborhood Allies
John D Galuska, Director AFSCME Council 84
Jonathon Jensen, Rector, Calvary Episcopal Church
Joy M. Ruff, AICP, Executive Director, Local Government Academy
LaTrenda Sherrill, Founder, Principal Common Cause Consultants
Laura Meixell Cunniff, IT Project Manager, US General Services Administration
Lydia Morin, Executive Director, CONNECT
Robert Gradeck, Project Director, Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center, University of Pittsburgh
Willy McKain, CPA, Chief Operating Officer, Allegheny Conference
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Co-Chair - Cara Ciminillo, Executive Director, Trying Together
Co-Chair - Donta Green, Executive Director, Trade Institute of Pittsburgh
Co-Chair - LaShawn Burton Faulk, Executive Director, Manchester Citizens Corp
Allyce Pinchback-Johnson, Co-Founder, Black Women for a Better Education
Brooks Broadhurst, Vice President, Eat N' Park Hospitality Group
Carey A Harris, CEO, Literacy Pittsburgh
Chaquita H. Barnett, Program Director, Introduction to the Construction Trades
Daria C. Crawley, Ph.D., Professor, Robert Morris University
Dr. Diamonte Walker, CEO, Pittsburgh Scholar House
Donald Breitbarth, MSEd, Secretary, AFT Local 2067 at CCAC
Earl Buford, President, CAEL
Ernest Bellamy, Urban Designer
Gregg Behr, Executive Director, The Grable Foundation
Ilyssa Manspeizer, Executive Director, Landforce
James Fogarty, Executive Director, A+ Schools
Jen Flanagan, Executive Director & Founder, Community Kitchen Pittsburgh
Jennifer K. Statler, Pennsylvania State Education Association
Jordan Golin, President & CEO, Jewish Family and Community Services
Kathy Humphrey, President, Carlow University
Kevin Jenkins, President & CEO, Manchester Bidwell Corporation
Majestic Lane, Chief Equity Officer, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Maurice Cobb, Rapid Response Coordinator, USW
Michael Penn Colaresi, Associate Vice Provost for Data Science and William S. Dietrich II Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Michelle Figlar, Executive Director, Birmingham Foundation
Mizanoor Biswas, Partner, BurghNest Capital LLC
Nina Esposito-Visgitis, President, Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Dr. Robert Scherrer, Executive Director, Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU)
Ron Idoko, Director of Social Innovation, Frederick Honors College and Associate Director, Center on Race and Social Problems, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Shari Payne, Dean, School of Continuing and Professional Studies/Director of Online Education/Acting Dean, School of Education at Point Park University
Susie Puskar, Chief Policy and Research Officer, Partner4Work
Tim Smith, CEO, Center of Life
Dr. Wayne N. Walters, Superintendent, Pittsburgh Public Schools
William Generett Jr., Senior Vice President External Relations, Duquesne University
William H. Curtis, Senior Pastor, Mt. Ararat Baptist Church
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Co-Chair - Laura Chu Wiens, Executive Director, Pittsburghers for Public Transit
Co-Chair - Lynn Colosi, Senior Consultant, Delta Development Group
Co-Chair - Thomas R. McIntyre, Business Manager/Financial Secretary, IBEW Local #5
Alisa Grishman, Founder, Access Mob Pittsburgh
Chester Babst, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Allegheny County Parks Foundation
Chris Sandvig, Founder and Executive Director, Mobilify Southwestern Pennsylvania
Emily Elizer, Director, Government Affairs, Law & Compliance, PPG
Errol S. Abdulla, PE, President, AWK Consulting Engineers
Gil Berry, President and CEO, Gil Berry & Associates
James Feath, Assistant Vice President, HRG
Jenis Walsh, Political Coordinator, SEIU 32BJ
Jennifer Blatz, Program Director, Greater Pittsburgh Digital Inclusion Alliance
Karen Lightman, Executive Director, Metro21 & Safety21, Carnegie Mellon University
Kevin Kerr, Principal, Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies
Knowledge Hudson, Executive Director, Watersheds of South Pittsburgh
Lisa Werder Brown, Executive Director, Watersheds of South Pittsburgh
Liz Fishback, Director of State and Local Affairs, Stack AV Co.
Marcie Callan, Director of Government Affairs, Comcast
Ngani Ndimbie, Transportation Sustainability Consultant, High Street Consulting
Rob Vescio, Principal, Dentons Cohen & Grigsby
Ross V. Nicotero III, President and Business Agent, ATU LOCAL 85 PGH
Scott Bricker, Executive Director, BikePGH
Vince Tutino, President, Lindy Paving, Inc.
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Co-Chair - Barbara Griffin, Director , Pro Bono Center of the Allegheny County Bar Foundation
Co-Chair - John Wetzel, CEO, Phronema Justice Strategies
Co-Chair - Mike Vogel, Chief of Police, Allegheny County Housing Authority PD
Co-Chair - Miracle L. Jones, MSW, ESQ., Director of Policy and Advocacy, 1Hood Media
Anna Hollis Kander, Executive Director, Amachi Pittsburgh
Andrew Baranoski, Executive Director at Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
Brandi Fisher, CEO, Alliance for Police Accountability(APA)
Carolyn Chavis (Talibah), CJ Chavis
Diana Bucco, President, Buhl Foundation
Greg Porter, Executive Director at Ross-Westview EMS Rescue, Fire Chief for Etna Borough Fire Department
Jay Moser, Principal, New Academy Charter School
John Kenstowicz, Criminologist, Pa, Impact Interfaith Network
Marla Tobe Werner, Co-founder and CEO, Givver
Michele Panella-Mildrich, Business Agent, SEIU Local 668
Nicole Molinero, President/CEO, Women's Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh
Ralph Sicuro, President, Pittsburgh Fire Fighters IAFF Local No.1
Rev. Cornell Jones, Director of Street Outreach for the City of Pittsburgh and Executive Director of Operation Amani
Rev. Paul Abernathy CEO, Neighborhood Resilience Project
Rob Perkins, President, Allegheny Lawyers' Initiative for Justice
Sadie Restivo, Interim Executive Director, Pittsburgh Action Against Rape
Shawn A. Brokos, Director of Security for the Jewish Federation
Tanisha Long, Community Organizer, Abolitionist Law Center
Terri Minor Spencer, Executive Director of West End P.O.W.E.R.
Timothy R. Komoroski Sr., Chief of Police, Borough of Millvale
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Co-Chair - Kevin E. Walker, President and CEO, Duquesne Light
Co-Chair - Rob Stephany, Senior Program Director, Community & Economic Development, Heinz Endowments
Co-Chair - Tammy T. Thompson, Founding Executive Director, Catapult Greater Pittsburgh
Clifford B. Levine, Shareholder, Dentons, Cohen & Grigsby, PC
Dan Connolly, Attorney
Derrick L. Tillman, President & CEO, Bridging the Gap Development, LLC
Greg Jordan, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer, PNC
Herky Pollock, Executive Vice President & Northeast Director Retailer Services Group-CBRE, Inc.
Izzy Rudolph, President and CEO, McKnight Realty Partners
Jeremy Waldrup, President & CEO, Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership
Joanne Kilgour, Executive Director, Ohio River Valley Institute
John Valentine, Executive Director, Downtown Neighbors Alliance
Joseph Hall Executive Director, Kelly Strayhorn Theater
Juan Garrett, Executive Director, Riverside Center for Innovation
Kelauni Jasmyn, CEO, Black Tech Nation
Kendra Whitlock Ingram, President and CEO, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Kevin McPhillips, Executive Director and CEO, Pennsylvania Center for Employee Ownership
Kevin Washo, Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations and Chief of Staff
Kinsey Casey, Associate Vice Chancellor for Economic Development, Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
Lauren Brinjac, Senior Director of Legislative Affairs, Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association
Matt Smith, Chief Growth Officer, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Megan Shaw, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Life Sciences Alliance
Nadyli Nunez, Executive Director, Ascender
Ray Boyer, Partner, Mercedes Advisors
Richard Parsakian, Owner, Eons Fashion
Sam Reiman, Director, Richard King Mellon Foundation
Sam Williamson District Director, SEIU 32BJ
Sean C. Luther, President + CEO, InnovatePGH
Thomas C. Melisko, Jr., Business Manager, IUOE Local 66
Tina Doose, Principal with Main Street & Associates
Yvonne Campos, Founder, Next Act Fund
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Co-Chair - Ashleigh Deemer, Deputy Director, PennEnvironment
Co-Chair - Bernie Hall, United Steelworkers, District 10 Director
Co-Chair - NaTisha Washington, Communications Manager, The Breathe Project
Alyssa Lyon, Director, Black Environmental Collective
Andrew Flynn, Mt. Lebanon Commissioner
Ashley Henry Shook, Principal, Mulberry Public Affairs LLC
Dr. Aurora Sharrard, Executive Director of Sustainability, University of Pittsburgh
Bryan Iams, Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, PPG
Danielle Crumrine, Executive Director, Tree Pittsburgh
Darnell Moses, Interim Executive Director, Grounded Strategies
Jeaneen Zappa, Executive Director, Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance
Kanak Iyer, Ph.D, President, Kanakadhara Financial Enterprise
Matt Barron, Program Director, Sustainability; The Heinz Endowments
Megan McDonough, Pennsylvania Director, Food & Water Watch
Noor Un Nahar, Environmental Engineer
Patricia M. DeMarco, Principal Consultant, Main St. Associates
Richard V. Piacentini, President and CEO, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens
Sister Janice Vanderneck, Saint Joseph Director of Civic Engagement for Casa San Jose
Tom Pike, Political Engagement Team Coordinator, Sunrise Movement Pittsburgh
Tom Torres, Ohio River Valley Institute
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Co-Chair - Khalif Ali, Director, New Pennsylvania Project
Co-Chair - Sabrina Yow-chyi Liu, President, APALA Pittsburgh (Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance Pittsburgh Chapter)
Alec Rieger, Executive Director, NextGen:Pgh
Alex Heckler, Founder and Managing Partner, LSN Partners
Brittany Smith, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Alliance Foundation
Dana Brown, Ph.D., Executive Director, Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics
Daniel Fellman, Rabbi, Temple Sinai
Frederick W. Thieman, Thieman Legal LLC, Former United States Attorney and former President, the Buhl Foundation
Jasiri X, Co-Founder and CEO, 1Hood Media
Jeimy Ibarra, Pittsburgh Chapter Director with Pittsburgh/ PA United
Jessica Priselac, Duane Morris LLP
Jessica Walls Lavelle, President, JWL Strategies LLC
Maryn Formley, Founder & Executive Director of VEEEM Pittsburgh
Melanie Marie Boyer, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Foundation
Morgan Overton, Vice-Chairwoman, Allegheny County Democratic Committee
Nathaniel Yap, Vice Chair, Pittsburgh 7th Ward Democratic Committee
Nello Giorgetti, Principal, Dentons Cohen and Grigsby Public Affairs
TRANSITION STAFF
DIRECTORS
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Grant Gittlen
TRANSITION DIRECTOR
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Abigail Gardner
TRANSITION COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
SENIOR ADVISOR
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Kevin Kinross
FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF
Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato