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

  • 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

  • Robert Cherry

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Partner4Work

  • Farnam Jahanian

    PRESIDENT

    Carnegie Mellon University

  • Jennifer Rafanan Kennedy

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    PA United

TALENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS

ELECTED OFFICIALS

  • Office of U.S. Senator Bob Casey

    Jordan Ball, Political and Operations Director

  • Office of U.S. Senator John Fetterman

    Bobby Maggio, Senior Advisor

  • Office of U.S. Representative Summer Lee

    Brandon Forbes, District Director

  • Office of Governor Josh Shapiro

    Dana Fritz, Chief of Staff

  • State Senator Jay Costa

    PENNSYLVANIA STATE SENATOR

  • Mayor Ed Gainey

    CITY OF PITTSBURGH

  • Caroline Lowe

ADDITIONAL MEMBERS

  • Curtis Aiken

    PRESIDENT, CEO & FOUNDER

    ProTech Compliance, Inc.

  • Carlos Carter

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh

  • Steve Catanese

    PRESIDENT

    SEIU Local 668

  • Dr. Kathi Elliott

    CEO, GWEN’S GIRLS

    Convener of the Black Girls Equity Alliance

  • Dave Henderson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    AFSCME State Council

  • David Holmberg

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Highmark Health

  • Darrin Kelly

    PRESIDENT

    Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council

  • Joylette Portlock

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Sustainable Pittsburgh

  • Silas Russell

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania

  • Lisa Schroeder

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    The Pittsburgh Foundation

  • Andréa Stanford

    VICE PRESIDENT

    YWCA Greater Pittsburgh

  • 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

  • Michelle McMurray

    VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

    The Pittsburgh Foundation

  • Monica Ruiz

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Casa San José

  • Lauren Connelly

    VICE PRESIDENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND ADVOCACY

    Allegheny Conference on Community Development

ALL IN ALLEGHENY POLICY COMMITTEES

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Grant Gittlen

    TRANSITION DIRECTOR

  • Abigail Gardner

    TRANSITION COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

SENIOR ADVISOR

  • Kevin Kinross

    FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF

    Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato