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 DavisLieutenant 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 CherryCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Partner4Work 
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       Farnam JahanianPRESIDENT Carnegie Mellon University 
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       Jennifer Rafanan KennedyEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PA United 
TALENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS
ELECTED OFFICIALS
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        Office of U.S. Senator Bob CaseyJordan Ball, Political and Operations Director 
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        Office of U.S. Senator John FettermanBobby Maggio, Senior Advisor 
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        Office of U.S. Representative Summer LeeBrandon Forbes, District Director 
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        Office of Governor Josh ShapiroDana Fritz, Chief of Staff 
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        State Senator Jay CostaPENNSYLVANIA STATE SENATOR 
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        Mayor Ed GaineyCITY OF PITTSBURGH 
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        Caroline Lowe
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
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        Curtis AikenPRESIDENT, CEO & FOUNDER ProTech Compliance, Inc. 
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        Carlos CarterPRESIDENT & CEO Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh 
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        Steve CatanesePRESIDENT SEIU Local 668 
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        Dr. Kathi ElliottCEO, GWEN’S GIRLS Convener of the Black Girls Equity Alliance 
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        Dave HendersonEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AFSCME State Council 
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        David HolmbergPRESIDENT & CEO Highmark Health 
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        Darrin KellyPRESIDENT Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council 
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        Joylette PortlockEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sustainable Pittsburgh 
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        Silas RussellEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania 
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        Lisa SchroederPRESIDENT & CEO The Pittsburgh Foundation 
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        Andréa StanfordVICE PRESIDENT YWCA Greater Pittsburgh 
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        Guillermo VelazquezEXECUTIVE 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 McMurrayVICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The Pittsburgh Foundation 
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       Monica RuizEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Casa San José 
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      Lauren ConnellyVICE 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 GittlenTRANSITION DIRECTOR 
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        Abigail GardnerTRANSITION COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR 
SENIOR ADVISOR
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        Kevin KinrossFORMER CHIEF OF STAFF Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato 
