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PROGRESS REPORT Meet four Pittsburghers trying to change the city for good

EDITOR’S NOTE … 4

Why first impressions can be deceiving

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FIRST READ … 7

Discover Pittsburgh pols’ favorite hidden-gem destinations

SUMMER LEE … 10 A Q&A with the state rep hoping to make it to Washington

CITY & STATE SCENE ... 12

Recapping the 2022 Above & Beyond Awards program

CONOR LAMB ... 18

The Democratic congressman makes his case for U.S. Senate

THE PITTSBURGH POWER 100 … 25

The names to know in the Steel City

WINNERS & LOSERS … 50 Who was up and who was down in recent weeks

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Editor-in-chief

JARED GRUENWALD

JENNY DEHUFF

MY FIRST IMPRESSION of Conor Lamb – prior to meeting him – was that he looked like the kind of guy who probably irons his socks, sings in the church choir and has never jaywalked in his life. But after watching him debate, I developed a level of respect for him I didn’t have before. At the recent U.S. Senate Democratic candidates’ debate at Muhlenberg College, co-hosted by City & State, Lamb was cool, confident and quick-witted. When his sole opponent, state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta of Philly – Lt. Gov. John Fetterman dodged the debate – hurled accusations at him for voting with Republicans, Lamb defended himself by saying that his voting record aligned more with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s than with Donald Trump’s.

Beyond Lamb’s performance on the debate stage, his career in public service and the military also impressed me. At age 33, he pulled off a razor-thin upset in 2018 in a special U.S. House race in Pennsylvania in a Trump-dominated district in the western part of the state. He went on to win two more races – the general election later that year and reelection in 2020.

I respect that he served our country as a Marine and that he supports the Second Amendment. As a gun owner, that’s important to me. I also like that he claims to understand the needs of farmers and working-class people who believe that fracking is necessary to keep energy in Pennsylvania sustainable and accessible – and to improve the state’s fortunes overall.

I sure hope this note doesn’t come across like I am fawning over Lamb – because I’m not. I simply have a better appreciation of how important it is not to judge a book by its cover.

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The Clemente Museum is housed in historic Engine House 25 in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville section.

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PITTSBURGH’S EASTER EGGS Underrated attractions, historic sites and outdoor adventures hidden in plain sight.

By Harrison Cann

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HE SPRING SEASON brings new life to nature, a new sense of exploration and the observances of Easter, Passover and Ramadan.

Whether you were a child anxiously searching for the golden egg on Easter Sunday or looking for the afikomen on Passover, you remember well the thrill of finding a prize hidden in plain sight. Each city has its own cache of Easter eggs – hidden gems waiting to be revealed – and Pittsburgh is no exception. Here are a few of them to discover yourself.

Roberto Clemente Museum The Roberto Clemente Museum, which preserves the legacy of the late Pittsburgh Pirates legend, is one of state Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa’s favorite places to visit in the city.

The museum showcases not only Clemente’s playing career and the racial and language barriers he faced, but

also his humanitarian efforts off the field. Located in the historic Engine House 25 in Lawrenceville, the museum offers “an incredible collection of (Clemente’s) possessions, uniforms and photos,” said Costa, who “learns something new about this amazing Pittsburgher” every time he goes.

Pittsburgh Botanic Gardens Although it’s known as the Steel City, Pittsburgh has its fair share of attractions for nature lovers. State Rep. Valerie Gaydos, who hails from the Moon Township area, said the Botanic Gardens will soon become one of the best in the nation. Going from abandoned mine land to a 460-acre getaway in Oakdale, the gardens’ history is “really phenomenal,” Gaydos said. The gardens debuted a $10.5 million welcome center and café earlier this year and will host an art exhibition showcasing flora and fauna from April 8 through June 25.

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West View HUB The West View HUB is a community center housed in the old PNC Bank on Perry Highway. It aims to be a one-stop shop for the community, offering a library with computers and internet access, a food pantry, counseling services, a senior center and more. State Rep. Emily Kinkead said the center is a remarkable resource.

“These kinds of community gathering places for residents of every age are far too rare these days and the HUB is doing great work to build up not just the community in West View, but throughout the North Hills region,” she said.

Gilfillan Farm In Upper St. Clair, just south of Pittsburgh, lies Gilfillan Farm, which State Rep. Natalie Mihalek and her family enjoy visiting whenever possible. Originally purchased by the Gilfillan family in 1849, the 135-acre farm is now an outdoor event venue that hosts everything from weddings to corporate and family events.

Mihalek said: “While it sits just across South Hills Village Mall, when you step onto the property, you are propelled back in time.” Upper St. Clair now owns and operates the outer 60 acres of the farm, including its walking trails.

Woodville Experience Just southeast of Pittsburgh, this historic site in Woodville dates back to 1785. “Pittsburgh is immeasurably fortunate to have this piece of history right in our own backyard,” said state Sen. Devlin Robinson. The home was originally owned by John Neville, a Fort Pitt commander and tax collector during the 18th-century uprising of farmers and distillers against a whiskey tax – known as the Whiskey Rebellion. Today, it stands as one of the oldest houses in Western Pennsylvania and offers historic tours, and candle-making and cooking demonstrations.

Wightman Park Wightman Park, located in the heart of Squirrel Hill, “may not occupy a ton of space, but it packs a lot of character into its four corners,” said Pittsburgh City Council member Erika Strassburger. Wightman has a lot to offer, including a playground, picnic shelter and tree canopies. It underwent stormwater renovations in 2020 and now doubles as a retention project, hoping to solve neighborhood drainage problems. Its green infrastructure, including rain gardens and retention tanks under the park, is estimated to capture 2 million gallons of stormwater a year.

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West View Hub (top); Gilfillan Farm (center); the Woodville Experience (bottom); and Wightman Park (right) are favorite locations among some of Pittsburgh’s elected officials.

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A Q & A with State Rep.

Summer Lee This Pittsburgh community organizer is hoping to make the jump from state representative to congresswoman.

By Harrison Cann

This interview has been condensed and edited for length and clarity.

You have had a lot of experience in organizing and activism. What was the catalyst

that made you want to run for public office?

We just came off of organizing around our school system. We had a whole bunch of things really going badly and a lot of parents and students and family members who just felt like we didn’t have any power to make changes to that. We did a campaign, however, and I think that really turned the tide. It showed our community that if we come up with a plan, we find our own people, and we run them, then we can actually start to change the trajectory of things. We saw that success with the school board – it was incredibly empowering. And then, we were trying to figure out: What can we do next?

How can we find more folks – particularly Black folks – to run for office? That was when the opportunity presented itself to me. I just thought it would be a good opportunity to ele-

vate some of my lived experiences and the lived experiences of my neighbors and my family members in my community.

lack of productivity. Just on the state level, we have one of the least productive legislatures in the country.

You’re trying to make the jump from state representative to U.S. representative. What have you learned from your time in Harrisburg and your previous campaigns that’s guiding you on your congressional run?

I’ve learned that there’s a different way to do politics. I learned up close and personal that we don’t have to accept that this is just the way that things go and this is just the way that people move in the political space. We are going to have to really do some introspection about the complicity – how our political system has shaped – where it’s gotten to, and the ways in which we have kind of contributed to the

What does it mean to you to be one of the faces of the progressive movement in western Pennsylvania and to get endorsements from national names like Bernie Sanders?

It’s an honor and it’s definitely a huge responsibility … When we see a (U.S. Sen.) Bernie Sanders or an (U.S. Rep.) Ayanna Pressley or Justice Democrats who are throwing down with us in this race, I think it’s because they recognize how powerful of a thing we’re building here. They see our area has been leading on this in so many ways that we’ve been creating a blueprint. I think that invigorates us and really encourages us and creates momentum in our region.

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TATE REP. Summer Lee is looking to replace outgoing U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle – and, in the process, to become the first Black woman from Pennsylvania elected to Congress. Lee faces a handful of opponents in the new 12th Congressional District Democratic primary but is confident her progressive résumé and people-driven campaign will push her over the top.

With the May 17 primary election fast approaching, City & State spoke with Lee on the growing progressive movement in Western Pennsylvania, Doyle’s legacy, and what she can bring to the table.

Lee is running for U.S. representative in the 12th Congressional District, which includes part of the Mon Valley.

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”I’ve learned up close and personal that we don’t have to accept that this is just the way that things go and this is just the way that people move in the political space.”

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Can you speak on U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle’s legacy in Congress and what kind of mindset you would bring to Washington if elected?

Congressman Doyle is somebody who has served for 26 years. He’s a very well-known figure and, in many parts of the region, he is very present. He isn’t like a lot of Congress folks who have more of a national presence than a local one.

He was at the picnics and the events ... And we’ve seen him move. We’ve seen a lot of officials that last long, where they kind of start to get left behind by their district. Where they started 20 or 30 years ago is not where the district is now, and they’ve been unable to reflect that. Congressman Doyle has been able to do that and keep his finger on the pulse of where his district is going.

I’ll offer a different perspective, too. I’m a Black woman

from the Mon Valley. I grew up in a diverse, working-class community with a single mom.

I’ve worked minimum wage jobs and have taken on hundreds of thousands of dollars of loan debt to get an education that was supposed to be that ticket out. These are conditions that we’ve lived in generationally, as someone who has lived without health insurance and as someone who has grown up in a community that has some of the worst air quality in the nation. That perspective and that experience are just going to be different and inform the way that I do my politics.

What are your thoughts on Democratic candidate Steve Irwin’s campaign admitting it submitted forged petition signatures?

Why didn’t you call on him to drop out of the race?

It’s not about calling for some-

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one to drop out so much as it is calling for accountability.

I think that as politicians, as people in politics, we will make mistakes … But I think the mark of a good politician is not in not making mistakes but in how we own up to it. How do we implement accountability mechanisms when we’re dealing with this? It was really discouraging that (Irwin) himself didn’t speak up. There was no ownership over how this could happen and there was no apology to the hundreds of people whose names were forged for him to be able to get on the ballot. That was disappointing and discouraging because as a candidate in the campaign that really brags about how wealthy he is, how ready his campaign is and how he’s the only one who’s day-one ready, he wasn’t able to get on the ballot without having to resort to these sort of tactics.

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The 2022 Above & Beyond Awards

Scenes from our celebration of outstanding women in Pennsylvania

Above & Beyond honorees pose with their awards at City & State PA’s inaugural awards program last month at Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse in Philadelphia.

By Justin Sweitzer

(Left to right) Diane Reott, Holly Kinser, Rachael Choplick, Jessica Cosmé and Kara Fox of Bellevue Strategies, LLC.

CITY & STATE’S inaugural Above & Beyond Awards brought hundreds of people to Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse in Philadelphia to honor 40 women in politics, business, media, education and other sectors who have made major contributions across Pennsylvania.

The event featured keynote speaker Philadelphia City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart, an Above & Beyond honoree who commended all of the awardees for their perseverance and hard work.

“Every woman that is getting an award tonight has had to fight really hard to get here,” Rhynhart said. “I’m sure every woman in this room has had many moments where they have been told that they’re not qualified enough, or it’s not their turn, or they

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(Left to right) Job Itzkowitz, Molly Eichel, Jane Roh, Joe Corrigan, Frank Iannuzzi and Bobby Yerkov were in attendance.

Zarinah Lomax (left) and Stephanie Sun (right) pose with a copy of the magazine.

(L to R) Sarah Miller, Samantha Apgar, Susan Gobreski, Carol Kuniholm, Pat Beatty and Melissa Wright

Hundreds gathered last month at Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse for City & State PA’s Above & Beyond awards event.

Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams spoke to a crowd of about 250.

The Giant Company’s senior vice president Glennis Harris delivered a message of empowerment.

should just be quiet about something.

I just want to celebrate the fact that all of us are here because we rejected that notion, and we said: ‘We’re going to chart our own courses here.’”

She stressed the need for more women to hold positions of power and may have even hinted at her interest in Philadelphia’s 2023 mayoral race. “Pennsylvania has never had a woman governor or a woman senator. Philadelphia has never had a woman mayor. And this needs to change,” she said.

The event also featured speeches from Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams, House Democratic Leader Joanna McClinton, state Sen. Maria Collett and Glennis Harris, the senior vice president of customer experience at The Giant Company.

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Four of a kind This quartet of Pittsburghers is committed to improving the city via media, art and activism.

By Atiya Irvin-Mitchell

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HE CITY OF Pittsburgh is a place where change-makers seem nearly as ubiquitous as bridges. Exhibit A: The following four Pittsburghers, each of whom is improving the city through tried and true methods as well as via innovative, unorthodox means. Whether using media and broadcasting, art and literature or social media, this foursome, comprised of both natives and transplants, warrants attention now – and will command it in the future.

A welcome change Even though Natalie Bencivenga is a respected advice columnist, journalist, media consultant and contributor to “Pittsburgh Today Live,” KDKA-TV’s morning show, a career in media wasn’t always in her plans. After completing her studies in philosophy and biology at the University of Pittsburgh in 2007, she was all set to attend the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Finding that she wasn’t ready to give up her dream of doing something creative with her life, she deferred her acceptance and spent a year getting a hands-on crash course in all things media.

Even as that one year stretched into years spent building her career as a writer, Bencivenga didn’t completely quit her academic pursuits: In her free time, she’d complete her master’s degree in social work at the University of Pittsburgh

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A nationally digitally syndicated advice columnist, Natalie Bencivenga calls herself a “socially conscious” journalist.

”I like to try to be a tiny, teeny, tiny little force for good, in my own way ...”

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in 2013. “That was a really interesting experience – working in so many of the communities of Pittsburgh in a different way than I’d ever experienced them – and really understanding that community in a different context,” Bencivenga said. “I feel like, as a journalist, having a master’s in social work is actually a huge benefit because it grounds you. And I look at journalism as a form of social work.”

Her graduate work ultimately led to a six-year stint overseeing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s SEEN section, which covers the city’s social life.

Over the years, she’s also hosted BROADcast, a Golden Quill-winning podcast, contributed to publications like The Huffington Post, CosmoGirl and SheKnows.com, and consulted for nonprofits such as the Women and Girls Foundation and The Steadman Philippon Research Institute.

Currently, she spends her time writing her advice column, “Ask Natalie,” contributing to Earth Day Pittsburgh, Table Magazine, Pittsburgh City Paper, working as a media consultant and running her own production company, Benci Productions, LLC. “Pittsburgh is an interesting place because I feel like it’s more of a big town than a small city in the sense that I find as though it’s a place where you can make a big impact without having to be a big person,” Bencivenga said. “And I like to try to be a tiny, teeny, tiny little force for good, in my own way to help

towards that goal for Pittsburgh.”

State of the dissemination After spending most of his childhood in Chicago, Illinois, Jasiri X moved to the Pittsburgh area with his family when he was 14 years old.

When he first arrived in Monroeville, a small borough just outside of Pittsburgh, he recalls being shocked and angered by the prevalence of racism in the area. But since fighting would have provoked his mother’s ire, he immersed himself in activism to challenge the injustice he was seeing.He’s been fighting – in a mom-approved way – ever since by participating in protests seeking justice for individuals like Michael Brown and Antwon Rose who have been killed in police shootings, releasing socially conscious music, campaigning for justice-oriented political candidates, and by becoming a co-founder and the CEO of 1Hood. “We were young, we came from hip hop – we wanted to use the culture to begin to do some things in the community,” Jasiri X said.

Jasiri X helped start 1Hood, a collective of activists and artists devoted to addressing community violence, in 2006. In 2010, 1Hood Media began focusing on helping young people to analyze media and use art to raise awareness about social justice. In recent years, 1Hood Media has broadened its reach via online content such as a weekly online show titled, “This Week in White

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Supremacy.” Furthermore, the organization has remained committed to creating accessible educational programming like “Ask A Black Doctor,” and the “What Black Pittsburgh Needs to Know” town halls, both of which were created during the pandemic. One of the organization’s newest projects is BlackPittsburgh.org, an online news website dedicated to telling stories of Black Pittsburghers of the past and present. “The work that we do every day at 1Hood is what keeps me here; you know, Pittsburgh touts itself as America’s most livable city” – even though, he stressed, it “clearly is not ‘most livable’ for Black people – so our call is to make Pittsburgh livable for everybody, not just a select few.”

The art of her matter Vanessa German can’t remember a time in her life when she hasn’t seen herself first and foremost as an artist.

Entirely self-taught, German says she has always known that making art would be a central part of whatever path she chose to take in life – including spending 20 years in Pittsburgh. “What kept me” in the city, she explained, was the ability to buy the ideal home for her needs: “I could live and work in the same space, and I could grow,” German’s work, which includes sculpture and photography, frequently centers around subjects such as gun violence, poverty, injustice, and often incorporates her poetry and personal experiences.

Her body of work has not gone unnoticed: she’s been honored with the Jacob Lawrence Award, Ronald H. Brown Community Leadership award and the Duquesne Light Leadership Award, and has been featured at the Smithsonian. Additionally, German has performed her poetry at the inaugurations of former Mayor Bill Peduto and the recently elected Mayor Ed Gainey. Although she isn’t a Pittsburgh native, during her two decades in the city, she has created multiple exhibitions, has had her work featured in numerous collections, and, before a fire destroyed it, German hosted ARTHouse, which offered a community studio space for children, neighbors and artists alike.

German currently spends most of her

Jasiri X became nationally recognized in 2006 after he formed the anti-violence group 1Hood.

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time traveling to host nomadic galleries around the country, but her artwork and contributions continue to be prominently featured around the city. “I figured out a way to make my life sustainable,” German said, “not only my life, but my soul – I love art. I’m going to just share what I love.”

A self-taught artist, Vanessa German is a visual storyteller who uses sculpture, photography and more.

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Critically acclaimed writer Damon Young has been featured in magazines and newspapers all across the U.S.

Young and restless Damon Young is a born-and-raised Pittsburgher. He is also the co-founder and former editor-in-chief of Very Smart Brothas, a popular blog that hosts columns about politics, satire, popular culture and the Black experience. Young was one of the blog’s most prominent voices for more than a decade until he announced his departure in March 2021. “If I had to rely on Pittsburgh, I would have left Pittsburgh,” Young, who has contributed to GQ, The New York Times, Slate, Essence and The Huffington Post, explained to Pittsburgh City Paper in a 2019 interview. “Since I don’t have to rely on Pittsburgh, I get to stay in Pittsburgh.”

In between writing columns that were hailed for being as witty as they could be poignant, Young penned “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker,” a 2019 bestselling memoir that chronicled his life and critiques of racism in America through essays. In 2020, Young’s memoir was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor and nominated for an NAACP Image Award and a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and was longlisted for the PEN America Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award.

“I’m not this MFA or this academic. I didn’t come through a New York Times or New Yorker pipeline or whatever,” Young said, according to a 2019 Inverse interview. “I started a blog … Now I’ve written” for national publications, he added, “but I wasn’t brought up and groomed that way.

Since I haven’t been, it would be fraudulent for me to try to be less accessible just because … that’s just not me.“ Despite having left Very Smart Brothas, Young appears to have no intention of ceasing sharing his views with the world from his hometown. Since January, he’s joined The Washington Post Magazine as a columnist and announced a new socially conscious podcast examining class, gender and race titled, “Stuck with Damon Young.”

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U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, a former prosecutor, is running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania.

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LAMB ON THE RUN

By Justin Sweitzer

JOSH BARKER

The battle-hardened congressman tries to convince Democratic voters he can turn Pat Toomey’s U.S. Senate seat blue.

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Lamb served in active duty in the Marine Corps from 2009 to 2013, working his way up to the rank of major in the reserves.

he doesn’t think “very many polls are reliable this early in a race.”

“For political watchers, it seems like this race has been going on for a while, but for normal people, they’re just starting to tune in right now,” he said. Lamb said he would remain focused on connecting with voters at campaign stops and educating them about his record as a congressman in the state’s 17th Congressional District – something he thinks can help separate him from another candidate in the race, state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta from Philadelphia.

Compared to Fetterman and Kenyatta, Lamb has displayed a more moderate streak on certain issues. In 2018, Lamb was one of only three Democrats who voted for legislation to make certain components of the GOP’s 2017 “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” permanent. He was one of only seven Democrats to back a Republican-sponsored resolution opposing a tax on carbon emissions. He also opposes efforts to ban fracking, telling City & State that natural gas is a “tremendous asset” to the nation.

“Natural gas is a tool for both the United States to emit less carbon and the world to emit less carbon because it mostly takes away market share for coal, which emits twice as much CO2 as natural gas,” he said. “It also

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ONOR LAMB has won difficult elections before. He’s fended off not one – not two – but three Republican challenges in a swing district. He’s withstood attacks from former President Donald Trump – and won every single time.

But the second-term congressman’s biggest obstacle to date may come in the form of Pennsylvania’s towering, instantly recognizable lieutenant governor, John Fetterman, who is currently out-fundraising and out-polling Lamb in the state’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.

While Fetterman is widely considered the front-runner in the state’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, Lamb thinks Fetterman lacks the experience needed to defeat a Republican candidate in November.

“In any area of life, when you’re trying to choose somebody for a tough job, you look at their experience. John has no experience doing what it takes to beat a Republican this year. I do,” he told City & State in an interview.

Lamb believes his own pragmatic approach to policymaking, coupled with his ability to court voters from all across the political spectrum, will be key to flipping outgoing Sen. Pat Toomey’s seat later this year. Convincing voters that he’s the best chance to turn Toomey’s seat blue won’t be easy, but it’s a challenge that Lamb readily accepts – and one he says he is prepared to assay in the leadup to May 17.

Fetterman entered the calendar year with $5.3 million in the bank, closing 2021 with $2 million more than Lamb, who finished the year with around $3 million in his war chest. Fetterman has also had an advantage in recent polls, with an early March Franklin & Marshall College poll showing Fetterman with a 13-point lead over Lamb, though 44% of Democratic voters said they were undecided. A pro-Lamb super PAC, Penn Progress, also circulated a poll showing Fetterman with a 30-point lead over the incumbent congressman, according to Politico.

A third poll, from The Hill and Emerson College released in late March, also had Fetterman leading, this time by 23%.

But Lamb, at least publicly, isn’t fazed by his performance in recent polls. Lamb said

Lamb greets supporters following his victory speech after winning his congressional race in 2018.

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Last year, Lamb introduced legislation with Republicans that increased employment opportunities for veterans.

has made energy a lot more affordable for everyday Pennsylvanians – probably saves them about a thousand bucks a year compared to how it used to be.”

But Lamb has also voted in line with his party on a host of other issues, including President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan, and has touted his support for raising the minimum wage, passing voting rights legislation, eliminating the filibuster, strengthening background checks for gun purchases and defending abortion access.

Lamb described his political stances as “practical” and said he’s driven less by ideology and more by a desire to make “the institutions of government work as effectively as possible on behalf of the people they were supposed to work for.”

“I don’t bring a lot of ideology to this job or to these campaigns. What I really bring is a willingness to work with anyone at all to achieve the ends that my constituents want,” Lamb said. “I’m someone that has worked with Republicans when it’s necessary to, say, get an infrastructure bill passed, and with extremely progressive Democrats to try to get Build Back Better passed and include priorities that I really care about, like improving the Medicare program.”

Lamb has made connections in all corners

Lamb has been trying to distance December 2021 himself from West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, right, whom some Democrats view as an obstructionist.

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Lamb has backed President Joe Biden’s policies since the beginning, he says, though critics have called him too conservative.

of the state throughout his time on the campaign trail. He’s been endorsed by organizations ranging from the Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council in the western part of the state to the Philadelphia Democratic Party on the eastern side. During his time crisscrossing the Keystone State, Lamb said Pennsylvanians have expressed worries to him about inflation and the economy, while noting that he has backed bills to lower prescription drug prices, student loan costs and child care expenses.

He also listed protecting democracy as one of his top priorities if elected to the Senate.

“We really need to protect people’s voting rights (and) regularize the transition of power for the next presidential election so that we don’t have all this mystery around the electoral votes and everything, and try to do something to just restore a culture of truth-telling in our politics. We

have to have it.”

But before he can cast any votes to expand voting rights or address rising costs as a U.S. senator, Lamb first has to best Fetterman in May. J.J. Balaban, a Democratic strategist and admaker who is a partner at Technicolor Political, said it’s typically difficult for candidates to build statewide name recognition during their first attempt at running for statewide office. That political reality gave Fetterman an immediate advantage when he declared he the U.S. Senate race in 2021, since he had already run for both U.S. Senate and lieutenant governor in the past, Balaban said.

“It looks like Conor Lamb has run a reasonably good campaign to this point, but he started the campaign in a significantly weaker position than John Fetterman,” Balaban said.

“Pennsylvania, famously, is very difficult for first-time candidates

to win statewide. It doesn’t mean it never happens. But, famously, candidates have to run and lose before they run and win.”

Terry Madonna, the senior fellow in residence for political affairs at Millersville University, agreed that Fetterman entered the race with a built-in advantage, saying that “Fetterman was elected twice statewide to the lieutenant governor’s post, so I think he obviously starts as better-known.”

Both Balaban and Madonna said Lamb has a few options available to separate himself from the rest of the Democratic field. Madonna said Lamb could highlight his votes on popular pieces of legislation, such as coronavirus aid packages or Biden’s Build Back Better initiative. Given Biden’s rough approval numbers, Madonna said Lamb could also look to establish himself as an “independent Democrat” heavily focused on

Pennsylvania-specific issues.

Another option is to go negative, a move that could be effective but could also carry the repercussion of damaging whoever the Democratic nominee is in the fall.

“One path is to try to disqualify John Fetterman … but it is not necessarily the wisest path,” Balaban said. “There is often a cost for going negative in a Democratic primary against a figure like John Fetterman, who is generally well-liked among Democrats.”

The Democratic primary for Senate hasn’t been nearly as contentious as the Republican primary, where GOP frontrunners have been lobbing attack ads at each other on TV for months.

But there are signs that the race could be heating up, and Lamb hasn’t been afraid to criticize Fetterman.

When asked about what his message would be to the state’s

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Democratic primary voters, Lamb didn’t hesitate to answer: “I am ready for this campaign and this job. John Fetterman is not. Very simple.”

“The biggest campaign he’s ever run in is a Democratic primary – he got about a third of the vote. So, two-thirds of the voters in our own party didn’t even choose him. He’s never beaten a Republican before in a real race.

So, as a result, he’s never been attacked,” Lamb said, noting that Fetterman managed to escape scrutiny for a 2013 incident where he chased and confronted a Black jogger he mistook for a suspect while wielding a shotgun in his hometown of Braddock.

“He’s never had incidents like the incident where he held a gun at a young African American man in Braddock – and then said on television afterward that he would do the same thing again.

He’s never had that aired on TV for weeks at a time, millions and

millions of dollars behind it. He’s never been attacked or tested in that way. To my knowledge, he’s never really done anything to appeal to the types of swing voters that decide these elections,” Lamb said.

Fetterman’s campaign fired back at Lamb’s claims, with Fetterman campaign spokesperson Joe Calvello pointing to Lamb’s congressional voting record. An analysis from the data-driven journalism website FiveThirtyEight found that Lamb’s voting record aligned with President Donald Trump’s positions 68% of the time during the 115th Congress, though Lamb’s career voting record only aligns with Trump-favored positions roughly 22% of the time.

Calvello also questioned Lamb’s electability in a general election, noting that he is lagging behind Fetterman in both polling and fundraising.

“If Conor Lamb is such a win-

ner, why is he losing? He’s 30 points down, even losing to us in his own congressional district, while struggling to raise money and begging a super PAC to come save him,” Calvello said. “Nothing about Conor’s floundering campaign suggests that he would be a strong candidate in the general election, or that he’ll be able to excite and turn out voters in a tough year for Democrats. Now, he’s arguing that a statewide elected official isn’t electable statewide. Good luck with that.”

But Lamb says there’s room for his campaign to gain momentum in the coming weeks and that when voters hear about his record and his convictions, they’ll gravitate toward him over other candidates.

“He’s just a little bit better-known than I am because he’s been around and running statewide longer,” he stressed. “I think this race is really going to start to take shape.”

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Gainey (left) is mayor of Pittsburgh. Doyle (right) represents Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District.

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ED GAINEY

MIKE DOYLE

MAYOR

MEMBER OF CONGRESS

In January, Ed Gainey was sworn in as Pittsburgh’s 61st mayor, making him the first African American to hold this position. But Gainey says he didn’t run for mayor to make history; he ran to improve the city by creating affordable housing, securing more funding for mass transit and public schools, reforming the police and criminal justice system, and building a fair economy for the diverse neighborhoods that make up the City of Pittsburgh. Gainey is a former member of the state House of Representatives.

Representing Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, Mike Doyle is currently serving his 14th and last term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Doyle’s top priorities for the district, which includes Pittsburgh and 53 other communities in Allegheny County, include creating jobs and revitalizing its communities through economic development and high-tech initiatives. Doyle, who serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has also focused on reforming health care, providing better public

3 RICH FITZGERALD ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE Currently in his third and final term as Allegheny County executive, Rich Fitzgerald has helped create and manage Allegheny County and southwestern Pennsylvania’s economy. He is well known for bringing together people and organizations on regional issues to improve the local economy and support a higher livability standard. Right now,

the county’s bond rating is at its highest level since 1983 – and has been raised five times since Fitzgerald took over.

4 LESLIE DAVIS PRESIDENT & CEO UPMC Leslie Davis took over from Jeffrey Romoff as UPMC’s chief executive officer in July 2021. Davis, a New York native, has more than 30 years of health care experience, including a stint as UPMC’s executive vice president and president of the Health Services Division, which encompasses 40 hospitals and 4,900 physicians on staff,

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education and establishing a comprehensive national energy strategy to curb climate change and create green jobs.

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work at the state and local levels through organizing campaigns, partnerships and building political capital at all levels.

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CYNTHIA HUNDORFEAN

LAURA KARET

PRESIDENT & CEO

CEO

Allegheny Health Network

Giant Eagle

Since Cynthia Hundorfean joined Allegheny Health Network in 2016 as its president and CEO, her efforts to transform the 14-hospital, $4 billion health care system have been recognized both regionally and nationally.

Selected by Modern Healthcare magazine as one of the nation’s “Top Women Leaders” in 2019 and 2022, Hundorfean has overseen Allegheny’s $1.7 billion capital investment strategy, which includes the construction of five new hospitals, six new cancer centers, new outpatient facilities and expansions to several existing hospitals.

In 2012, Laura Karet was appointed CEO of Giant Eagle, Inc., one of the nation’s largest food, fuel and pharmacy retailers. Karet has been with the company for more than 21 years, and in that time, she has developed and managed the company’s short- and long-term strategic business plans and led its manufacturing ventures. Karet holds board member positions at The Allegheny Conference on Community Development, United Way of Allegheny County, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation and Fox Chapel Country Day School.

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Hundorfean is president and CEO of Allegheny Health Network.

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JAY COSTA

NEAL BISNO

PNC Bank

STATE SENATOR

William Demchak joined PNC in 2002 as the company’s chief financial officer. He worked his way up, taking over PNC’s corporate and institutional banking in 2005, then becoming senior vice chair in 2009 and head of PNC businesses in August 2010. Demchak was named president in April 2012, CEO in April 2013, and chair the following April. He joined the company after holding various leadership positions at JP Morgan Chase.

Pittsburgh native Jay Costa currently represents the 43rd state Senate district, which includes parts of Pittsburgh, East Hills communities, areas of the Mon Valley and South Hills. He previously served as a deputy sheriff in Allegheny County, as the Allegheny County Register of Wills, and as the Democratic chair of the Senate Appropriations and Judiciary committees. Costa has fought for rebates to lower drug costs for seniors, more funding for schools, and more.

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SEIU Neal Bisno, who began working in the union movement in 1989, was first drawn to the labor movement in the 1980s when he was a student activist. Now Bisno serves as executive vice president of the Service Employees International Union, where he leads the union’s State Power program, helping to unify political and member engagement

10 DAVID BURRITT PRESIDENT & CEO U.S. Steel Corporation Since 2017, David Burritt has led U.S. Steel as its president, CEO and member of the board of directors.

He previously served as the company's president and chief operating officer, where he was responsible for all aspects of U.S. Steel’s day-to-day business in both the U.S. and Central Europe.

Burritt also serves on the executive committee of the worldsteel board of directors and on the board of directors for Lockheed Martin and the National Safety Council.

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private labels and refocusing company inventories in key categories like youth sports.

Hired in 2011 as Dick’s senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Hobart brings more than 25 years of finance, consumer and retail experience to her role, including a 14-year stint at PepsiCo.

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MICHAEL McGARRY

MATT SMITH

CHAIR & CEO

PRESIDENT

PPG Industries

Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce

PPG Industries, which began in 1883 as Pittsburgh Plate Glass, is now a global supplier of paints, coatings and special materials led by Michael H. McGarry. McGarry, who became chairman of the board in 2016 after being named CEO the year prior, started at the company in 1981 as a mechanical engineer. He is chair of the board of directors of the American Coating Association and serves on the U.S. Steel Corporation board of directors.

12 LAUREN HOBART CEO Dick's Sporting Goods Since taking over for longtime CEO Edward Stack in early 2021, Lauren Hobart has made significant changes at Dick’s Sporting Goods, including focusing more on women’s athletic apparel and footwear, launching additional

For seven years, Matt Smith has served as president of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, which advocates at the local, state and federal levels to improve the economy and the quality of life for those in the Pittsburgh region.

Previously, Smith represented the Pennsylvania state Senate’s 37th district and also served three terms in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Smith is also an active board member of the Allegheny County Airport Authority.

14 STEPHEN ZAPPALA DISTRICT ATTORNEY Allegheny County Stephen Zappala has served as the district attorney for Allegheny County for more than 20 years and counting.

In his role as the county’s

Hobart unlocked growth for Dick's by making the retailer more welcoming to women.

Hobart has been the CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods since 2021.

chief law enforcement officer, Zappala aims to protect the rights and seek justice for all of its citizens. A graduate of Duquesne University School of Law, Zappala previously worked as a partner at the Pittsburgh law firm Brucker, Zappala, Schneider & Porter.

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and numerous NFL boards, including the legislative committee. He also holds an of counsel position at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, where he focuses on sports law and corporate finance.

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ART ROONEY II

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Howard Hanna Real Estate Services

Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II, grandson of team founder Art “The Chief” Rooney Sr., was named team president in May 2003. He was previously vice president and general counsel of the Steelers and has served on the board of directors for the Steelers since 1989. Currently, Rooney serves as chair of the NFL’s Stadium Committee

Now entering its third generation, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services has mastered the art of running a family-owned business. At the head of the third-largest real estate company in the U.S. sits CEO Helen Hanna Casey, who runs it with siblings Annie and Hoddy. Casey says her management team, which includes her daughter, niece and three nephews, is one

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Pittsburgh Cultural Trust boards, among others.

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of the keys to the company’s growth.

17 THOMAS BUCHANAN EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Thomas Buchanan brings more than 25 years of experience to his role at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.

As a member of the firm’s executive management team, Buchanan often serves as general counsel for companies that do not have in-house counsel. He focuses on local and national venture capital financing, mergers, dispositions and more. He also counsels shareholder groups and informs entities about corporate and shareholder duties.

18 THERESA KAIL-SMITH CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT Representing District 2, Theresa Kail-Smith was elected to Pittsburgh City Council in 2009 and became Council President in 2020.

Kail-Smith brings with her extensive knowledge of the city, having served numerous nonprofit organizations, including Pittsburgh Public Schools. She also currently serves as a member of the Land Bank, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Carnegie Library and

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21 PATRICK GALLAGHER CHANCELLOR University of Pittsburgh Since 2014, Patrick Gallagher has served as the University of Pittsburgh’s 18th chancellor.

He previously spent almost two decades in public service, including a stint as the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the Obama administration.

Under Gallagher’s direction, Pitt has strengthened its status as one of the nation’s premier public institutions for higher education and research. The Association of American Universities elected Gallagher as chair of its board of directors in late 2021.

PRESIDENT & CEO Highmark Health Since 2014, David L. Holmberg has served as Highmark Health’s president and CEO. The company works with millions of customers nationwide through the nonprofit organization’s affiliated businesses, including Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, HM Insurance Group, United Concordia Dental and HM Health Solutions. Previously, Holmberg served in a series of executive positions at Highmark Inc., including as president of its Diversified Businesses. Holmberg’s

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Abrams-Rivera places value in diversity of thought.

22 NISH VARTANIAN PRESIDENT & CEO MSA Safety Over his 35-plus years at MSA Safety, Nish Vartanian has served in a variety of capacities, including as senior vice president, before becoming the company’s president and CEO. Under his leadership, MSA has become

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Buchanan is executive vice president at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.

Carlos Abrams-Rivera started his corporate food company career in 1998 when he joined Kraft Food Group as a senior brand manager of California Pizza Kitchen. He has since held management positions at Campbell and Nabisco, before returning in 2020 to become the U.S. zone president for Kraft-Heinz. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Abrams-Rivera served as a government aide for two years before venturing into the corporate world.

priorities include safeguarding the equitable treatment of Highmark’s patients, policyholders and business customers.

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a global leader in safety and gas detection products. In addition to also serving as MSA’s chairman, Vartanian is a newly appointed member of the board of directors of the Pittsburgh branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation.

Parking Authority, First Commonwealth Bank, and the Thornburgh Forum at the University of Pittsburgh.

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TONY DELUCA STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DORIS CARSON-WILLIAMS

Pennsylvania’s 32nd state House district is represented

by Tony DeLuca, who has been in office since 1983.

DeLuca, the Democratic chair of the House Insurance Committee, has made public service his life: He also served as a city council member and a deputy mayor of the city of Verona. Among his recent legislative priorities, he has been working on suspending Pennsylvania’s 58-cent tax on gasoline.

FARNAM JAHANIAN PRESIDENT Carnegie Mellon University Since being named president of Carnegie Mellon University in 2018, Farnam Jahanian has led an unprecedented infrastructure expansion.

Previously, he served as the university’s provost as well as its vice president for research.

Before joining CMU, Jahanian led the National Science Foundation Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.

Jahanian’s research formed the basis for the internet security company Arbor Networks, which he cofounded in 2001, and where

African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania

Oliphant serves as president and CEO of Leadership Pittsburgh.

he served as chair until its acquisition in 2010.

25 CONOR LAMB MEMBER OF CONGRESS/ U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE As a Blue Dog Democrat, Conor Lamb has been Exhibit A for Democrats on how to win over Republican-leaning electorates. Since his first upset win to represent the 17th U.S. House district, Lamb has shown that tacking to the right can pay huge dividends for his party. He’s testing that playbook now as one of the contenders to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey in this year’s election, but he has to make it out of the Democratic primary first.

26 ARADHNA OLIPHANT PRESIDENT & CEO Leadership Pittsburgh Leadership Pittsburgh’s president and CEO, Aradhna Oliphant, isn’t just a leader in the community; she actively works to create new leaders.

At Leadership Pittsburgh, which she’s led since 2006, Oliphant has partnered with the Pittsburgh Business Times, creating the Lead Now Pittsburgh program, which works to identify, engage, educate and connect inspiring leaders to serve Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Oliphant serves on numerous boards, including at Chatham University, The Pittsburgh

Doris Carson-Williams has held the position of president and CEO of the African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania since she opened the chapter in 1998. Initially, she resisted entrepreneur Robert Agbede’s urging her to launch what is now the ninth-largest chamber in the 10-county region.

Carson-Williams is a former president of the Pittsburgh branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and now serves as a member of the board of directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

28 DAN FRANKEL STATE REPRESENTATIVE State Rep. Dan Frankel has been a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 1999. Currently representing the 23rd district, he is an outspoken advocate for civil rights and public health. His

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Jen has been an active part of the Pittsburgh tech community since 2002.

current focus is on reducing Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas and carbon emissions and protecting the rights of LGBTQ citizens. Frankel serves as the Democratic chair of the House Health Committee and co-chairs the PA SAFE and LGBTQ+ Equality caucuses.

29 JIM JEN CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER & MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SOFTWARE AlphaLab As COO and managing director of software at AlphaLab, Jim Jen – a cofounder of the AlphaLab accelerator programs for Innovation Works – searches for startup technology companies across the software, hardware and life sciences sectors to nurture. Since its founding in 2008, AlphaLab, which provides funding, mentorship,

education and networkbuilding to speed the growth of promising startups, has consistently ranked among the top accelerators in the U.S.

As Duquesne University’s 13th president, Ken Gormley has garnered national acclaim for his leadership and his work as a lawyer and author. His books, like The New York Times bestseller, “The Death of American Virtue,” have won multiple awards and honors. A past president of the Allegheny County Bar Association, Gormley was the first academic to hold that position. He served as a professor of law before being named dean of the Duquesne University School of Law prior to his presidency.

30 TONI MURPHY SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, KEYSTONE REGION Comcast Toni Murphy made history last year when she was named senior vice president of Comcast’s Keystone Region – the first African American woman ever appointed to this position in the company’s history. Murphy is responsible for Comcast’s operational, strategic and financial performance in parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia. Murphy also leads the Keystone Region Diversity & Inclusion Council, sits on The Pittsburgh Foundation board and serves as the Veteran’s Network

32 SCOTT BAKER & ALISON BEAM VICE PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS UPMC For almost a decade, Scott Baker has served as vice president and chief government relations officer of UPMC. Baker joined the UPMC leadership team in 2012 after 32 years of government service and government affairs in both the public and private sectors at the state and federal

levels. In February, Baker announced that he would retire this summer.

Alison Beam is set to be his successor. After resigning as Acting Pennsylvania Secretary of Health in December, Beam is set to take over from Baker as UPMC’s vice president of government affairs and chief government relations officer. Beam, who holds a law degree from Drexel University and an undergraduate degree in health policy and administration from Penn State University, was named acting director in early 2021 after the departure of her predecessor, Dr. Rachel Levine.

33 TOM F. KARAM CEO & CHAIR Equitrans Midstream Tom F. Karam leads Equitrans Midstream Corporation, one of the largest natural gas gatherers in the country.

Before being named CEO and chair of the board of the company in 2019, Karam was the company’s president and chief executive officer. Karam has served in senior executive positions in the midstream energy sector for more than 25 years and is the founder of Karbon Partners, LLC, PennTex Midstream Partners, LLC and Laser Midstream Partners, LLC.

34 LESLIE GROMIS BAKER MANAGING DIRECTOR Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney More than three decades of experience in state and federal governments have helped Leslie Gromis Baker become Buchanan Ingersoll &

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for self-driving vehicles, and in leading the development of perception capabilities for personal care robots.

Among Hebert’s recent projects: finding ways to reduce supervision in machine learning.

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JOHN PLANT

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EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN & CEO

Pittsburghers needing legal help with commercial litigation and financial services litigation often turn to Reed Smith, LLP, where Jason E. Hazlewood is both the managing partner and a partner in the firm’s Global Commercial Disputes Group.

Hazlewood has worked for Reed Smith for more than 15 years, handling a wide variety of cases, including securities litigation, class actions, antitrust and construction disputes. He has advised Fortune 500 companies, global financial institutions, corporate directors, foreign issuers and various other corporate entities.

the previous director, Scott Izzo, decided to step down in 2019. Reiman, who was the foundation’s associate director alongside Izzo for four years prior, previously served as a senior program officer at another Pittsburgh-based philanthropic organization, the McCune Foundation. As the foundation’s director, Reiman leads on everything from strategic planning to its $130 million grantmaking program.

the way with the company best known for aluminum products, Harvey served as executive vice president and president of its global primary products business before Alcoa split into two different companies. Before helming the entire corporation, Harvey was its executive vice president of human resources, environment, health and safety, and sustainability from 2014 to 2015.

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ROY HARVEY

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PRESIDENT & CEO

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ALCOA President and CEO Roy Harvey began his lengthy tenure with the company in 2007 as a smelter manager.

Among other stops along

In 2019, Rafael Santana was named president and CEO of Wabtec – and at the same time, he was also elected as a board member of the company. Santana has more than 25 years of executive leadership and management experience, including a stint as president and CEO of GE in Latin America and president and CEO of Turbomachinery Solutions Business of GE Oil &

Howmet Aerospace Previously led by two coCEOs, John Plant took over as Howmet Aerospace’s sole CEO in late 2021, while continuing his role as executive chairman of the company’s board of directors.

Plant, the former CEO of Arconic, the company that split from Howmet, has more than 40 years of experience in the automotive industry, previously serving as chair of the board, president and CEO of TRW Automotive, one of the world’s biggest automotive suppliers.

36 MARTIAL HEBERT DEAN, SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Carnegie Mellon University As Carnegie Mellon University’s Dean of the School of Computer Science, Martial Hebert specializes in areas of computer vision and perception for autonomous systems. A former director for the Robotics Institute at CMU, Hebert has been a key part of high-profile projects, including NavLab, a pioneering program

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Rooney’s managing director.

She worked under George H.W. Bush in the White House and served as Gov. Tom Ridge’s director of the Office of Public Liaison. More recently, Gromis Baker served as Gov. Tom Corbett’s chief of staff. In her current position, Gromis Baker leads Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney’s federal, Pennsylvania and Florida teams.

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Community Care Behavioral Health Organization and served as the CEO of UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital.

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James Segerdahl became the global managing partner of K&L Gates in 2017 after Peter Kalis decided to step down. At the time, Segerdahl noted that he had big shoes to fill: K&L Gates is one of the largest law firms in the world. Segerdahl, now in his second term, has led the firm’s push to enact salary cuts for management to help better compensate K&L Gates’ lawyers and staff during the pandemic.

42 VINCENT J. DELIE JR. CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO First National Bank Vincent J. Delie Jr. sits at the head of F.N.B. Corporation and First National Bank, serving as

Holder is president and CEO of UPMC Health Plan.

chairman, president and CEO. He became president of First National Bank in 2009 after joining the company in 2005 and assuming a succession of executive leadership roles a few years later. Under his leadership, the company has experienced unprecedented growth, nearly tripling its market capitalization and increasing both revenue and profitability.

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officer, David Farmer is a key part of the health care provider and insurer’s strategic opportunities and initiatives and in plotting its future priorities. Farmer previously served as the interim chief financial officer for the system and has worked in numerous financial leadership roles during his time there, which began in 1986 as a financial analyst for Presbyterian University Hospital.

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DIANE HOLDER

UPMC

Diane Holder serves as the executive vice president of UPMC, president of the UPMC Insurance Services Division and as president and CEO of UPMC Health Plan, a health company subset of the UPMC Insurance Services Division, alongside UPMC for You, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization and Work Partners. Holder is no stranger to the health care system: She was the founding CEO of

As the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s executive vice president and chief strategic and transformation

The FNB Financial Center is expected to be a catalyst for overall economic expansion.

PRESIDENT & CEO UPMC Health Plan

In August 2020, Michael Huwar was named president of People’s Natural Gas, a division of the Pennsylvaniabased Essential Utilities, Inc. Formerly president and COO of Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and Maryland, where he worked for 34 years, Huwar is in charge of ensuring the delivery of natural gas service to approximately 740,000 customers in southwestern Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Kentucky.

46 KATHARINE KELLEMAN CEO Port Authority of Allegheny County Katharine Kelleman heads the operations of the Port Authority of Allegheny County’s 700-vehicle bus fleet and 80-vehicle light rail system, which provide service to more than 220,000 riders a day. Prior to joining the company in 2018, Kelleman served as Hillsborough Area Regional Transit’s CEO and worked in leadership roles

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WEATHER: Philadelphia: partly sunny, high of 79; Harrisburg: mostly

cloudy, high of 78; Pittsburgh: mostly cloudy, of 76.

WEATHER: Philadelphia: partly sunny, high high of 79; Harrisburg: mostly cloudy, high of 78; Pittsburgh: mostly cloudy, high of 76.

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* Republican state Rep. Jim Cox has introduced legislation that would end FROM CITY & STATE the unemployment programs provided by the CARES Act while aiming to motivate unemployment claimants to find jobs by offering them a cash

* Republican Rep. Jim Cox has introduced legislation that would end bonusstate for finding work. the unemployment programs provided by the CARES Act while aiming to THIS MORNING: motivate NEW unemployment claimants to find jobs by offering them a cash bonus for* Republican finding work. leaders of the state House of Representatives threatened last Friday to impeach Philadelphia elections officials if they count undated mail

ballots from the May 18 primary, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

NEW THIS MORNING:

* With the state’s wide-open races for governor and U.S. Senate taking

* Republican leaders of candidates the statewith House Representatives shape, Republican strongofties to Donald Trump arethreatened last and considered strongelections contendersofficials for the party’s nominations, The Friday to running impeach Philadelphia if they count undated mail Associated Press reports. ballots from the May 18 primary, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. * Democratic state Rep. Amen Brown is crafting legislation to permanently

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rid of a wide-open $5 copay stateraces prison inmates are required pay forSenate medical taking * With theget state’s for governor andto U.S. care after prison officials said inmates had avoided COVID-19 tests shape, Republican candidates with strong ties to Donald Trump are running because of the fee, NBC Philadelphia reports. and considered strong contenders for the party’s nominations, The Associ* People receiving unemployment are concerned about the state’s planned ated Press reports. weeklong shutdown of the online unemployment claims system for a full overhaul, Spotlight PA reports.

* Democratic state Rep. Amen Brown is crafting legislation to permanently Bob state Casey called GOP senatorsare whorequired haven’t supported get rid of *aU.S. $5Sen. copay prison inmates to payafor mediJanuary 6 commission, voting rights protections or gun control measures cal care after prison officials said inmates had avoided COVID-19 tests “impediments to change” in an interview with MSNBC. because of the fee, NBC Philadelphia reports. * Philadelphia Magazine profiled state Lt. Gov John Fetterman’s “meteoric

Dr. Quintin Bullock President, Community College of Allegheny County

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rise” from mayor to Senate candidate and writes about whether issues * People receiving unemployment are concerned about the state’s planned from his past could potentially sink his candidacy. weeklong shutdown of the online unemployment claims system for a full overhaul,EDITORIAL SpotlightPAGES PA reports. * The USA Today Pennsylvania Bureau writes via GoErie that Gov. Tom

* U.S. Sen. Bob Casey senators wholegislation haven’t will supported Wolf’s frequent usecalled of veto GOP power to block GOP-led remain a a attribute ofvoting his administration.

January 6defining commission, rights protections or gun control measures “impediments to change” in an interview with MSNBC. * The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review writes that a comprehensive overhaul is needed of the state agencies and procedures that failed to advertise a

proposed constitutional amendment let Fetterman’s victims of de- “meteoric * Philadelphia Magazine profiled statethat Lt.would Govhave John abuse suecandidate their perpetrators. rise” fromcades-old mayor sex to Senate and writes about whether issues from his past could potentially sink his candidacy.

Chatham University congratulates President David Finegold and all of the City & State Pittsburgh Power 100 list honorees EDITORIAL PAGES

* The USA Today Pennsylvania Bureau writes via GoErie that Gov. Tom Wolf’s frequent use of veto power to block GOP-led legislation will remain a defining attribute of his administration. * The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review writes that a comprehensive overhaul is needed of the state agencies and procedures that failed to advertise a proposed constitutional amendment that would have let victims of decades-old sex abuse sue their perpetrators.

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time with the union, Conway has become known for his contract negotiation skills and chairing labor agreements with ATI, AK Steel and Goodyear, among others. In 2019, the 1.2 million members and retirees of United Steelworkers also welcomed John Shinn as international secretary-treasurer. Previously, Shinn served as director of United Steelworkers District 4, which covers Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Puerto Rico. Shinn has been an active member of organized labor since beginning his career in 1974 at AFG Industries.

47 CARMEN A. ANDERSON VICE PRESIDENT, EQUITY & RESEARCH The Heinz Endowments As vice president for equity and research at The Heinz Endowments, Carmen A. Anderson leads the nonprofit’s efforts to promote diversity, inclusion and equity, and its initiatives to address social injustice and inequity.

Anderson previously served as the Endowments’ senior program officer for children, youth and families, where her work included identifying innovative programs to strengthen parents’ skills in child-rearing and supporting their children’s health. Prior to joining the Endowments in 2000, Carmen was the executive director of Healthy Start, Inc.

48 CHRISTINA CASSOTIS CEO Allegheny County Airport Authority Pittsburgh International Airport and Allegheny County Airport are managed by the Allegheny County Airport Authority, which, since 2015, has been led by Christina Cassotis. Under the direction of its first female CEO, the airport has doubled the number of destinations available, expanded to offer service from 17 different airlines, and offers flights to international destinations

Anderson is vice president for equity and research at The Heinz Endowments.

like Reykjavik, Iceland and Frankfurt, Germany.

Previously, Cassotis worked as the deputy director of communications at the Massachusetts Port Authority in Boston.

49 SUMMER LEE STATE REPRESENTATIVE/ CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE Representing the 34th district, which includes the part of the City of Pittsburgh, Wilkins Township and the Braddock Hills, Churchill and Edgewood boroughs, among others, is Summer Lee. Lee became the first African American woman from western Pennsylvania elected to the House of Representatives in 2018. She is a member of

the education, health and judiciary committees. Lee is now running for the 12th Congressional district seat.

50 THOMAS CONWAY & JOHN SHINN INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY-TREASURER United Steelworkers Thomas Conway was named international president of the United Steelworkers, the largest industrial union in the U.S., in 2019, after more than 25 years of serving in various positions in the organization, including as international vice president. Conway’s career began in 1978 as a millwright at Bethlehem Steel. During his

51 LISA SCHROEDER PRESIDENT & CEO The Pittsburgh Foundation With more than a decade of experience running Pittsburgh’s Riverlife organization, Lisa Schroeder was named The Pittsburgh Foundation’s president and CEO in 2019, making Schroeder the nonprofit organization's sixth president – and the first woman appointed to lead it. Under her direction, millions of dollars were raised for immediate relief during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and since then, Schroeder has led collaborations with foundation partners to raise more for longer-term recovery and developed programs and services to address racial justice issues.

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for the Maryland Transit Administration and Dallas Area Rapid Transit. Along with the port authority’s operations, Kelleman oversees capital and operating budgets.

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of Allegheny County and as chair of the Greater Oakland Keystone Innovation Zone.

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Former state representative Jake Wheatley, a decorated veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, was appointed Ed Gainey’s chief of staff in early 2022. First sworn into office in 2003, Wheatley was the longest-serving African American member in the state House of Representatives and the first African American to serve as the House Professional Licensure Committee chair. He is an advocate for minority- and women-owned business inclusion, quality and equitable education for all children, and social and criminal justice reforms.

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Mayor's Office Maria Montaño made history in early 2022 when she was named Mayor Ed Gainey’s press secretary – the first openly transgender woman to hold this position in Pittsburgh – and one of the highest-ranking Latinas in city government. Montaño brings more than 15 years of experience in communications and media to her role. She previously worked as a campaign communications specialist for SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania and with Pittsburgh City Council member Erika Strassburger to expand protections for the LGBTQ community in Pittsburgh.

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After 18 years as president of Highmark, Deborah RiceJohnson was named as the company’s CEO of diversified businesses and chief growth officer. Rice-Johnson, who has long provided senior leadership and strategic direction for the company’s health insurance business, now leads subsidiaries like United Concordia Dental, HM Insurance Group and Helion.

Also added to her portfolio of responsibilities: searching for strategic partnerships, affiliations and acquisitions.

Regional Industrial Development Corporation Under the leadership of Donald F. Smith Jr., the Regional Industrial Development Corporation has become a go-to developer of real estate projects that support the public interest in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Among his other responsibilities, Smith serves as vice chair of the Redevelopment Authority

A former state legislator, Wheatley is now Mayor Ed Gainey's chief of staff.

56 STAN WISCHNOWSKI EXECUTIVE EDITOR & VICE PRESIDENT Pittsburgh Post-Gazette In September 2020, Stan Wischnowski became the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s executive editor and vice president after almost 20 years at The Philadelphia Inquirer – including a decade as the paper’s top news executive – which he led to a Pulitzer Prize in 2012.

During his time at the Inquirer, Wischnowski directed the merger of three newsrooms – the Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News and philly. com – into one, and helped modernize the newsroom into a 24-hour news operation.

Since starting at the PostGazette, Wischnowski has

launched new sections of the newspaper and created an internship program.

57 JOHN ENGEL CHAIR & CEO WESCO International Since 2011, John J. Engel has served as chair and CEO of WESCO International, Inc., a global supply chain solutions company for everything from electrical supplies to systems capabilities. During his time at WESCO, Engel has also served as the company's senior vice president and chief operating officer. He is also a member of the Business Roundtable and sits on the board of directors for the Business Council and the National Association of Manufacturers.

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promotion agency. Bachar’s domestic and international tourism experience, as well as his history with the agency, were key to his hiring.

Most recently, he served as executive vice president of VisitPITTSBURGH, where he was responsible for MeetPITTSBURGH, SportsPITTSBURGH, Destination Services, partnership development and research.

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59 QUINTIN BULLOCK PRESIDENT Community College of Allegheny County The ninth president of the Community College of Allegheny County, Quintin Bullock brings an extensive professional background in higher education to his position. Bullock previously served as executive dean of Monroe Community College Damon City Campus before

KAREN WOLK FEINSTEIN PRESIDENT & CEO Feinstein is president and CEO of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation.

becoming provost of the Virginia Beach and Norfolk campuses of Tidewater Community College and then president of Schenectady County Community College.

During his tenure at CCAC, Bullock has shepherded several large capital projects, stabilized finances and launched new academic programs.

60 BOBBI WATT GEER PRESIDENT & CEO United Way of Southwestern PA In 2019, Bobbi Watt Geer became the first woman

Bachar once served as an advisor to a tourism authority in Abu Dhabi.

named president and CEO of United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Geer, who joined the organization in 2017, has more than three decades of experience in the nonprofit sector, including as senior vice president of United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania and as regional vice president of the United Way of Westmoreland County before the organization merged with United Way of Allegheny County. She is also vice president of the Murrysville Community Library board.

61 JERAD BACHAR PRESIDENT & CEO VisitPITTSBURGH Following a nationwide search, Jerad Bachar was named president and CEO of VisitPITTSBURGH, the Pittsburgh region’s official tourism marketing and

Jewish Healthcare Foundation Karen Wolk Feinstein is a local leader in health care thanks to her role as president and CEO of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and its three operating arms. She founded one of those arms, the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, 31 years ago. Feinstein also founded Health Care Futures, another operating arm that supports the Jewish Healthcare Foundation alongside PRHI. Previously, Feinstein taught at the University of Pittsburgh and was on the faculty of both Carnegie Mellon University and Boston College.

63 STEFANI PASHMAN CEO Allegheny Conference on Community Development Stefani Pashman’s tenure at Allegheny Conference on Community Development kicked off in 2017 with a proposal to bring Amazon’s second headquarters to Pittsburgh. While that drive proved ultimately unsuccessful, Pashman

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During David Morehouse’s tenure as president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team has won three Stanley Cups, made the Cup Finals four times and reached the conference finals five times. Since assuming his leadership role in 2007, the team has become one of the NHL’s strongest business entities, regularly selling out games and ranking among the NHL leaders in local television ratings.

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the pandemic in 2020, when there was a 30% increase in demand for its services.

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acquisition process. Malone serves as a chairman of the Partner4Work board and is also a board member of Highmark Health/Highmark, Inc. and FNB Corporation.

DAN ONORATO EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF CORPORATE AFFAIRS OFFICER Highmark

Brooks-Woods is president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health.

continues to lead the organization’s efforts to improve the Pittsburgh region’s economic future and quality of life via public-private partnerships. Pashman, the first woman to lead the nonprofit, previously served as CEO of Partner4Work and its predecessor, the Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board.

64 JESSICA BROOKS-WOODS PRESIDENT & CEO

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Pittsburgh Business Group on Health As president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health, Jessica Brooks-Woods uses education, advocacy and partnerships to best serve the nonprofit organization’s business members and their greater communities.

She serves as a member of the inaugural cohort of the Advanced Leadership Initiative and is also on the board of directors of Maitri Medicinals, Lending Hearts

and the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions.

65 LISA SCALES PRESIDENT & CEO Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s small team is headed by Lisa Scales. As president and CEO since 2012, Scales has led the distribution of nearly 45 million meals through a network of 850 community partners in 11 counties of southwestern Pennsylvania. In January 2021, she was named Pittsburgher of the Year by Pittsburgh Magazine for her leadership during the start of

As Highmark’s executive vice president and chief corporate affairs officer, Dan Onorato has a wealth of experience to offer, including extensive work in public policy and government and regulatory affairs.

After serving two terms as Allegheny County Executive, Onorato joined Highmark in 2012, where he coordinated responses to COVID-19 and the opioid crisis. He currently serves on a number of boards, including the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce.

67 DAVID MALONE CHAIR & CEO Gateway Financial Group In 1982, David Malone cofounded Gateway Financial Group, which specializes in how to use life insurance for complex needs, with Beth Lang. Lang currently serves as president, while Malone builds and maintains relationships, working closely with clients and their advisers to guide them through the insurance

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Scales and her staff worked 16-hour days.

68 SABRINA SAUNDERS MOSBY PRESIDENT & CEO Vibrant Pittsburgh Sabrina Saunders Mosby understands that improving a region starts with its people. Using her position as president and chief executive officer for Vibrant Pittsburgh, a nonprofit economic development organization established to build a more diverse and inclusive Pittsburgh region, Saunders Mosby encourages partner corporations to celebrate the seen and unseen achievements of diverse employees, and works to recommend them for job opportunities, promotions and board positions.

69 AUDREY RUSSO PRESIDENT & CEO Pittsburgh Technology Council Fourteen years ago, Audrey Russo joined the Pittsburgh Technology Council as its president and CEO. She was drawn to the role for its intersection of people, technology and business.

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70 BILL STRICKLAND PRESIDENT & CEO Manchester Bidwell Corp The course of Bill Strickland’s life changed upon meeting his high school art teacher, Frank Ross. The relationship between the two inspired Ross to form the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, an afterschool arts program in a donated North Side rowhouse that Strickland secured while attending the University of Pittsburgh. Today, Strickland leads Manchester Bidwell Corporation, whose programs, MCG Youth & Arts and MCG Jazz, provide youth art classes and workshops and help keep the history and spirit of jazz music alive and well in the Pittsburgh area.

71 LEAH LIZARONDO CEO & CO-FOUNDER 412 Food Rescue Leah Lizarondo is the CEO and co-founder of 412 Food Rescue, a social enterprise founded in 2014 that aims to fight hunger and promote sustainability. One of the fastest-growing food recovery organizations in the U.S., 412 Food Rescue’s infrastructure for national retailers, which

directly distributes food waste to organizations that benefit those who are food-insecure, has prevented more than 13 million pounds of food from being wasted.

72 DAVID HEATON PRESIDENT & CEO The Buncher Company The Buncher Company focuses on all stages of real estate development in Pittsburgh. David Heaton became the company’s president and CEO in 2020, following a 20-year stint at Oxford Development Company, including as its chief operating officer. He also serves as a member of the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania and American Heart Association of Greater Pittsburgh boards.

Newton is an executive shareholder at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.

and coal and mineral rights.

Hicks also serves as co-chair of the firm’s LGBTQ+ business practice group, as well as its election and political law practice group.

74 73 RONALD L. HICKS JR. PARTNER Porter Wright Ronald L. Hicks Jr. has spent more than 30 years handling a wide range of litigation, LGBT business development and more. As a partner at Porter Wright and a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, Hicks offers a wide variety of legal help ranging from arbitration and mediation to election law representation

Investment Management, Northern Trust Asset Management, Morgan Stanley and National City Bank.

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HUMA MOHIUDDIN

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PITTSBURGH MARKET PRESIDENT

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BNY Mellon Wealth Management Huma Mohiuddin brought more than two decades of experience to her role as BNY Mellon Wealth Management’s Pittsburgh market president.

Mohiuddin was promoted to the position in 2021 after working for BNY Mellon for nearly six years, where she served in a number of leadership roles. Mohiuddin is a former vice president of investments at J.P. Morgan and has held various investment advisor roles at Aurora

Wendelynne Newton loves helping clients navigate antitrust law: Over the past decade, Newton has directed more than 100 litigation and antitrust matters ranging from health care to consumer products. In 1992, she was elected to Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney’s management committee and then to its board of directors in 1995. Now, an executive shareholder, Newton is the first woman to hold those positions. She also serves as chair of the firm’s antitrust and trade regulation practice group.

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The Pittsburgh Technology Council focuses on helping its member company and employees get more exposure and develop their businesses while advocating for pro-tech policies. She is a serving board member at the Regional Industrial Development Corporation, Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, and CityLab, to name a few.

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REBEKAH BYERS KCEHOWSKI

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and other marginalized communities to secure economic self-reliance, civil rights and more.

“Corporate Boards: New Strategies for Adding Value at the Top” and “Are Skills the Answer?”

Joylette Portlock’s work focuses on building community around sustainability topics. Before becoming executive director of Sustainable Pittsburgh, a nonprofit working to advance sustainability policies and practices in southwestern Pennsylvania, Portlock served as associate director of science and research at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and as executive director of Communitopia, a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit focusing on climate change communication. Portlock also currently serves on the Allegheny County Board of Health.

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MARIAN LIEN

DAWN KEEZER

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CARLOS CARTER

Chatham University

Pittsburgh Film Office

PRESIDENT & CEO

With more than 30 years of experience in higher education as a researcher, author, professor, academic dean, senior vice president and chief academic officer, Chatham University’s 19th president, David Finegold, has dedicated his career to education reform, the design of high-performance organizations, and extensive comparative research on education and skill-creation systems from around the world. He has authored and co-authored several books, including “BioIndustry Ethics,”

OCA Asian Pacific American Advocates Pittsburgh Chapter

PARTNER IN CHARGE Jones Day With nearly two decades of experience litigating putative class cases and multiform disputes in state and federal courts and international tribunals, Rebekah Byers Kcehowski, partner in charge at Jones Day, helps clients, including banks, hospitals and manufacturers, navigate and defend all types of litigation. She is a member of the Pittsburgh Public Theater board of trustees and is the Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh co-chair for the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.

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Urban League of Pittsburgh Carlos T. Carter knows what he wants to do as president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh: make this Pittsburgh nonprofit a destination workplace through empowering staff and, ultimately, the community they serve. Carter, a former executive director of the Homeless Children’s Education Fund, is focusing the Urban League’s efforts on helping African Americans

Carter is president and CEO of the Urban League of Pittsburgh.

The Pittsburgh Chapter of OCA Asian Pacific American Advocates is headed by Marian Lien, who has spent the last 20 years working to create safer and more sustainable communities and teaching diversity in higher education. Lien serves on numerous boards in the Pittsburgh area, including the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group, and the Diversity, Inclusion and Global Centers of Excellence Committee for the YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh and more.

Since 1994, Pittsburgh Film Office Director Dawn Keezer has worked to market Pennsylvania’s southwestern region to the film and television industry. More than 180 feature film and TV productions, including “Mindhunter,” “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” and “The Dark Knight Rises” have been shot in Pittsburgh thanks to Keezer’s leadership. Additionally, Keezer played a key role in creating the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s film industry tax credit program, “Creativity

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in Focus,” which is now in its 16th year.

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BILL PEDUTO FORMER MAYOR Former Mayor of Pittsburgh Bill Peduto served the City of Bridges from 2014 to 2022. Prior to his mayoralty, Peduto served as a member of the Pittsburgh City Council, representing District 8 from 2002 to 2014. His time on Pittsburgh City Council totaled 19 years, with seven of those spent as a staffer. Upon his departure, he left Ed Gainey, Pittsburgh’s new mayor, with a five-year balanced operating and capital budget, plus a reserve fund.

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KENNETH BROADBENT

Not content with making history by becoming the first African American to represent the 35th District in the state House of Representatives, Austin Davis is now running to serve the entire commonwealth in addition to the residents of the Mon Valley. As a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, Davis has the support of his running mate, gubernatorial candidate

BUSINESS AGENT Steamfitters Local 449 One of the region’s longtime union leaders, Kenneth Broadbent has headed Pittsburgh Steamfitters Local 449 for more than two decades. Local 449 is affiliated with the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada. Broadbent also serves as director of the board at the McCandless Branch of SSB Bank and is a board director of Pittsburgh Works Together.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE/ LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CANDIDATE

Frazier is president of The Advanced Leadership Institute in downtown Pittsburgh.

Josh Shapiro, and much of the state’s Democratic establishment.

86 BRYAN SALESKY CO-FOUNDER & CEO Argo AI Since childhood, Bryan Salesky, founder and chief executive officer of Argo AI, an autonomous vehicle start-up backed by Ford and Volkswagen, has been fascinated by technology.

Broadbent's Local 449 represents nearly 2,700 union-trained steamfitters.

After studying computer engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Salesky helped run Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center’s largest commercial programs before becoming director of hardware development at Google. He started Argo AI in 2016.

87 MARK HARRIS CO-FOUNDER Cold Spark Media Pittsburgh native Mark Harris co-founded the boutique advertising and public affairs firm Cold Spark Media in his hometown in 2011 after successfully leading political campaigns across the nation, including the most

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The Advanced Leadership Institute, an organization that cultivates African American executive leadership, is headed by Evan Frazier, who left his role as senior vice president of community affairs at Highmark Health in early 2021 to run this Pittsburgh nonprofit. Since joining the board full-time, Frazier, who co-founded TALI, has led initiatives like a partnership with Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business to develop the Executive Leadership Academy program, which prepares African Americans to assume essential roles in their organizations.

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No. 5, succeeding Michael R. Dunleavy, who had held the position since 2007. McIntyre, who joined the union in 1984, also serves as secretary/ treasurer for the Pittsburgh Building and Construction Trades Council and as a board member of the Joint Apprenticeship Trust Fund and Labor Management Trust Fund.

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1058, which covers Allegheny, Westmoreland, Beaver, Butler, Indiana, Washington, Greene, and Fayette counties in the heavy highway construction fields. His father, Joseph LaQuatra Sr., was the president of the local from 1968 to 1984 and served as business manager from 1985 until 2000. Laquatra Jr. also serves on the board of trustees of the Laborers’ District Council of Western Pennsylvania Welfare Fund.

JEREMY WALDRUP PRESIDENT & CEO Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership

Waldrup is president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership.

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expensive Senate race in U.S. history at the time, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey’s hard-fought reelection victory. Harris, who specializes in political campaigns and issues advocacy, also co-founded and became a partner at Fifth Influence, a digital advocacy firm that helps clients in public affairs and corporate advocacy.

88 DARRIN KELLY PRESIDENT Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO Darrin Kelly has been pulling double duty: in addition to being an active-duty member of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, he is also the president of

the Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO. Kelly likes to lead by example: When he saw that the First Ward Veterans Memorial needed some attention, he gathered other union members and volunteers to help clean the downtown Pittsburgh monument. He is also a member of the International Association of Firefighters Local 1.

89 THOMAS MCINTYRE BUSINESS MANAGER IBEW Local Union 5 Earlier this year, Thomas R. McIntyre took over as business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union

In May 2011, Jeremy Waldrup became the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership president and CEO. For seven years prior, Waldrup worked for New York City’s Department of Small Business Services, moving from executive director to assistant commissioner. Waldrup works with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s board of directors, stakeholders and staff to create and implement a vision that ensures downtown Pittsburgh remains a vibrant and innovative place to live, work and play.

91 JOSEPH LAQUATRA JR. BUSINESS MANAGER Laborers Local 1058 Joseph LaQuatra Jr. followed in his father’s footsteps when he became business manager of Laborers Local

92 ROBERT WETHERBEE PRESIDENT, CEO & BOARD CHAIR Allegheny Technologies Inc. Appointed president and CEO of Allegheny Technologies Inc. in January 2019, Robert Wetherbee was named board chair of the specialty metals company in spring 2021.

Previously, Wetherbee was executive vice president of Allegheny Technology’s Flat Rolled Products business and served in leadership positions for industry leaders like Minerals Technologies, Alcoa, CONSOL Energy Inc., and CNX Gas Corporation.

In his current position with Allegheny Technologies, Wetherbee leads the company’s day-to-day global operations.

At ATI, Wetherbee seeks to lead through technology and drive competitiveness.

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Chimka is director of economic development for Allegheny County.

Russell is vice president for politics at SEIU Healthcare PA.

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LANCE CHIMKA

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DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Pittsburgh Regional Alliance A former senior vice president of partnerships at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Mark Anthony Thomas was named the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance’s president in 2019. He brought with him two decades of experience in economic development, including serving as the City of Los Angeles’ inaugural FUSE Executive Fellow and as director of the mayor’s operations innovation team in Los Angeles. Thomas also serves as a board member of NAIOP Pittsburgh and FUSE Corps and chairman of the board for Power of 32 Site Development Fund Partners LP.

Allegheny County For almost four years, Lance Chimka has served as Allegheny County’s director of economic development, where he is responsible for infrastructure, community, affordable housing, and industrial site development.

Before taking on his current role, he served as regional director of the Governor’s Action Team for the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, and as business and community manager of Allegheny County Economic Development. Chimka is also a board member of the Allegheny County Airport Authority.

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SILAS RUSSELL

32BJ SEIU A labor organizer for more than 15 years, Sam Williamson serves as the elected Western Pennsylvania District Leader of SEIU Local 32BJ, the largest property services union in the country, representing workers in 12 states and Washington, D.C. Williamson has served as chair of the Urban

VICE PRESIDENT FOR POLITICS SEIU Healthcare PA Silas Russell started serving SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania in 2010 as a political organizer.

He has since worked his way up from political director and vice president to become vice president for politics, a role

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Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh since 2019; the Gainey administration’s chief economic development officer, Kyle Chintalapalli, is Williamson’s soon-to-be successor. Williamson's accomplishments since taking office include guaranteeing wages of $15 an hour or more for hundreds of food service workers at major universities in Pittsburgh.

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McLeod runs the Change Our Future nonprofit.

Pacley (right) hosts the "Our Erie" podcast that boosts small business.

Tourangeau is president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Symphony.

he began at the start of 2022.

Russell was an integral part of Ed Gainey’s historic mayoral campaign and, alongside Angel Gober, served as cochair of Gainey’s transition team. Russell’s focus is on bringing voices together, identifying Pittsburgh’s most significant barriers and finding creative solutions to those problems.

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Cherry is CEO of the Pittsburghbased organization Partner4Work.

education. As superintendent, Walters hopes to address and advance organizational cohesion in the district through systems-oriented thinking.

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for Urban Population Health.

He is also an elected board trustee of the Village of Brown Deer.

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ROBERT CHERRY

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WAYNE WALTERS

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Robert Morris University

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Partner4Work

MELIA TOURANGEAU

Pittsburgh Public Schools

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A unanimous vote at the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education’s 2021 September legislative meeting named Wayne N. Walters as Interim Superintendent of Pittsburgh Public Schools. Over the course of more than three decades at PPS, Walters has earned tenure in the district and has continuously shown his passion for working directly with students to impact their lives through

Following a national search in spring 2021, Robert Cherry, former deputy secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, was named CEO of Partner4Work, a Pittsburghbased workforce development organization. Cherry joined Partner4Work with more than a decade of workforce development leadership experience, including senior roles at Employ Milwaukee, Community Advocates Public Policy Institute and the Center

Currently overseeing Robert Morris University’s four schools, degree programs and scholarly research is Mary Ann Rafoth. She was named interim president after three years as the university’s provost and two years as vice provost for academic affairs prior to that. Rafoth has more than 30 years of experience in education, including as both the head of college education and educational technology and as a professor of educational school psychology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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was able to resolve that crisis and move the organization toward financial stability by deepening connections with the community, focusing on artistic excellence and adding new programming and digital technology.

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When Melia Tourangeau was appointed president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 2015 – the first woman and the youngest CEO in the Symphony’s 124-year history – she immediately had to deal with massive debts from a nearly insolvent pension program. Tourangeau

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KEITH GILLESPIE State Rep. Keith Gillespie is spearheading an effort to make state legislative expenses available to the public – a move supported by both sides of the aisle. Gillespie’s bill requires the chief clerk in both the state House and state Senate to post a list of legislative expenses each quarter on a publicly available website. More transparency is always a good thing – and Gillespie deserves credit for leading the charge on charges.

DANIEL GREENSTEIN Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Chancellor Daniel Greenstein is probably breathing a bit easier after the Middle States Commission on Higher Education approved two university integrations last month as part of a systemwide redesign that Greenstein says will expand student opportunities while cutting administrative costs.

PASSHE is now one step closer to realizing some major positive changes.

LOU BARLETTA, JAKE CORMAN, BILL MCSWAIN & DAVE WHITE These four Republican gubernatorial candidates signed a joint letter outlining a list of demands that need to be met in order for them to participate in upcoming primary debates. The news was met with skepticism and criticism, including from Melissa Hart, the only woman running for governor, who called the demands “diva-esque.”

THE REST OF THE WORST STEVE IRWIN

Crikey! Things are getting wild over in western Pennsylvania, with Democratic congressional candidate Steve Irwin (no, not that one) facing heat over petitions that allegedly contain the signatures of at least six people – including a federal judge – who said they never signed the petitions. The Allegheny County District Attorney’s office said it had received a complaint, and one of Irwin’s primary opponents called on Irwin to exit the race. Until the next episode of “The Petition Hunter!”

E. DAVID CHRISTINE JR. The fallout from the police shooting of Christian Hall in 2020 continues in the Poconos. The parents of Hall, a Chinese American teen who was shot by state troopers while holding a pellet gun with his hands above his head, have filed a federal lawsuit against the state police and the Monroe County District Attorney E. David Christine Jr. for trying to “thwart public oversight.”

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Named after Kayden Mancuso, who was killed at the hands of her father, the law would reform custody proceedings and offer more funding to protect children from violence.

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