Champions Advisory Board
Champions Advisory Board
The Champions Advisory Board was formed by Heather Lyke in 2018 to advise, assist and provide feedback to her executive team on critical department initiatives.
This Board is comprised of alumni, corporate stakeholders, Pitt parents, philanthropists, former student-athletes and thought leaders. By supporting the bold vision of the Athletic Department, the Board enhances opportunities and bolsters the Pitt experience for student-athletes through their work.
They are Champions for our region, our student-athletes, our coaches and the University.
Board Members
Suzy Broadhurst Ligonier, PA
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
Bio coming soon.
Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
Bio coming soon.
Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
Bio coming soon.
Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
Bio coming soon.
Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Brian Casey (A&S '86) Annandale, VA
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
Bio coming soon.
Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
Bio coming soon.
Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Cindy Citrone Southport, CT
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
Bio coming soon.
Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Jay Cleveland, Jr. Pittsburgh, PA
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
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Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
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Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
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Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
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Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
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Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Dan Jenkins (A&S '90) Mount Lebanon, PA
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
Bio coming soon.
Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Rich Maniskas (A&S '97) Berwyn, PA
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
Bio coming soon.
Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
Bio coming soon.
Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
Bio coming soon.
Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
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Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Martha Munsch (A&S '70) Pittsburgh, PA
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
David (Dave) Natali, M.D. (A&S '76, MED '80) Pittsburgh, PA
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Tim Pecsenye (A&S '84, LAW '87) Philadelphia, PA
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
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Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
Bio coming soon.
Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Theodora Polamalu (CGS '08) Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
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Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
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Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
Bio coming soon.
Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
Bio coming soon.
Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Susie Shipley (KGSB '88) Pittsburgh, PA
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
Bio coming soon.
Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
Bio coming soon.
Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
Bio coming soon.
Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Regina Stover (MBA '81) Pittsburgh, PA
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
Bio coming soon.
Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Michael Stratos (A&S '91) Pittsburgh, PA
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
Bio coming soon.
Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
Bio coming soon.
Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Tami Tritch (A&S '81) Pittsburgh, PA
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Nick Varischetti (A&S '06, GSPIA '08, LAW '11) Pittsburgh, PA
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Nishan (Nish) Vartabedian (ENGR '67, KGSB '69) Franklin Lakes, NJ
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
Bio coming soon.
Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
Bio coming soon.
Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
Bio coming soon.
Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.
Bill Zamboni (PHARM, BSPHR '92) Chapel Hill, NC
Suzy Broadhurst is an experienced corporate and philanthropic leader, with much of her work and service focused in Western Pennsylvania. Suzy was a distinguished member of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees from 1997 to 2017. She led and served on sever executive committees of the Board, the Building Our Future Together Capital Campaign and the boards of multiple academic units within the University.
She is a Life Trustee for the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and has served as both their Interim President and the Chairwoman of the Board. Over the last two decades, she has led and volunteered with over two dozen non-profits in our community.
From 1984 through 2011, Suzy was the Director of Corporate Giving for the Eat'n Park Hospitality Group.
A Mon Valley native, she earned her bachelor's degree in education from Pennsylvania State University. Suzy and her husband, Jim, reside in Ligonier, PA and Indian River Shores, Florida. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Brian Casey is the senior vice president of Walker & Dunlop LLC, one of the country's largest commercial real estate lenders. He serves as the head of the company's Mid-Atlantic Capital Markets team and is responsible for managing the Company's balance sheet investments for its Bridge Loan Program that provides interim financing solutions for multifamily acquisitions, renovations and lease-up.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Brian was managing director and head of real estate debt strategies with MetLife Real Estate Investments.
Brian earned his MBA from The George Washington University. In 1986, he earned dual bachelor's degrees in business and psychology with concentrations in economics and accounting from Pitt where he graduated Cum Laude. While an undergraduate, Brian was a member of the Pitt men's soccer team and the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He and his family live in Annandale, VA.
Cindy Citrone is the Founder and CEO of the 33 Foundation. From investing in education to health and human service programs, the foundation is focused on examining the needs of communities and engaging their resources and the right organizations to address those needs to assure successful impact. Cindy shapes and approves the foundation's strategies, reviews results, and sets the overall direction of the organization.
With over 25 years' experience in health, education, and human services philanthropy, Cindy has seen how empowering the right organizations can drive transformational improvements in the health and prosperity of families and communities. She currently serves on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation Board, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Board of Directors, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, Elon University Board of Trustees, and AIND/Giants Steps School for Autism Board of Directors. In addition to their strategic philanthropy in our community, the Citrone family remains connected to Pittsburgh as minority owners of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In September 2017, Pitt Athletics collaborated with Cindy and an initiative of the 33 Foundation, Play It Forward Pittsburgh. Play It Forward Pittsburgh was a four-month, "season-long", activation campaign to establish Pittsburgh as the national leader in organ donation, and to change the way Pittsburgh residents feel about organ donation and transplantation. In addition to pre-game and in-game promotion drawing attention to the critical importance of organ donation, members of Pitt's Student Athlete Advisory Council registered Pitt fans to become organ donors during the game.
A Bethel Park native, Cindy is a graduate of the Ohio State University with a degree in occupational therapy. She resides in downtown Pittsburgh, Connecticut and Florida. Cindy and her husband have four children. Their youngest daughter is enrolled at Pitt.
Jay Cleveland is the CEO of Cleveland Brothers. Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc. supplies new and used equipment to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It offers equipment that includes but is not limited to attachments/work tools, aggregate equipment, air compressors and air tools, earthmoving products, engine generators and light towers, forestry/logging products, forklifts and material handling equipment and paving and compaction equipment.
The company also provides rental, operator training, and preventative maintenance services. It serves agriculture, construction, government, forestry, industrial and manufacturing, landscaping, mining, original equipment manufacturer, oil and gas, on-highway truck, paving, power generation, quarry and aggregate, and recycling and waste industries through sales representatives.
Jay is very engaged in the Pittsburgh non-profit community and was recently the Chairman of the Board for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. He has an undergraduate degree from Lycoming College. Jay lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and three children.
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Gerry Delon is Chief Financial Officer of NEP, serving in this role since 2008. NEP Group, Inc. is an international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of events like the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and the French Open.
Gerry joined NEP in 2004 as Corporate Controller and in 2007 was appointed Vice President of Planning & Logistics, responsible for managing day-to-day operations and logistics, including oversight of scheduling, event coordination, travel, equipment and field shop activity.
Prior to joining NEP, Gerry served as Corporate Controller for several private equity companies in the Pittsburgh area including Stargate Industries LLC, PrintCafe, Inc. and Chromalox, Inc. From 1996 to 1999 he served as an auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP.
Gerry received his MBA from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Robert Morris College. Gerry and his wife live in Pittsburgh.
Mark is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Lead Physician at the UPMC Executive Health Program, providing primary medical care for the region's top corporate leaders. He joins the board after serving as Team Physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 23 seasons and two Super Bowl Championships. He has lectured nationally on the medical care of athletes with his area of clinical research being vitamin D and athletic performance.
A 1990 cum laude graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Cell Biology, Mark earned his MD from the Medical College of PA in 1994. He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, Senior Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration and Medical Director for Little Sisters of the Poor.
A lifelong Pitt fan who has attended both home and away Pitt games for 40 years, Mark, his wife Megan and their (2) children, Christopher and Katie, reside in Collier.
Patrick A. Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of PGT Trucking. Initially based in Industry, PA, the company started with only one tractor and two employees. Pat was committed to smart growth that focused on driver training and retention of the best team in the industry. With a unique investment in quality and relationships, PGT has grown to be a state-of-the art flatbed transportation company.
PGT serves the steel, building materials, machinery, oil & gas, raw materials, aluminum, and automotive industries. Now headquartered in Aliquippa, PA, PGT remains faithful to its fundamental cornerstones of personal customer service and relationships, employee professional development and retention, and profitability.
PGT Trucking provides the equipment truck for the Pitt Football program.
Pat is a steadfast supporter of many non-profit organizations in our community, serving as the former co-chairman of Robert Morris' Board of Trustees as well as both board service and leadership for multiple other charities. In 2010, he was awarded the Outstanding Philanthropist Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals of Western Pennsylvania. Pat has two children and he and his wife, Judit, reside in Pittsburgh.
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Dan Jenkins is a wealth management advisor with 28 years of experience and a member of JKS Financial, based in Pittsburgh. He has devoted his career to strategic wealth management and financial planning, focusing on tax-efficient asset accumulation, retirement income distribution, and intergenerational wealth transfer. Dan works extensively with closely held businesses owners, corporate executives, and physicians.
He is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Pittsburgh, the Financial Planning Association, the Pittsburgh Society of Investment Professionals, the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the Association of Advance Life Underwriting. In addition, Dan is a current member of the Top of the Table (MDRT, the Premier Association of Financial Professionals) for career production.
Dan is a past President of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh and a current board member. He was also a member of the University of Pittsburgh Alumni Leadership Council for the University of Pittsburgh.
He graduated from Pitt in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in Business and Communications and as an undergrad, was a member of Pi Kappa Theta.
Dan and his wife reside in Mt. Lebanon with their five children.
Rich Maniskas founded RM LAW, P.C. in 2017, where he continues to concentrate his practice on case initiation and development in complex securities fraud, ERISA, fiduciary, antitrust, shareholder derivative, and mergers and acquisitions actions on behalf of both individual and institutional investors. Spending the majority of his 19-year career based in the Philadelphia area, Rich continues to represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the nation.
Rich graduated from Pitt with his undergraduate degree in Political Science, receiving a varsity letter in football. He earned his law degree from the Widener University School of Law, serving as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law.
Rich's civic affiliations and activities include the Widener University of Law Mentoring Program, USA 250, and Dream Factory of Pennsylvania. He currently presides as Vice President for the Golf Society of the Union League of Philadelphia. If Rich can't be found at home in Berwyn, PA with his wife, Tracey, the golf course or ski slope is where he'll be.
Dennis McKamish is the CFO of McKamish, Inc., a specialty contractor headquartered in Lawrenceville.
His father, Harold McKamish, founded McKamish Metals in 1975 as a sheet metal contractor. The company is composed of three groups - construction, specialty metals, and service, which provides preventative maintenance and emergency support. It also operates O'Grady McCormick, a mechanical contracting company in Rochester, N.Y.
McKamish Inc. has performed work for the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, as well as the Consol Energy Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Light, Massaro Construction, and West Virginia University. In 2008, Pittsburgh Business Times included McKamish in its Pittsburgh 100 - a list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Western Pennsylvania Region.
Along with his brother, David, and their families, Dennis have been engaged with many charitable organizations in Pittsburgh, including but not limited to Pitt and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
He and his wife live in Pittsburgh and Bradenton, Florida. They have three children.
Martha Munsch is a retired Partner at Reed Smith. Following her graduation from the Yale Law School in 1973, Martha joined Reed Smith, one of only three women attorneys in the firm in the early 1970's. After a two year stay at Reed Smith, she joined the full time faculty of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1976, where she was the first (and only) woman on the full time faculty at the Pitt Law School at that time. After serving two and one half years as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh, Martha returned to Reed Smith in 1978 as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Group. Martha became a partner of Reed Smith in 1983, the first woman elected to partnership in Reed Smith's Pittsburgh office.
Martha is a former trustee at Pitt, received the Bill Baierl Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2018, and serves on the Board of Visitors for A&S and the Law School.
As an undergrad at Pitt, Martha served as the editor to the Pitt News and was a member to Omicron Delta Kappa.
She and her husband reside in Sewickley. They have two children and two grandchildren.
Dr. David Natali is an emergency room physician and the Medical Director for Integrated Health 21.
Integrated Health 21 is a customer-oriented health management company, founded in 2009. They have partner with employees, employers, health benefits specialists, and insurance plans to maintain or improve employee health, well-being and productivity and reduce health care costs.
In his role, Dave reviews medical protocols and policies, guides the development of new services, and oversees the CLIA laboratory. Between1990-2000, he was appointed as Medical Director of the Forbes Regional Hospital Emergency Department and then Forbes Emergency Medicine Preshospital system between1998-2002. In addition, Dave has served on the Board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System and is Past President of the Forbes Health System medical staff.
He works clinically as an emergency room physician in addition to his leadership role at Integrated Health 21.
Dave earned a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Pitt and a Medical Degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. While an undergraduate, Dave was a member of Pitt's swimming team. He resides in Pittsburgh.
Tim Pecsenye, a partner with Blank Rome, concentrates his legal practice in intellectual property matters and related litigation.
He serves a wide range of clients in areas including: domestic and international trademark and copyright counseling; copyright registration and service mark applications; prosecution of trademark and service mark applications; internet issues, domain name disputes, UDRP proceedings, and e-commerce issues; preparation and negotiation of technology transfer, assignment, and confidentiality agreements; and domestic and international license agreements for trademarks, copyrights, software, and know-how.
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Tim was with Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and served as a trademark attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He was the sole Pennsylvania lawyer selected to serve on the advisory board of CCH CORSEARCH, a leading trademark and copyright research firm based out of New York City. Tim has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He earned his bachelor's degree in political science in 1984 from Pitt and a JD from Pitt's Law School in 1987. During his undergraduate career, Tim was a member of the Pitt Band.
As an alumni, he has served in almost two dozen volunteer roles for Pitt. Notably, Tim is currently a member of the Board of Visitors for the School of Law. His primary residence is in Philadelphia.
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Theodora serves as a Founder of the Troy and Theodora Foundation and the Harry Panos Fund.
The Troy and Theodora Polamalu Foundation is the primary philanthropic initiative of the Polamlau Family. It is structured strategically to achieve identified philanthropic goals, while retaining flexibility to react to acute needs as they arise.
The Foundation has supported many organizations which include but are not but not limited to: Humanitarian Aid to American Samoa, Pittsburgh Children's Hospital Foundation, FOCUSNA Back Pack Feeding Program, Fa'a American Samoa Camp, Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), Veteran Leadership Program, Operation Once in a Lifetime, Canyon Heroes, Journey to Normal, and The Bartko Foundation.
Theodora has served many of those organizations in a leadership capacity through philanthropic capital campaigns.
Named after Theodora Polamalu's maternal grandfather who fought in WWII, the Harry Panos Fund for Veterans focuses on assisting US Veterans of foreign wars, who are currently dealing with health issues and/or financial challenges.
Theodora earned a bachelor's degree from Pitt's College of General Studies, where she was enrolled in the University Honors College. She and her family live in Southern California.
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Mona and her husband, Robert (Bob) Riordan, and have five children and six grandchildren. They currently spend summer months in Sewickley, PA and winters in Bonita Springs, FL.
Mona grew up an hour east of Pittsburgh and attended the University of Pittsburgh. Holding a very strong family connection to Pitt, both her son, Louis Pessolano, and his grandfather, Carl, are University of Pittsburgh graduates.
Recently retired, Mona had a brief career in retail management and then became a long-term proprietor of Pittsburgh restaurants. An ardent supporter of education, she served for over a decade on the Sewickley Academy Board of Trustees, chairing the Development Committee during a major capital campaign and then becoming Vice Chairwoman of the Board. An athlete herself, Mona was the first woman board member at Sewickley Heights Golf Club.
Mona and Bob, a University of Virginia graduate, continue to be enthusiastic supporters of Pitt Athletics. She enjoys golf, fly- fishing and driving her ' 56 Thunderbird.
Susie Shipley is president of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region of Huntington Bank.
She has more than 25 years of banking experience in local, national and international markets. A native Pittsburgher, Shipley joined Huntington 2012 from The Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens Bank, where she was head of global trade finance for North America.
Susie of the Port of Pittsburgh Commission as well as serving on boards through the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Pennsylvania Economy League of Greater Pittsburgh, Manchester Bidwell Corporation, UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh Opera, The Andy Warhol Museum, The Duquesne Club, Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter and International Women's Forum Pittsburgh Chapter. Shipley also serves as co-chair of the Major Gifts Committee of the Pittsburgh Promise.
She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame, a Certificate in Spanish Studies from the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Graduate School of Business. Susie and her husband live in Pittsburgh.
Regina Stover is a retired financial executive. She began her career at Mellon Bank, now known as BNY Mellon, and obtained her MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981. During her distinguished career, Regina worked in numerous senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management and is nationally recognized as an expert in those fields.
Regina has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumna Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Business Alumni Board at Pitt for her leadership work with the Business Alumni Board and the Business Alumnae Council.
Regina retired from BNY Mellon in 2009 and currently serves as a board member for Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she received her undergraduate degree. She and her husband, Dennis, are current members of The Script Society and have three endowed scholarships at the University.
Encouraged to read at a young age, Regina combines her love of books with her love of travel. Dennis and Regina have visited many of the places, including all seven continents, brought to life in the books that they have read. When at home, Regina enjoys playing the piano and spending time with her family and friends.
Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of Ideal Integrations.
In 2003, he founded Ideal Integrations in his basement. Driven by his knowledge, experience and years of forensic analysis, Michael facilitates several corporate network seminars on infrastructure design incorporating disaster recovery.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Ideal Integrations specializes in design, implementation, maintenance and management of infrastructure - ranging in scope from single projects to complete services and solutions. It services local computing and network infrastructure, infrastructure as a service through cloud computing, offsite hosting, replication, disaster recovery, storage area networking, virtualization, security and computer forensics. Its customers span numerous industries and geographies.
In 2009, Michael was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Michael holds a bachelor's degree from Pitt in biochemistry. While an undergraduate, he was a member of Pitt's track and field team, capturing Big East Championship in the javelin throw in 1988 and 1989. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.
Tami Tritch had a dual career working in finance and marketing for Westinghouse after she graduated. Fulfilling a desire to work with children, she became a seventh grade science teacher. She continues to volunteer at the local elementary school.
Tami has served on community and church boards. She has chaired a community fundraising event supporting local charities, which were selected by the community committee. The Steve and Tami Tritch Charitable Foundation contributes to Pitt, UPMC, Children's Hospital, and other local charities.
She is a 1981 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh holding a degree in Economics along with earning her teaching certificate from Pitt. Her husband, Steve, is also a graduate of the Swanson School of Engineering and the Katz Business School.
Tami now lives in South Carolina, but remains an avid Pitt athletic fan and supporter. She enjoys spending time with their five grandchildren (future Pitt graduates), golfing and gardening.
Nick is Of Counsel with Burns White, LLC, a law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh's Strip District. He assists businesses from a wide range of industries with their litigation, general business, and advisement needs. Nick has handle corporate and entity governance matters from entity formation to Board of Directors advisement to business liquidation, with a focus on the construction and oil and gas industries.
Nick is also a partner in Varischetti Holdings, LP, a family-owned and operated organization consisting of several different businesses, including real estate investments, powder metal manufacturing, a construction equipment dealership, an oil and gas field services company, and waste industry consulting.
He is a shareholder and director of Guardian Elder Care Holdings, Inc., a health care provider with 40 nursing facilities, a rehab services business, a long-term care pharmacy, and a home health company. Nick is also a member of Varischetti Sports, LLC, which holds a minority ownership in the Pittsburgh Steelers. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for LaRoche College.
Nick owns three degrees from Pitt - a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public and non-profit management and a juris doctorate. Him and his wife resides in Pittsburgh.
Nish Vartabedian is a retired financial executive. Most recently, he served as the Executive Vice President, Institutional Services Division for Fidelity Investments. Nish held various leadership roles with Fidelity for 25 years. From 1973 until 1983, Nish was with the New York Stock Exchange.
He also had a two-year tenure as a First Lieutenant with the U.S. Army Combat Engineers.
Nish and his family generously support a number of charitable causes, including but not limited to Pitt.
He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and a MBA, both from Pitt. While as undergraduate, Nish was a member of Delta Tau Delta.
Nish lives in Franklin Lakes, NJ and Hilton Head. He and his wife have three children.
Dr. William “Bill” Zamboni is a doctor and businessman, currently holding multiple founder, co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Security Officer roles with healthcare companies. Bill currently works as an associate professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is the Director of the UNC Advanced Translational Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Lab and the UNC Translational Oncology and Nanoparticle Drug Development Initiative Lab, where he works in cancer research.
Prior to his role at UNC, Zamboni served as an as an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy's Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. He completed his bachelor of science ('92), doctor of pharmacy ('94) and doctor of philosophy ('95) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
Originally from Nanty Glo, Pa., Bill and his wife, Cara ('04 MBA), reside in Chapel Hill, N.C. with their two teenage children. Bill is an avid fan of football and basketball and can be found tailgating on the Great Lawn before games. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, relaxing on the back and coaching sports.