WESTERN PA - Key Persons


Adam Gazarik

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager / Deloitte & Touche

Adrianna Padilla

Job Titles:
  • Learning Experience Manager

Alyssa Mikol

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Consultant

Andrea Imro

Job Titles:
  • JA BizTown® Experience Administrator

Angela Bland

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Counsel / Koppers Inc.

Ashley Rothbauer

Job Titles:
  • Design & Marketing Specialist

Beth Ann Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Build Asset Management Team
  • Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking / KeyBank

Bill Lucas - EVP

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President
  • Executive Vice President - Leadership

Bob Tiskus

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Bradley Peterson

Job Titles:
  • District Director, Alleghenies Region

Brian Sohocki

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President / First Commonwealth Bank

Brianna Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Registered Private Wealth Client Associate / Bank of America

Cambria Zebley

Job Titles:
  • Owner / Operator

Catherine McCarron

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Manager / BNY Mellon

Chris Blass

Job Titles:
  • Senior Client Advisor

Clay Saftner - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer

David Grupp - President

Job Titles:
  • President

David Paulson - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer

Derek Markle

Job Titles:
  • Associate Attorney / Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP

Doug Knepper

Job Titles:
  • Learning Experience Manager / Inspire Lead

Dr. Caroline Johns

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Build Asset Management Team
  • Vice Chair, Education / Superintendent / Northgate School District

Ed Chess Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Director of Outreach & Engagement

Edward J. Manko

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Group Manager, National Director / Jones Lang LaSalle

Emily Kolek

Job Titles:
  • Communications Lead, Retail Banking / PNC Bank

Evan Fraizer

Job Titles:
  • Sales Consultant / Henderson

Falcon Bridge

Job Titles:
  • Consulting

Frank Urbaniak

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Global Human Resources

Gabby Blacka

Job Titles:
  • Education
  • Learning Experience Manager

Gabriel Goldman - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Meridian Management Partner

Gabrielle Lapointe

Job Titles:
  • Tech Risk Consultant - Senior

Geremy Andreaco

Job Titles:
  • Sales Executive

Gina Dickson

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair, Communications & Marketing

Grant Filbeck

Job Titles:
  • Erie County District Manager

Greg Filbeck

Job Titles:
  • District Director, Northwest Region

Husnain Safdar

Job Titles:
  • Vice President / Tecum Capital Partners

Jack E. Kosakowski

Job Titles:
  • President and Chief Executive Officer of Junior Achievement
Jack E. Kosakowski is the president and chief executive officer of Junior Achievement. Junior Achievement USA board members represent a wide range of businesses and academic institutions around the world. In addition, approximately 3,800 board members lead JA Area Offices around the United States. Patrice Matamoros is the President and CEO of JA of Western Pennsylvania. Kathryn Klaber, Managing Partner at The Klaber Group, is the Chair.

James Hill

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

James P. Nickel

Job Titles:
  • Immediate past Chair

James Yard

Job Titles:
  • Partner / Schneider Downs & Co., Inc.

Jen DeCaro

Job Titles:
  • Tax Manager / Calgon Carbon Corporation

Jennifer Knepper

Job Titles:
  • VP of Operations
  • VP of Operations - Leadership

John Jankowski

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Build Asset Management Team
  • Vice President & Treasurer / PPG Industries

John Krolicki

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Facilities and Support Services

Joseph Bianco

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Construction

Justin Mikol

Job Titles:
  • Tax Manager / KPMG LLP

Kathleen Lese

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director, Assurance Services

Kathryn Klaber

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the BOD

Katie Montagazzi

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing and Communication / Confluence

Kelsie Hutsko

Job Titles:
  • Events and Partnerships Coordinator

Kim Sterling

Job Titles:
  • Director of Communications and Marketing

Latoyia Guerrant

Job Titles:
  • Learning Experience Manager / Scholarships Lead

Laura Gauger

Job Titles:
  • Meridian Management Partner
  • Middle Market Relationship Manager / JP Morgan Chase

Lisa Henry

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager
  • Operations

Luke Mohamed

Job Titles:
  • Social Committee Chair

Maisha Sturdivant

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Strategic Portfolio / Highmark, Inc.

Matt Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Business Lending Officer

Matthew J. Yokitis

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director / KPMG, LLP

Melvin Washington - Chief Risk Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Risk Officer
  • Vice Chair

Mike Krygowski

Job Titles:
  • Business Development Manager

Mr. Jim Droney

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair, Development & Advocacy

Nicole Beattie

Job Titles:
  • Development
  • Partnership Specialist

Olivia Martinelli

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Audit & Assurance / Deloitte & Touche LLP

Patrice Matamoros - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • President - Leadership
As the former CEO of P3R, Pittsburgh's premier organization for promoting running and community health and fitness through large-scale events, races and education programs, including the Pittsburgh Marathon weekend. She joined P3R in 2008 as the executive director and successfully helped re-launch the Pittsburgh Marathon after a 5-year hiatus. Throughout her tenure with the organization, Patrice grew the DICK'S Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon weekend of events by over 360% to include over 7 events on race weekend, and multiple running events throughout the year. She and her team created a successful event management organization that managed all three professional sporting teams running events, Pittsburgh International Airport 5K and the City of Pittsburgh's signature event, The Great Race. Today over 80,000 runners participate in events managed or produced by P3R and the annual budget has grown to $8 million. Since leaving P3R, Patrice has worked with multiple non-profit industries as a consultant. Patrice helped with organizational strategy and helped leadership with building culture and teams.

Peter Vaccaro

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President, Wealth Management / PNC Bank

Philip Soeder

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Raymond Bummer

Job Titles:
  • Raymond Bummer - Vice Chair, Audit, Finance, & Treasurer / Managing Director

Rebekah Kcehowski

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Build Asset Management Team
  • Partner
  • Secretary of the Board

Rich Fitzgerald

Job Titles:
  • Allegheny County Executive

Richard Ernsberger

Job Titles:
  • Director of Human Resources, Allegheny Valley

Rob Dolan - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner

Robert A. Pudlo

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Operations Engineering

Robert E. Cochran - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Sarah Shaffer

Job Titles:
  • Rates and Regulatory Director / Equitrans Midstream Corp.

Sean Hoover

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Build Asset Management Team
  • Vice Chair, Governance / Partner / PricewaterhouseCoopers

Shawn Fox

Job Titles:
  • President / RDC, Inc.

Stephanie Apostolou

Job Titles:
  • General Council and Secretary

Stephanie Poynton

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Education Committee

Stephanie Wilt

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant & BCRM Lead

Suzanne Holmes

Job Titles:
  • Office Administrator

Taylor Kennedy

Job Titles:
  • Controller / Coen Oil Company, LLC

Teresa Palacios

Job Titles:
  • Director, FP & a / the Williams Company

Theodore Vail

Job Titles:
  • President of American Telephone & Telegraph

Tim Rozic

Job Titles:
  • District Representative

Toni Schlieper

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Director of Education

Travis Becker

Job Titles:
  • Data Analytics Specialist / PPG Industries