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Meet the Foundation Board

We are fortunate to have a group of talented and committed individuals providing oversight for our Foundation who are passionate about advancing pediatric healthcare and helping to ensure that all kids and families in our region have access to expert medical care.

Below is a list of our volunteer board of trustees who each represent leaders in our community and their respective industries.

Board Officers

Mark A. Snyder
Corporate Secretary
Snyder Associated Companies
Chairperson

Vanessa Morehouse
Community Member
Vice Chairperson

Rachel A. Petrucelli
President
UPMC Children's Hospital Foundation
President – Voting Ex-Officio

Gregory M. Keegan
Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Operations
UPMC Children's Hospital Foundation
Treasurer – Non-Voting Ex-Officio

Martha H. Munsch, Esq.
Partner, Retired
Reed Smith LLP
Secretary

Trustees

Bryan C. Brantley, Esq.
Partner l McGuireWoods LLP

John P. Burke
Chairman and CEO l Armada

Lalit Chordia, PhD
President and CEO l Thar Energy, LLC

Jay W. Cleveland, Jr.
President and CEO l Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., Inc.

Ronald R. Davenport Jr.
President l Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation

Douglas P. Dick
Chairman and CEO l Dick Building Company

Mary Jo Dively, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel l Carnegie Mellon University

Anita Dressel
Chief Financial and Operating Officer l TeleTracking Technologies, Inc.

Lawrence N. Gumberg
President l LG Realty Advisors, Inc.

Howard W. Hanna III
Chairman and CEO l Hanna Holdings, Inc.

Sylvan M. Holzer
President, Retired l PNC Bank, Pittsburgh

B. Scott Kern, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel l C.A. Curtze Co., Inc.

Dena LaMar
Vice President, Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer l Advance Auto Parts

Greg Lignelli
President and Chief Operating Officer l System One Holdings, LLC

L. Douglas Lioon
Former CEO l HVL/Douglas Laboratories

Joseph P. Lohman
President, Retired l New York Food Company

Ramsey Lyons
Community Member

Gerald F. MacCleary
President, Retired l Covestro LLC, North America

Joseph M. Manganiello
Actor, Producer, and Author

George V. Mazariegos, MD, FACS
Director, Hillman Center for Pediatric Transplantation
Jamie Lee Curtis Endowed Chairman in Pediatric Transplantation
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Stephanie McMahon
Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer l WWE

David L. Motley
Co-Founder and Managing Partner l BTN Ventures

Albert J. Neupaver
Executive Chairman l Wabtec Corporation

Sloan Overstrom
Community Member

Denise M. Pampena
President l Graziano Construction & Development Co., Inc.

Robert A. Pietrandrea
President, Retired l Railroad Development Corp.

Dorothy J. Pollon, MBA, JD
Special Needs Child Advocate

Michael K. Popper
Founder and President, Retired l Metalwerks PMD, Inc.

Kevin M. Rabbitt
CEO l Hornblower Group

Clifford R. Rowe, Jr.
Executive Chairman l P.J. Dick/Trumbull/Lindy
Immediate Past Chairperson

C. Lance Ruttenberg
President and Chief Executive Officer l American Textile Company

Mark G. Schoeppner
Managing Member l Quaker Capital Investments, LLC

Anantha Shekhar, MD, PhD
Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences
John and Gertrude Petersen Dean,
School of Medicine
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh

Kelley Skoloda
Founder and CEO l KS Consulting & Capital LLC

Rebecca Cost Snyder
Managing Partner l FRANCO

John A. Staley V
Senior Vice President l Federated Investors, Inc.

Joan Rossin Stephans
Chairperson l Rossin Foundation

Alba Tull
Chairperson, Tull Investment Group

Walter W. Turner
President and Chief Executive Officer, Retired l Koppers Holdings and Koppers, Inc.

Joseph C. Walton
Community Member

Gregory J. Weimer
Partner l Confluence Financial Partners

Non-Voting Ex Officio

Amanda Cindrich
Community Member

Terence S. Dermody, MD
Vira I. Heinz Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatrics
Physician-in-Chief and Scientific Director
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

George K. Gittes, MD
Director, Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research
Co-Scientific Director and Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus l UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Diane S. Hupp, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
President, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Brooke G. Mullin
Community Member

Mark S. Sevco
President, UPMC Hospitals

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