Our Board
Junior Achievement of Western PA Board Members
Chair Board Members
Rebekah Kcehowski
Chair of the Board
Partner | Jones Day
Kathryn Klaber
Previous Chair of the Board
Managing Partner | The Klaber Group
John A. Jankowski
Vice Chair
Vice President & Treasurer | PPG Industries
Raymond Bummer
Treasurer & Vice Chair of Finance
Managing Director | Gleason & Associates, PC
Clay Saftner
Co-Vice Chair – Development/Advocacy
Chief Operating Officer | Simpson & McCrady LLC
Jim Droney
Co-Vice Chair – Development/Advocacy
Business Development & Membership Consultant | University of Pittsburgh’s Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence
John Krolicki
Co-Vice Chair of Education
VP, Facilities & Support Services | UPMC Shadyside
Rich Fitzgerald
Co-Vice Chair of Education
Executive Director | Southwestern PA Commission
Matthew Brouse
Vice Chair of Governance & Nominating
Partner | Gordon & Rees/Scully Mansukhani, LLC
Rob Dolan
Vice Chair of Audit
Managing Partner | Falcon Bridge Consulting
Sean T. Hoover
Vice Chair – Secretary of the Board
Managing Partner | Falcon Bridge Consulting
Board Members
Stephanie Apostolou
General Counsel and Secretary
Koppers
Andrew Barlow
Senior Store Leader
GetGo
Richard Beard, CPA
Senior Vice President
Matthews International
Christopher Blass
Senior Client Advisor
Huntington Bank
Elizabeth Bond
Owner
Dovetail Cabinetry
Robert Cherry
Chief Executive Officer
Partner4Work
Robert E. Cochran
President
#1 Cochran
Todd Cover
Vice President of Commercial Lending & Business Development
InFirst Bank
Shawn Fox
President & CEO
Oxford Development Company
Adam J. Gazarik
Senior Manager
Deloitte & Touche LLP
David Grupp
President
Green Choice Energy Consulting
Beth Jackson
Broker
Citizens Bank
Kathleen Lese
Managing Director | Assurance Services
Ernst & Young
Edward Manko
SVP/Group Manager, National Director
Jones Lang LaSalle
Teresa Palacios
Director FP&A
The Williams Company
David Paulson
Chief Operating Office
FHLBank Pittsburgh
Katharine Perry
Signature Wealth
Wealth Planning Associate
Sarah Shaffer
Rates & Regulatory Director
EQT
Patrick Snyder
Managing Director of Facility Maintenance Engineering
FedEx Grounds
Brian Sohocki
Senior Vice President
First Commonwealth Bank
Bob Tiskus
Senior Market Executive
M&T Bank
Peter Vaccaro
Executive Vice President | Wealth Management
PNC Bank
Libby Waltman
CFO
Pittsburgh Pirates
Melvin Washington
Chief Audit Officer
TriState Capital Bank
James Yard
Partner
Schneider Downs & Co., Inc.
Young Professional Board Members
Alyssa Falarski
Marketing and Client Experience Manager
Louis Plung & Company
Alyssa Mikol
Compensation Manager
Carmeuse
Angela Bland
Senior Corporate Counsel
Koppers
Cambria Zebley
Owner/Operator
Crumbl Cookies
Catherine McCarron
Client Service Director
BNY Mellon
Connor Manning
Risk Advisory Services
Schneider Downs & Co.
Emily Kolek
VP & Corporate Communications Manager
Wesbanco
Gabriel Goldman
Senior Commercialization Specialist
NREC
Geremy Andreaco
Account Executive
Precision Copy Products
Husnain Safdar
Vice President
Tecum Capital Partners
Jacob Rayburg
Manager – Digital & AI Strategy
PricewaterhouseCoopers
James Lanham
Lecturer of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Jen DeCaro
Tax Manager
Calgon Carbon
Justin Mikol
Tax Manager
KPMG
Katie Montagazzi
Wealth Manager
Confluence Financial Partners
Lydia Dube
Human Resources Manager
Gordon Food Services
Audit & Assurance Senior Manager
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Philip Soeder
Commercial Banker
JP Morgan Private Bank
Richard Ernsberger
Attorney
Behrend & Ernsberger, P.C.
Sarah Craig
Retail Real Estate Associate
CBRE
Taylor Kennedy
Controller
SWAT Capital Administrator LLC
Travis Becker
IT Business Analyst
PPG
Will Frederick
Director
Meridian Management Partners
