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
Partner
PricerwaterhouseCoopers LLP
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
Managing Director
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
Wealth Advisor
Axias Wealth Advisors
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
Catherine McCarron
Account Manager
Community Bank
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
CEO & Co-Founder
Arsenal AI
YPB Co-Chairperson
Jen DeCaro
Tax Manager
Calgon Carbon
Justin Mikol
Tax Manager
KPMG
Katie Montagazzi
Wealth Manager
Confluence Financial Partners
YPB Chairperson
Lydia Dube
Human Resources Manager
Gordon Food Services
Audit & Assurance Senior Manager
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Richard Ernsberger
Attorney
Behrend & Ernsberger, P.C.
Sarah Craig
Retail Real Estate Associate
CBRE
YPB Co-Chairperson
Taylor Kennedy
Controller
SWAT Capital Administrator LLC
Travis Becker
IT Business Analyst
PPG
Will Frederick
Director
Meridian Management Partners
