Our Board
Junior Achievement of Western PA Board Members
Chair Board Members
Sean Hoover
Chair of the Board
Partner
PricerwaterhouseCoopers LLP
Rebekah Kcehowski
Immediate Past Chair of the Board
Partner
Jones Day
Raymond Bummer
1st Vice Chair & Secretary
Managing Director
Gleason & Associates, PC
John Jankowski
Vice Chair
Vice President & Treasurer
PPG Industries
Clay Saftner
Co-Vice Chair of Development/Advocacy
Chief Operating Officer
Simpson & McCrady LLC
Jim Droney
Co-Vice Chair of Development/Advocacy
Business Development & Membership Consultant
University of Pittsburgh’s Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence
John Krolicki
Co-Vice Chair of Education
VP, Facilities and 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 Treasurer & Finance
Managing Partner
Falcon Bridge Consulting
Sarah Shaffer
1st Vice Chair & Secretary
Rates and Regulatory Director
Gleason & Associates, PC
Board Members
Stephanie Apostolou
General Counsel and Secretary
Koppers
Andrew Barlow
District Representative
GetGo
Richard Beard, CPA
Senior Vice President
Matthews International
Elizabeth Bond
Owner
Dovetail Cabinetry
Robert Cherry
Chief Executive Officer
Partner4Work
Robert E. Cochran
President
#1 Cochran
Shawn Fox
President & CEO
Oxford Development Company
Adam J. Gazarik
Senior Manager
Deloitte & Touche LLP
David Grupp
President
Green Climate Energy Consulting
Beth Jackson
Managing Director
Citizens Bank
Kathleen Lese
Managing Director | Assurance Services
Ernst & Young
Eric Lillegard
Pittsburgh Branch Manager
Chubb
Kathryn Klaber
Managing Partner
The Klaber Group
Edward Manko
SVP/Group Manager, National Director
Jones Lang LaSalle
Sarah Nelson
Partner
EY
Teresa Palacios
Director FP&A
The Williams Company
David Paulson
Chief Operating Office
FHLBank Pittsburgh
Katharine Perry
Wealth Advisor
Axias Wealth Advisors
Matt Phillips
SVP Business Banking, Regional Manager
Dollar Bank
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
Cecily Milligan
Director of Storytelling
Oyster Creative
Connor Manning
Risk Advisory Services
Schneider Downs & Co.
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
Josh Babbitt
Financial Analyst
UPMC
Justin Mikol
Tax Manager
KPMG
Kat Listwak
Associate
PwC
Katie Montagazzi
Wealth Manager
Confluence Financial Partners
YPB Chairperson
Mallory Kray
Vice President, Auditor
BNY
Nick Thomas
Executive Compensation Advisor Senior
PNC
Audit & Assurance Senior Manager
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Richard Ernsberger
Attorney
Behrend & Ernsberger, P.C.
Sarah Craig
Retail Real Estate Associate
CBRE
YPB Co-Chairperson
Sean Lawrence
Financial Advisor
Baird
Taylor Kennedy
Controller
SWAT Capital Administrator LLC
Travis Becker
IT Business Analyst
PPG
Will Frederick
Director
Meridian Management Partners
Zach Bibbett
Risk Advisory Senior
Schneider Downs
Zach Broujas
Director of Finance
Fox Capital Partners
