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Membership
Advisory Board Officers
President - Steve Molitierno
Vice President - John VanKirk
Chancellor - Kevin J.G. Snider, Ph.D.
Advisory Board Members
Joseph D. Defilippi, Ph.D.
Retired, U.S. Steel
Tina Girdano
Delaney Auto
Zach Huth
Huth Technologies, LLS
Huth Industries
John S. Kamarados, Esq.
Kamarados Law Office
Ray Mastre
Associate Director
Accenture
Stephen V. Molitierno
Retired, IBM Public Sector Division
Rick O'Domes
CareerLink Administrator
PA Department of Labor & Industry
PA CareerLink Alle-Kiski
Jason Rigone
Executive Director
Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corporation
Robert Starzynski
Director of Business Development
Innovations Works
Barbara VanKirk
President and Founder
IQ Inc.
John VanKirk
Retired, Kennametal, Inc.
Shannon Wagner
Superintendent
Burrell School District
Erin L. Weber
Vice President, Investments
Vice President, Investments
Weber Group of Raymond James
Ellyse Williams
University of Pittsburgh
International Enrollment Services Manager
Associate Members
Barbara J. Arnold, Ph.D.
President
Prep Tech, Inc.
Melissa Fereday
President, Alumni Society
Richard Gilbert
Communications Engineer-Network and Cyber Security
Lea+Elliott, Inc.
Lea+Elliott, Inc.
Calvin McCutcheon
President
McCutcheon Enterprise, Inc.
Mitchel Nickols, Ph.D.
Pastor
Bibleway Christian Fellowship Church
Matthew Plocki
President/Owner
Pitt Specialty Supply, Inc.
Don Ryan
Owner Legacy Building Corp.
Robert W. Sodini
President/Owner
Sodini & Company, Inc.
John Spadaro
Retired
Pitt Specialty Supply Inc.
Retired
Pitt Specialty Supply Inc.
John Welch
Co-Founder/Corporate Development
Tallo
Student Representative
Clayton Groves
Advisory Board Intern
Emeriti Members
Charles H. Booth, Jr. (1919-2019)
Arthur G. Duppstadt, Sr., O.D. (1924-2021)
N.F. (Red) Stein
Arthur G. Duppstadt, Sr., O.D. (1924-2021)
N.F. (Red) Stein
For more information on the Advisory Board, contact Candee Christy at [email protected]u or call the Chancellor's Office at (724) 334-6050.