The Pittsburgh Foundation Board of Directors




Gregory D. Curtis,  Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Pittsburgh Foundation, is a Managing Director and Chairman of Greycourt & Co. Inc.  Mr. Curtis is a past Chair and current member of the Board of Visitors and Governors of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland and Sante Fe, New Mexico. He is also a past Chair and founding Director of The Investment Fund for Foundations.




Linda A. Dickerson, Chair of the Communications Committee of The Pittsburgh Foundation, is the Executive Director of the National Aviary. She is the former owner and publisher of Executive Report magazine. Ms. Dickerson wrote a weekly business column for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in addition to serving as past Chair of the Greater Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau Board, the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium Board, and the Institute for Advanced Technology Board. Ms. Dickerson also serves as past President of the Homeless Children and Family Emergency Fund.





John C. Harmon serves on The Pittsburgh Foundation’s Development and Donor Services Committee. He is a partner at the law firm of Lovett Bookman Harmon Marks LLP, where he concentrates on estate and trust law. He is a member of the Boards of Trustees of The Linsly School and the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, and serves on the Boards of Directors of the West Virginia University Foundation and the St. Margaret Foundation. John is also a member of the board of numerous private family foundations.



David McL. Hillman, is President and Partner of PNC Equity Partners, a private equity fund; Mr. Hillman joined the management training program of PNC's affiliate, PNC Bank, in 1976.  He held several positions in the Corporate Banking Division and in 1982 joined PNC's newly-formed Equity management Corp as its co-founder.  A Director of Tangent Rail Corporation, Porcelain Industries, The Hilsinger Company and Bacharach, Inc., Mr. Hillman is also a Board member of The August Wilson Center for the African American Culture, the Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation and the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.

William E. Hunt, is President and Chief Executive Officer of the real estate development firm, Elmhurst Corporation; Mr. Hunt is Trustee of the Roy A. Hunt Foundation, Chairman of the Board of the Carnegie Museum of Art, past Chair of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, a past President of Pittsburgh Public Theater and a member of the Board of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.  The Elmhurst Corporation owns and manages over two million square feet of office, flex and distribution space in the Pittsburgh Region.

Jui M. Joshi, is Director of Development for the University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Ms. Joshi is responsible for major gift fundraising at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law as well as supervising the activities of development and alumni affairs.  She is a member of the boards of directors of the Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, The Ellis School and she serves on the Professional Services Review Committee under County Chief Executive, Dan Onorato.  Ms. Joshi was President and a founding member of the Pittsburgh chapter of the Network of Indian Professionals, and a founding member of the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth. 




Peter F. Mathieson is Managing Director and Executive Vice President with Guyasuta Investment Advisors, a Pittsburgh asset management firm that he helped to found in 1994.  Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager with Scheetz, Smith & Company and an Investment Advisor with Parker/Hunter.  A resident of Fox Chapel, where he lives with his wife, Carol and four children, Mr. Mathieson graduated from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania in 1983 with a B.A. in Economics.  Mr. Mathieson is also a Director of The Buhl Foundation, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission and The Mentoring Partnership of Western Pennsylvania.  



David Motley, is Vice President and General Manager of Respironics, Inc., the global provider of sleep and respiratory products.  Mr. Motley has served on the boards of several institutions, including The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, the Zoological Society of Pittsburgh, Sewickley Academy, the Urban League of Pittsburgh, East Liberty Development Corp., Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium and Winchester Thurston School. 




Nancy L. Rackoff is a partner with the Pittsburgh law firm, Tener, Van Kirk, Wolf & Moore, P.C., where she specializes in estate and trust planning and administration. She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Gateway Bank. Nancy is President of the Board of Directors of Forward Housing Corporation, a nonprofit organization serving the housing needs of senior citizens, and is a Director and past Chair of Magee-Womens Health Foundation. Currently, she also serves as a Director with the UPMC Health System and the Carnegie Hero Commission.


James C. Roddey,  held the position of Chief Executive of Allegheny County from 2000 to 2004 and he will always have the distinction of being the first elected to that office.  Many years in the public sector preceded his election as Chief Executive, including four years as Chairman of the Port Authority Transit and five years as Chairman of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority.  His work in private industry includes the Presidencies of Turner Communications Corporation and Rollins Communications Corporation.  In the nonprofit arena, Jim has served as President or Chairman of numerous pillars of the Greater Pittsburgh community: the Eye & Ear Institute, Pittsburgh Blind Association, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh Public Theater, United Way of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Clean City Committee, Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta, and WQED Pittsburgh. 




Edith L. Shapira, M.D., is a psychiatrist in private practice since 1991.  Dr. Shapira is active in a variety of endeavors in community service and health care. She is the former Co-Chair of the Riverlife Task Force and continues to serve on its Executive Committee.  She serves on the Boards of Directors of A+ Schools, the Sports and Exhibition Authority, the Western PA Conservancy, the Urban League of Pittsburgh, the Regional Water Management Task Force and others.  She was recently elected to the Board of Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, and has held a variety of roles in UPMC system.



Nancy D. Washington, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary of the Board of Directors of The Pittsburgh Foundation, is an Associate Professor Emerita and a former Assistant to the Chancellor of the University at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a member of the Frick Arts and Historical Center, Point Park University and the Women’s Committee of the Carnegie Museum of Art. Dr. Washington is also a member of the Executive Committee of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and the Episcopal Church Foundation.




Robert B. Webb is Chief Operating Officer with Tucker Arensberg, P.C., a 70-attorney law firm based in Pittsburgh.  He also serves as Adjunct Professor at H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University where he teaches public leadership.  Previously, he worked with the Allegheny County government for 24 years, most recently as County Manager following the County government's reorganization in 2000.  Mr. Webb- also an official scorer for Major League Baseball- has a law degree from Duquesne University, and he graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in government.  Mr. Webb and his wife, Cheryl, live in Indiana Township, Pennsylvania.  They have three sons.



Directors Emeriti

James Broadhurst is the Chairman and CEO of Eat 'n Park Hospitality Group. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and is a trustee of the Pennsylvania State University. Mr. Broadhurst previously served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the United Way of Allegheny County. Mr. Broadhurst retired from The Pittsburgh Foundation's Board of Directors in March 2005 after serving with distinction for five years as Chairman, and as a Board member since 1995.


William J. Copeland is a Director Emeritus of The Pittsburgh Foundation, as well as a retired Vice Chairman of PNC Financial Corporation. He is a Trustee of The William J. Copeland Fund at The Pittsburgh Foundation, founding Vice Chairman of the Health Education Center, and Chairman Emeritus of Family House and of the Civic Light Opera. Mr. Copeland is a co-founder and Vice President of the National Flag Foundation and Director Emeritus of St. Clair Memorial Hospital.


Douglas D. Danforth is a Director Emeritus at The Pittsburgh Foundation. He is also a Director of Sola International, Inc., and Envirosource, Inc. He is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Mr. Danforth is also the past Chairman of the Board of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is also past Chairman of the Board of Carnegie Mellon University and continues to serve as a Life Trustee of the University. Mr. Danforth also serves as a Trustee of Syracuse University.

Arthur J. Edmunds, Director Emeritus of The Pittsburgh Foundation, is the former Executive Director of the Urban League of Pittsburgh. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, the Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania, the Health Education Center, and the Caring Foundation, and he is an Emeriti Board member of the Western Pennsylvania Allegheny Health Care System.   Mr. Edmunds has also served on the Presbyterian-University Hospital’s Committee for Oversight in Organ Transplantation and on the Board of Directors of the Lemington Home for the Aged.

 

Dorothy R. Williams is a Director Emerita of The Pittsburgh Foundation. She is a life member of the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood, and formerly served as a member of the national board and as President of the Pittsburgh chapter. Ms. Williams is a founder and former President of Women’s Health Services, a former Trustee of Pikesville College and Shadyside Presbyterian Church, former Director of the Fox Chapel Country Day School, and a former member of the Board of Directors of The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh.
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