Leadership - National Diversity Council

PENNSYLVANIA
DIVERSITY COUNCIL
A MULTICULTURAL RESOURCE PROMOTING EXCELLENCE
6 Annual Pittsburgh
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Leadership
C O N F E R E N C E
Global Generation Workplace: Preparing Leaders
Pittsburgh Marriott City Center
October 22, 2015
8:00AM–2:20PM
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of Pittsburgh Technical Institute
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FOUNDER’S WELCOME
Greetings,
It is my privilege to welcome you to our 6th Annual Pittsburgh Leadership Conference. Since the inception of the
Pittsburgh Diversity and Leadership Conference, we have made great strides in fostering an environment for diversity
and inclusion. However, there is still much more to be done. In order to remain competitive in today’s global economy,
organizations must be innovative and creative when it comes to maintaining diversity within their workforce. They
should also actively seek to mold leaders and encourage employee engagement throughout every level of their
infrastructure, in order to ensure organizational objectives are not merely fulfilled, but exceeded. To achieve these
goals, businesses must constantly strive for change and promote environments of inclusion, while also educating
employees on the importance of these policies.
Our conference will afford organizations the opportunity to explore tools and resources necessary to build diverse
workforces and remain competitive on the global stage. The event will also provide a valuable opportunity for
individuals to network together and grow in their knowledge of diversity and leadership, which can be utilized to
craft long and distinguished careers. Finally, our speakers and various panel sessions will offer a unique perspective on
a plethora of topics, including the creation of a diverse workforce, essential leadership skills, personal branding, and
diversity and inclusion best practices.
I encourage you to join us and not only actively participate with your colleagues, but take your newly acquired
knowledge back to your organization and share it with your coworkers, managers, and senior leadership, in order to
promote a diverse and inclusive environment for all. I would like to take this time to thank our sponsors who see the
value in our Pittsburgh Leadership Conference and continue to provide financial support to keep us going. I also want
to acknowledge our speakers who have made a commitment to be here. Finally, I would like to thank the conference
organizers and volunteers who worked diligently to bring you a top-notch conference.
Sincerely,
Dennis Kennedy
Founder & CEO
National Diversity Council
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PENNSYLVANIA DIVERSITY COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sherri Flaherty
Nadia McCrimmon,
M.B.A., PHR
PADC Chairman of the Board
Vice President,
Human Resources Operations
Cricket Communications
Executive Director
Human
Resources
Drexel University
Rochelle Seideneck
Sara Oliver-Carter
Olga Lagunova
Lisa M. McBride, PhD
Senior Director, Edible Grocery
Giant Eagle
Vice President,
Diversity & Inclusion
Highmark
Vice President,
Software Engineering,
Distinguished Engineer
CA Technologies
Chief Diversity Officer
Philadelphia College of
Osteopathic Medicine
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MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Megan Cleghorn, JD, MBA
President
Cleghorn Performance Elevation LLC
Megan Cleghorn, JD, MBA is the President of Cleghorn Performance Elevation LLC, an elite private–client executive
coaching, leadership empowerment and executive communication company. As a coach and consultant, Megan
marries her many years of operational and financial expertise with her passion for empowering current and future
senior executives with the tools to graduate from Excellent to Superior.
Megan is also the CEO of Request For Relief LLC, a national organizational–wellness consultancy servicing clients
facing high–stress business and workplace challenges, including restructurings and post–M&A integration. Through
RFR, Megan facilitates organizations’ effective management of stress and burnout that increases employee resilience,
strengthens performance and improves bottom–line business results.
Prior to leading Cleghorn Performance Elevation and RFR, Megan spent more than a decade at the premier global law
firm as a corporate restructuring professional, advising companies in distressed situations on operational and financial
reorganizations as they underwent transformational change.
In addition, Megan is a lecturer at, and advisor to The Wharton School of Business MBA Program on topics of Executive
Communication and Advanced Persuasion. Megan regularly presents nationally on topics of Transformational Change,
Leadership Empowerment, Advancement of Women, Organizational Wellness, and Entrepreneurship. Megan obtained
her B.S. and her J.D. at Duquesne University and her M.B.A. at The Wharton School of Business at the University of
Pennsylvania.
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MODERATORS
Erica Acosta
Associate Director, Diversity
Center for Global Education & Diversity
Korrey Green
Attorney
William Law
Colleen McMullen
Executive Director, Diversity Initiatives
Carnegie Mellon University Tepper, School of Business
Nimita Patel
Research Assistant
Institute for Public Policy & Economic Development, Wilkes University
Chaton Turner
Associate Counsel
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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November 16-20, 2015
2700 Post Oak Blvd., 6th floor
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Cecilia Orellana-Rojas, Ph.D.
VP-Strategy and Research
National Diversity Council
Jim Penny
Executive Director
National Diversity Council
Matthew D. Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Extended Academic Program
University of the Incarnate Word
Armida Mendez Russell
Senior Consultant
National Diversity Council
T.K. Floyd
Attorney at Law
National Certified Counselor
Law Office of T.K. Floyd, PLLC
Pranika Sinha
Manager-Employee
& Organization Development
Occidental Petroleum
Areas of Focus
• The Business Case for Diversity and Inclusion
• Cultural Competence
• Measurement and Evaluation
• Diversity Leadership
• Best Practices in Diversity and Inclusion
• Graduate Network Component
Guest Speakers
LaMonte Thomas
President & General Manager
North Texas and Oklahoma
Cigna
Lisa Firmin, MS, MHRM, Colonel, USAF, Retired
Associate Provost for Faculty/
Student Diversity and Recruitment
The University of Texas at San Antonio
REGISTRATION DEADLINE
October 30, 2015
For more information and to register, please contact Jim Penny at [email protected]
www.nationaldiversitycouncil.org/diversityfirstcertification
AGENDA
8:00 a.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Registration
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Most Powerful & Influential Women Awards Breakfast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salon 4-5
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions I
Most Powerful & Influential Women Roundtable....................................................................Salon 1
Prepping for a Position of Power...............................................................................................Salon 6
Leveraging Coaches, Mentors and Sponsors...................................................................City Center A
11:30 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
Leadership Excellence Awards Luncheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salon 4-5
1:20 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Concurrent Session II
Leaning In Without Tipping Over: Achieving Work + Life = Balance.....................................Salon 1
Smart People Take Smart Risks.....................................................................................City Center A
Top Leadership Competencies.................................................................................................Salon 6
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MOST POWERFUL & INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
Esther Barazzone, PH. D
President
Chatham University
Esther Barazzone has been the President of Chatham University since 1992. Prior to becoming president,
Dr. Barazzone served as Professor of European Intellectual History at Hamilton and Kirkland Colleges and
also worked for the University of Pennsylvania and Swart more College; she was Vice President of Academic
Affairs at Philadelphia University before coming to Pittsburgh.
Under President Barazzone’s leadership, Chatham has grown from a women’s college to a coeducational
university with a women’s college within it and has increased its enrollment almost five fold to 2,300 students,
and its land holdings from 32 acres to nearly 450 acres, including a new satellite campus in Richland Township which will
be the first campus in the world built entirely sustainably. Chatham has added programs of national distinction in the health
sciences, writing, sustainability, and globalism, winning the Heiskell Award from Fulbright for exemplary internationalization.
Chatham University was named to the “2013 Green College Honor Roll” by The Princeton Review and was one of 21 schools
that received a 99 (the highest score).
She has received many awards including honorary degrees from Donshisa Women’s College in Kyoto, Japan, Seuol Women’s
University and the University Medal from Fatimah Jinnah Women’s University in Pakistan. She was named a Distinguished
Daughter of Pennsylvania by the Governor, a History Maker by the Heinz History Center, given the YWCA of Pittsburgh
Tribute to Women Award, the Susan B. Anthony Leadership Award, and the Gandhi, King, Ikeda Award for outstanding
leadership for Peace and Humanitarianism.
Nancilee Burzachechi JD, CFRE
Director, Governmental & External Affairs | Officer, Open Records
Community College of Allegheny County
Nancilee Burzachechi, JD, CFRE, heads up the Office of Government Relations and External Affairs for
the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) where she has the opportunity to promote greater
understanding of the role post-secondary education can provide for women and underrepresented populations.
Prior to February 2015, Burzachechi served as the vice president of Institutional Advancement & External
Relations and was responsible for government relations and advocacy, public fundraising, institutional
communications, public relations and marketing. In 2009, she was selected to co-chair Imagine & Achieve:
The Campaign for the Community College of Allegheny County, the largest and most successful fundraising initiative in the college’s
49-year history. The campaign raised over $43 million in funds for workforce development, general program enhancements,
facility and infrastructure projects and additional endowment and unrestricted funds.
Burzachechi has held CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive) certification since 1999 and is an attorney actively licensed to
practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She has worked in higher education for over 22 years, with 14 of those years at
the college. Prior to joining CCAC, she held various positions with the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Law and Carnegie
Mellon University’s Tepper Graduate School of Business.
An active member of American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), Burzachechi also served on the Board of Trustees
of the Council for Resource Development (CRD). She is also a member of the National Council for Marketing and Public
Relations (NCMPR), the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the Association of Fundraising
Professionals (AFP), the Pennsylvania Bar and Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Advisory Committee on Part-time Faculty,
Pennsylvania Joint State Commission. Under her management, Institutional Advancement & External Relations has won
numerous marketing and communications awards, including a Gold Paragon Award for Best Promotion Campaign for a Special
Event.
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Carol DiBattiste
Chief Legal, Privacy, Security & Administrative Officer
Education Management Corporation
Carol DiBattiste was appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Legal, Privacy, Security, and Administrative
Officer of Education Management on May 28, 2013. Ms. DiBattiste is responsible for oversight of the
Company’s legal affairs, human resources, student financial services compliance, regulatory affairs compliance,
and privacy and security functions. She joined the Company on March 18, 2013 as its Chief Legal and
Compliance Officer.
She is a nationally-recognized expert in compliance and enterprise risk management, and brings extensive
legal, compliance and leadership experience across the public and private sectors. Ms. DiBattiste was Executive Vice President,
General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer for Geeknet, Inc., a publicly traded e-commerce business where she developed
enterprise risk management and compliance programs, from 2011 to 2013. Ms. DiBattiste has served in executive privacy,
security, compliance and legal roles at Reed Elsevier from 2008 to 2011, and ChoicePoint, Inc. from 2005 to 2008, where
she also served as General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer until ChoicePoint was acquired by Reed Elsevier. Previously,
from 2001 to 2003, she was a partner in the international law firm of Holland & Knight LLP where her specialties included
government relations, corporate diversity counseling, and civil and criminal litigation.
In the public sector, Ms. DiBattiste served in many executive positions in the Departments of Defense, Justice, and Homeland
Security. Her many distinguished roles included Under Secretary of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, as
confirmed by the U.S. Senate, where she led a $70 billion, 710,000-employee military and civilian department responsible for
recruiting, training and education, and readiness, from 1999 to 2001.
Lora Dikun
Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Chief People Officer
Giant Eagle, Inc.
Ms. Dikun has more than 25 years of leadership experience in human resources, finance and management at a
$10 billion private retailer; a $1.2 billion public company; and a Big-four public accounting firm. Ms. Dikun
has strong expertise in the areas of talent acquisition and talent development; employee and labor relations;
employee benefits; executive compensation; risk management; pension and trust investments; accounting
and taxes and, financial planning. Her work experience with Giant Eagle includes Senior Vice President,
Human Resources & Chief People Officer; Vice President, Talent Development & Labor Relations; Vice
President, HR Operations; Senior Director, HR Strategy & Operations; Director, Total Rewards; and Director, Benefits. In
her current role, Ms. Dikun is responsible for leading the Human Resources department that serves more than 35,000 Team
Members and consists of supervising 220 Team Members, directly and indirectly.
Ms. Dikun is very active in the Greater Pittsburgh community and works with various organizations, including Girls Hope
of Pittsburgh as the founding President for their Young Leadership Board, and the FISA Foundation were she was recognized
for her outstanding service. Her focus has been on organizations that support woman, minorities and people with disabilities.
Ms. Dikun currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh as well as
F.A.M.E.—the Fund for Advancement of Minorities through Education.
Lora’s recent accomplishments include: The founding of the Giant Eagle Team Member Care Fund, a non-profit which provides
assistance for fellow Team Members that are facing severe financial hardship, for which she serves on the Board of Directors.
Ms. Dikun is a graduate of Leadership Pittsburgh, Class XXVIII and was also named one of the Top Women in Grocery 2012
by Progressive Grocer. Ms. Dikun has also earned the award for one of the 2014 Women of Influence in the Food Industry by The
Griffin Report, as well as the 2014 Pennsylvania’s Leadership Excellence Award by the Pennsylvania Diversity Council. Most
recently, Ms. Dikun was named one of the 2015 Most Influential Women in Business by the Pittsburgh Business Times.
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Katharine Fredriksen
Senior Vice President, Health, Safety & Environmental Affairs
CONSOL Energy, Inc.
Katharine Fredriksen is the Senior Vice President, Health, Safety and Environmental Affairs for CONSOL
Energy, Inc. She is responsible for the leadership, planning, direction, operation and strategy for the company’s
health and safety policies and environmental strategy. She oversees corporate compliance, permitting, and
related regulatory and legislative affairs within all business units of the company. She serves as the principal
liaison with senior state and federal policy makers on HSE issues affecting the company.
Since joining CONSOL Energy, she has spearheaded the company’s annual Corporate Responsibility Report
to further improve transparency on key performance metrics including safety and environmental compliance. She also brought
the company’s safety and environmental management systems into compliance with internationally recognized OHSAS 18000
and ISO-14001 standards.
Ms. Fredriksen has over 20 years’ experience at senior levels of industry and government. Prior to joining CONSOL, she
served as principal and founder of her own consulting company, CapitolPlus Consulting, representing clients with interests in
energy and the environment. Previously, she served in the George W. Bush administration as Assistant Secretary and Principle
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy and International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy, where she was
the primary policy advisor to the Secretary and the Department on domestic and international energy issues and directed the
Department’s international engagements. She also served as Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of the Treasury,
advising the Secretary on domestic and international energy market and investment issues critical to America’s energy security.
She has held positions with increasing responsibility in the energy and environment sectors in the petrochemical and utility
sectors, specifically with former independent power producer Mirant Corporation, and with Koch Industries, a privately held
conglomerate with oil, gas, and chemical interests, as well as in the public sector with the U.S. EPA.
Dawndra Jones, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Vice President, Patient Care services | Chief Nursing Officer, UPMC McKeesport Hospital
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dawndra Jones DNP, RN, NEA-BC has been with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
for over 24 years working in multiple positions within the organization spanning from staff nurse to various
nursing leadership and executive positions. Dr. Jones is currently the Vice President, Patient Care Services
and Chief Nursing Officer of UPMC McKeesport Hospital. Her expertise is in leadership development,
performance management, workforce planning and development and financial management. She has been
a national conference speaker on various topics that include Nurse Manager Scope and Span of Control,
diversity and inclusion and various professional development and advancement strategies. She received her bachelor’s and master’s
degree in nursing from Carlow University and her Doctor of Nursing Practice in nursing administration with a minor in nursing
informatics from the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Nursing. Dr. Jones holds a Nurse Executive Advance certification from
the American Nurse Credentialing Center. She was awarded the Sister Rose Curran Graduate Nursing Leadership Award from
Carlow University. She also received the Shirley Chisholm Award for mentoring grade school girls in the Pittsburgh community.
Dr. Jones was recognized by the UPMC Center for Inclusion with the Nursing Partnership Award for being instrumental in
promoting diversity and inclusion strategies within the nursing division. She was also recognized by the nursing division with
the UPMC Leading with Wisdom Award. Currently Dr. Jones serves as a the co-chair for the state of Pennsylvania’s Action
Coalition’s Diversity Council, member of the UPMC Board Inclusion & Diversity Committee, American Organization of
Nurse Executives, Pittsburgh Public School’s Health Careers Technology Occupational Advisory Committee and she is the
president of the Pittsburgh Black Nurses in Action, which is the local chapter of the National Black Nurses Association. She
recently completed her terms on the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh Charter School Board of Directors.
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Chrystiane Junqueira
Vice President, Human Resources
Alcoa Global Primary Products, Pittsburgh
Chrystiane Junqueira joined Alcoa in January 1994 after an internship program.
Starting out as Human Resource Analyst at Alcoa Latin America (Sao Paulo), Chrystiane worked on different
Alcoa Business Units as HR Leader until July 1999 when she became the HR Manager at Pocos de Caldas
plant, Brazil. On January 2004 Chrystiane joined the Alcoa Operational Consulting Team in Pittsburgh
for an International Assignment. She returned to Brazil on June 2005 when she led the South America HR
Transformation. In 2007, she was part of the Global Talent Management Team (Pittsburgh, PA). Her main
responsibilities were to manage the Global Performance, Career & Succession Management Process and Employee Engagement.
Chrystiane led the 4Es and a P global implementation. On May 2011 she became Human Resources Director for Alcoa
Building and Construction System, located in Norcross, GA. Most recently she joined GPP US as Human Resources Director
and on October 2013 she became Vice-President of Human Resources for Global Primary Products. She is now located in
Pittsburgh, PA.
Chrystiane was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 21, 1971. She graduated from Mackenzie University in Sao Paulo Brazil, where
she earned her bachelor in Business in 1993. She also earned a specialization degree in HR from Faculdade Getulio Vargas
(FGV) in 1996 and a Master in Business Administration degree from Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP) in 2007.
Allison McGee
Vice President, Client Services
Health Data Management Solutions
Allison McGee is Vice President of Client Services for a healthcare analytics start up where her focus is the
strategic development of products and services as well as leading the operations and technical teams that
provide customized analytics and consulting to their clients.
After “reinventing herself” several times along a varied career path, she has been in the healthcare informatics
field for over 15 years and finds it motivating to be part of the transformation of healthcare. She served as VP
of Client Services for Health Data Management Solutions (HDMS), a subsidiary of Aetna and as Executive
Director of the Blue Cross Blue Shield national data warehouse–Blue Health Intelligence.
Previously, she has been a Management Consultant, a Product Manager in the Chemical industry, has lead Business Process
Re-engineering and Total Quality Management in a large corporation, and started in Financial Accounting. Each new direction
was driven by a desire to gain new skills and work closer to the “front lines” of change.
And with a degree in Animal Science, each new role was a challenge and an opportunity to learn on the go, to ‘figure it out’
with the help of great mentors and colleagues. Each environment added to a diverse set of role models still influencing her today.
When not geeking out over her favorite science fiction characters, she spends her free time in outdoors adventures and supports her
hobby by volunteering with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy and as a board member of the Mt. Lebanon Nature Conservancy.
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Dr. Irene McGee
Vice President, Health, Safety, Environment & Quality
Covestro LLC
Dr. Irene McGee is the vice president of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) at Covestro
LLC, formerly Bayer MaterialScience LLC. In this role, she is responsible for the overall management of
the regional HSEQ organization, which includes Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs, Distribution Safety,
Worker Safety, Security, HSEQ Management Systems and Customer Complaint Management. She also
leads the central testing laboratories for the company.
McGee began her career at Bayer in 1987 as a senior process chemist and plant statistician at the New
Martinsville, W. Va., facility. In 1998, she became the director of rigid foam marketing and application development for the
Polyurethanes business unit of Bayer Corporation. Her career eventually led her to Pittsburgh, Pa., where McGee has held
positions of increasing responsibility, including the director of business development for Insulation at Bayer Polymers, Americas.
Prior to her current role, McGee served as the vice president of Bayer Material Science Research & Development and HSEQ
management systems.
In addition to her daily responsibilities, McGee is the executive sponsor of the Covestro Women’s Initiative Networking Group
at the Pittsburgh site. She also plays an active role in the community, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater
Pittsburgh Literacy Council, and the Science and Advisory Committee for the ARCS Foundation. McGee is also the sponsor of
Project SEED within Covestro. Project SEED, a program of the American Chemical Society, enables economically disadvantaged
high school students to spend the summer working in a laboratory setting to expand their education and career outlook.
McGee received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the College of Mount Saint Vincent and her Ph.D. in analytical
chemistry from the University of New Hampshire.
Alicia G. Powell
Chief Counsel, Assest Management Group
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Alicia Powell is Chief Counsel in PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.’s Asset Management Group, which
provides banking and lending, investments, fiduciary, and family office services to individuals, corporate and
municipal entities, and charities and foundations across the United States. She joined PNC in Pittsburgh in
2013, following over a decade at Reed Smith LLP, where she was a partner in the Investment Management
Group.
Alicia is a seasoned leader, serving as Chair of PNC Legal’s award-winning Diversity & Inclusion Council,
and acting as a member of PNC’s enterprise-wide Corporate Diversity Council (advisory council to PNC’s Chairman and CEO).
At Reed Smith, Alicia Chaired the Pittsburgh Office’s Women’s Initiative.
Alicia earned her J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Miami University, where
she attended on a full academic scholarship.
Alicia has served on the Board of St. Clair Hospital, named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Reuters, and
serves on the Board of Directors of the National Aviary.
Alicia is married to Colin Powell, founder and Managing Director of Pinnacle Accounting & Finance, a consulting and recruiting
firm recently named one of Pittsburgh’s 100 fastest growing private companies by the Pittsburgh Business Times.
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Candi Castleberry Singleton
Founder & Chair
Dignity & Respect Campaign
Candi Castleberry Singleton is the founder and managing principal of the Dignity & Respect Campaign,
a national organization dedicated to making the world a better place for ALL to live—with ALL of our
differences. Based on the foundation of 30 Tips, the Campaign promotes dignity and respect for self, others,
and communities.
Candi’s business acumen enhances her approach to partnering with senior executives, business process
owners, and community leaders to build sustainable practices for the workplace and marketplace. She has
implemented successful initiatives as Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer at UPMC, at Motorola—where she was Vice President
of Global Inclusion and Diversity—and at Sun Microsystems, where she led the Global Inclusion Center of Expertise. She has
led teams in operations and talent development, and acquired extensive experience in sales management, product marketing
and training at Xerox Corporation.
An experienced strategist, Candi created The Integrated Inclusion Model TM, a systems integration model that helps companies
transition from compliance-driven processes led by human resources, to integrated activities that shift the responsibility for
achieving an inclusive culture to every employee. The model is featured in her chapter of Crossing the Divide: Intergroup Leadership
in a World of Difference (Harvard Business School Press, August 2009).
Candi is an international speaker, teacher, and mentor. She has delivered inspiring keynotes and lectures from Beijing to
Budapest to Boston and serves as an adjunct professor at Carnegie Mellon University. She received an MBA from Pepperdine
University, a bachelor’s degree in legal studies from UC Berkeley, and completed the Stanford University Executive Human
Resources program.
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LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS
William Bill Bates
Vice President, Real Estate
Eat’nPark Hospitality Group, Inc.
William (Bill) Bates has a long history of international development experience in corporate real estate and
construction and is currently employed as the Vice President of Real Estate for Eat’nPark Hospitality Group,
Inc. He is an adjunct faculty member in Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Architecture.
Previously, Mr. Bates held a similar position at Marconi Communications, Inc. (formerly FORE Systems,
Inc.), where he managed the corporate facilities and property portfolio expansion from 28 to 150 global sites
in five years. Prior to that he served as the Vice President of Strategic Facilities Planning at PNC Bank, the
Design and Construction Manager for Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and a partner in a private architectural practice.
His volunteer efforts include service as Secretary of the Allegheny County Parks Foundation and the Presbyterian SeniorCare,
the Chairman of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Development Board. He was recently elected Vice President
of the national board of the American Institute of Architects and is a past President of the Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Boards
of that organization, past President of the Green Building Alliance,
He is a past Vice President of the Allegheny Land Trust, a past board member of Associated Artist of Pittsburgh, past board
member of the Pittsburgh Regional Clean Cities Council Board. He has also served appointments to numerous commissions for
Mt Lebanon Township, the City of Pittsburgh, and Allegheny County and the Pittsburgh Airport Authority.
Jim Dietz
President
TwoPoint Solutions, Inc.
Mr. Dietz is an executive business leader with enthusiasm and drive to formulate and convert business
strategy into successful outcomes. Results-oriented leader who challenges the organization at an individual
and work-team level to improve performance through communicating business vision and common goals.
Mr. Dietz is a recognized technical and operational expert in the field of coal chemicals. His background has
provided opportunities to leverage these skills to provide practical and effective solutions to the challenges
of business.
Mr. Dietz’s experience spans North America, Europe and Asia, successfully executing business results while working across
many cultures. While leading a European business unit for an international chemical company as a UK resident, Mr. Dietz
significantly improved the regional market share, revenues by 60%, operating profit by 208% and operating margin of the
business by 92%. Under his leadership the business unit integrated a new acquisition and acquire a regional competitor resulting
in the growth of market share and strategically securing of raw materials. Of late he was responsible for the R&D, engineering
and purchasing activities of an international industrial chemical company.
Mr. Dietz earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and Masters in Business Administration while employed as a
chemical industry operations manager. Previous in leadership positions within his engineering and operating disciplines, he
currently serves on the leadership committees for his local United Way and mentors Pitt business students. He and Barb have
been married 33 years and they have two married children.
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Dwight Douglas Hanshew, Jr.
Vice President
Global Research & Development Quality
Dwight Douglas Hanshew, Jr. is a leader who puts the creation of trusting relationships at the center of life’s
challenges. Dwight puts “Quality First” to work as a business model where the safety of patients and the
public interest comes first, as is required when producing high quality medicines.
Operations.
Dwight has spent his professional career working in the global pharmaceuticals industry. Over the past
25-years, he has held leadership roles in a wide variety of disciplines that include: Quality Control, Quality
Assurance, Quality Operations, Research and Development, Manufacturing Operations, and Pharmaceutical
Dwight is currently Vice President, Global Research and Development Quality for Mylan, where he is developing and
implementing a global quality management system for the critical GxP areas of Research and Development. Prior to rejoining
Mylan, Dwight was as a Senior Consultant with Lachman Consultants (Westbury, NY) working with international pharmaceutical
companies in the United States and abroad on Quality and Compliance. He specialized in advising pharmaceutical companies
and management leaders in India. He also held multiple key leadership roles, culminating with Senior Vice President of
Pharmaceutical Operations, at URL Pharmaceuticals (Philadelphia, PA), a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company.
Dwight earned a BS in Chemistry from Center College (Danville, KY), a MS in Analytical Chemistry from West Virginia
University (Morgantown, WV) and completed the MBA Essentials program from University of Pittsburgh—Joseph M. Katz
Graduate School of Business (Pittsburgh, PA).
Davie Huddleston
Senior Manager, Diversity & Inclusion
PNC Financial Services Group
Currently, Davie is the Senior Manager of Diversity and Inclusion at PNC. He has the overall corporatewide management responsibility for the company’s employee business resource groups. He has managed the
growth from 8 chapters in 2010 to 61 chapters in 20 of PNC’s markets with a combined membership of over
16,000 employees.
Davie joined PNC in 1997 as the Human Resource Manager in Community Banking, followed by a 10- year
assignment as the Director of Strategic College Recruiting.
Prior to PNC, he held human resource positions with the Pittsburgh Mercy Health System, Chase and Johnson & Johnson.
Before starting his corporate career, he served as a Major in the United States Army and a high school teacher.
In addition to Pennsylvania, during his career he has lived in Kentucky, Maryland, Hawaii, Arizona, Connecticut, New York
and New Jersey.
Davie’s formal education includes a B.S. in Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a M.S. in Urban Studies
from Southern Connecticut State University.
His community activities include: Board President, Pittsburgh Community Services, Inc. (a community action agency); former
Vice Chair, Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh Charter School; member, Regional Asset District Advisory Board; Vice Chair,
Mt. Ararat Baptist Church Trustee Board; Undergraduate Advisor, Omicron Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc at the
University of Pittsburgh; and, member, Advisory Board of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Black MBA Association.
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Mary Beth Lang, RPH, MPM, ScD
Vice President, HC Pharmacy & SCM Commercial Services
UPMC
As Vice President of HC Pharmacy and Supply Chain Management (SCM) Commercial Services at the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Dr. Mary Beth Lang is responsible for HC Pharmacy Central,
Inc., a for-profit membership corporation and group purchasing organization that annually distributes $700
million in pharmaceuticals on behalf of its members. UPMC has appeared on the Top 25 Supply Chains of
the Gartner Group the past four years, was named the 2012 Supply Chain Department of the Year by HPN,
and received the 2012 Innovation Award by AHRMM
Prior to joining UPMC, Lang was President of Diagnostix at Amerinet and a Pharmacy Manager for the UPMC. She was
a leader in the GS1 healthcare standards adoption efforts and served on the GS1US Healthcare Leadership Committee. The
Journal of Healthcare Contracting named Lang as one of the Ten People to Watch in 2013. She is the chair-elect for the
ARHMM Board of Directors.
Lang holds a BS in Pharmacy from the University of Pittsburgh and Masters of Public Policy and Management from Carnegie
Mellon University and a Doctorate of Science in Information Systems and Communications from Robert Morris University
where she researched “Physicians’ Perceptions of Care Delivery Changes under Healthcare Payment Reform.”
Ron A. Lewis
Director
Global Real Estate & Facilities
Ron Lewis has more than 25 years of leadership and management experience within Westinghouse Electric
Company. As Director, Global Real Estate and Facilities since
October 2015, he oversees significant real estate transactions and facilities management globally. Lewis’ key
areas of responsibility include property acquisition and divestitures, lease administration, strategic portfolio
analysis, facility maintenance, and space and occupancy planning.
Prior to his current position, Lewis served as Westinghouse vice president, Nuclear Power Plant Business and Project Development,
where he was responsible for all aspects of business and project development for new nuclear plant opportunities in North and
South America, Europe and the Middle East.
Lewis held additional progressively responsible leadership roles within the company, including vice president, Commercial
Operations and Project Development; vice president, Nuclear Power Plant Product Strategy and Development; manager,
Westinghouse Fuel Components Facility in Windsor, Conn. USA; Director, Supply Chain Management; and Westinghouse New
England executive sponsor, leading operations at four U.S. sites. Lewis joined Westinghouse in 1989 in corporate accounting,
and progressed to corporate audit, financial planning, and manufacturing production planning positions. Additionally he served
as a director for organizations such as Brazil U.S. Business Council, United Way and key business ventures in Canada and Asia.
Lewis has a bachelor of science degree in business administration from West Virginia University.
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Rafeh Masood
Vice President, Customer Innovation
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Rafeh Masood joined Dick’s in June 2013 and is responsible for store systems, mobility and driving innovation
to enhance customer experience.
Prior to Dick’s, Rafeh served as Vice President of Integrated Retail Solutions at Sears Holdings where he was
responsible for Retail Technology, Learning & Performance Management and Internal Communications
functions to address the needs of 2000 Sears and Kmart stores with over 200,000 associates. Before
Sears, Rafeh served as the Chief Procurement Officer and the head of Facilities Management for BAWAG
PSK, largest retail bank in Austria. He also worked for GNX (now Agentrics) where he was responsible for customer relationship
management and deployment & management of e-Sourcing programs to top North American retailers. Some of his customers
at GNX included: Sears, Kroger, Spencers Gifts, Costco, Canadian Tire, Shoppers Drug Mart, Sobeys and Pathmark.
Kevin McDonald
Vice President, Fiber Glass
PPG Industries, Inc.
Kevin McDonald serves on the board executive committee of the American Composites Manufacturers
Association (ACMA), and is a member of PPG’s Women’s Leadership Committee and the PPG Global
Ethics & Compliance committee.
Kevin joined PPG in 1980 as a sales representative in the Fiber Glass group and has remained with PPG his
entire career. He has progressed through a broad range of assignments in the Fiber Glass strategic business
unit – including sales management, marketing management, and as director of distribution. Kevin became
director of sales for Fiber Glass Reinforcements in 1995, and in 1999 became director of ZebraLink, a start-up business for
PPG in the electronics sector.
Kevin was named PPG’s global general credit manager in 2002, and then director of government sales in 2006 where he
focused on advancing sales opportunities across PPG into the government market segment. Prior to becoming vice president
in March of 2014, Kevin served as Fiber Glass general manager since 2009 and was responsible for profit and loss (P&L) for
the Americas and EMEA.
Kevin has a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in business from Indiana University and a Master of Business Administration
(MBA) degree in Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Kevin is an Indiana native and he and his wife, Christine, live in the Pittsburgh suburb of Marshall Township and have three
daughters. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys running, golf, and plays competitive softball.
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George Pry
Executive Vice President
Pittsburgh Technical Institute
George Pry began his career with The Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1977. Mr. Pry accepted the presidency
of the Art Institute of Houston in 1980 and The Art Institute of Seattle in 1984. In 1989, he returned to
his hometown, Pittsburgh, as Vice President and Director of Operations for the Education Management
Corporation (EDMC) schools. At EDMC, the Art Institutes’ parent company, he opened Art Institutes in
San Francisco, Minneapolis, Phoenix, New York City, and Chicago. In 1999, he returned to the Art Institute
of Pittsburgh as President and held that position until he retired in 2010. During his time at the Art Institute
of Pittsburgh, the college became regionally accredited and became a bachelor level college. After a brief retirement, he accepted
his current position, Executive Vice President at Pittsburgh Technical Institute, a regionally accredited two-year career college
with 2,000 students in Oakdale, PA.
Mr. Pry has served as a Commissioner for The Accreditation Commission for Career Schools and Colleges of Technology
(Washington, DC); a Commissioner and Chairman of the Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools
(Washington, DC) and a member and the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Private Licensed Schools; and sat on the
Board of Directors for The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership. He was publically elected and served for eight years as a School
Director including two years as Board President for the Baldwin Whitehall School District. He is a member of the Board of
Trustees for Carlow University, a position he has held since 2006, where he served as its Chairman for two years.
Mr. Pry earned his B.A. in Counseling Psychology at St. Fidelis College in Herman, PA, and his M.A. in Clinical and
Community Psychology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He resides with his family in Whitehall, PA, and is a native of
West Sunbury, PA.
Yasmin S. Purohit
Chief Officer, Diversity & Inclusion | Title IX Coordinator & Professor, Human Resource Management, School of Business
Robert Morris University
Yasmin S. Purohit is Robert Morris University’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Title IX Coordinator
and a Professor of Human Resource Management in the University’s School of Business. She earned her
Ph.D. in Organizational Sciences from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. She also has a Masters in
Organizational Psychology and an undergraduate degree in Child Psychology from Pune and Mumbai
Universities, respectively.
In her role as the university’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Dr. Purohit is responsible for developing
and planning diversity and inclusion projects and initiatives at RMU while serving as the chair of the University’s Inclusion
Council. One of her first initiatives in the CDIO role was to conduct a campus-wide research study to create the first RMU
diversity inventory and database. This diversity inventory will serve as the foundation guiding the University’s first diversity
strategic plan. In addition to being actively engaged in shaping RMU’s diversity footprint, Dr. Purohit remains involved in
activities and events centered on diversity and inclusion with organizations such as Vibrant Pittsburgh, The Ellis School, and the
Community Relations Council (CRC) of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh to name a few. Pittsburgh Urban Media
recently saluted Dr. Purohit’s accomplishments during their Women’s History Month in March 2015. She also serves as the
focal person for coordinating RMU’s responses to all its Title IX requirements—from responding to Title IX incident reports
to policy development and implementation.
Dr. Purohit’s teaching and research areas include human resource management, organizational diversity, work-family conflict,
and cross-cultural differences in organizations. She has presented papers at several conferences both in the U.S. and internationally,
and has published articles in several journals on topics such as factors contributing to diversity, work-family issues, formal
organizational support initiatives, and the role of denial in organizational leaders.
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Kurt C. Small
Senior Vice President, Health Plan Operations
Highmark, Inc.
Kurt Small is senior vice president of health plan operations for Highmark Inc., where he is accountable for
end-to-end service delivery across the health plan business including its individual, commercial and senior
market segments. In addition to the Highmark health plan, Kurt is also responsible for service delivery across
select functions on behalf of other Blue Cross Blue Shield company health plans who are in partnership with
Highmark.
Led by Small, health plan operations includes over 3,500 employees focused on delivering an enhanced
customer experience and improved outcomes for 5.3 million members. Committed to operational excellence, the team performs
leading business processes, supported by advanced analytics, in the areas of benefits administration, enrollment and billing,
claims processing and adjustments, and customer service.
Small previously worked at Aetna as vice president and head of claims and provider services, where he was responsible for service
delivery to more than one million physicians, hospitals and health care professionals. He has also held leadership positions with
AT&T and Verisign, and he began his career at Morgan Stanley.
Small holds a bachelor’s degree from The College of William and Mary and a master’s degree in business administration
from Yale University. He is a trustee of the Winchester Thurston School and has served on the board for the Interval House,
Connecticut’s largest non-profit domestic violence intervention and prevention organization.
Elizabeth S. Woo, Ph.D.
Vice President, Corporate Accounts
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Dr. Woo, has been Vice President, Corporate Accounts at Thermo Fisher Scientific since January 2009,
having joined the Company in December 2003 Since January 2015, a new role was created for her, focused
on expanding the scientific engagement between her Company and their most strategic, global biopharma
clients. Prior to this she had global commercial responsibility for a select number of clients, consistently
driving growth through innovation. Other roles at Thermo Fisher have included the Vice President of Sales,
Biotechnology Segment (Apr 2004-Dec 2008); Vice President of Life Sciences, Application Specialists (Apr
2006-Dec 2008); and Senior Director of Marketing (Dec 2003-Mar 2004). Prior to Thermo Fisher, she served in various senior
level commercial positions in marketing and business development for a Pittsburgh biotechnology start-up company, Cellomics,
from March 1998 to November 2003. Here, she served as technical spokesperson for her Company in a role that marked her
transition from academia to the private sector.
Dr. Woo served on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh’s Medical School in the Department of Pharmacology from
1996-1998, where in the 4 years prior she also completed her post-doctoral studies in experimental therapeutics for cancer. She
received her graduate degree in pharmacology from the George Washington University, and baccalaurate from Carnegie Mellon
University. Dr. Woo currently serves on the board of directors for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and the Pittsburgh
Life Sciences Greenhouse, where she is Chair of their Nominating Committee and member of the Executive Committee and
Compensation Committees. She maintains active membership in the Association for Women in Science, serving as the liaison
between this organization and Thermo Fisher. She is a frequent lecturer and invited speaker on the topics of “Women in Science”
and “Alternative Careers in Science.”
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Susan Yohe
Chief Officer, Diversity & Inclusion
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC
Susan Yohe is the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, responsible
for assisting Firm leadership in attracting, recruiting, retaining, nurturing, engaging and elevating diverse
talent across the Firm’s 19 offices and 11 practice areas. Before assuming this position in November 2014,
Susan was a full-time lawyer with more than 30 years of experience in the courtroom, in both federal and
state courts and at both the trial and appellate level. Previously, Susan was the managing shareholder of the
firm’s largest office in Pittsburgh and was chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee. She was and continues to
be both a formal and informal mentor to lawyers in the firm.
Throughout her career as a lawyer, Susan represented clients in a wide range of industries in a wide range of matters. She has been
selected in multiple years as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, as well as one of the Best Lawyers in America in commercial litigation.
In 2014, she was named a BTI Client Service All-Star, a list of lawyers identified through interviews with corporate counsel
who are recognized as outstanding service providers. She was also a member of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Western
Pennsylvania.
Susan is active in the community, currently serving on the boards of the Women and Girls Foundation and the Society
for Contemporary Craft. She is the chair of the Advisory Committee of the Pennsylvania Center for Women in Politics at
Chatham University. She has been active for many years in the Allegheny County Bar Association, primarily in connection with
committees focused on ensuring opportunities for women and diverse lawyers to advance in their careers.
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D i v e r s i t y F I R S T
™
The National Diversity Council is proud to announce the launch of the
DiversityFIRST™ Toolkit, an online resource intended to help organizations
raise awareness and advance diversity efforts within their organizations.
Content Areas
Gender
Metrics
Infographics
Global Diversity
Diversity Councils
Diversity Marketing
Cultural Competence
Diversity and Inclusion
Employee Resources Groups
For more information, please contact Jim Penny
[email protected]
or visit diversityfirsttoolkit.org
WHEN YOU HAVE STRONG LEADERS,
YOU HAVE A STRONG COMMUNITY.
Chatham University
congratulates
President Esther Barazzone
and all of the 2015
UPMC is proud to support
the Pennsylvania Diversity
Council and its Pittsburgh
Leadership Conference.
Most Powerful & Influential
Women Award Recipients
Sustainability r Health & Lab Sciences
Business & Communication r Arts & Humanities
Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine, UPMC is ranked among the
nation’s best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
SESSIONS
Session I | 10:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
MOST POWERFUL & INFLUENTIAL WOMEN ROUNDTABLE
Charleeda Redman, Vice President Accountable Care, University of Pittsburgh
Allison McGee, Vice President, PTS Physicians
Yasmin Purohit, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Robert Morris University
Moderator: Colleen McMullen, Executive Director Diversity Initiatives Carnegie Mellon, University Tepper School of Business
PREPPING FOR A POSITION OF POWER
Tinsy Labrie, Vice President, Marketing Visit Pittsburgh
Carol DiBattiste, Chief Legal, Privacy, Security, & Administrative Officer, Education Management Corporation
Dr. Patrick Mulvihill, Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management, School of Business, Point Park University
Alysia Keating, Director, Diversity & Gender Equality, Allegheny County Bar Association
Moderator: Nimita Patel, Research Assistant Institute, Public Policy &Economic Development, Wilkes University
LEVERAGING COACHES, MENTORS AND SPONSORS
Katharine Fredrikson, Senior Vice President, Enviornmental Stratgey & Regulatory Affairs, CONSOL Energy
Lynn Brusco, Executive Director Disruptive, Health Technology Institute
Mary Beth Lang, Vice President P H.C. Pharmacy & Commercial Services, Corp Supply Chain Management UPMC
Moderator: Erica Acosta, Associate Director of Diversity, Center for Global Education & Diversity
Session II | 1:20 p.m.–2:20 p.m.
LEANING IN WITHOUT TIPPING OVER: ACHIEVING WORK + LIFE = BALANCE
Dodi Walker Gross, Partner, Reed Smith
Elizabeth Woo, Vice President Scientific Collaborations, Corporate, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Kevin McDonald, Vice President, PPG Industries
Bob McCutcheon, US Industrial Products Leader, PwC to Leaning in Without Tipping Over
Moderator: Chaton Turner, Associate Counsel, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
SMART PEOPLE TAKE SMART RISKS
Chaz Kellem, Senior Director of Advocacy for Race and Gender Equity, YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh
Dr. Patrick Mulvihill, Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management, School of Business, Point Park University
Gary Van Horn, President, Delta Foundation
Justine Patrick, Managing Counsel & Director, BNY Mellon
Moderator: Nimita Patel, Research Assistant, Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development, Wilkes University
TOP LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
Dr. Quintin Bullock, President, CCAC
La Dawn Robinson, Federal Employment Reporting & Compliance, Direct Energy
Traci Rea, Partner, Reed Smith
Laurie Roy, Director, HR, Alcoa
Moderator: Korry Greene, Attorney ,Willman Law
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