Get to know our Advisory Board.
Members of TALI’s Advisory Board provide guidance and support to ensure that our efforts are in line with the strategic mission.
Robert O. Agbede
Vice Chairman
Hatch Chester
Bill Bates
Adjunct Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
Former Pittsburgh Chapter President & Founder
National Organization of Minority Architects
Esther Bush
President and CEO
Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh
Dr. Latika D. Davis-Jones
Acting Secretary of Drug and Alcohol Programs
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
2019 Cohort Member
Marlon Ferguson
Regional Director/SWPA
Office of U.S. Senator Bob Casey
2019 Cohort Member
David Finegold
Program Officer
Golub Capital
Former President
Chatham University
Rhonda Fischer
Chief Operating Officer
Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
Ed Gainey
Mayor of Pittsburgh
William Generett, Jr., ESQ.
Senior Vice President, Office of Civic Engagement and External Relations
Duquesne University
Steffanie Jasper
EVP, Enterprise Risk Management
PNC
2019 Cohort Member
Ena Lebel, Esq.
Executive Director
Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion Coalition
Dr. Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew
SVP/Chief Clinical Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
Highmark Health and Allegheny Health Network
Mark Lewis
President and CEO
Poise Foundation
Jerry MacCleary
Strategic Advisor
Knowde
Arnetta Kelly McCormick, SHRM-SCP
Vice President, Global Talent Curation & Community Partnerships
Giant Eagle, Inc.
2019 Cohort Member
Myah Moore Irick
Founder, Senior Vice President & Private Wealth Manager
The Irick Group- Merrill Private Wealth Management
Dr. Mitchel Nickols
Organizational Consultant
Professor
Aradhna M. Oliphant
Former President and CEO
Leadership Pittsburgh
Sabrina Saunders
President and CEO
Vibrant Pittsburgh
Dr. Edie Shapira
Psychiatrist
Dr. Walter Smith
Psychologist
Greg Spencer
Founding Co-Chair, TALI
Managing Director
Spencer MacCleary & Associates
Andrea Stanford
Vice President, Pittsburgh Regional Manager
BNY Mellon
James E. Taylor, Ph.D.
Chief Diversity, Inclusion and Talent Management Officer
UPMC
Kuyba Washington
Director, Human Resources
Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh
Doris Carson Williams
President & CEO
African American Chamber of Commerce of Western PA