Leadership Development Initiative
The Leadership Pittsburgh program, offered by Leadership Pittsburgh Inc., is a nine-month program for established senior-level leaders. Content area experts from the community serve as faculty to build the capacity of program participants who are leading the Pittsburgh community now and will effect change in our region in the coming years. The program engages senior leadership and creates meaningful bonds with colleagues at their professional level and from diverse backgrounds.
Participation is available by nomination. This program is targeted toward senior leaders who have significant spheres of influence in the university and in the community and desire to expand their knowledge of the region. To successfully complete the program, participants must be willing to:
- Participate in the introductory overnight retreat
- Complete the monthly sessions outlined in the schedule
- Complete the regional policy trip to Harrisburg, PA
Past CMU Participants
- Lynn Banaszak, Executive Director, Digital Transformation and Innovation Center, Cohort XXIV
- Allen Biehler, Distinguished Service Professor of Transportation Systems and Policy, Cohort III
- Mary Ann Blair, Director of Information Security, Cohort XVII
- Angela Blanton, Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer, Cohort XXXII
- Donald Bonk, Consultant, Cohort XXIV
- Anita Carleton, Director of SSD, Cohort XXVIII
- Donald Carter, Senior Research Fellow, Cohort I
- Rebecca Culyba, Vice Provost for Operations and Strategic Initiatives, Cohort XXXVI
- Mary Jo Dively, Vice President and General Counsel, Cohort VII
- Harold Ennulat, Associate Director, Program Development & Transition, Cohort XXXVI
- Matthew Gaston, Director, AI Division, Cohort XXVII
- David Lassman, Distinguished Service Professor of Organizational Management, Cohort XXIV
- Colleen McCabe Mantini, Director, State Partnerships, College of Engineering, Cohort XX
- Katharine Needham, Deputy Director and Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Project Olympus, Cohort XIX
- Michelle Piekutowski, Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Cohort XXXVII
- John Robert, Deputy Director, Software Solutions Division, Cohort XXXVII
- Anna Siefken, Executive Director, Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, Cohort XXXI
- Barbara Smith, Chief Human Resources Officer, Cohort XI
- Laura Synnott, Associate Teaching Professor, Health Care Policy And Management, Cohort XXXV
- Everett Tademy, Director, Equal Opportunity Programs, Cohort XIV
- David Thompson, Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the SEI, Cohort XXX
- Stan Waddell, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Cohort XXXVII
- Mary Catherine Ward, SEI Chief Strategy Officer Admin, Cohort XXXII
- Daryl Weinert, Vice President for Operations and Interim Vice President for Research, Cohort XXXVI
- William Wilson, Deputy Director, CERT Division, SEI, Cohort XXXV