ABOUT C4S

Because of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s emergence as a worldwide hotspot for advancements and innovations in sustainability policy and practice, Sustainable Pittsburgh has launched Champions for sustainability (C4S). C4S brings together a new network of companies large and small from many different industries, entrepreneurs, community leaders, university researchers, educators, and other social ventures.

Steering Committee
Jerry Swart (Committee Chair)
Managing Director
Environmental Services Department
FedEx Ground
Bonnie Siefers
Owner/Designer
Jonano

Dr. Irene E. McGee
Vice President
Health, Safety, Environment and Quality
Bayer MaterialScience LLC

Scott Hudson
Senior Grants Analyst
Alcoa Foundation

Richard Piacentini
Executive Director
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

Dick Rosey
Vice President Marketing & Sales
Solar Power Industries

Bruce W. Ahern, P.E.
Project Manager, Transit
Michael Baker Jr., Inc.

David Kahley
President & CEO
Progress Fund

Jennifer Young
Managing Director, Advanced Manufacturing Network

David Mazza
Regional Director
Pennsylvania Resources Council, Inc.

Dr. Eric Beckman
Co-Director
Science & Technology
Mascaro Sustainability Initiative

Deborah Lange, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research
Carnegie Mellon

Mike Kane
Executive Director
Community Foundation for the Alleghenies

Jeaneen Zappa
Deputy Director
Green Building Alliance

Nathaniel Doyno
Executive Director
Steel City Biofuels, Inc.

Scott Van de Mark
Director, Special Projects
Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Western Regional Office

Betsy Mallison Bialosky
Manager, Corporate Public Relations
PPG

Lee Hipps
Executive Vice President & COO
Urban League of Pittsburgh

Richard Pearson
CEO
BioSpace Development Company
(and Sustainable Pittsburgh Board Chair)

Byron Falchetti, President
Standard Property Corporation/Highmark, Inc.

Phyllis Barber
Sustainability Coordinator
Environmental Management
Highmark

Robert Sroufe, Ph.D.
Murrin Chair of Global Competitiveness
Palumbo – Donahue School of Business
Duquesne University

Bill Flanagan
Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations
Allegheny Conference on Community Development

Administration
Champions for sustainability is a program of Sustainable Pittsburgh administered by Matthew M. Mehalik and team.