The board of visitors of the Graduate School of Public Health has proved to be of great benefit to the school, and will continue to do so.
The board of visitors improves the quality of the school by providing candid, comprehensive, and informed reaction to Pitt Public Health educational objectives and programs and by providing advice in Pitt Public Health’s strategic planning efforts. Its meetings provide a forum for the school to demonstrate its accountability to external constituencies. The board of visitors may have significant influence on institutional advancement, not only for direct assistance in fund-raising, but also by providing an opportunity to communicate to a broader audience and, therefore, to create a base of support for the school’s and the University’s public relations efforts.
Members of the Pitt Public Health board of visitors are appointed by the chancellor, in consultation with the senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and the Pitt Public Health dean. The board is drawn from top experts in public health, corporate and civic leaders, and alumni, with diversity of membership a priority. All University boards include members of the University of Pittsburgh board of trustees and are chaired by a trustee.
- Eva Tansky Blum
Chair of the Pitt Public Health Board of Visitors
Trustee, University of Pittsburgh
Senior Vice President and Director of Community Affairs, PNC Bank
Chairwoman and President, The PNC Foundation - Bruce Dixon, MD
Director, Allegheny County Health Department - Karen Feinstein, PhD
President, Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh - Lee B. Foster II
Commonwealth Trustee, University of Pittsburgh
Chairman of the Board, L.B. Foster Company - William Green, MD
Pitt Public Health Alumnus
Emeritus Professor, Orthopedic Surgery - David Hunter, MPH
Pitt Public Health Alumnus
Principal, H&G Advisors Inc. - William Kassling
Former Chairman, Wabtec Corporation - Adel Mahmoud, MD, PhD
Former CEO, Merck Vaccines
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton - Eric Mann
President & CEO, YMCA of Florida's First Coast - Patricia Maryland, PhD
President & CEO, St. John Providence Health System - Sean McDonald
President & CEO, Precision Therapeutics - Jeffrey Morby
Chairman/Managing Director, Amarna Corporation, LLC - Shelly Onorato, MHA
Pitt Public Health Alumna
KidsVoice Spokesperson - Diane Peterson, MPH
Pitt Public Health Alumna
President & CEO, D. Peterson and Associates - Ian Rawson, PhD
Pitt Public Health Alumnus
Board Chair, Hôpital Albert Schwitzer, Haiti - The Honorable James Roddey
Emeritus Trustee, University of Pittsburgh
Former Chief Executive, Allegheny County - Elizabeth Surma, MPH
Pitt Public Health Alumna
Chair, Baptist Homes Society - William Trueheart, EdD
Special Trustee, University of Pittsburgh - The Honorable Mary Jo White
Commonwealth Trustee, University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania State Senator, 21st District