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 GSPH educational objectives and programs and by providing advice in GSPH’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 GSPH board of visitors are appointed by the chancellor, in consultation with the senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and the GSPH 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.
- Lee B. Foster II
Chairman of the Board of Visitors
Commonwealth Trustee, University of Pittsburgh
Chairman of the Board, L.B. Foster Company - Thomas Detre, MD
Emeritus Distinguished Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh - Bruce Dixon, MD
Director, Allegheny County Health Department - Karen Feinstein, PhD
President, Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Pittsburgh - William Green, MD
GSPH Alumnus
Emeritus Professor, Orthopedic Surgery - David Hunter, MPH
GSPH Alumnus
Principal, H&G Advisors Inc. - William Kassling
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 Pittsburgh - Jeffrey Morby
Chairman/Managing Director, Amarna Corporation, LLC - Shelly Onorato, MHA
GSPH Alumna
KidsVoice Spokesperson - Diane Peterson, MPH
GSPH Alumna
President & CEO, D. Peterson and Associates - Ian Rawson, PhD
GSPH Alumnus
Board Chair, Hôpital Albert Schwitzer, Haiti - The Honorable James Roddey
Emeritus Trustee, University of Pittsburgh
Former Chief Executive, Allegheny County - Elizabeth Surma, MPH
GSPH 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