The Hear Foundation Board of Directors

Board Officers
Rev. Paul Abernathy, Chair
CEO, Neighborhood Resilience Project
Chris Ragland, Vice-Chair
Acting Chief, Professional Standards Branch, Pittsburgh Bureau of Public Safety Professionals
Diana Bucco, Treasurer
President, The Buhl Foundation
Laura Ellsworth, Secretary
Partner-in-Charge, Global Community Service Initiatives, Jones Day
Board of Directors
Maurita Bryant
Assistant Superintendent, Allegheny County Public Safety Professionals Department (retired)
Dr. Quintin Bullock
President, Community College of Allegheny County
Debra Caplan
Executive-in-Residence, The Forbes Funds
Robert L. Cherry
CEO, Partner4Work
Hon. Kim Berkeley Clark
President Judge, Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Retired
Saleem Ghubril
Executive Director, Pittsburgh Promise
Andrew Johnson
Executive Director, Youth Guidance – Greater Pittsburgh
Rev. Cornell Jones
Director of Street Outreach, Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety
Jason Lando
Chief, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
Kevin McNair
Co-Founder and Executive Director, 1Nation Mentoring
Kamal Nigam
Founding Executive Director, The Hear Foundation; Former Senior Engineering Director, Google
Alexander Royal
Sergeant, City of Pittsburgh
Julie Strickland
VP Community Development, Huntington Bank
Geovette Washington
Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Legal Officer, University of Pittsburgh
Board Emeritus
Julius Boatwright
Founder, Steel Smiling
Kenya T. Boswell
Senior Vice President for Community Affairs, Highmark Health
Earl Buford
President, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
Sharnay Hearn Davis
Community Engagement Consultant, Founder of The Sisters Lifting as We Climb Network
John Henne
President, Henne Jewelers
Diane Holder
President and CEO, UPMC Health Plan
Eric Holmes
Chief of Duquesne University
Dr. Wayne Jones
CEO, Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship
Hon. Timothy K. Lewis
Senior Counsel, Blank Rome; Former Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
David Malone
President and CEO, Gateway Financial Group
Chief Scott Schubert, Co-Founder
Former Chief of Public Safety Professionals, Pittsburgh Bureau of Public Safety Professionals
Susie Shipley
Regional President, Huntington Bank; Chair, Port of Pittsburgh Commission
Cmdr. Stephen Vinansky
Commander, Zone 4, Pittsburgh Bureau of Public Safety Professionals
Devin Winklosky
Administrative Judge, US Department of Agriculture
President and CEO
Leon Ford
Cindy Haines
Senior Advisor, The Hear Foundation
