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The Hear Foundation Board of Directors


Board members before a press briefing announcing the launch of the Hear Foundation.

Board Co-chairs

Leon Ford
Chief Scott Schubert


Board Members

Rev. Paul T. Abernathy
CEO, Neighborhood Resilience Project

Will Allen
Partner, Magarac Venture Partners; Former Pittsburgh Steeler

Julius Boatwright
Founder and Managing Director of Steel Smiling (An Organization-in-Residence at Neighborhood Allies)

Kenya T. Boswell
Senior Vice President for Community Affairs, Highmark Health

Maurita Bryant
Assistant Superintendent, Allegheny County Police Department (retired)

Diana Bucco, Treasurer
President, The Buhl Foundation

Earl Buford
President, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning

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

Erin Dalton
Director, Department of Human Services, Allegheny County

Laura Ellsworth, Secretary
Partner-in-Charge, Global Community Service Initiatives, Jones Day

Leon Ford, Co-chair
CEO, Leon Ford Speaks

Saleem Ghubril
Executive Director, Pittsburgh Promise

Glenn Grayson, Jr.
Senior Program Manager, Neighborhood Allies

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

Chief Eric Holmes
Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety, Duquesne University

Dr. Andrew Johnson
Director of Community Partnerships & Sustainability, The Forbes Funds

Rev. Cornell Jones
Director of Street Outreach, Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety

Dr. Wayne Jones
CEO, Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship

Michelle Kenney
Constituent Services Advisor, 24th District, Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Sgt. Tiffany Kline-Costa
Sergeant of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Community Engagement Office

Hon. Timothy K. Lewis
Counsel, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis; Former Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Cmdr. Shawn Malloy
Commander, Zone 1, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police

David J. Malone
Chairman and CEO, Gateway Financial Group

Kevin McNair
Co-Founder and Executive Director, 1Nation Mentoring

Cmdr. Chris Ragland
Commander, Office of Strategy and Resilience, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police

Jason Rivers
Senior Vice President, TandemEd LLC

Chief Scott Schubert, Co-chair
Section Chief, Global Law Enforcement Support, FBI Criminal Justice Information Services

Susie Shipley
President of the Western Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Region, Huntington Bank

Amber Sloan
Community Advocate; Founder, M.A.D.E.I.T.

Rabbi Ron Symons
Senior Director of Jewish Life, JCC of Greater Pittsburgh – Center for Loving Kindness

Tammy Thompson
Executive Director, Catapult Greater Pittsburgh

Cmdr. Stephen Vinansky
Commander, Zone 5, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police

Geovette Washington
Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Legal Officer, University of Pittsburgh

Devin Winklosky
Administrative Judge, US Department of Agriculture

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