Community Leaders
Alumni of the School of Arts and Sciences provide leadership and vision for some of the region’s and the nation’s most successful cultural, corporate, and community service organizations.
Our alumni are at the forefront of Pittsburgh’s thriving arts community.
- Laura Smiley, producer and founder, Unseam’d Shakespeare Company
- Patrick Jordan, founder, Barebones Productions
- Ken Gargaro, founder, Pittsburgh Musical Theater
- Karla Boos, founder, Quantum Theatre
- Marilyn Coleman, executive director, ProArts
Our alumni have achieved extraordinary successes as entrepreneurs, chief executive officers, and industry leaders.
- Don Alstadt, A&S ’47, chairman emeritus, Lord Corporation
- David Bellet, A&S ’67, founder, Crown Advisors
- Eva Tansky Blum, A&S ’70, senior vice president, PNC Bank
- Herb Boyer, A&S ’60, ’63, president, Genentech Foundation for Biomedical Sciences
- John Conomikes, A&S ’58, chairman, Executive Committee, Hearst Argyle Television
- Bill Dietrich, A&S ’80, ’84, managing director, Dietrich Charitable Trust
- Lee Byron Foster, A&S ’73, chairman and chief executive officer, L.B. Foster Company
- Edward Green, A&S ’73, chief technology officer, Silver Creek Systems
- Alexandra (Froats) McElroy, A&S ’94, chief executive officer, AGR Premier Consulting, Inc., an IT staffing and contract consulting company
- Henry Posner Jr., A&S ’48, chairman, Hawthorne Group
- Richard Scaife, A&S ’57, publisher, Tribune-Review Publishing Company
- Keith Schaefer, A&S ’71, president and chief executive officer, BPL Global, Ltd.
- Edward Seserko, A&S ’74, president and chief executive officer, Eureka Bank
- Burt Tansky, A&S ’61, president and chief executive officer, Neiman Marcus
- David Tepper, A&S ’78, president, Appaloosa Management
- Samuel S. Zacharias, A&S ’64, principal, Gateway Financial Group, Inc.
Our alumni are actively engaged in supporting the ongoing growth and well-being of our region and its residents through their leadership contributions to community development.
- William Strickland, A&S ’70, president and chief executive officer, Manchester Bidwell Corporation
- George Omiros, A&S ’78, executive director, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
- David Miles, A&S ’75, Executive Director, The Children's Institute