In case you missed it… Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry executives and individuals from PA Chamber member companies have been appointed to Governor-Elect Josh Shapiro and Lt. Gov-Elect Austin Davis’s Transition Advisory Committees, where they will advise the incoming Administration on key priorities including growing the economy, making our communities safer, and ensuring all Pennsylvanians receive a high-quality education.
Among seven Transition Advisory Committees that were announced late last week, PA Chamber President and CEO Luke Bernstein and PA Chamber Vice President of Government Affairs Alex Halper were chosen as members of the Business Development and Workforce Development Committees, respectively.
“The Pennsylvania Chamber is committed to working with the Shapiro-Davis Administration on setting Pennsylvania up for a bright economic future, and Alex and I are proud to kickstart that work by serving on these important Transition Advisory Committees,” Bernstein said. “I thank Gov.-Elect Shapiro and Lt. Gov-Elect Davis for appointing members of the business community to these key roles. We are eager to share ideas on how we can work together to make the Commonwealth more competitive and encourage private sector investment and job growth.”
The PA Chamber wants to highlight and congratulate the following individuals from PA Chamber member companies who were named to various Shapiro-Davis Transition Advisory Committees:
Business Development Committee
Kevin Acklin, President of Business Operations, Pittsburgh Penguins
Michael Keller, Executive Chairman and CEO, Cozen O’Connor
Mark Campbell, Partner, Ridge Policy Group
Economic Development Committee
Committee Chair: Matt Smith, President, Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Education/Workforce Committee
Committee Chair: Patrick Gallagher, Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh
Energy Committee
John Hines, Corporate Relations Manager – Northeast Great Lakes Region, Shell
Brian Aiello, Vice President – External Relations, CNX Resources Corp.
Kevin Walker, CEO, Duquesne Light
Stephanie Catarino Wissman, American Petroleum Institute Pennsylvania
John Bane, EQT Corporation
Doug Oliver, Vice President, Governmental and External Affairs, PECO
Finance and Insurance Committee
Mark Dombrowski, Vice President of Government Affairs, Erie Insurance Group
Government Reform Committee
Kathleen Bruder, Chair of Regulatory & Government Affairs, Saxton & Stump
Peter Calcara, Vice President of Government Relations, Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Alan Kessler, Partner, Duane Morris LLP
Laura Jan Kuller, Attorney & Owner, Pursuit Advocacy
David Landau, Of Counsel, Duane Morris LLP
Sarah Spotts, Associate, Triad Strategies
Healthcare Committee
Bruce Armon, Partner and Health Law Group Chair, Saul Ewing LLP
Allison Beam, Senior Vice President and Chief Government Affairs Officer, UPMC
Tracy Lawless, Government Affairs Counselor, K&L Gates LLP
Dan Onorato, Executive Vice President, Highmark Health
Jack D. Schocker, Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, UPMC Altoona
Eric Settle, Senior Counsel, AmeriHealth Caritas
Everette James, M. Allen Pond Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh
Nathan Spade, Vice President, External Affairs, UnitedHealth Group
Heather Tyler, Vice President, State Legislative Advocacy, The Hospital + Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
Higher Education Committee
Elizabeth Bolden, President and CEO, Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges
Tom Foley, President, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania
Patrick Gallagher, Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh
Amanda Hill, Senior Director of Marketing & External Relations, Peirce College
Pedro Rivera, President, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology; Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Education
Cindy Shapira, Chair, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Board of Governors
Kevin Jenkins, President & CEO, Manchester Bidwell Corporation
Janine Frazier Macklin, Associate Director Corporate Relations, Duquesne University
Human Services Committee
William Stauffer, Executive Director, The Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations – Alliance
Cynthia Figueroa, President & CEO, JEVS Human Services
Katharine Dalke, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health
Charles Hooker, President & CEO, Keystone Human Services
Weston Kensinger, Director, Douglas W. Pollock Center for Addiction Outreach and Research and Associate Teaching Professor of Biobehavioral Health at Penn State University
Innovation Committee
Matt Smith, President, Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Legal & Judiciary Committee
Jeffrey Scott, Lead Compliance Counsel, Digital, Reporting, and Analytics, Pfizer
Local Government Committee
Tom VanKirk, Retired Chief Legal Officer of Highmark Health
Rural/Agriculture Committee
Justin Clapper, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
Alan Novak, President, Novak Strategic Advisors President
James M. D’Innocenzo, Vice President – State Government, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, Comcast NBCUniversal
David Kerr, President External Affairs, AT&T Pennsylvania
Seniors Committee
Zach Shamberg, President and CEO, Pennsylvania Health Care Association
State Government Operations Committee
Committee Chair: Joann Bell, Philadelphia Office Director, Pugliese Associates
Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
Jeffrey Letwin, Counsel, Saul Ewing LLP
Workforce Development Committee
Michael Stefan, Assistant Vice President of State Relations, Penn State University