Our Board
Our board’s diversity in career fields and scholarly interests helps to increase our organization’s sustainability and productivity of our staff and students. Each board member's expertise allows us to adjust our programming in order to meet the current climate of the workforce. This ensures our students graduate with the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to succeed.
MANCHESTER BIDWELL CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2025
Board Officers
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Chair
Kevin Acklin
President of Business Operations
Pittsburgh Penguins
Vice Chair
Robert J. Powell
Chief Executive Officer
Invictus Leadership Group
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Treasurer
Brett Nardi
Vice President, Institutional, Government
& Non-Profit
The Huntington National Bank
Secretary
David S. Rzepecki
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary- Law, Intellectual Property and Compliance – Covestro LLC
Members
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Barãta A. Bey
President
African American Chamber of Commerce of Western PA
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William C. Byham, PhD
Founder & Executive Chairman
DDI
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James V. Denova, Ph.D.
Retired - Vice President
Benedum Foundation
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Kim Edvardsson
VP & Gas Segment CFO
Peoples Natural Gas Company
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Nicola Foote, Ph.D.
Dean, David C. Frederick Honors College
Bernice L. and Morton S. Lerner Chair
Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh
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Efrem M. Grail, Esquire
Principal Partner
The Grail Law Firm
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Rebecca Ross Haywood
Chief Ethics Officer
The PNC Financial Services Group
Jaime A. Irick
Business Consultant
Kevin L. Jenkins, LSW
President and Chief Executive Officer
Manchester Bidwell Corporation
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Carrie J. Whitcher
Chief Quality Officer/Vice President, Quality Performance
UPMC Health Plan
LIFE MEMBERS​
Nancy L. Bromall
Michael A. Bryson
Doris Carson Williams
George Fechter
Don Alan Linzer
John Pelusi
Michael Schurko
William E. Strickland, Jr.
EMERITUS MEMBERS
Brian D. Aiello
Amy Atkinson
Scott G. Brown, Esquire
Anthony L. Bucci
Carolyn Byham
Dorothy A. Davis, Esquire
M. Elise Hyland
Chereé Johnson
Gregory B. Jordan
Scott M. Lammie
Claudette R. Lewis
Glenn R. Mahone, Esquire
David L. Motley
Mark A. Nordenberg
Robert N. Peirce Jr.
Lisa B. Peters
Nancy L. Rackoff, Esquire
Dorothy L. Raizman
Theodore Roberts Jr.
Clifford R. Rowe Jr.
Vincent V. Sands
Susan Baker Shipley
Tony Torres
Nicholas D. Varischetti, Esquire
Lauren Weddell
EX-OFFICIO
Mara Bruce