The Courier’s “Men of Excellence,” the “Class of 2019!”

The Courier’s Men of Excellence, the Class of 2019!

LOCATION: Fairmont Hotel, Downtown Pittsburgh, Feb. 22, 2019 (Photos by J.L. Martello)

WILLIAM
STRICKLAND JR.
The
Legacy
Honoree

 

AARON ALDRICH
Business Education Director, Bridgeway Capital

 

KEVIN ALTON
Founder, Exec. Dir., The Way Organization

 

ANTHONY ANDERSON
Deputy Superintendent, Pittsburgh Public Schools

 

WAHAD ANSARI
President & CEO, Professional Barber Institute

 

BRANDON BAKER
Family Support Specialist, Center for Family Excellence

 

ISAIAH CRESENT BEY
President/Founder, Engineering Impact Initiative

 

PASTOR NEVILLE A. BROOKS
Jubliee International Ministries

 

REV. DR. DARRYL T. CANADY
Senior Pastor, Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church

 

ANTHONY CARLISLE, PhD
English Dept. Chair, Asst. Prof.,
California University of Pennsylvania

 

BISHOP DONALD O. CLAY JR.
Founder, Petra International Ministries

 

HARVEY COLE JR.
Director of Public Safety, UPMC Shadyside

 

PARRISH DAVENPORT
Executive Director, Family & Friends Institute

 

AUSTIN A. DAVIS
State Representive, 35th House District

 

CHARLES DESHAZER, MD
Sr. VP, Chief Medical Officer, Highmark Health Plan

 

DONALD GRAY III
Collision Center Customer Relations Manger, P & W BMW

 

EDDIE BELL
CYF, Allegheny County Dept. of Human Services

 

CHARLES GREER SR.
Marketing Rep./Organizer,
Sheet Metal Workers Local 12

 

AKIL “ESOON” GRIFFIN
CEO, Undeniable Music Group, LLC

 

DEAVON HAMMONDS
CEO, Promotional Push

 

BARNETT HARRIS SR.
Senior Manager, Mental Health Rehab & Recovery, Pittsburgh Mercy

 

REV. DR. JAMES H. HARRIS SR.
Senior Pastor, St. James AME Church

 

NELSON E. HARRISON, PhD
Founder & Owner, Pittsburgh Jazz Network

 

LEN HAWKINS
CFO/Treasurer, United Way of Southwestern PA

 

CAIN HAYES
President and CEO, Gateway Health

 

DENNIS HENDERSON
Deputy CEO, Manchester Academic Charter School

 

LEONARD HOLT
Asst. Manager/Senior Chemist,
Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc.

 

ERIC HOWZE
Founder & President, No Hero Left Behind

 

REV. JAMES E. HUNT
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Penn Hills

 

ANTHONY JEFFERSON
Owner/Operator, Mark Anthony Hair Salon

 

REV. TORREY O. JOHNSON
Priest in Charge, The Church of the Holy Cross

 

WAYNE JONES
CEO, Penn Hills Charter School of Entrepreneurship

 

ROBERT M. JONES JR.
President & CEO, Brothers and Sisters Emerging

 

SHANNON LAWHORN
Fatherhood Program Manager, Healthy Start Inc.

 

JEFF MALLORY
Asst. VP for Diversity, Inclusion, Student Advancement, Duquesne University

 

GORDON MANKER
Business Development Specialist,
Wilkinsburg CDC

 

BROTHER MARLON MARTIN
Sunday Gospel Radio Host, WAMO 100.1/107.3 FM

 

JOHNNIE MIOTT
First Vice President, Pittsburgh NAACP

 

WILLIAM MITCHELL SR.
Director of Facility Services, University of Pittsburgh

 

BRANDON PHILLIPS
Counselor, Pittsburgh Public Schools

 

DARELLE A. PORTER
Executive Director, Ozanam Inc.

 

ORONDE SHARIF
Lecturer, Advisor, Curriculum Coordinator,
University of Pittsburgh

 

JEROME TAYLOR, PhD
Founder & Director, Center for Family Excellence Inc.

 

BERNARD TAYLOR JR., EdD
Principal, Westinghouse High School

 

IN ACCEPTANCE OF ADAM C. WALKER

 

DARRELL L. WARDEN
Agency Owner, Lincoln Heritage Insurance

 

MARK WEIR
Asst. Director of Equity & Inclusion, Carlow University

 

IN ACCEPTANCE OF ERIC L. WELLS

 

DOUGLAS WILLIAMS SR.
Program Coordinator, YMCA
Director, Homewood Community Sports

 

RYAN D. WOOTEN
Chief, Rankin Police

 

 

 

 

 

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