Here are the photos of the Courier’s Women of Excellence—Class of 2019!
Courier Editor
THE NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER’S WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE CLASS OF 2019
DONNA ALLEN-ROSEMOND
Family Law Attorney,
Neighborhood Legal Services
SONITA BELL
Owner, Sonita’s Designs, LLC
JOANNE BOYD
Clinical Research Coordinator,
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
SIMQUITA R. BIRDGES
Asst. Chief Deputy Attorney General,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
REV. TALEETA L. CANADY
Minister of Congregational Care,
Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church
AURELIA CARTER
Family Support Supervisor,
Allegheny County Dept. of Human Services
ELAINE COLE
Public Affairs Specialist,
Social Security Administration
INEZ COLON, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Chief Human Resources Officer
Port Authority of Allegheny County
DR. RANDI CONGLETON
Asst. Dean of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion,
Chatham University
BETH CRAWFORD
Founder/CEO, You Are Covered Project
Talent Acquisition & Retention Coordinator, Pressley Ridge
BETHANY CRISWELL
Co-Owner/Operator, Coston Funeral Homes
SUSAN DOPICO
Owner/CEO, Hands-2-Help Senior Services Inc.
WILLA DOSWELL
Tenured Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh
LISA EPPS
Fire Inspector/Fire Prevention Officer,
Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire
KATHRYN FITZGERALD
Administrator, Petra International Ministries
KIMBERLY FRANCETTE
Owner/CEO, Francette Insurance Group
Broker, New York Life
TRISHA GADSON, Ph.D.
CEO, Macedonia Family and Community
Enrichment Center Inc. (FACE)
DR. TYRA GOOD
Professor of Education, Chatham University
Founder, Good Knowledge Connections, LLC
ALICIA B. HARVEY-SMITH, Ph.D.
President/CEO, Pittsburgh Technical College
SHARON R. H. HIGGINBOTHAN, Ph.D.
Chief Operating Officer, Bethlehem Haven
MAISHA HOWZE
Administrator, Allegheny County Dept.
of Human Services Bureau of
Drug & Alcohol Services
Owner, In Touch Consulting, LLC
PHYLLISS JOHNSON
Youth Connection Coordinator,
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
LATOYA JOHNSON-RAINEY
Owner, A Hair Boutique
DR. DAWNDRA JONES
Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President
of Patient Care Services, UPMC McKeesport and UPMC East hospitals
JACQUELINE JONES-MITCHELL
Supervised Independent Living Supervisor,
Ward Home Inc.
FRANCES JORDAN
Executive Director,
Homewood Community Ministries
CARLEEN KING, MBA
Proprietor, Carmi Soul Food Restaurant
DENA LAMAR
Regional Vice President—Great Lakes Region,
Advance Auto Parts Inc.
NICOLE NARVAEZ MANNS
Founder/Owner, Nikki’s Magic Wand
SHARON MCINTOSH
Youth Summit Coordinator, Greater Pittsburgh Coalition Against Violence
JUDITH WOODSON MCNEIL
Director of the Diversity Business Resource Center, Riverside Center for Innovation
ANGELA MIKE
Executive Director of Career and Technical
Education (CTE), Pittsburgh Public Schools
TERRI MINOR-SPENCER
President, West End P.O.W.E.R.
TONI MURPHY
Vice President of Sales & Marketing,
Comcast’s Keystone Region
AMANDA NEATROUR
Interim Director of Women’s Leadership &
Mentorship Program, Robert Morris University
EVELYN NEWSOME
Associate Employee Relations Representative, Port Authority of Allegheny County
DR. JOYLETTE PORTLOCK
Executive Director, Sustainable Pittsburgh
DR. RUTHIE REA
Principal, Arsenal PreK-5,
Pittsburgh Public Schools
CAMILA RIVERA-TINSLEY
Director of Education & Frick Environmental
Center, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
TIMIRA RUSH
Talk Show Producer, KDKA Radio/Entercom
TRICIA SHELTON
Professor, Indiana University
of Pennsylvania
AMBER SLOAN
Executive Director, #MadeIt
CHARLISE SMITH
Founder/Executive Director,
Willissae’s Agency for Vision and Empowerment (W.A.V.E.)
Founder and CEO,
CWisdom Management, LLC
LISA SYLVESTER
News Anchor, WPXI-TV
FLO TAYLOR
Local Community Activist
JUEL THOMAS-SMITH
Interim Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, CCAC Boyce Campus
TAMMY T. THOMPSON
Executive Director,
Circles Greater Pittsburgh
NATALIE S. TYLER
Director of Pharmacy Operations & Strategy, ConnectiveRx
RAMONA RUTH WILKES
Service Coordinator, Pittsburgh Mercy
JUDY WRIGHT
Point of Care Coordinator,
UPMC Mercy
THE NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER’S WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE CLASS OF 2019 (Feature Photo)
