LARRY C. PICKETT
Larry C. Pickett has been appointed to the Pennsylvania Western University (PennWest) Council of Trustees, the New Pittsburgh Courier has learned. Pickett served on the Council of Trustees at Clarion University from 2009 to 2012 and was reappointed to serve again from 2018-2022.
Pickett, a 2012 New Pittsburgh Courier “Men of Excellence” honoree, is a Business Innovator and Project Manager for the Business Innovation Office at Carnegie Mellon University. He is responsible for managing projects that support process improvement initiatives, including system implementations at CMU. He uses statistical analysis, lean six sigma methodologies, and project management to provide expert services to complex projects at CMU.
Pickett is a certified lean six sigma master black belt (CLSSMBB) and certified project manager. He leads projects from their original state to final implementation. He collects, analyzes, and communicates solutions using a variety of procedures to gather information about current and future state developments. He is a research contributor to Carnegie Mellon’s Delphi Group where he performed COVID-19 data analysis and tracked pandemic symptoms. He currently serves as co-chair of the Project Management Center of Excellence (CoE) at Carnegie Mellon University.
Pickett earned an MBA. degree with an emphasis in Management of Technologies from California University of Pennsylvania, an MS degree in Leadership and Liberal Studies from Duquesne University and has a BA degree from Clarion University. He is a professional member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and a member of the Pittsburgh Chess Club. Pickett is also a proud graduate of Westinghouse High School, and a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.
The PennWest University Council of Trustees is comprised of 12 members who, except for the student members, are nominated and appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The powers and duties of the Council include the establishment of academic programs and schools for consideration by the State System Board of Governors; review and approval of annual operating capital budgets, fees, purchases, and contracts; participation in university and system-wide strategic planning; review and approval of policies and procedures governing the use of university facilities and property; annual inspection of university facilities; and the annual evaluation of the president.
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