On July 1, 2021, and November 1, 2021, Life’sWork welcomed a total of 11 new board members to begin their three-year term! They are: They are: Patriece Thompson, director of investor relations for the Allegheny Conference on Community Development; Jennifer Pannill, manager of recruitment and employer branding for Covestro, LLC.; Diann Donaldson, owner of Jazzy Boutique and Reliance Business Solutions; Kevin Sheehy, assistant vice chancellor of auxiliary operations and finance at the University of Pittsburgh; Alexander Hays, executive client manager at Highmark National Markets; Lori E. McMaster, executive director of external relations at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Jim O’Brien, senior relationship manager of PNC Healthcare; Jess Scott, graduate research assistant at the Matthew B. Ridgeway Center for International Security for the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs of the University of Pittsburgh; Stephanie Winer-Schreiber, shareholder at Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney PC; Benjamin Stein, regional manager at Coen Markets Inc.; and Amanda Laichak, PhD., regional vice president of Commonwealth Charter Academy.

These new board members help to make up the 27-member board at Life’sWork of Western PA. We have expanded our board to a larger size as we continually seek out increased perspectives, talents, and backgrounds to help achieve our mission of making lives work better.