Board of Directors

Following are the board members that make up the NEED organization. We would like to thank all of these individuals for their hard work and dedication in making the NEED scholarships and grants possible.

Corporate Campaign Chair

Gregory S. Babe, Bayer MaterialScience, LLC

Chairperson of the Board

Ann Hoover, Bayer MaterialScience, LLC

President & CEO

Sylvester Pace

Governing Board

• TiAnda Blount, Mel Blount Youth Home
• Scott Brown, Citizens Bank
• Candi Castleberry-Singleton, UPMC
• John Coyne, PPG Industries
• Victoria A. Hill, Numeritics
• Ronald Hunt, Fifth Third Bank
• Ola Jackson, Onyx Woman Network
• Ron Lawrence, Bombardier Transportation 
• Claudette R. Lewis, Consultant
• Emily T. Lewis, Talisman Energy USA,Inc.
• Peter Mendes, KPMG
• Michele M. Reuss, Independent Contractor
• Darrell E. Smalley, Ernst & Young, LLP
• Eustace Uku, Exico, Inc.
• Janice Burley Wilson, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
• Seldon V. Whitaker, Jr., Retired Educator

Founders

• Marion Jordon *
• Florence Reizenstein *

*deceased

Founding President

Rabbi Harold S. Silver