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.

Chairperson of the Board

 Candi Castleberry-Singleton, UPMC

President & CEO

Claudette R. Lewis, Interim President & CEO

Governing Board

• TiAnda Blount, Mel Blount Youth Home
• Scott Brown, Citizens Bank
• Victoria A. Hill, Numeritics
• Ann Hoover, Bayer MaterialScience, LLC
• Ronald Hunt, Fifth Third Bank
• Ola Jackson, Onyx Woman Network
• Ron Lawrence, Bombardier Transportation 
• Emily T. Lewis, Talisman Energy USA,Inc.
• Peter Mendes, Independent Contractor
• 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