Our annual Achievement Awards Dinner program was a huge success! Well over 200 people attended the dinner and ceremony. A heart-felt thank you goes to UPMC, our key sponsor, for their generous support and ongoing partnership. We also extended our sincere thanks to the many other patrons and sponsors. 

The proceeds from the Achievement Awards Dinner will fund the Foundation's Social Action programs and scholarship awards. 

Curtistine Walker, 
Director,
Food Services & Operations, PPS

EDUCATION
Dr. Daria Crawley,
Professor,
Robert Morris University

MEDICINE
Dr. Charles DeShazer,
Senior VP and Chief Medical Officer
Highmark Health Plan

COMMUNITY ADVOCACY

Larimar Consensus Group,
Donna Jackson, President

CITIZEN OF THE YEAR
Darelle Porter,
Executive Director,
Ozanam Cultural Center

SYLVESTER PACE
HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Devin Patterson,
MSCP Counselor, CCAC

EMERGING LEADER
Brian Burley, Director,
Economic Inclusion/Community
Development

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Rashad Byrdsong, President/CEO,
Community Empowerment