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Board of Directors

Patricia M. Schaefer, Chair

Patricia Schaefer is Chair for the 3 Rivers Wet Weather Board. The President of Edgewood Borough Council, she serves as a borough representative to the Turtle Creek Council of Governments and is Chair of the 3 Rivers Wet Weather Eastern Basin Group, a position she has held since the creation of the basin groups in 2001. She is First Vice Chair and an Executive Board Member of CONNECT (Congress of Neighboring Communities), an organization that promotes cooperation and collaboration between the City of Pittsburgh and the 35 municipalities that share a common border with the City. A local expert on the wet weather issue, Pat has spoken on the economic and intergovernmental impact of the wet weather problem at the University of Pittsburgh Environmental Issues Conference and the 3RWW Annual Sewer Conference. She is the Protocol Specialist for the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Foundation Inc. A registered nurse, she earned a BSN from Carlow College and a Masters of Divinity from the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

Senator Jay Costa, Vice Chair

Elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1996, Senator Jay Costa is serving his fifth full term as state Senator for the 43rd District. He is currently the Democratic Floor Leader, a position which makes him the highest-ranking member within the Senate Democratic Caucus. Formerly, he served as Allegheny County Deputy Sheriff (1984-1989) and Register of Wills (1992-1996). The Senator has also served as an adjunct professor to the Community College of Allegheny County and currently serves as Treasurer for their Board of Trustees. He also is a member of the Pennsylvania and Allegheny County Bar Associations. He earned his Juris Doctorate at Duquesne University and is a shareholder of Grogan, Graffam, P.C. In addition to serving as Vice Chair of the 3 Rivers Wet Weather Board, he serves on the Board of Trustees of the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the Board of Directors for many Pittsburgh organizations including The Catholic Charities Free Health Care Center, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, and the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center. He attended the Allegheny County Police Academy in 1985 and earned a Bachelor of Arts at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1979.

Michael E. Lamb, Secretary/Treasurer

Michael Lamb took office as Controller of the City of Pittsburgh on January 7, 2008. As Controller, he created Open Book Pittsburgh, a website that allows citizens to search and view all City contracts, and campaign contributions and expenses of all candidates running for office in the City of Pittsburgh. Michael was instrumental in the creation of CONNECT (Congress of Neighboring Communities) and was an outspoken supporter of row office consolidation. In 2005, the citizens of Allegheny County voted to consolidate the County’s row offices, making Michael the last Prothonotary of Allegheny County. He is also active in the community serving on the boards of the Kane Foundation, the Catholic Youth Association and the Downtown Pittsburgh YMCA. He is a member of the Mount Washington – Duquesne Heights Community Development Corporation, and the Board of Fellows of the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute of Politics. Michael received his Juris Doctorate from the Duquesne University School of Law, his Master’s Degree from Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz School of Public Policy and his Bachelor’s Degree from Penn State University.

Kathy Coder

Kathy Coder has 20 years’ experience in consulting, training, sales and leadership development. She is the President of Inta-Great, a professional development company that serves as catalyst to help organizations grow to their greatness. She is a member of the American Society of Training and Development, the National Speaker’s Association and certified in a wide variety of training programs. Kathy holds degrees in Communications, Business, and a Graduate Degree in Organizational Leadership. Some of her clients include Wal-Mart, Chick-Fil-A, Home Depot, Duquesne Light, UPMC, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, and Pa Cyber Charter School. Kathy is currently a member of Bellevue Council and is Vice President of CONNECT (Congress of Neighboring Communities), Founder of Bellevue Initiative for Growth (BIG), member of  the Allegheny Together advisory board and a North Hills Community Outreach Board member. Kathy and her husband Ron are currently implementing Y-LEAD-a youth leadership experience for high school and college students.

Kevin Garber

A shareholder in the Environmental, Health and Safety and Natural Resources Groups of Babst Calland, Kevin Garber is an attorney who specializes in natural resources law and water law. He leads the firm’s municipal environmental services practice area, which concentrates on sewage facilities planning and permitting, storm water management, and related development issues facing developers, municipalities and municipal authorities. Kevin graduated with Distinction from The Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Biology/Chemistry, an M.S. in Oceanography and Limnology from the University of Wisconsin, his Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Pittsburgh and his law degree from the Duquesne University School of Law. His graduate and doctoral work researched point and non-point source pollutant loadings to lakes and the development of remedial alternatives. He is a past Chairman of the Environmental Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association, serves on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and the Local Government Academy, and has been ranked among Pennsylvania’s top environmental lawyers in Chambers USA’s America’s Leading Business Lawyers and in Best Lawyers in America since 2004. He teaches environmental law, litigation and forensics courses at Duquesne University, where he also serves on the Advisory Committee for the University’s Center for Environmental Research and Education.

 

Sean Logan

Sean Logan, Vice President, Community Relations, joined UPMC in September 2010. In this role, he leads the integration of UPMC’s community relations programs and acts as liaison to the many communities served by UPMC’s hospitals and programs. Prior to UPMC, he served as a three-term State Senator representing the 45th Senatorial District in parts of Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. For 10 years, Sean has held leadership positions in the state Senate, including caucus secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus, minority chairman of the Law and Justice Committee, and member of the Appropriations Committee. Before his Senate election in 2000, he served as Mayor of Monroeville, preceded by a position as Director, Department of Consumer Protection, Allegheny County. He also served as a Marketing Consultant to the law firm of Cohen & Grigsby for eight years. Sean holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Pittsburgh.

Representative Harry Readshaw

A life-long resident of the City of Pittsburgh, Representative Harry Readshaw has been serving the 36th Legislative District as a Pennsylvania State Representative since his 1995 election. He is Chairman of the House Democratic Professional Licensure Committee. He also serves as Chairman of the ALCOSAN Board and is Chairman of the Allegheny League of Municipalities. The first certified funeral practitioner in Allegheny County, he is the third-generation owner-operator of Readshaw Funeral Home, founded in 1912. Along with his membership in dozens of groups, Harry is a former chairman of the committee on Excellence for Pittsburgh Public Schools and committee on redistricting; past president of the Carrick Business Association and Carrick Community Council. He has received two citations from the PA House of Representatives for community and professional services. He served in the Marine Corps and attended Duquesne University and the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.

Paul A. Supowitz

Paul Supowitz is Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations at the University of Pittsburgh, overseeing the University’s interactions with all levels of government – federal, state and local. Prior to joining the University, he was an Associate in the Pittsburgh law firm of Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling from 1989 through 1997, where his practice focused on environmental law and litigation. He represented parties before state and federal courts, the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and counseled clients in a wide variety of environmental compliance and remediation related matters. A 1985 graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington, IN with a B.S. degree in Public Affairs and Environmental Science, Paul received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, cum laude. He is a Member of the Allegheny County Bar Association Professional Ethics Committee, a past Chair of the ACBA Environmental Law Section, and a board member of the Oakland Business Improvement District and Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsburgh.