Patricia Schaefer is Chair for the 3 Rivers Wet Weather Board. The former president of Edgewood Borough Council, she has served 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.

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.

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.

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.

Ty Gourley is Vice President of the Hillman Family Foundations, where he is responsible for diverse grantmaking and administrative functions. Prior to this position, he was Principal of Gourley Consulting where he specialized in project management, government relations, policy analysis, community outreach and strategic planning for nonprofit and government clients in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Throughout her career, Lorraine Makatura has gained a great deal of experience in management roles for local municipalities.  In 2017, after serving a number of years as the borough’s Assistant Manager, she was named Manager of the Borough of Avalon, a community of about 4,600 in the North Hills of Pittsburgh.  Previously, she served in a management role for Kilbuck Township.

Corey O’Connor was elected to represent Pittsburgh City Council District 5 in 2012, and is currently serving his third term. His legislative accomplishments are many, including investing heavily in green infrastructure and flooding mitigation projects. He has been a Board Member of the Allehgeny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) since 2014, and currently serves as ALCOSAN's Board Chair. O’Connor began his career in public service as a Community Development Representative for U.S.

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.

In 2012, lifelong citizen of Allegheny County, Senator Randy Vulakovich, was elected to serve the 255,000 residents of the 38th Senatorial District in the Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the Senate, he was elected to three terms in the state House of Representatives. He serves as Chairman of the Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee and as Vice Chairman of the Aging and Youth Committee.