The Pittsburgh Promise
Board of Directors
The Pittsburgh Promise is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation and is a Type 1 supporting organization of The Pittsburgh Foundation. The Promise is governed by a fifteen-member Board of Directors comprised of prominent civic and community leaders. Members of the Board of The Pittsburgh Promise are:

Franco Harris (Chair)
Member of the NFL Hall of Fame
Owner, Super Bakery, Inc.

Candi Castleberry-Singleton
Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, UPMC

Debra Kline Demchak
Community Leader

Robert Hanson
President and CEO, American Eagle Outfitters

Linda Lane, EdD
Superintendent, Pittsburgh Public Schools

Mark Laskow
Managing Director and CEO, Greycourt & Co.

Anne Lewis
Chair, Oxford Development Company

Pamela Little-Poole
Family & Community Organizer, A+ Schools

David Malone
President and Chief Executive Officer
Gateway Financial Group

Martin McGuinn
Chairman and CEO (Retired), Mellon Financial Services

Grant Oliphant 
President and CEO, The Pittsburgh Foundation

Luke Ravenstahl
Mayor, City of Pittsburgh

Cindy Shapira
Senior Policy Advisor
Allegheny County Executive

David Shapira
Executive Chairman, Board of Directors
Giant Eagle, Inc.

Edith Shapira, MD
Psychiatrist, Private Practice

Kiya Tomlin
Parent Volunteer, Pittsburgh Public Schools

Olga Welch, EdD
Dean, Duquesne University School of Education

Demetri Zervoudis
Senior Vice President, Bayer Material Science

Saleem Ghubril
Executive Director, The Pittsburgh Promise