‘Past Leaders’
Dana Weinstein
Dana has been a part of PPP since the Fall 2011. Originally from Milwaukee, Dana has been living in Pittsburgh for the past five years while attending Carnegie Mellon University. There she earned a degree in Business Administration and is looking forward to graduating again...
Maxine Riccio
Maxine Riccio was an Officer of PGH Party for a Purpose. She grew up in the Pittsburgh suburbs, but it wasn’t until after she came back from Haverford College to participate in the Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs that she fell in love with the...
Karl Sjogren
Karl Sjogren was an Officer with Pittsburgh Party for a Purpose. He was involved with PPP for approx two years–he joined the board to foster a stronger sense of community and philanthropy amongst Pittsburgh’s young professionals. Karl is a native of San Francisco, CA and...
Hannah Taytslin
Hannah Taytslin manages corporate partnerships and member outreach for PGH Party for a Purpose and enjoys planning beneficiary parties, too. Originally from the Boston area, Hannah will graduate with a degree in Arts Management from Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Public Policy and Management...
Terry Boyd
Terry Boyd loves technology, design and craft beer. Lucky for him, he got tricked into working for Pgh Party; a place where he can do all three.
Lauren Stoner
Lauren Stoner has loved PGH Party for a Purpose since its founding! Originally from Harrisburg, she moved to Pittsburgh for college in 2003, fell in love with the city, and decided to stay for good. After earning her Masters in Social Work and Masters in...
Caitlin Travers
Caitlin Travers has been a PPP member since Fall 2011. A native New Yorker, Caitlin journeyed to Pittsburgh in 2003 to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Many years later, she considers Pittsburgh her adopted home and loves it SO MUCH! ...
Courtney Vock
Courtney Vock is a member of PPP’s Party Planning and Corporate Outreach teams. A lifelong Pittsburgher, Courtney graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2009 with a degree in creative non-ficition writing and with related areas in anthropology and communications. Courtney was drawn to working...
Julie Butcher
Julie Butcher Pezzino is the Executive Director of Grow Pittsburgh; an urban agriculture nonprofit based in Pittsburgh, PA. The organization promotes food production and education in the region through the development of urban farms and gardens; an Edible Schoolyard program for children; agriculture based, educational...
Vivien Luk
Vivien Luk is a Program Officer at The Forbes Funds. She current manages the Tropman Applied Research and Sector Leadership agenda, including the Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership, a coalition of 350 nonprofits in the 10-county region. Vivien is one of three co-founders of PGH Party...
Jessica Wilson
Jessica (Obergas) Wilson, along with Julie Pezzino and Vivien Luk, founded PGH Party for a Purpose in December 2006. Jessica came to Pittsburgh from Cleveland by way of St. Louis for the Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs in August 2005. During Coro, she fell in...