The Pittsburgh Business Times has named the Pittsburgh Power 100, a listing of the region’s most influential business leaders.
The complete list is presented alphabetically below. Profiles will be published in the Feb. 16 weekly edition. The Power 100 is not a ranking, but rather a guide that aims to reflect who are the most influential people at this moment in time. The editorial staff of the Business Times selected those who made the list, with input from the community at large. It does not include elected officials and is limited to those who currently reside in the Pittsburgh metro area.
To develop our list, we asked ourselves a series of questions: Who has the power to move the market? Whose clout reaches beyond their company or industry? Who in the business community does the governor or local leaders call for help? Who do you need to know to do business in this town? Who is likely to shape our futures?
The influencers on this year’s list are connectors, people who build bridges. They are executives, leaders and community builders. In short, they are the people to call to make things happen, and they are the people whose power extends well beyond their given roles. Many are familiar names, but some are less well known, working behind the scenes.
For the first time, this year’s list also features an additional set of Pittsburgh Power 100 Legends. These are people who over the breadth of their incredibly influential careers, they are deserving of being honored with this special recognition.
While this year’s selections are finalized, there were many people that have played significant roles, and many more will undoubtably emerge in the next year. If you have anyone you’d like to suggest for the 2025 Power 100, please email me at jbeahm@bizjournals.com.
Without further ado, this year’s Power 100 leaders are:
- Kevin Acklin, president of business operations, Pittsburgh Penguins
- Dan Adamski, senior managing director, and JC Pelusi, market director and international director, corporate solutions, JLL
- Bill Artman, CEO, Giant Eagle Inc.
- Mamadou Balde, market leader and managing director of Pittsburgh and West Virginia operations, CBRE
- Leroy Ball, CEO, Koppers Inc.
- Jenn Beer, president and CEO, Leadership Pittsburgh Inc.
- Gregg Behr, executive director, The Grable Foundation
- Eric Boughner, chairman, BNY Mellon Pennsylvania
- Jeff Broadhurst, president and CEO, Eat’n Park Hospitality Group
- Chris Brussalis, president, Point Park University
- Quintin Bullock, president, Community College of Allegheny County
- David Burritt, president and CEO, United States Steel Corp.
- Christina Cassotis, CEO, Allegheny County Airport Authority
- Lou Cestello, head of regional markets and regional president of Pittsburgh and southwestern Pennsylvania, PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
- Rob Cherry, CEO, Partner4Work
- Rob Cochran, CEO and chairman, #1 Cochran Automotive
- Jeff Craft, Pittsburgh office managing partner, Deloitte
- Dave Daquelente, executive director, Master Builders’ Association of Western Pennsylvania Inc.
- Leslie Davis, president and CEO, UPMC
- Nick DeIuliis, president and CEO, CNX Resources Corp.
- John Deklewa, CEO, and Shawn Fox, president, RDC Inc.
- Vincent Delie Jr., chairman, president and CEO, F.N.B. Corp.
- Bill Demchak, chairman, president and CEO, PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
- John Dick, CEO and founder, CivicScience
- John Engel, chairman, president and CEO, Wesco International Inc.
- Evan Facher, vice chancellor for innovation and entrepreneurship and associate dean for commercial translation, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Rich Fitzgerald, executive director, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
- Cliff Forrest, president and founder, Rosebud Mining Co.; owner, Pittsburgh Brewing Co.
- Patrick Fragman, president and CEO, Westinghouse Electric Co.
- Evan Frazier, president and CEO, The Advanced Leadership Institute
- Joan Gabel, chancellor, University of Pittsburgh
- Ajei Gopal, president and CEO, Ansys Inc.
- Ken Gormley, president, Duquesne University
- Tom Grealish, president, Henderson Brothers Inc.
- Steve Guy, president and CEO, Oxford Development Co.
- Charles Hammel III, president, Pitt Ohio
- Karen Hanlon, COO and EVP, Highmark Health
- Maggie Hardy, owner and CEO, 84 Lumber Co. and Nemacolin
- Jason Hazlewood, Pittsburgh office managing partner, and Casey Ryan, global managing partner, Reed Smith LLP
- David Heaton, president and CEO, The Buncher Co.
- Lauren Hobart, president and CEO, Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.
- Diane Holder, president and CEO, UPMC Health Plan; president, UPMC Insurance Services Division; executive vice president, UPMC
- David Holmberg, president and CEO, Highmark Health
- Mike Huwar, president, Peoples
- Farnam Jahanian, president, Carnegie Mellon University
- Tommy Johnson, managing partner, Allegheny Strategy Partners
- Matthew Johnson-Roberson, professor and director of Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
- Greg Jordan, executive vice president, general counsel and chief administrative officer, PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
- Justin Kaufman, Pittsburgh office managing partner, PwC
- Katharine Kelleman, CEO, Pittsburgh Regional Transit
- Darrin Kelly, president, Allegheny/Fayette Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
- Mark Kempic, president and COO, Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and Maryland
- Kevin Kinross, founder, The Carey Group; principal, 40 North Advocacy LLC
- Tim Knavish, chairman and CEO, PPG Industries Inc.
- Jeff Kotula, president, Washington County Chamber of Commerce
- Michael Lyons, head of Corporate and Institutional Banking, PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
- David Malone, chairman and CEO, Gateway Financial Group
- Christopher Martin, president of Carnegie Bosch Institute and director of R&D at Bosch’s Research and Technology Center
- David McCall, International president, United Steelworkers
- Christopher McElroy and Steven Thompson, co-CEOs, Schneider Downs & Co. Inc.
- Jim McQuade, president and CEO, Dollar Bank
- Brandon Mendoza, director, public and government affairs, Master Builders’ Association of Western Pennsylvania Inc.
- Marimba Milliones, president and CEO, Hill Community Development Corp.
- David Motley, general partner, Black Tech Nation Ventures; co-founder, African American Directors Forum; president and CEO, MCAPS LLC
- Susheela Nemani-Stanger, executive director, Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh
- Louis Oliva, executive managing director, Pittsburgh office, Newmark
- Stefani Pashman, CEO, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
- Gregg Perelman, CEO and founding partner, and Todd Reidbord, president and founding partner, Walnut Capital
- Lucas Piatt, CEO, Piatt Companies; founder and CEO, Piatt Sotheby’s International Realty
- Michael Polite, EVP, Beacon Communities LLC
- Herky Pollock, executive vice president and Northeast director Retailer Services Group, CBRE
- Ven Raju, president and CEO, Innovation Works
- Peter Rander, president, and Bryan Salesky, CEO, Stack AV
- Sam Reiman, director, Richard King Mellon Foundation
- Toby Rice, president and CEO, EQT Corp.
- David Roger, president, Hillman Family Foundations
- Clifford Rowe Jr., executive chairman, PJ Dick/Trumbull/Lindy Group
- Audrey Russo, president and CEO, Pittsburgh Technology Council
- Rafael Santana, president and CEO, Wabtec Corp.
- Sabrina Saunders Mosby, president and CEO, Vibrant Pittsburgh
- Jim Scalo, CEO, Burns Scalo Real Estate
- Lisa Schroeder, president and CEO, The Pittsburgh Foundation
- James Segerdahl, global managing partner, and Thomas J. Smith, co-United States managing partner, K&L Gates
- Susie Shipley, president, Pennsylvania, Ohio Valley and Mahoning Valley Region, Huntington National Bank
- Darrell Smalley, Pittsburgh office managing partner, EY
- Don Smith Jr., president, Regional Industrial Development Corp. (RIDC)
- Matt Smith, chief growth officer, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
- Brandon Snyder, vice president, Pittsburgh market leader, Al. Neyer
- John Thornton, CEO, Astrobotic Technology Inc.
- Jaime Tuite, head of the Pittsburgh office, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Thomas Tull, founder, chairman and CEO, Tulco LLC
- Nish Vartanian, chairman, president and CEO, MSA Safety Inc.
- Luis Von Ahn, co-founder and CEO, Duolingo Inc.
- Jeremy Waldrup, president and CEO, Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership
- Kevin Walker, president and CEO, Duquesne Light Holdings Inc.
- Bobbi Watt Geer, president and CEO, United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania
- Kendra Whitlock Ingram, president and CEO, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
- Karen Wolk Feinstein, president and CEO, Jewish Healthcare Foundation
- Albert Wright Jr., president and CEO, West Virginia University (WVU) Health System
- Dr. Don Yealy, chief medical officer, UPMC
LEGENDS
- Doris Carson Williams, president and CEO, African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania
- Helen Hanna Casey, CEO, Hanna Holdings Inc.; Annie Hanna Cestra, COO, Hanna Holdings Inc.; Howard “Hoddy” Hanna III, chairman, Hanna Holdings Inc.
- J. Christopher Donahue, chairman, president and CEO, Federated Hermes Inc.
- Art Rooney II, president and owner, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Bill Strickland, founder and executive chairman, Manchester Bidwell Corp.
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