Our Team

Center Community Committee

  • Chelsea Blackburn-Cohen

    Carnegie Mellon University

  • Terri Shields

    Executive Director

    JADA House International

  • Scott Wolovich

    Executive Director

    New Sun Rising

  • Taris Vrcek

    Executive Director

    McKees Rocks CDC

  • Terri Minor-Spencer

    Founder and President

    West End P.O.W.E.R.

  • Crystal Jennings

    Community Engagement Manager

    City of Bridges Community Land Trust

  • Edith Abeyta

    Arts Excursion Unlimited

  • Mac Howison

    The Heinz Endowments

  • Raqueeb Bey

    Black Urban Gardeners and Farmers of Pittsburgh Co-Op

  • Rachel Burcin

    Carnegie Mellon University

  • Laura Chu Wiens

    Pittsburghers for Public Transit

  • Amil Cook

    Community Forge

  • Mark Dixon

    Blue Lens

  • Daniel Rosenburg - Munoz

    CMU School of Design

  • Elaine Harris-Fulton

    Wilkinsburg Family Support Center

  • Rochelle Jackson

    Black Women’s Policy Agenda

  • Ayana Ledford

    Carnegie Mellon University

  • Mark Lewis

    POISE Foundation

  • Sera Linardi

    University of Pittsburgh

  • Melisa Martinez

    Carnegie Mellon University

  • Charlene Newkirk

    CCAC Southeast Regional President

  • Pam Eichenbaum

    Carnegie Mellon University

  • Florence Rouzier

    PACE

  • Mónica Ruiz-Caraballo

    Casa San José

  • Nico Slate

    Carnegie Mellon University

  • Guillermo Velazquez

    Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation

  • Stan Waddell

    Carnegie Mellon University

  • NaTisha Washington

    One Pennsylvania

  • Jasiri X

    1Hood Media

  • Neoshe Jenkins

    Southside Resident

  • Shirley Malcom

    SEA Change

  • Latisha Jones

    Life Ain’t Scripted

  • Dr. Evon Walters

    Community College of Allegheny County

  • Sonya Tilghman

    Hazelwood Initiative

  • Lovie Jewell Jackson Foster

    Wellness Manager

  • Pam Little-Poole

    Community Organizer

CREATE Lab

  • Mickey McGlasson

    CREATE Lab

  • Harry Hawkins

    CREATE Lab

  • Gabriel O'Donnell

    CREAE Lab

CSP Staff

  • Illah Nourbakhsh

    Executive Director

  • Marlene Williams

    Operations Director

  • Yvonne Yates

    Senior Business Administrator

  • Jay Manning

    Documentarian / Communications Specialist