Daughters of 2014

Alba Martinez

Alba Martinez

Alba Martinez is a Principal in Vanguard’s Retail Investor Group and leads the Retail Services
business department. Prior to entering financial services, she devoted 23 years to law, human
services and government in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Alba began her career as an attorne...

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Anne Lewis

Anne Lewis

As a business leader, Anne Lewis is Board Chair and co-owner of Oxford Development Company, one of Pittsburgh’s most prominent privately owned enterprises. Committed to the region, Anne gives back to the community though her work as a volunteer and member of various governing boards. She has been...

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Carmen Ambar Twillie

Carmen Ambar Twillie

Carmen Twillie Ambar, J.D., President of Cedar Crest College, is widely recognized for her commitment to the education of young women as future leaders in a global community and has won several prestigious awards for her support of women.

Under her leadership, Cedar Crest has launched more...

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Carolyn Duronio

Carolyn Duronio

Carolyn Duronio, an attorney with Reed Smith in Pittsburgh, is highly respected as an expert on non-profit governance and is counsel to many leading state and national not-for-profit groups. She served as Managing Partner for the firm’s Pittsburgh office and currently is a member of the Executive...

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Im Ja Choi ✝

Im Ja Choi

Im Ja Choi is committed to ensuring that all Asian American senior citizens with language barriers are informed of and offered appropriate health care services. Applying her own experience of caring for her mother with cancer, she founded Penn Asian Senior Services, a nonprofit home health agency...

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Janice McLaughlin ✝

Janice McLaughlin

Sister Janice McLaughlin, MM, is an author, editor, journalist, adult educator and community organizer. Born in Pittsburgh, Sister Janice has worked in Eastern and Southern Africa for more than 30 years.

Throughout her career, Sister Janice has demonstrated a commitment to a just world and...

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Lisa Caputo

Lisa Caputo

Lisa Caputo is an accomplished leader in national and international endeavors in both the public and private sectors. Currently Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Travelers Companies, Inc., she has served in executive leadership positions for such companies...

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Margaret Duckett

Margaret Duckett

Margaret Pace (Peggy) Duckett chaired Miracle at Philadelphia, the U.S. Constitutional Convention Bicentennial Exhibition at Independence National Park, and served on the founding boards planning the architecture, exhibitions and education for the National Constitutional Center and for the Museum...

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Sylvia Hill Fields

Sylvia Hill Fields

Sylvia Fields provides philanthropic leadership to the Pittsburgh region as the executive director of the Eden Hall Foundation, which provides funding for health, education and social welfare programs. She was the first and only African American woman to direct a major private foundation in the P...

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