A Pennsylvanian since 1966, Andrea Baldeck graduated from Vassar College with an AB in Music, Phi Beta Kappa and was Valedictorian of her class. She obtained her MD with honors from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed two residencies, becoming board certified in internal ...

Carla McCabe serves as President and CEO of WVIA, the PBS and NPR affiliate covering 22-counties of Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania. Carla has led the creation of WVIA News, an initiative bringing balanced, critically needed local reporting to the region against the backdrop of shrinking newsr...

Doris Carson Williams is the Chief Executive Officer of the African American Chamber of Commerce of Western PA. She is a board member of Highmark, and Vice Chair of Highmark Foundation. Doris served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and is immediate past Pre...

Sister Gemma R. Del Duca has spent her 92 years traveling the world in pursuit of knowledge but always returned to her hometown of Greensburg to make a difference. A Sister of Charity of Seton Hill, Sister Gemma resided in Israel for more than three decades and collaborated with Yad Vashem, the offi...

Geovette E. Washington is the Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Legal Officer at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining the University, Ms. Washington served as General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor for the Office of Management and Budget and Deputy General Counsel at the U.S. Department ...

Karen M. Murphy currently serves as Senior Advisor to the President of Risant. Previously, she served as EVP/Chief Innovation and Digital Transformation Officer at Geisinger. Prior to Geisinger, Karen served as Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Health, the State’s highest-ranking health official and a mem...

Katalin Karikó is a professor at University of Szeged and adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania. From 2013 to 2022 she was a senior vice president at BioNTech. Prior to BioNTech, she worked for 24 years at the University of Pennsylvania. For decades, her research has been focusing on R...

Kathy Wilson Humphrey, Ph.D., serves as the 11th president of Carlow University. With more than 35 years in higher education, she is revered as a transformative and effective pioneering leader. Dr. Humphrey serves on the Board of Gwen’s Girls, The Forbes Funds, the Federal Reserve Board of Cleveland...

Sharmain Matlock-Turner has served as CEO of the Urban Affairs Coalition since 1999 and was the first woman to be appointed to the role. The Coalition’s work focuses on improving life chances for youth and young adults, building wealth in low-income communities, forging strategic partnerships across...

Dr. Susan L. Brantley is Evan Pugh University Professor and Hubert and Mary Barnes Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University, where she also served as Director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute until 2022. Dr. Brantley has published more than 300 scientific papers aime...

A Pennsylvanian since birth, Judge Susan Peikes Gantman graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and Villanova School of Law. Judge Gantman was elected to a ten-year term on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, a statewide appellate court commencing in January 2004. She won retention in 2013. Ju...