Arrivals: Spring '13
Professionals new to Pittsburgh Spring 2013Steven Van Wyk is head of operations and technology at PNC Financial Services Group. He succeeds Tom Whitford, who will retire in March. A native of Iowa, Van Wyk comes to Pittsburgh from Amsterdam, where he was global chief operating officer for ING. Previously, he held several positions at Morgan Stanley including global CIO and global head of operations & technology for the retail division. Van Wyk earned a bachelor's degree in business management and accounting from Central University of Iowa. He is a CPA and a certified internal auditor. Van Wyk and his wife, Shelia, expect to live Downtown. more >
Arrivals: Winter '13
Professionals new to PittsburghDanny Roderick is CEO of Westinghouse Electric Co. He is a 30-year veteran of the nuclear and utility industry, most recently as senior vice president of nuclear plant projects at GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy in Wilmington, N.C. He replaces interim CEO Shigenori Shiga, who will remain as board chairman. Roderick is a native of Houston, Mo. He has a bachelor’s degree from Lake Erie College and a master’s in operations management from the University of Arkansas. Roderick and his wife, Rosemary, are relocating to Pittsburgh. more >
Arrivals: Fall '12
Professionals new to PittsburghFall 2012Dr. William Winkenwerder Jr. is president and CEO of Highmark Inc., America’s eighth largest health insurer. He comes to Pittsburgh from Alexandria, Va., where he was chairman and CEO of The Winkenwerder Company, a healthcare consulting firm. From 2001 to 2007 he was assistant secretary of defense for health affairs with the U.S. Deptartment of Defense, with responsibility for a $40 billion annual budget, 132,000 personnel, and 9.2 million beneficiaries worldwide. Before that, he served for over 20 years in senior leadership positions at Blue Cross of Massachusetts, Prudential Healthcare, and Emory University. He also practiced primary care internal medicine for several years. A graduate of Davidson College and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Dr. Winkenwerder received his MBA from the Wharton School.
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Arrivals - Summer '12
Professionals new to PittsburghSummer 2012
Paul Chryst is the head football coach of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers. He comes to Pittsburgh from Madison, Wisc., where he was offensive coordinator of the University of Wisconsin Badgers. During his eight-year tenure at Wisconsin, he became known as one of college football’s leading strategists. more >
Arrivals: Winter '12
Professionals new to PittsburghWinter 2012
D. Jermaine Husser is CEO of the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. A Charleston, S.C. native, he is an Army veteran and was employed at the Lowcountry Food Bank in Charleston, S.C. for the last seven years as executive director. more >
Arrivals: Fall '11
Professionals new to PittsburghFall 2011
Jeremy Waldrup is president and CEO of Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership. Before joining PDP, Waldrup worked with New York City’s Department of Small Business Services. more >
Arrivals: Summer '11
Professionals new to pittsburgh, paSummer 2011Winthrop Watson is president and chief executive officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh. A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., he comes to Pittsburgh from Hong Kong, where he was a managing director with J.P. Morgan.
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Professionals new to Pittsburgh
Daniel Rossi is executive director of the Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania. A Pittsburgh native, Rossi was most recently in Phoenix, Ariz., where he was executive director of United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona.
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Professionals new to Pittsburgh Dr. Edward Chu is chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and deputy director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. A native of New England, Dr. Chu comes to Pittsburgh from Yale University School of Medicine, where he was a professor of medicine and pharmacology and chief of the Section of Medical Oncology and Deputy Director of the Yale Cancer Center. more >
Arrivals: Fall '10
Professionals new to Pittsburgh Richard Riazzi is president and CEO of Duquesne Light Co. and its affiliates. He returns to Pittsburgh from Wenatchee, Wash., where he has been the CEO and general manager of the Chelan County public utility district since 2006. Previously, he led the energy-generation, marketing and trading operations for Idaho Power, an investor-owned electric utility based in Boise. more >
Arrivals: Summer '10
Professionals new to Pittsburgh Summer 2010Gregory Burfitt is president and CEO of Allegheny General Hospital and The Western Pennsylvania Hospital. Burfitt grew up in Warren, Ohio and comes to Pittsburgh from Denver, where he was president and CEO of Centura Health, Colorado’s largest integrated healthcare delivery system. more >
Arrivals: Spring '10
Professionals new to Pittsburgh Jochen Meyer is president of Flabeg Solar US Corporation, which provides a full product line of high-performance mirrors for concentrating solar power. A native of Germany, he received his master’s in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Munich. more >
