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Law
Three Crowns, in Washington D.C., announced that Charles (“Chuck”) T. Kotuby, Jr. joined as of counsel. Mr. Kotuby is a professor of practice at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, an honorary professor at Durham Law School and a visiting professor of law at the Kyiv School of Economics. Formerly a partner in the Global Disputes Practice at Jones Day in Washington, D.C., he has spent over 20 years representing multinational corporations and sovereign states in complex international disputes.
Media
Kevin Broadhurst was named vice president of government and external affairs for Comcast’s Keystone Region.
Nonprofit
Pittsburgh Mercy, a member of Trinity Health and serving in the tradition of the Sisters of Mercy, announced three new members to its 2024 board of directors: Robert A. James, chief diversity and strategic growth officer, CGT Staffing;
Sister Diane Matje, member, Pittsburgh Sisters of Mercy; and Manzoor Mohideen, director of clinical research operations, Academic Research Center for Hematology, Section of Benign Hematology, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh appointed Margaret C. Gleason of Jones Day as its new board chair and several individuals to the board. Vice chair: Catherine Augustine, director of the RAND Pittsburgh office and a senior researcher at RAND Corp.; Secretary:
Paul Overby, honorary consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Pittsburgh; Treasurer:
Forster, Patrick
partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers. In addition to welcoming Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato to the board, the directors voted in new members Ali Hamdani, M.D., director of Global Care & Traveling Patient Services, UPMC International; David
J. Hickton, founder of the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy and Security; Kendra Ross, head of social impact at Duolingo; and Tracey Reed
Armant, program officer at The Grable Foundation.
Awards and Honors
The Pennsylvania Diversity Council named Genevieve Oduor, vice president and business development and diversity relationship officer of S&T Bank, as its 2024 Pittsburgh Women in Leadership Symposium Woman of the Year. Ms. Oduor will be recognized at the annual Pittsburgh Women in Leadership Symposium on March 26 at Robert Morris University.
U.S. Steel named its local Service Champions as part of its United by Service initiative, donating $5,000 to the charity of each of the Service Champions. Pittsburghbased employees James Borkowski, Michael Castner, Coleen Davis and David Mutnansky were each honored this year.
Business notes
Life Changing Service Dogs For Veterans announced the launch of its new website, www.padogsforvets.org, a platform devoted to supporting Veterans.
The Andy Warhol Museum launched a new digital museum guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and cultural app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Bloomberg Connects app, available for download from the Google Play store or the App Store, makes The Warhol accessible for either onsite or offsite visits through photo, audio, maps and videos offering insights into the museum and its collection.
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