Sigo Falk, MBA

Sigo Falk serves as Chairman of the Falk Foundation and as Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Foundation's Leon Falk Family Fund. He serves on the boards of the Pittsburgh Symphony, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania and is a Trustee of Chatham University, where he served as Board Chair from 1995-2002. He formerly was Chairman of the Leon Falk Family Trust, a Director of Duquesne Light Holdings, the Associate Director of Health Systems Agency of Southwestern Pennsylvania, and the President of Cranberry Emergency and Diagnostic Center. In 2001, Mr. Falk was honored as the Outstanding Philanthropist by the Association of Fund-raising Professionals on National Philanthropy Day in Western Pennsylvania. He received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Chatham College in 2002.

Estelle F. Comay, J.D.

Estelle Comay is a partner in the law firm of Marcus & Shapira LLP. She serves on the Board of Directors of The Pittsburgh Symphony, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, the Three Rivers Arts Festival, and the National Board of Governors of the American Jewish Committee. She has held the chairwomanship of The Forbes Fund and the Lawyers Committee of the Negro Education Emergency Drive, and served as a member of the Community Study Committee of the United Jewish Federation.

Bertram S. Brown, M.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Bertram Brown, board-certified in psychiatry and neurology, is Executive Vice President of Forensic Medical Advisory Service, Inc., and a Board of Regents Member with the National Security Health Policy Center. A graduate of the Cornell University Medical College and Harvard University School of Public Health, Dr. Brown has served as President and CEO of Hahnemann University, Executive Vice President of U.S. Healthcare Inc., Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, and Assistant U.S. Surgeon General with the U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Brown has been a consultant to the Rand Corporation, American Bar Association, World Health Organization, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Michele Rone Cooper is the Executive Director of McAuley Ministries, a new grant-making Foundation created from the proceeds of the sale of Mercy Hospital to UPMC. Previously, she held the position of Vice President, Planning and Marketing of the Pittsburgh Mercy Health System. She currently serves on the boards of the Dollar Energy Fund and Beginning with Books, and the Economic Development committee of Uptown Partners of Pittsburgh. Ms. Cooper holds an M.S. in Health Professions Administration from the University of Pittsburgh.

Andrew D. Falk, MSPPM

Andy Falk is the Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. He holds a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management (MSPPM) degree from the H. John Heinz III School of Management and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Andy worked with both the James Ford Bell Foundation and Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania, and serves on the Advisory Committee of the Foundation's Leon Falk Family Fund.

Bill Lipscomb is a consultant to nonprofit organizations based in Cleveland, Ohio. He holds a Masters in Public Administration (MPA2) from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and also served as Executive Director of the Corella and Bertram Bonner Foundation in Princeton, N.J. and as a Program Officer at The Kresge Foundation in Troy, M.I. Bill is currently President of the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Artists Foundation and was President of the Intermuseum Conservation Association.

Eric W. Springer, L.L.B.

Eric Springer is a retired senior partner of Horty, Springer and Mattern, P.C., which he co-founded in 1971. He currently serves as counsel to the firm, which concentrates exclusively on health and hospital law. Eric was Senior Editor of ACTION KIT for Hospital Law and served on the Faculty of Estes Park Institute. He has edited or authored several books, including Nursing and the Law, Group Practice and the Law, and Automated Medical Records and the Law. He recently received the American Inns of Court Foundation's 2006 Professionalism Award for the U. S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Eric has served as a member of the Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations and is a Past President of the Allegheny County Bar Association. He has served on the Boards of numerous hospitals, healthcare facilities, corporations and foundations.

Angela Williams Foster, Ph.D.

Angela M. Williams Foster is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, where she teaches quantitative methods, multivariate analysis, research methods, policy analysis, and housing policy. She has conducted several studies including A Study of Affordable Housing: Supply and Demand in Allegheny County, and the Braddock Housing Study, as well as The Path to Homeownership, funded by the HUD Urban Scholars Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Dr. Williams Foster served as a consultant for the Allegheny County Comprehensive Plan: Allegheny Places. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis from the H. John Heinz School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University.