Leadership
Leading with passion.
The staff and board of VisAbility Pittsburgh embodies passionate, committed and compassionate professionals, all working to make better lives for our clients and for the greater community of those living with vision loss and blindness. We all have a personal connection our work and to those we serve. Here, you will experience authentic empathy and dedication to understand individual circumstances, challenges and opportunities.
Executive Staff
Erika Petach, President
epetach@pghvis.org
Leslie Montgomery, Director of Operations
lmontgomery@pghvis.org
Tony Leonzio, Director, Maintenance
tleonzio@pghvis.org
Barbara Peterson, Director, Client Services
bpeterson@pghvis.org
Board of Directors
Our work, clients and community benefit richly from the professional guidance of our esteemed board of directors. Through this group’s diverse experience and unique perspectives come innovative and intelligent insight that helps to fuel our work’s impact today and for the future.
Officers
Valerie S. Faeth, Chairman
Dentons Cohen & Grigsby
John McInerney, Vice Chairman
PA Association for the Blind, retired
Carla E. Frost, Treasurer
Key Bank
Angela J. Longo, Secretary
Community Volunteer
Erika Petach, President
VisAbility
Board Members
Drew Besket
Peoples Security Bank and Trust
Craig Bingham
Diversified Commodities Inc (DCI)
Glenn J. Breisinger
Radius Global Infrastructure, Inc.
Gena Harper
Financial Consultant, CIMA
A. Murat Kaynar, MD, MPH
University of Pittsburgh
Bruce C. Knepper
BK Facility Consulting
Michael G. May
Google Maps
Brittany McDonald, PhD
Uptown Partners of Pittsburgh
E. Patricia Constantin Orringer
United Bronze of Pittsburgh, Inc.
Joseph Paul, III
Deckman Company
Terri Imbrelina Patak
Jackson Lewis
Pamela Rath, MD
Evertt & Hurite Ophthalmic Association
James Schmitt
UPMC
Christopher Zomp
AudioEye
Emeritus & Special Members
Erin Cleary Taylor
St. Lucy’s Auxiliary to the Blind, President
Anna Marie Rheingrover
St. Lucy’s Auxiliary to the Blind, Liason
Joe Gordon
Pittsburgh Steelers, retired
José-Alain Sahel, MD
UPMC Eye Center
Michael Zaken
US Steel Corporation, retired