CEO's You Should Know - Pittsburgh

A woman-owned and operated family business serving up legendary breakfast and lunch at three locations across the greater Pittsburgh region. Plus...Look for the Ozone Restaurant coming in 2025!

Don Albensi has owned the building since 2012. The previous tenants opened Antonelli Event Center in 2014 and recently decided to retire, so Don is now taking on this exciting new endeavor! The Core Event Center offers a large capacity facility, with multiple rooms for events including weddings, parties, school functions and fundraisers. His desire is to also host live performances by many local artists covering all genres.

"Confluence Financial Partners - Pittsburgh Wealth Management & Financial Advisors At Confluence Financial Partners, based in Pittsburgh, we believe there's a superior approach to wealth management. Our philosophy is founded on treating everyone like family, fostering long-term relationships built on core values of trust, excellence, dedication, teamwork, and gratitude. Our expert team of Pittsburgh financial advisors is dedicated to a higher standard of service, ensuring every client receives personalized and strategic wealth management solutions. We manage your financial independence with the utmost care, as we would for our own family, because your peace of mind is our top priority. Explore a better way to secure your financial future"

Twenty years ago, we researched cutting-edge schools across the country to find the perfect mix of best practices with one goal: to graduate students ready for life. Our curriculum for grades 9-12 is rigorous and relevant to the modern world. Furthermore, career-mapping, workforce skills literacy and mentored internships ensure our students graduate tech-savvy, college and career ready. Today, this unique educational model continues to prove itself. With free* laptops, year-round classes, a low student/teacher ratio, and focus on college and career readiness, City High averages a 94% graduation rate – across all demographic groups.

Pam Keen became CEO of The Children’s Home & Lemieux Family Center in 1993 and is credited with expanding and creating programs to best meet the needs of families through our programs: Adoption, Child’s Way, Pediatric VIEW, Counseling, Family Centered Therapy Services and the Pediatric Specialty Hospital. After 31 years, Pam is retiring. Stacy Schesler, who has been with the organization for 11 years and is the current Chief Operating Officer...will be stepping in the role of CEO.

Hope Gas is a Local Distribution Company (LDC) that proudly provides gas service to approximately 125,000 residential, industrial, and commercial customers in thirty-five West Virginia counties. We monitor and maintain more than 6900 miles of pipelines that safely deliver WV natural gas to many homes and commercial or industrial sites. We currently employ over 400 employees working right here in our beautiful Mountain State with the sole purpose of staying true to our company’s mission and vision in West Virginia.

Technically speaking, ALCOSAN only has 83 customers, the municipalities that rely on us to treat their wastewater and transform it from dirty to clean; but, within those municipalities, nearly 900,000 people rely on our services. https://www.alcosan.org/

"Westmoreland Cultural Trust is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to stimulate cultural and economic development in the Westmoreland County region. We promote the performing arts; we preserve and enhance our region's assets for the benefit of the community." https://www.thepalacetheatre.org/westmoreland-cultural-trust/

TRI-LINK CONTRACTING: If you’re looking for quality, reliability, affordability, and promises kept, look no further than Tri-Link Contracting Services. Our veteran-owned team is ready to restore your home today. https://trilinkcontracting.com/ CORNERSTONE RESIDENCE: A 501c3 not for profit organization, is honored to welcome Veterans looking for a sober home. Homelessness, suicide, and fractured families are just a few of the issues that plague those who have served our country. TCR offers a supportive environment where men can work toward healing and transformation, reconnect with their families, and be an asset to their communities.

Lucas B. Piatt is the Chief Executive Officer of Piatt Companies and Piatt Sotheby’s International Realty. After over 25 years in development, real estate, and leadership, Lucas artfully blends his professional experience with his passion to bring innovative projects to life. He oversees a portfolio of over $1 billion in revitalization projects throughout Western Pennsylvania, having invested over $500 million in the redevelopment of Downtown Pittsburgh over the past 20 years. Lucas is a respected industry leader who values partnerships to create world-class, luxury experiences for everyone in Pittsburgh.

The Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Pittsburgh and Morgantown, Inc. provides a way for families to stay close to their children receiving medical care, and is committed to helping the families lead happier, healthier and more productive lives. https://rmhcpgh-mgtn.org/

Ethic Advertising Agency: Founded in 2014, specializes in paid advertising and the creative that supports it for the advertisers that are too big for a small shop and too small for a big shop. ($50k to a few million in ad spend). We provide in-house digital advertising (PPC/SEM, OTT/CTV, Display, Video Pre-roll, Native, Social Media, Google Grants, Digital Audio, etc...), media buying, media planning, and creative (video, animation, graphic design, audio, and website development) services. There are 15 employees. https://www.ethic-ads.com/ Qujam: Self-serve geofence advertising software with no minimums. We launched this brand in 2023. It allows anyone to easily run geofence advertising campaigns for display, OTT/CTV, and video pre-roll campaigns. About Jeff: I knew I wanted to run an ad agency when I was in college. I spent nearly 10 years building the capital and skills at CBS TV, as a media buyer/planner, and some real estate investing to launch Ethic Advertising Agency in 2014. I authored a short e-book on the 9 Reasons Why Advertising Doesn't Work and I'm big on culture and core values in the advertising agency space having given talks around the subject at Ad Week and for the Media Association of Pittsburgh. I'm married with two children and a dog!

Attorney Leonelli has been selected to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars® list since 2018, an honor awarded to the best up-and-coming attorneys. He is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, reserved for attorneys who have achieved million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for their clients. Attorney Leonelli was voted for inclusion in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, an honor based on rigorous peer review. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."He is a magna cum laude graduate of Duquesne University School of Law and has continued this track record of excellence during his time at our law firm. He's committed to understanding the ins and outs of your case, including how it has affected your life. Attorney Leonelli will do everything he can to make sure you get the compensation you deserve for your injuries.

Our Mission: HearWell Center will offer thoughtful, professional care tailored to the unique needs of each patient by striving to provide best practices and state-of-the-art technology in hearing care. About Us: HearWell Center strives to provide the highest standard of care to patients with, or at high risk to hearing and disorders, in a respectful, friendly and professional environment. The goal is to maximize the patient experience and enhances quality of life through individual-based audiology services including hearing tests, diagnostics, education, counseling, treatments, rehabilitation and devices (such as hearing aids, cochlear implants, hearing protection assistive devices, and alerting devices). A strong patient-provider relationship based on honesty, integrity, and values is what we aim for, and we feel that this is the best approach to making sure patients don’t miss any of the precious moments in life. We provide a strong patient-provider relation as we know this is the best approach to making sure patients don’t miss any precious moments in life. https://www.hearwellcenter.com/

Hi! I’m Melissa Laughlin – wife, mom, entrepreneur, and a girl after God’s own heart! I am the founder and CEO of Blessed Home Project.This story begins when I was 19 years old and started my own cleaning company. Throughout the years it grew and expanded, but I continued to feel a tug on my heart for something more. When friends or family were going through challenging times, I noticed everyone brings food (which is great) but I thought I could clean your toilets and floors and that would be helpful too. As years went on, I would do just that.One day on the job, God made it clear to me that I should start a nonprofit to expand the reach of those in need of this service. My husband and I prayed and processed what that might look like. In 2020, we made it official! We worked through all the legal aspects, formed the board, and started serving in the community in 2021. This organization was created to be a blessing by using the practical gift of cleaning to alleviate a burden and be a light in someone’s life. https://www.blessedhomeproject.org/

Established in 2006, Drusky Entertainment is Pittsburgh’s premiere concert promoter, producing over 500 concerts annually in the tri-state (PA, OH, WV) area.We have been named Pittsburgh’s Best Concert Promoter eight years in a row. Our company promotes concerts at venues ranging in size from 200 person capacity clubs to 20,000 capacity person arenas. https://druskyentertainment.com/

Immerse yourself in the magic of literature at the 2024 Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books! The third annual event will take place on May 11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, located at 616 North Highland Ave., Pittsburgh, PA. The Festival is FREE for all ages and will feature author talks, poetry readings, workshops, book signings, children’s and young adult activities, performances and much more. The Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books is dedicated to enhancing education and literacy in our communities while celebrating its love for reading. Visit www.pittsburghbookfestival.org to learn more. Volunteer opportunities are also available at www.pittsburghbookfestival.org/volunteer.

We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit youth advocacy organization that strives to enrich the lives of underrepresented youth in the Greater Pittsburgh area via the games of baseball and softball. We provide affordable and accessible baseball and softball programming for youth including year-round travel teams, clinics, and community training. Our FOCUS (Facilitating Opportunities for College and Universal Success) Program provides academic and social enrichment (including college advisement & recruiting services), along with career readiness programming. https://www.pittsburghhardball.org/

To provide beauty, joy and opportunity – every day to everyone – we focus on our 3 foundational values: care, creativity and community. We make this commitment to our Customers, Stylists, Home Office Team and the communities in which we work, live and play, to create an experience of SabikaJOY. https://sabika-jewelry.com/

A place where you can get real with people who have your back. That’s Entrepreneurs Forever. We bring together small business owners just like you to learn from each other’s experiences, share support and tackle problems as they happen. It’s not a class. It’s real-life learning that works. And it’s completely free to you. https://www.entrepreneursforever.org/