Our Team
Board of Directors
The Allies for Children board of directors is made up of a dedicated group of civic, corporate and community leaders. The board jointly sets and oversees the strategic direction of the organization.
Allison Sizemore
Allies for Children Board President
Partner, ReedSmith
Michelle Figlar
Allies for Children Board Vice President
Executive Director, The Birmingham Foundation
James Isler
Allies for Children Treasurer
Chief Investment Officer, SCC Investment Advisors
Katie Unger-Chipps
Allies for Children Board Secretary
Community and Business Leader
Willy McKain
Chief Financial Officer, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Lora McKnight
Chief Operating Officer, Vibrant Pittsburgh
Lisa Padilla
Behavioral Social Scientist
Our Founding Board Members
Joan Benso
President and CEO, Pennsylvania Partnership for Children
Douglas E. Cameron
Partner, Reed Smith, LLP
Douglas A. Campbell
Co-founder, Campbell & Levine, LLC
Thomas N. Canfield
CEO (Ret.), Equity Catalysts LLC
William R. Caroselli
Caroselli, Beachler, McTiernan & Conboy, LLC
Julie A. Dever
Vice President, BNY Mellon – Interim Treasurer
Richard L. Fischer
President and Director (Ret.), Alcoa International Holding Co.
Linda Varrenti Hernandez
Of Counsel, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.
Georgia Hernandez
Chair, Allegheny County Department of Human Services, Office of Children, Youth and Families Advisory Board
Judith T. Horgan*
Founder, Child Watch of Pittsburgh – Interim Vice President
Julie Fallon Hughes
President, Fifth Third Bank, Pennsy
Martha W. Isler*
Public Policy Consultant, Early Childhood Education – Interim President
Barbara Jeremiah
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development (Ret.), Alcoa
Anne Lewis
Board Chair, Oxford Development Company
W. Thomas McGough, Jr.
Senior VP, Chief Legal Officer, UPMC
Walter Howard Smith, Jr., Ph.D.
Integrated Program Initiatives Manager, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
Floyd L. Titus
Managing Partner, J.FELTRIC Consulting
Hilary S. Tyson
Board Member, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Bonnie W. VanKirk
Community Volunteer
Thomas M. Von Lehman, Ph.D.
Managing Director, The Meridian Group
*Emeritus Board Members