2008-2009 Board of Directors
John R. Denny - Board Chair
Greg Kaminski - Treasurer
Heidi Bartholemew - Secretary
Tessa Nicholson - Investment Committee
Todd Palcic - Associates
Karl Krieger - Advisory
Carrie Barmen - Recruitment Committee
Erin Queen - Education Committee
Andrea Fitting - Chair Emeritus
2007-2008 Board of Directors
Andrea Fitting, Board Chair
Nancy Kury, Vice Chair
Joy Braunstein, Secretary
Greg Kaminski, Treasurer
Felecia Bute
John Denny
Ravi Reddy
Kristie Sinclair PSVP Staff Terry Beggy, Executive Director
terry@psvp.org Terry Beggy, is the Executive Director of Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners (PSVP), a nonprofit organization that catalyzes positive social change by linking donors - those wanting to give back in some way - and nonprofits doing high impact work in a new way. Most recently, Terry was the Associate Executive Director of Duquesne University’s Nonprofit Leadership Institute (NLI) and the Director of Boards-by-Designsm. Terry joined the NLI after returning to the Pittsburgh area from Washington, D.C. where she developed and extensive and varied background in Marketing and Customer Service with Verizon Communications. Terry has delivered Customer Service seminars nationally and internationally. Leadership positions she’s held include Executive Director Customer Care and Billing, Executive Director Customer Driven Quality and Executive Director Operator Services Marketing.Shortly after joining the NLI in 2001, Terry began developing a new program to match civic minded individuals with nonprofit agencies. Boards-by-Design has enjoyed tremendous success and was recognized in 2003 as an outstanding new program by the Association for Continuing Higher Education. Terry supported the NLI by providing consulting and training services in the area of strategic planning and nonprofit governance. She has been adjunct faculty for the NLI’s Leadership Academy and for the Women In Leadership Program at the Coro Center for Civic Leadership. Terry holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Clarion University and an M.B.A from George Mason University. She is a graduate of executive training programs at the Center for Creative Leadership, The University of Virginia’s Darden School, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Graduate School of Business, and Crosby College. She is a 1993 graduate of Leadership America. She is a founding member and past president of the Association of Bell Atlantic Women, was a member of the board of advisors of the National Museum of Women’s History, and a former partner and secretary with Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners. Terry is currently on the board of directors of Bethlehem Haven. 
John R. DennyJohn is currently employed as Director of Community Relations for The Hillman Company. In this capacity, he provides strategic support and organizational management in four program areas: promoting the Pittsburgh region, identifying community problems and developing solutions, bridge building and community giving. As Director of Community Relations, John reports directly to Elsie Hillman, and has initiated and advanced community supported initiatives such as the Pittsburgh Presence and the Pittsburgh-D.C. Project, two efforts to develop and advance the region’s federal advocacy agenda and position Pittsburgh as a high tech, fast growing region. He has been instrumental in the formation of the National Center for Defense Robotics and the Center for Communications and Computer Security. In addition, John is focused on immigration and talent attraction efforts and has been part of a team that created the Pittsburgh International Community Task Force and the New Pittsburgh Collaborative. In 2000, John launched Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners (PSVP), a new philanthropic organization comprised of partners who pool their financial and human capital resources into a mutual fund, applying the venture capital model to grant making. Its mission is to apply engaged grant making, and serve as a catalyst for more philanthropy and volunteerism within the community. The Pittsburgh model is part of a larger Social Venture Partners movement of venture philanthropy which has taken root nationally in over a dozen cities. Today, Pittsburgh is recognized as a leader among SVP cities and has been cited for its fast growth, attracting more than 45 partners within the organizations first eight months of start-up, with more than 50 partners today. John has gained a solid reputation as a skilled strategic political advisor. In 1988, at the age of twenty-four, he was named the youngest executive director of a successful statewide presidential campaign for his work in Pennsylvania for President George Bush Sr. John has also held key leadership positions in the campaigns of U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, former Governor Tom Ridge and former County Executive Jim Roddey. Active in the community, John currently serves on a variety of boards and commissions including: Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners Executive Committee, The Children’s Institute, The Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, Carlow University, RIDC, Allegheny Regional Asset District Citizen’s Advisory Board, River Life Task Force and YouthPlaces. His prior board commitments include include The Robert Morris College Alumni Executive Committee, Magee Women’s Hospital Foundation, and Social Venture Partners International. John has been recognized as a leader in the community as Robert Morris University Alumni Achievement Award recipient in 1999, Pittsburgh Magazine’s 40 under 40 leaders in 2000, Pittsburgh Business Times Change Makers in 2001 and selected as one of Pittsburgh Magazine’s Pittsburghers of the Year in 2002. He was also selected as one of 70 national participants in the Aspen Institute’s Socrates Society seminar on “Venture Philanthropy.” Born and raised in Derry, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, John Denny and his wife Kelley live in O’Hara Township are of Allegheny County with their three children. 
Greg Kaminski After graduating from Penn State in 1978 with a degree in Engineering Science (PSU’s advanced engineering program - 3.7 GPA), I started my career as an engineer with GE San Jose. I obtained an MS Mechanical Engineering from U.C. Berkeley and took an engineering position at Applied Materials (world’s largest semiconductor equipment company) in 1981. At Applied, I moved from engineering to marketing, traveling extensively worldwide. In 1986, my friend and I self-funded a company supplying automation software to the semiconductor industry. We were pioneers in this small market and managed to carve out a small niche business. We sold the company in 1992 to Brooks Automation (www.brooks.com ). In 1994, I left Brooks for another startup, Enatec which we quickly sold to Wonderware www.wonderware.com, now part of a large industrial automation company, Invensys plc, headquartered in the UK. Shortly thereafter, I started providing marketing strategy and business development to semiconductor equipment and software companies in Silicon Valley. In order to be closer to my aging parents, my family and I moved to Pittsburgh in 2000. I “retired” for several years, then started doing some part-time marketing consulting for a small industrial automation services company in Canada (www.peergroup.com ). Now that my children are starting to leave the home, I started a somewhat more formal technology marketing consulting practice. I recently added a new client, RedZone Robotics, in Lawrenceville. The strategy of my consulting practice is to have only 2-3 clients at any one time with a very hands-on approach. I work closely with my client’s executives and, in some cases (as I am with my two current clients), become the part-time director of marketing. My goal is to understand the market, competition, etc. then help the management team develop business strategy, corporate and product positioning along with marketing materials to support sales.
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