July 21: Roberta Schomburg, The Fred Rogers Center, Interim Executive Director

Roberta Schomburg serves as the interim Executive Director of the Fred Rogers Center. She is formeraly Associate Dean and professor of Early Childhood in the School of Education at Carlow University in Pittsburgh, where she has taught for twenty-five years. Roberta is a past Senior Fellow at the Fred Rogers Center, where she advises various […]

PCN Profiles: Raj Rajkumar, Carnegie Mellon University, Autonomous Car Pioneer July 28, 2019

Raj Rajkumar is the George Westinghouse Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, where he also directs the USDOT National University Transportation Center on Mobility and Metro21, CMU’s Smart Cities Initiative. In addition, he directs the Real-Time and Multimedia Systems Laboratory, and codirects the General Motors–Carnegie Mellon Connected and […]

Aug 4: Amy Lutz, Fox 43 News Anchor

Amy Lutz has spent the past 14 years as a journalist anchoring local news in Ohio, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, and Pennsylvania. She volunteers on the Board of Directors for two non-profits:  Turning Point, a Women’s Counseling and Advocacy Center in York County and the York County Children’s Advocacy Center. She has […]

PCN Profiles: Jeannine Peterson, Hamilton Health Center, CEO August 25, 2019

Jeanine Peterson is Chief Executive Officer of Hamilton Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center providing medical, dental, behavioral health, and social services to over 20,000 residents of south central Pennsylvania.  Ms. Peterson has more than 35 years experience in public and community health, with a specific focus on issues that disproportionately impact minority and […]

PCN Profiles: Chris Martin, C. F. Martin & Co, Chair and CEO Sept 1, 2019

Chris Martin IV is the Chair and CEO of C. F. Martin & Co, America’s oldest and most revered guitar maker, based in Nazareth, PA. The company was founded in 1833 by his great-great-great grandfather, C. F. Martin. Under the current leadership, the company has experienced unprecedented sales and production growth, maintained quality standards, introduced […]

PCN Profiles: Larry Krasner, Philadelphia District Attorney, Sept. 8, 2019

Larry Krasner was elected Philadelphia’s 26th District Attorney in 2017, and took office in 2018. During his tenure, Mr. Krasner has sought to spearhead criminal justice reform by ending bail payments for low-level offenders, reducing supervision for parolees and seeking more lenient sentences for certain crimes. Prior to his government service, Mr. Krasner earned degrees […]

PCN Profiles, George Wolff, Harrisburg Lobbyist

George Wolff has served as a lobbyist in Harrisburg for 65 years, spanning 13 governors. During his tenure, Mr. Wolff has seen the Pennsylvania General Assembly transition from a part-time to full-time legislature. Much of Mr. Wolff’s work focused on issues related to transportation and agriculture, including advocating for increased safety standards in the trucking […]

PCN Profiles: Chris Martin; Chair and CEO of C. F. Martin & Co.

Chris Martin IV is the Chair and CEO of C. F. Martin & Co, America’s oldest and most revered guitar maker, based in Nazareth, PA. The company was founded in 1833 by his great-great-great grandfather, C. F. Martin. Under the current leadership, the company has experienced unprecedented sales and production growth, maintained quality standards, introduced […]

Tina Williams Brewer, Internationally Renowned Fiber Artist

Tina Williams Brewer has been using story quilts as an expression of her art for the past 30 years. Brewer has worked toward guiding her work, and those in the community who have joined her, to the unexplored and new. She encourages others to break the rules on traditional quilting methods, as she was encouraged […]

Chris “Handles” Franklin, Guard for the Harlem Globetrotters

Chris “Handles” Franklin is a Guard for the Harlem Globetrotters, and grew up watching the cartoons in the 1970s. His first glimpse at basketball, he was hooked, and knew from the age of 6 that was what he wanted to do. He dribbled up and down his street, without a court, practicing and honing his […]