Staff and Board – Wilkinsburg Community Ministry

WCM currently has a staff comprised of full and part-time people who work with over 20 community volunteers

Staff:

- Ruth Kittner Ph.D., Executive Director
- Adam Morgan, Senior Pantry Coordinator
- Howard Freeman, Mobile Pantry Coordinator
- Sabreen Megherhi, Food Pantry Specialist
- Ruth Boykin, Assistant Pantry Coordinator
- Indyka Blabek, Pantry Attendant
- Colleen Carr, Garden Coordinator
- Virginia (Ginnie) Farnsworth, Communications Assistant
- Rita Feustel, Pantry Attendant
- Leila Jackson, Pantry Assistant
- Robert (Bob) Johnson, Pantry Assistant/Driver
- Marcus Smith, Maintenance and Assistant Mobile Pantry Coordinator
- James (Jim) Smithhammer, Pantry Assistant/Driver

WCM Board of Directors

Officers and Executive Committee:

- Beth Simon, President. Elder, Waverly United Presbyterian Church
- Jane Fox, Vice President. Sixth Presbyterian Church
- Tom Ochs, Finance Secretary. First Presbyterian Church, Edgewood
- George Bradley, Treasurer
- Jerry Gaudi, Wilkinsburg Resident, Recording Secretary, Impact Redevelopment
- Claudia K. (Kim) Viehland, Recording Secretary, Mifflin Avenue United Methodist Church
- Larry Viehland, Mifflin Avenue United Methodist Church

Board Members:

- Don Block, St. Stephens Episcopal Church. Non-profit consultant. Previously Executive Director, Literacy Pittsburgh
- Joe Bute, Wilkinsburg Resident. President, Food21
- Patricia Hauser, Member-at-Large
- Jeff Hoener, South Avenue United Methodist Church. Insurance Underwriter, Underwriters Brokerage Services
- Leah Jacobs, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
- Tom Mitchell, Associate Pastor, Covenant Church of Pittsburgh
- Cecilia Sims, Co-Pastor, Christian Church of Wilkinsburg

Emeritus Directors:

- Janet Hellner-Burris, Co-Pastor, Christian Church of Wilkinsburg
- Jack Peffer, Founder (deceased)

Advisors:

- Doreen Boyce
- Roger Schneider
- Deborah Dimasi, SalesForce Consultant