BJ Leber 

Secretary and Treasurer

BJ Leber has been President & CEO of Adagio Health since 2014. During her time at Adagio Health, she has led the organization to expand services and geographic coverage; and Adagio Health has become a regional leader in women-focused healthcare delivery and advocacy. Adagio Health serves 110,000 patients and clients per year in Pennsylvania.

BJ is a recognized leader in the field of nonprofit management. She previously served as President & CEO of The Western Pennsylvania Hospital Foundation. Prior to that, she served as Interim CEO for the YWCA and Chief of Staff for Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O’Connor. BJ was VP & Station Manager for WQED Pittsburgh’s Public TV and Radio Stations.

BJ is a member and past president of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the International Women’s Forum. She serves on the National Advisory Council of the Elsie Hillman Civic Advisory Forum at the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute of Politics. She is on the boards of Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting (WESA and WYEP Public Radio Stations), Highmark Caring Foundation and Family Planning Councils of America. BJ is a former board chair of Pittsburgh’s Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, an appointment by Governor Tom Wolf. She is also a past chair of Leadership Pittsburgh, VisitPittsburgh, Brother’s Brother International Foundation and Pressley Ridge Schools.

BJ lives in Highland Park with her husband Jeff. They have two sons. Daniel and his girlfriend Jenna Baron live in Pittsburgh. Alan and his wife Hyojin live in Brooklyn, NY.

Audrey Murrell

Board Member 

Audrey J. Murrell is currently Professor and Associate Dean within the College of Business Administration. She is also the Director of the David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Business.  Dr. Murrell conducts research on mentoring, careers in organizations, workplace/supplier diversity and social issues in management. This work has been published widely in management and psychology journals including several books: “Mentoring Dilemmas: Developmental Relationships within Multicultural Organizations” (with Crosby and Ely); “Intelligent Mentoring: How IBM Creates Value through People, Knowledge and Relationships” (with Forte-Trummel and Bing); and, the recent book entitled, “Mentoring Diverse Leaders: Creating Change for People, Processes and Paradigms” (McGraw-Hill) with Stacy Blake-Beard. Dr. Murrell serves as a consultant in the areas of mentoring, leadership development, and diversity/inclusion. Audrey’s community service activities include having served on and chaired a number of non-profit and community boards.

Rosamaria Cristello 

Board Member 

Rosamaria Cristello is the Executive Director and Founder of the Latino Community Center in Pittsburgh, PA. The Latino Center supports the growing Latino community through Youth Development and Enrichment opportunities, advocacy, leadership, and education. Before launching the community center, Rosamaria directed the Latino Family Center under the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, which focuses on early childhood development. Under her leadership, a Latino Community Assessment for Allegheny County was conducted to better understand the dreams and goals of the more vulnerable Latinos and the barriers they are facing in achieving their goals.

Rosamaria serves on several boards. She is the Co-Chair for the Immigrants & Internationals Advisory Council for the Allegheny County Department of Human Services, which was created to advance the Department’s vision of an accessible, culturally competent, human services system. She also serves on the board of the Office of Child Development under the University of Pittsburgh and on the Mayor’s Welcoming Pittsburgh Steering Committee.

Rosamaria was named one of Pittsburgh’s 40 Under 40 in 2016 and was the first recipient of the Barbara McNeese Spirit of Athena Award which provides free tuition to the CMU Women’s Leadership and Negotiation Academy. Originally from Guatemala, Rosamaria grew up in Arlington, Virginia and now resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received her bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Regional Planning and Geographic Information Systems from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and her master’s degree in Public Administration through the Graduate School of Public & International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh.

Margaret (Peg) McCormick Barron

Board Member

Throughout her nearly 35 years in public affairs, including government relations, communications and marketing, Peg has advised public officials and candidates, established institutional programs and served as a spokesperson. Early in her career, Peg held positions in the offices of U.S. Representatives Doug Walgren and Leon Panetta. Later she served on the senior staff of Governor Robert P. Casey.

Over more than a dozen years she established and grew the government affairs program at Carnegie Mellon University. Peg worked directly for the university President and supported university-wide research and economic development initiatives. She developed a similar office at Magee-Womens Hospital.

Perhaps her most visible role was that of Press Secretary and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy. Peg transitioned from full-time work in 2013 after ten years of continuously increasing management responsibilities at the West Penn Allegheny Health System, including government affairs, communications and marketing, and fund development. As Executive Vice President, she reported to the CEO and worked closely with board members. 

Peg has served as a strategic consultant at various times throughout her career for the Carnegie Library and Museums, City of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Sports & Exhibition Authority and America and the Importance of Work, Inc. 

In the past eight years, Peg has been invited to serve on the boards of non-profit organizations and governmental authorities in the Pittsburgh region. She is past Chair of Riverlife, and current Chair of the Squirrel Hill Health Center. Peg also serves as Vice Chair of a five Allegheny County economic development authorities. She was named to the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority in May 2021.

Past board positions include the Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh, Catholic Charities of Pittsburgh, the Salvation Army of Western Pennsylvania and the City of Pittsburgh Marathon.

Peg is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. She lives with her husband, Bill, on the City’s South Side Slopes. They are the proud parents of daughter, Mara, a Pitt alumnus and employee.

James Martin

Board Member

James R. Martin II is the Vice Chancellor for STEM Research and Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh. Previously, he was the U.S. Steel Dean of Engineering in the Swanson School of Engineering after serving as the Bob Benmosche Professor and Chair of the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering at Clemson University. There he led the development of new curricula, establishment of new degree programs and forged new transdisciplinary research collaborations both nationally and in China. Prior to Clemson, Dean Martin served more than 20 years on the civil engineering faculty at Virginia Tech and five years as director of the Disaster Risk Management Institute. Internationally recognized for his earthquake research, Dean Martin has served as an earthquake engineering consultant on more than 100 major infrastructure projects for global corporations, engineering firms and government agencies, and has contributed to improved earthquake building code standards in the central and eastern U.S. Dean Martin earned a B.S. in civil engineering from The Citadel, and M.S. and PhD in civil engineering from Virginia Tech. He has received numerous national, state and university awards for research, teaching and professional service, including the American Society of Civil Engineer’s Norman Medal, the highest honor for published work in his field. He was inducted into the Virginia Tech Civil Engineering Department Academy of Distinguished Alumni in 2015.