6 Pitt people were named Pittsburgh Business Times Women of Influence

Six Pitt staff and alumnae have been named Women of Influence by the Pittsburgh Business Times.

The annual award “honors the region's most impactful businesswomen who are helping to lead their organizations into the future, making significant change in the region and getting involved in their communities.”

This year’s winners will be recognized in a special edition of the magazine on May 16 and during a ceremony at Acrisure Stadium on May 21.

The Pitt-affiliated winners are:

• Rhonda Carson-Leach, director of the entrepreneurial fellows class and the Urban and Community Entrepreneurship Program at Pitt’s Innovation Institute
• Alyssa Cholodofsky, CEO of 412 Food Rescue (A&S ’89, GSPIA ’95)
• Amy Coles, partner and co-chair of Blank Rome LLP’s Pittsburgh office (LAW ’02)
• Rosa Davis, CEO of the Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery (SOC WK, ’86G)
• Susheela Nemani-Stanger, executive director of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (GSPIA ’07)
• Susie Shipley, Pennsylvania, Ohio Valley and Mahoning Valley regional president of Huntington National Bank (BUS '88G)