Joe serves as Chairperson of the Partners For Quality Parent Board of Trustees and Chair of the PFQ Foundation Board. Joe has been a member of the Board for over 30 years serving in various capacities. Happily retired, Joe and his wife Susan enjoy golfing and traveling. The Mandarino family resides in McMurray, PA.
Karen serves as Chair of Allegheny Children’s Initiative and is a Board member for the Partners For Quality Parent Board of Directors. Karen leads the patient care team at Washington Health System. She provides leadership in developing hospital-wide patient care programs and collaborates with members of the Medical Staff to identify patient care needs to ensure that systems and processes optimize patient safety and enhance patient, staff and physician satisfaction.
Karen is a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives and the Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders. She has extensive experience in the fields of Critical Care and Nursing Management and has lectured and published in both of those fields. Karen holds a BSN from the University of Pittsburgh and M.S. in Nursing Administration and Nursing Education.
Karen previously served as VP of Patient Care Services at Grove City Medical Center and Ohio Valley General Hospital.
Mr. Weaver serves on the Exceptional Adventures Board. He is the President of Roy F. Johns Associates.
Jim serves on the Allegheny Children's Initiative Board. Mr. Plake is the Executive Vice President and CFO for the Pittsburgh Pirates and has been with the organization for 24 years.
Mr. Taylor is a finance executive with expertise directing financial, compliance, tax and accounting activities.
Deborah is a shareholder with the law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC where she is a member of the Financial Institutions, Bankruptcy and Real Estate Section. She concentrates her practice in the areas of corporate, commercial and banking law. In addition, she has served, on a volunteer basis, as a member of various boards and organizations, including the Parental Stress Center. Deborah sees her involvement with the Board as a way to contribute to the community in which she has spent most of her life and to use her skills and expertise to help others.
The Partners For Qulity Management Team provides support to all PFQ subsidiary agencies.