Leadership & Staff | The Beckwith Institute

Board of Directors

In addition to its governance and fiduciary roles, the Board serves as the final selecting body for all project funding. Its members share a passion for making health care work better. They represent a wide range of internal and external expertise, competencies, and perspectives. The Board plays a critical role in helping us understand, think strategically, and prioritize innovative solutions to critical health care issues.

Dorothy Beckwith

Co-Founder, The Beckwith Institute

G. Nicholas Beckwith III

Chairman, UPMC Board of Directors
Co-Founder, The Beckwith Institute

All Board Members

Timothy Billiar, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Bruce Bowden
Partner, Leech Tishman

Deborah Brodine
President, UPMC Community Provider Services

Louise Brown
Executive Director, Shadyside Hospital Foundation

Leslie C. Davis
Senior Vice President, UPMC
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
UPMC Health Services Division

Jackie Dunbar-Jacob
Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing

Robert Edwards, MD
Chairman, Department of Ob/Gyn/Reproductive Sciences
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
Director, Transformational Medicine UPMC

Mark Gladwin, MD
Chair, Department of Medicine
Director, Vascular Medicine Institute
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Co-Director/Research, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

Steven Handler, MD
Director, Geriatric Telemedicine Programs
Chief Medical Informatics Officer, UPMC Senior Communities

Talbot Heppenstall
Executive Vice President and Treasurer, UPMC
President, UPMC Enterprises

Dawndra Jones
Vice President, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer
UPMC McKeesport

Ed Karlovich
Chief Financial Officer
UPMC Health Services Division

Mark Laskow
Managing Director
Greycourt & Co., Inc.

Joon Sup Lee, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Co-Director, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

Louis Leff, MD, FACP
Medical Director, eRecord
UPMC Shadyside

Holly Lorenz
Chief Nurse Executive, UPMC

Oscar Marroquin, MD
Chief Clinical Analytics Officer
UPMC Health Services Division

Ed McCallister
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
UPMC Information Services Division

Amy Nixon
Interim President
Shady Side Academy

Stephen Perkins, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Commercial and Medicare Services
UPMC Health Plan

Sandra L. Rader
Vice President, Patient Care Services Administration and Chief Nursing Officer UPMC Presbyterian & Shadyside

Mark Roberts, MD
Co-Director, Center for Research on Healthcare
Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health

Fred Rubin, MD
Chairman, Department of Medicine
UPMC Shadyside

James M. Schuster, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health and Medicaid Services
Vice President, Behavioral Health Integration
Chief Medical Officer, Community Care Behavioral Health
UPMC Insurance Services Division

Steven D. Shapiro, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, UPMC
President, UPMC Health Services Division

William Shrank, MD MSHS
Chief Medical Officer
UPMC Insurance Services Division

Jessica Trybus
Founder, Chair and Chief Games Officer, Simcoach Games
Faculty, Carnegie Mellon University

Gail Wolf
Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing (Retired)
Former Chief Nursing Officer, UPMC

V. Thomas Worrall, MD
Orthopaedic Surgeon, UPMC (Retired)
Former Medical Director, Wolff Center at UPMC (Retired)

Student Board

The Beckwith Institute welcomes the opportunity to inspire and encourage the next generation of health care leaders through our Student Board. Each year, The Beckwith Institute appoints two high school students as non-voting members of the Board, offering them the opportunity to learn about options in the health care field while working on projects alongside our staff.

Grace Anania

Senior, Shady Side Academy

Djibril Branche

Junior, Shady Side Academy

UPMC Executive Support

Executive support is provided by UPMC to ensure that the vision and mission of The Beckwith Institute is executed. These individuals work closely with all UPMC leaders to identify innovation opportunities, solicit proposals, and provide grantees with essential support and monitoring to ensure timely progress and successful completion of projects.