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The Commission

We are the planning agency serving Southwestern Pennsylvania region which includes the City of Pittsburgh, and the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland.

As the federally certified Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and Local Development District (LDD), we direct the use of state and federal transportation and economic development funds allocated to the region—approximately $35 billion through 2045. We help counties, cities, municipalities, and townships access state and federal transportation funds.

Our Commission meets on the last Monday every other month. Members serve multi-year terms and may be reappointed. The chair and vice-chair, elected by voting members, serve two-year terms.

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SPC Officers

Leslie Osche
Chair, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
Chair, Butler County Board of Commissioners

Pat Fabian
Vice-Chair, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission

Vincent A. Vicites
Secretary-Treasurer, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
Fayette County Board of Commissioners

Executive Committee

Allegheny County
Rich Fitzgerald
Allegheny County Chief Executive

Armstrong County
Pat Fabian
Vice-Chair, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
Armstrong County Board of Commissioners

Beaver County
Daniel C. Camp, III.
Chair, Beaver County Board

Butler County
Leslie Osche
Chair, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
Chair, Butler County Board of Commissioners

Fayette County
Vincent A. Vicites
Secretary-Treasurer, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
Fayette County Board of Commissioners

Greene County
Mike Belding
Chair, Greene County Board of Commissioners

Indiana County
Sherene Hess
Indiana County Board Of Commissioners

Lawrence County
Loretta Spielvogel
Lawrence County Board of Commissioners

Pittsburgh
Ed Gainey
Mayor, City of Pittsburgh

Washington County
Diana Irey Vaughan
Chair, Washington County Board of Commissioners

Westmoreland County
Sean Kertes
Chair, Westmoreland County Board of Commissioners

At-Large

Lynn Heckman
Allegheny County

Larry Maggi
Washington County Board of Commissioners

Department of Community and Economic Development

Johnna A. Pro
Southwest Regional Director
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development

PennDOT

Larry S. Shifflet
Deputy Secretary of Planning
PA Department of Transportation

Governor’s Appointee

Patrick Joyal
Southwest Regional Director
Governor Josh Shapiro

All Members Listing

Allegheny County

Rich Fitzgerald
Allegheny County Chief Executive

Lynn Heckman
Allegheny County

Clifford B. Levine
Cohen & Grigsby, PC

Robert J. Macey
Allegheny County Council – District 9

Jennifer Beer
President & CEO of Leadership Pittsburgh

Armstrong County

Don Myers
Armstrong County Board of Commissioners

Pat Fabian
Vice-Chair, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
Armstrong County Board of Commissioners

Jason Renshaw
Armstrong County Board of Commissioners

Darin Alviano
Armstrong County Planning and Development

Kelli Wingard
Elderton State Bank

Beaver County

Tony Amadio
Beaver County Board of Commissioners

Jack Manning
Beaver County Board of Commissioners

Daniel C. Camp, III
Chair, Beaver County Board of Commissioners

Kelly Gray
Widmer Engineering

Charles Jones
City of Beaver Falls

Butler County

Leslie Osche
Chair, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
Butler County Board of Commissioners

Kim Geyer
Butler County Board of Commissioners

Kevin Boozel
Butler County Board of Commissioners

Mark Gordon
Butler County Economic Development and Planning

Amber Davis
Butler County

Fayette County

Vince Vicites
Secretary-Treasurer, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
Fayette County Board of Commissioners

Scott Dunn
Fayette County Board of Commissioners

Dave Lohr
Fayette County Board of Commissioners

Robert Lesnick
Fayette County

Fred Junko
Fayette County

Greene County

Mike Belding
Greene County Board of Commissioners

Blair Zimmerman
Greene County Board of Commissioners

Betsy McClure
Greene County Board of Commissioners

Jeffery A. Marshall
Greene County

Rich Cleveland
Greene County Economic Development

Indiana County

Mike Keith
Indiana County Board of Commissioners

Robin Gorman
Indiana County Board of Commissioners

Sherene Hess
Indiana County Board of Commissioners

Byron Stauffer
Indiana County Office of Planning & Development

Mark Hilliard
Indiana County Chamber of Commerce

Lawrence County

Loretta Spielvogel
Lawrence County Board of Commissioners

Daniel J. Vogler
Lawrence County Board of Commissioners

Brad Berlin
Lawrence County

Amy McKinney
Lawrence County Planning Department

Washington County

Diana Irey-Vaughan
Washington County Board of Commissioners

Larry Maggi
Washington County Board of Commissioners

Nick Sherman
Washington County Board of Commissioners

John Timney
Washington County

Robert Griffin
Redevelopment Authority of the County of Washington

Westmoreland County

Sean Kertes
Westmoreland County Board of Commissioners

Douglas Chew
Westmoreland County Board of Commissioners

Ted Kopas
Westmoreland County Board of Commissioners

Robert Regola III
Westmoreland County

Tom Ceraso
Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County

City of Pittsburgh

Ed Gainey
Mayor, City of Pittsburgh

Rev. Ricky Burgess
Pittsburgh City Council – District 9

Scott Bricker
BikePittsburgh

Aadil Ginwala
University of Pittsburgh

Mavis Rainey
Oakland Transportation Management Association

Pa Department of Transportation (2 votes)

Larry S. Shifflet
PennDOT

Brandon Leach
PennDOT Center for Program Development and Management

Brian Allen
PennDOT -District 10-0

PennDOT – District 11-0

William Kovach
PennDOT – District 12-0

Governor’s Appointee

Patrick Joyal
Governor’s Southwest Regional Office

PA Dept. Of Community and Economic Development

Johnna A. Pro
PA Department of Community and Economic Development

PGH Regional Transit (one vote)

Katharine Kelleman
PGH Regional Transit

Ed Typanski
PGH Regional Transit

Transit Operator

Sheila Gombita
Freedom Transit

Federal Transit Administration

Theresa Garcia Crews
Federal Transit Administration – Region III

Federal Aviation Administration

Appointment Pending

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Laura Mohollen
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region III

Federal Highway Administration

Alicia Nolan
Division Administrator

U.S. Economic Development Administration

Appointment Pending