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AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
TALI’s Executive Leadership Academy making big impact
THE TALI ELA COHORT FOR 2024—LEFT-RIGHT BACK ROW: MICHAEL YOUNG, RACHEL WILLIAMS, GODFREY BETHEA, KELLY RUSSELL, RODERICK MASON, JOHN BAH, TAMMY SADLER, J. NICOLE RHODES, TIFFINNIE SEVERIN, JASON JONES, ALYSSA FORD HEYWOOD, SHANI YELDELL AND JOYCE HOWARD. LEFT-RIGHT FRONT ROW: DONNY HAMILTON, DONMINIKA BROWN, BRANDON GRINAGE, LYASHA BISHOP-GAINES, LASHANA STOKES, ONOME OGHIFOBIBI, DANIELLE MUNDEKIS AND MICHAEL NELSON. (PHOTO BY BRIAN COOK SR.)
21 new cohort members in the 2024 graduating class by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer
The Advanced Leadership Institute is a machine. Year after year, TALI, as
it's known, is pumping out the future Black CEOs and other C-Suite Level executives, especially in a region where top Black executives of companies are hard to find.
On July 19, TALI and its academic partner, the famed Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business, celebrated its latest graduates of its "Executive Leader-
ship Academy," 21 distinguished individuals, at an event on the CMU campus. The Executive Leadership Academy is an executive education program uniquely designed
to address the challenges faced by Black professionals and help senior-level managers and executives advance in their careers, according to a TALI news release.
This year's ELA graduates are: John (Mamadou) Bah, Procurement Global Finance Director, PPG; SEE TALI A5
Cedarwood Homes in West End latest ‘win’ in city’s affordable housing crisis by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer
Finding "affordable housing" in Pittsburgh is like looking for a World Series run from the Pittsburgh Pirates. It’s hard to find. From Mayor Ed Gainey's administration, to the Urban Redevelopment Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, to the department of Housing and Urban Development, these entities are trying to come up with solutions to the affordable housing crisis—a crisis where Pittsburgh City
Controller Rachel Heisler said recently that the city needs 11,000 new affordable housing units. An "affordable housing crisis" affects African Americans primarily. If many African Americans in the city can't pay the seemingly $350,000 for a home in East Liberty, Highland Park, Point Breeze and Lawrenceville, and if they can't pay the seemingly $1,500 for a one-bedroom market-rate apartment in Shadyside SEE CEDARWOOD A8
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THE GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION FOR CEDARWOOD HOMES IN JULY 2024. (PHOTO BY J.L. MARTELLO)
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AWARDS CEREMONY Friday, September 13, 2024 Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown Hotel 600 Commonwealth Place|Pittsburgh, PA 15222
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Robert Hill, Legacy Award honoree