Power Shift
Dozens of the Pittsburgh Area’s top institutions are going through leadership changes. The turnover could echo for decades.
by Emma Folts, Eric Jankiewicz, Rich Lord, Adam Smeltz and Charlie Wolfson.
Photos by Becky Thurner Braddock
Power Shift in Government: No Honeymoon for Fresh Office Holders in the Pittsburgh Region
As experienced government leaders move on, their replacements will have to leverage existing relationships and build new ones.
Power Shift in Economic Development: Who Benefits in the Pittsburgh Region?
After decades of postindustrial progress, a cadre of new civic leaders looks to add fairness to the development punch list.
Power Shift in Education: What Is Driving Shifts in Leadership?
Social pressures, pandemic exhaustion and declining enrollment take their toll, but new leaders look toward fresh ideas and innovation.
Power Shift In Nonprofits: The ‘Great Resignation’ Opened Up Top Jobs
New leaders struggle to build teams and to make them more like the populations they serve.
This package was produced in partnership with PublicSource, a nonprofit media organization delivering in-depth and investigative reporting to serve the Pittsburgh region at PublicSource.org. These stories were fact-checked by Punya Bhasin.
