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A
As
chief
administration
officer,
many
people
think
on
the
mayor's
secretary
or
assistant
I
am
NOT
I
serve
in
whatever
capacity
I'm
needed.
However,
my
main
departmental
responsibilities
include
personnel.
We
have
3,500
employees,
9
collective
bargaining
units,
civil
service,
protected
employees,
it's
a
quite
diverse,
very
complex
workforce,
I
also
oversee
the
finance
department,
which
is
the
revenue
collection
arm
of
the
city,
the
office
of
management
and
budget,
which
is
not
only
the
capital
and
operating
budgets,
but
the
procurement
function.
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The
grants
department
also
fixed
asset
management
I,
has
helped
with
special
events
such
as
planning
the
Bicentennial
for
the
city,
I
also
oversee
part
of
omi,
the
office
of
municipal
investigations.
So
it's
a
very
complex,
very
large
portfolio
of
responsibilities
and
I
have
to
say:
I
am
really
enjoying
it.
That's
great.
It
sounds
like
you're,
probably
really
busy
I
forgot
the
comprehensive
miscible
pension
trust
fund
board
and
the
municipal
pension
too.
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I
have
to
say:
I
really
did
not
choose
to
work
in
government.
It
sort
of
chose
me
and
why
I
say
that
is
I've
worked
in
the
Pittsburgh
business
community
for
30
years
now,
I'm,
actually
a
certified
public
accountant
and
an
attorney
and
I
served
in
a
consulting
role
for
many
many
years
when
Mary
O'connor
was
first
elected,
he
reached
out
into
the
community
to
bring
women
and
minorities.
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Two
boards
authorities
and
commissions,
as
volunteers
and
I,
was
selected
to
serve
on
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
Stadium
Authority
board
I
served
in
that
board
and
served
as
its
chair
for
a
number
of
years,
and
that's
why
I
met
van
councilman,
podido
and
Councilman
Peduto
fought
the
fight
every
day
for
what
he
believed
in
and
I
really
respected,
and
admired
that
about
him.
I
kind
of
went
to
the
mat
on
some
issues
for
the
taxpayers
that
I
thought
were
not
in
their
best
interest.
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He
was
extremely
supportive
and,
like
I,
said,
I
really
have
a
lot
of
respect
for
him.
Personally,
so
I
was
actually
the
assistant
treasurer
at
Carnegie,
Mellon
University,
when
councilman
podido
decided
to
run
to
be
mayor.
I
did
work
on
his
campaign.
I
was
his
campaign
treasurer
and
after
he
won
the
general
election
he
made
up.
He
called
me
and
said:
would
you
come?
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Would
you
come
and
help
me
I
want
to
transform
city
government,
and
you
know,
based
on
what
I
saw
you
do
and
and
and
my
battle
tested
battle
tested
a
experience
with
the
Stadium
Authority.
He
asked
me
to
come
and
join
his
administration,
which
I'm
very
proud
to
have
done
and
I'm
very
proud
to
be
here
now
and
to
serve
the
not
only
the
mayor
but
the
citizens
and
residents
of
Pittsburgh
okay.
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A
To
say
that
I've
been
fortunate
in
the
career
path
that
I've
chosen
I
started
my
career
as
a
young
person
as
an
auditor
and
one
of
the
large
international
accounting
firms
KPMG
here
in
Pittsburgh
and
as
an
auditor,
an
accounting
women
blaze,
those
glass
ceiling,
type
trails.
Long
before
I
entered
the
profession,
my
starting
class
at
kpmg
was
fifty
percent
women
unheard
of
in
many
other
industries.
So
it
was
never
a
man-woman
thing
owning
it's
always
a
team.
You
go
as
an
audit
team.
You
approach
problems
as
a
team.
You
express
your
ideas.
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Sometimes
they
accept
your
idea.
Sometimes
they
reject
your
idea.
It's
a
very
open
dialogue,
you're
held
to
certain
tasks
and
timelines
and
budgets
and
deadlines,
and
it's
it's
a
tremendous
place
for
a
young
person
to
start,
and
it
opens
many
many
doors
of
opportunity.
After
I
left
public
accounting,
I
brought
my
CPA
license
and
left
and
I
actually
attended
law,
school
and
I.
The
reason
I
did
that
was
I,
wasn't
sure.
I
wanted
to
do
with
my
accounting
degree
and
I
thought
well
I'm
going
to
get
the
best
credentials.
A
Women
blaze,
those
inequality
trails
long
before
I
entered
it's
very
frequent
for
women
to
rise
to
the
level
of
shareholder
or
partner
and
law
and
accounting
firms,
and,
like
I,
said
I
haven't
been
very
lucky
to
work
in
those
environments
after
I
had
those
two
degrees,
I
I,
still
I'm,
50
years
old
and
I
still
not
quite
sure
what
I'm
meant
to
do.
But
I
have
to
say
all
the
experiences
that
I've
had
managing
people
being
on.
An
audit
team
having
increased
responsibility
over
a
period
of
time
has
prepared
me
very
well
for
this
job.
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A
I
again,
I've
worked
for
over
30
years,
and
it's
not
just
men
or
women
there,
people
and
there's
good
qualities
and
bad
qualities
that
I
try
to
emulate
eight
or
reject
on
a
daily
basis
and
I
oftentimes
told
people
that
have
been
role,
models
and
mentors
to
me
how
much
I
appreciate
their
honesty
and
candor
and
their
willingness
to
invest
the
time
to
train
me.
I
try
to
return
that
give
that
back.
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I
would
say
instead
of
specific
people,
there's
general
categories
of
people
that
have
particularly
been
of
influence
on
me
and
those
who
have
those
people
are
ones
who
have
shown
tremendous
business
ethics
where
they
put
their
clients
above
their
own
interests.
Also
people
who
have
overcome
diversity
in
their
lives.
People
who
have
lost
children
or
people
have
lost
spouses
and
have
had
to
pick
themselves
up
from
a
loss.
Those
people,
when
you
get
to
know
them
really
profoundly
impact.
You
I
try
to
carry
those
qualities
forward
with
me
as
I
train
the
next
generation.
So.
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A
If
you're
working
on
a
team,
you
win
and
lose
as
a
team,
it's
not
a
personal
victory
for
you,
even
as
the
leader
I
feel,
like
you're,
the
you're,
a
good
leader
when
you
step
aside
and
let
your
team
get
some
credit
for
what's
been
accomplished,
and
so
as
a
woman
moving
into
leadership,
I
would
say,
don't
be
afraid
to
fail.
Try
different
careers,
you
know
again,
being
an
accounting
and
law.
A
I
have
many
career
choices
and
I'm
fortunate
in
that,
and
so
I've
never
had
a
stay
in
an
environment
where
I
didn't
feel
appreciated
and
for
whatever
reason,
I
wanted
to
leave
how
to
send
a
resume.
For
my
last
four
jobs,
I've
had
just
because
you
develop
a
career
of
reputation,
a
character
about
you
and
people
know
that
and
they
seek
you
out,
and
that
opens
many
many
opportunities
for
you
that
you
may
not
have
otherwise
had,
and
you
know
the
other
thing
is
people
are
watching.