1987 Debbie Lestitian has been named the chief administration officer in the Cabinet of Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto. She is an attorney, accountant and an assistant treasurer at Carnegie Mellon University. She currently resides in Brookline, Pa.
’87 Debbie Lestitian is the chief administration officer in the Cabinet of Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto.
1989 Col. Timothy Starostanko assumed command of the 418th Contracting Support Brigade. The 418th will be composed of more than 50 soldiers assigned to the 901st Contingency Battalion, in addition to subordinate contingency contracting teams and a senior contingency contracting team. These teams are called upon to perform contracting in a
contingency environment including military and stability operations as well as natural disasters and humanitarian events. Starostanko entered the Army in 1989 as an infantry officer. He became a military intelligence officer in 1994 and served in numerous intelligence positions before joining the Army Acquisition Corps in 1996.
1990 Robert G. Perry has joined the board of directors of the Northeast Ohio Medical University Foundation. He currently serves as vice president of the Welty Building Company, Ltd. Previously, Perry served as manager of suite operations for the Cleveland Browns, president and CEO at Legacy Healthcare Solutions and senior therapeutic director for Pfizer. He resides in Youngstown, Ohio. Elizabeth Twyman Phillips published an e-book titled “Homeschooling in Pennsylvania: How to Comply With the Law in 8 Easy Steps.” Phillips used her experience as a lawyer to create this guide to help direct Pennsylvania parents through the legal filing requirements of homeschooling. She lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, Mark, and their four children.
1992 Darin P. Trelka, M.D., Ph.D., deputy chief medical examiner with the Office of Broward County Medical Examiner and Trauma Services, was recognized as Medical Examiner Donation Champion of the Year by the Assisting Life Alliance and the University of Miami Teaching Bank. This award, given at the Life Alliance’s Organ Recovery Agency’s Annual Luminaire Gala, is given to someone who goes above and beyond in support of organ, eye and tissue donation and transplant.
’92 Darin P. Trelka was recognized as Medical Examiner Donation Champion of the Year by the Assisting Life Alliance and the University of Miami Teaching Bank.
1993 Kevin Deitrick, Ed.D., has become the director of athletics and activities at North Hills School
JUSTIN MERRIMAN, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Pellegrini named interim head of Homicide Unit in Allegheny County Lisa Pellegrini ’85, an assistant Allegheny County district attorney, was appointed as the interim head of the Homicide Unit of the Allegheny County District Attorney Office. Pellegrini is the first woman to hold this position, in which she is responsible for approving arrest and search warrants for homicides, and also for assigning and trying homicide cases. Pellegrini made the decision to go to law school with the intent to become a prosecutor after following the 1989 trial of bodybuilder Robert Golub and realizing being a prosecutor was what she wanted to do. After graduating from Touro College Law Center in N.Y., Pellegrini worked for the Suffolk County, N.Y., district attorney’s office for two years before returning to Pittsburgh. Her father, Ronald Pellegrini ’59, M.D., told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “Somewhere along the line, she developed this attitude that societal wrongs should not go without punishment. That’s a passion of hers.”
“Somewhere along the line, she developed this attitude that societal wrongs should not go without punishment. That’s a passion of hers.”
– RONALD PELLEGRINI ’59
Lisa Pellegrini is an assistant district attorney for Allegheny County.
Pellegrini’s biggest, and most publicized, case to date was in June 2011, when a jury found Richard Poplawski guilty of gunning down three Pittsburgh police officers at his home. Pellegrini’s work on this case earned her the Special Award for Exemplary Homicide Prosecution from Amen Corner at the organization’s 11th annual Sen. John Heinz Law Enforcement Awards Luncheon. In 2000, she was nominated prosecutor of the year by the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators for convictions in an international check fraud scheme. Pellegrini told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “This is my dream job.” Original Story by Adam Brandolph, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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