Empowering Moms. Nurturing Children.
Susan Kaminski chairs the Board of Directors of the Nurture® Program and is a retired executive from the semiconductor equipment industry. With a degree in physics, she has held positions at M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory and Applied Materials. Susan has served on the board of directors for various organizations including Youth Connect, a local community collaborative organization focusing on reducing teen risky behaviors, along with Village Theater Company, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, the Sewickley YMCA, and Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners.
Tom Canfield is a co-founder of the Nurture® Program as well as a retired investment banker and businessman, running Equity Catalysts LLC, which he founded in 1999. He was an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University, served on the board of directors at Propel Schools and Auberle, and earned his MBA from Harvard University.
Vince Ciganik is a co-founder of the Nurture® Program, has been instrumental in the design and development of several hardware products as well as been responsible for the architecture and development of many software products including web interfaces and web-based applications. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
Philip Keys is a co-founder and President of the Nurture® Program, and has over 35 years of management experience in healthcare organizations including as co-founder and president of successful for-profit companies. He has served on the board of directors of a local cyber school and Chartiers Community Center. He earned his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University where he has been an invited lecturer in entrepreneurship.
Judy Horgan has focused her recent efforts on improving the lives of young children in Allegheny County and western Pennsylvania. She helped create the Allegheny County Early Childhood Collaborative to join together local agencies serving children ages 0-5. Judy has served in an advisory capacity for the Office of Children, Youth and Families in Allegheny County, and worked with a local non-profit advocacy organization for children.