A. Bruce Bowden is a partner with Leech Tishman and a member of the Corporate Practice Group. He also serves as Co-Chair of Leech Tishman’s International Practice Group. Bruce is based in Leech Tishman’s Pittsburgh office, where he focuses his practice in the areas of M&A transactions, international, general corporate and corporate finance law. Practicing in the international arena since the early 1970s, Bruce has represented both overseas companies acquiring U.S. companies and U.S. investors in sales of U.S. interests to overseas companies. He has also represented U.S. companies in establishing foreign offices, subsidiaries and distribution networks. Bruce has also acted as outside general counsel for a number of companies, including two that produce cutting-edge medical devices. Bruce has served on hospital boards and has chaired committees dealing with planning, compensation and other issues. As a long-time member of the Board of the National Kidney Foundation, and ultimately as its national chairman, he was involved in all facets of NKF’s operations. Bruce represented the NKF and the private non-profit world for eight years on the board of the United Network for Organ Sharing. He has addressed the U.S. Congress, a major television network program and innumerable private groups on organ donation and other healthcare related issues. An active member of the Pittsburgh community, Bruce sits on a number of client and civic boards of directors and holds leadership positions and other offices in several community organizations.

Susan Nitzberg holds degrees in public health and administration from Penn State University and University of Pittsburgh. She has served as Vice President of a large community hospital. Her work in the nonprofit arena has been extensive. She served as President of the Persad Center, Child Health Association of Sewickley, Family Hospice and Palliative Care, and National Council of Jewish Women - Pittsburgh Section. She has also held Board leadership positions with The Union Aid Society, Sewickley Valley YMCA, and Beth Samuel Jewish Center. Her ability to create networks in the professional and community organizations were employed while she served as Associate Director of STANDING FIRM: The Business Case to End Partner Violence. In this capacity, she grew membership from 40 members to 400 over four years' time, working with a diverse group of leaders from government, business, education, and nonprofit organizations. She initiated and grew the organization’s signature event from a modest size luncheon to a standing room only fundraising event in a large ballroom. Through the years, Susan has acquired skills in Board governance, fundraising, strategic planning and networking. She is a graduate of the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning and of Leadership Pittsburgh.

Michèle draws on a decade worth of start-up, program design, and managerial experience, and 20 years of professional experience in for-profit, non-profit, and academic sectors in the US and Europe. Joining Violence Prevention Network - Germany in 2016, she led the European Commission funded project “WayOut – Integrated Exit Program” which aimed to implement and improve desistance and rehabilitation programs for offenders of ideologically motivated crimes in prisons and during probation across Europe. In 2017, she co-founded modus|zad in Berlin: a new, social impact non-profit organization to counter the rapid evolution of extremism by better leveraging academic research and insights from business innovation practices. Under Michèle’s leadership the modus|zad team has grown to 17 staff members and Michèle continues in the role of managing director, overseeing organizational strategy, growth and operations. Previously, she designed and implemented an accreditation process for universities developing social innovation programs at Ashoka, the leading global organization for social entrepreneurship, headquartered in Washington, DC. There she advised dozens of institutions—ranging from Cornell and Brown University to Singapore Management University—across four continents.