Chancellor, other Pitt officials named to Corbett’s transition committees

Governor-elect Tom Corbett turned to Pitt’s Chancellor, Mark Nordenberg, and more than… Governor-elect Tom Corbett turned to Pitt’s Chancellor, Mark Nordenberg, and more than half a dozen others from Pitt to be members of his transition committees.

The committees will help Corbett transition into office in January.

The list includes three administrators, a professor, a vice president of UPMC and three members of the Board of Trustees.

Pitt spokesman John Fedele said that the duties of the transition team would not interfere with the members’ current duties at Pitt.

The eight transition team members from Pitt include  Nordenberg; vice chancellors Everette James and Jerome Cochran; adjunct law professor Robert Cindrich; Robert Kennedy, vice president at UPMC, and Pitt Trustees John A. Maher III, James Roddey, and Mary Jo White.

Nordenberg will co-chair the Education Committee, and Cindrich will co-chair the Health and Aging Committee.

Cochran will sit on the Budget, Pensions, and Revenue Committee. James will also serve on the Health and Aging Committee.

Kennedy will be on the Public Safety Committee.

Maher, a state representative, will sit on the Agriculture Committee.

Roddey, a former Allegheny county Executive, will sit on the Economic Development Committee and Transportation/Infrastructure Committee.

White, also a state senator, will be on the Energy and Environment Committee.