About Us

For more than 100 years, HDS has strived to ensure that the programs and services we offer meet the evolving needs of our clients. We retire programs when they no longer meet the need, and conduct regular community, industry, and self-assessments to remain at the forefront of trends, technology, and opportunities that can help us better service our constituents.

Leadership

The vision of HDS staff is to be caring professionals serving people with excellence, dignity, and trust.

Executive Team:

Amy Hart | President & CEO | ahart@hdscenter.org
Kim Santa | COO | ksanta@hdscenter.org


John Blasco | Interpreting Services Director, Staff Interpreter | jjblasco@hdscenter.org
Sharon Carpenter | Director, Erie Office | scarpenter@hdscenter.org
Dave Cummings | Director, Pittsburgh Life Skills | dcummings@hdscenter.org
Dominique Godlewski | Director, Westmoreland Office & Deaf Youth & Friends Program | dgodlewski@hdscenter.org
Robert Macik | Consultant | rmacik@hdscenter.org
Kristen Lewis McCabe, M.S. CCC-A | Audiologist | kmccabe@hdscenter.org
Sharon Hughes Morris | Assistive Device Center & Outreach Director | smorris@hdscenter.org
Lois A. Wholey, Esquire | Director of Development | lwholey@hdscenter.org


Main Office Team:

Amy DeLuce | Assistant Director/Program Specialist, Pittsburgh Life Skills | adeluce@hdscenter.org
Salina Dingle | Staff Accountant | sdingle@hdscenter.org
Talia Fomin | Pittsburgh Office Interpreter Coordinator | tfomin@hdscenter.org
Jessica Gould | Habilitation Counselor | jgould@hdscenter.org
Tazi Hughes | Assistant Director, Assistive Device Center | thughes@hdscenter.org
Pamela Maciejewski | Habilitation Counselor | pmaciejewski@hdscenter.org
Shauna Purtell | Life Skills Counselor | spurtell@hdscenter.org
Anna Mei Schurer | Coordinator, Pittsburgh Life Skills | amschurer@hdscenter.org
Sharon Serbin | ASL Instructor | sserbin@hdscenter.org
Jayde Scott | Pittsburgh Office Interpreter Coordinator | jeng@hdscenter.org
Melvin Smith | Building Operations Coordinator | msmith@hdscenter.org
Ashley Wagner | Administrative Assistant | awagner@hdscenter.org
Samuel Wagner | Habilitation Counselor | swagner@hdscenter.org


Westmoreland Team:

Jenna Cumming | Program Specialist | jcumming@hdscenter.org
Kathy Eisaman | Interpreting Services, Staff Interpreter | keisaman@hdscenter.org
Carrie Leone | Life Skills Counselor | cleone@hdscenter.org
Jamie Palmer | Life Skills Counselor | jpalmer@hdscenter.org
Tracy Rocco | Interpreting Coordinator | trocco@hdscenter.org


Erie Team:
Kylie Carpenter | Program Specialist | kcarpenter@hdscenter.org
Tyler Carpenter | Direct Support Professional | tcarpenter@hdscenter.org
Jaiden Hamilton | Life Skills Counselor | jhamilton@hdscenter.org
Makayla Kidder | Life Skills Counselor | mkidder@hdscenter.org
Marcella Sullivan | Program Specialist | msullivan@hdscenter.org
Sarah Veith | Interpreter Services Program Coordinator | sveith@hdscenter.org

Board of Directors

Nicholas S. Grabski, Chair
First National Bank


Joseph A. Valenti, First Vice Chair
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP


Ashley Lynn Priore, Secretary
Queens Gambit & Queenside Ventures


Chuck Karlovits

The Healy Company


Christopher Trombetta
Univest Financial


Dr. Philip Perez

UPMC


Erin Mastrantonio

Elevation Web

Earl Brooks, Jr.
RiversPointe Wealth Advisors


Jill Hardie

Owner, Amuzing


John C. Bartholomew
Concurrent Technologies


John Stockhausen

Retired


Michael Bobanic

Retired

Michael P. Robb
Center for Community Resources, Inc.


Trudy Van Kirk-Mosey
Dagostino Electronic Services

Your support can make a difference.

Consider contributing as little or as much as you can. Every dollar donated goes toward keeping our programs and impact growing.

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United Way of Westmoreland County
Contributor Choice Code: 4847


United Way of Allegheny County
Contributor Choice Code: 90


3 Rivers/PA West CFC
Charity Code #67072