Cheryl Begandy

External Relations Coordinator

begandy@psc.edu

Oversees outreach programs for the PSC, including

PSC Corporate Affiliates Program through which private sector companies can utilize PSC resources and expertise.
PSC educational outreach programs, with a particular emphasis on K-12 STEM education and building 21^st century skills for 21^st century jobs. These programs include BEST, a high school bioinformatics curriculum, GCode, a program to introduce coding to girls, and Data Jam where PSC participates in holding a high school competition in Big Data analytics.
Government Relations at the state and local level
PSC external communications through print, website and social media.

Held a variety of information technology management positions including

Division Manager at the Alcoa Technical Center responsible for directing scientists and engineers working in computational modeling, visualization, applied statistics, artificial intelligence, and computing and network services
Senior Manager in the Corporate IT group where she led a re-engineering effort to improve customer focus, project execution and adaptability to changing technology.

Currently serves as Board President for Pittsburgh Musical Theater, a professional theater company and conservatory for young performing artists. During her tenure, the Company purchased and completed phase 1 renovations of a building to house their offices and studios; raised $1.7 M in its first capital campaign.
Served on the Board, and was Board President for five years, for Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, a sexual assault crisis center.