Chairman
The Honorable Jim Roddey
James C. Roddey served as Allegheny County’s First Chief Executive from 1999 to 2004. Mr. Roddey served as a board member of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (The Pittsburgh Oversight Board) and is currently Chairman of the Allegheny County Republican Party.
Mr. Roddey is a graduate of Texas Christian University and a former Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. His fifty plus year business career has included the Presidencies of Turner Communication Corp., Rollins Communications Corp., Wexford Health Sources (a nationwide provider of specialized health services), as well as the Presidencies or Chairmanships of six other companies. Mr. Roddey served as a Director of 5 publicly held corporations and as President of two national, industry trade organizations. He is currently Chairman of Business Records Management, serves as a Director of Vocollect Health Care Systems, Seec, Inc., PeriOptimum, Inc, and is on the advisory boards of Renda Broadcasting, and PNC Equity Management.
Active in civic, community and governmental affairs, Mr. Roddey has served on the boards of thirty such organizations, twelve of which he chaired, including Port Authority Transit, Eye and Ear Hospital, WQED, The Public Theatre and The United Way. Mr. Roddey currently serves; as an Emeritus Trustee of the University of Pittsburgh, on the boards of the Sara Scaife Foundation, The Pittsburgh Foundation and is President of RiverQuest. He is a Director or Life Member of twelve other non-profit boards.
Mr. Roddey has received more than 60 local, state and national awards from a variety of governmental, industry, civic, educational and non-profit organizations, including 3 Honorary Doctorates a Distinguished Alumnus Award and was selected as Pittsburgh Man of the Year.
Mr. Roddey’s wife, Elin, is also active in the community having served on numerous civic boards. Her current board memberships include Phipps Conservatory, The Children’s Museum and The Children’s Home.
The Roddey’s have two children and three grandchildren.
Vice Chairman
Dave Majernik
For the past six years, Dave has served as the Chair of the Plum Borough Republican Committee which has consistently delivered winning votes for Republican candidates despite almost a two to one Democrat registration advantage. The Plum committee figured prominently in providing most of the winning margin for Eileen Watt’s stunning victory for the District 7 County Council seat in 2003.
As Vice Chair of the RCAC, Dave heads the party’s vital committee development effort and served as RCAC’s liaison with the Bush-Cheney campaign.
Dave also serves on the Republican State Committee, served on the RCAC operating committee, and helped to coordinate Senator Rick Santorum’s 2000 campaign in this region. Dave is a software engineer with a Master’s Degree in Information Science and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, both from the University of Pittsburgh. He and his wife Susan live in Plum Borough.
Treasurer
Karen Shaheen
Secretary
Shirlee Nelson
Solicitor
Beverly Weiss-Manne
Matt Vermerie matt@rcac.net