Carrie currently serves as the Chapter Advisor for the HDI Steel City chapter and as the District President for the Northeast. She has been involved as an officer with HDI Steel City for over 14 years and has held the previous positions of President, VP Communications, and VP Programs. Carrie was named as the first-ever 2014 HDI Local Chapter Officer of the Year and has been involved at the national level of HDI for over 7 years serving as Midwest Regional Director, Member Advisory Board, and HDI Conference Track Chair. She has over 20 years of professional experience in the IT Service and Support Industry, holding positions such as Senior ITSM Administrator/Developer and Service Desk Manager. In her free time, Carrie enjoys spending time with her family and dog, traveling the world, and finding new adventures.

I started with HDI Steel City in the summer of 2019. I attended my first meeting in the spring of 2019 and loved the connections I was making with this group. They are absolute rockstars in their fields and as someone new to the tech community I wanted to embrace networking with the right people. I started as the VP of Social Media/Webmaster and now am the VP of Communications. 

I started working full-time for Excalibur Data Systems as their marketing manager in January 2019 after I finished my master's degree and my internship.  I went to Robert Morris University gaining a Bachelor of Arts in Communication specializing in advertising and a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership.

Pittsburgh has always had my heart, originally growing up in Brockway Pennsylvania, but after college, I had to stay. So you can normally find me exploring Pittsburgh, spending time with my cat (Venus) or planning my next travel adventure. oh & let's go Steelers!

I became a member of HDI Steel City in June of 2018 when I became the Operations Manager of the Enterprise Service Desk at Penn State University.  In February of 2020 I was elected to the VP of Finance position. 

When I was hired to Penn State in 2006, I worked in a training and instructional design capacity within the central IT Training group.  Eventually I moved into management within that group and was asked to step into lead the Enterprise Service Desk in mid-2018.  I enjoy mentoring and coaching a great deal and find that leadership provides many opportunities to allow me to continue to use these skills.

I live in the Lock Have area (about 3 hours north of Pittsburgh) with my husband.  We have 5 children and 3 grandchildren and enjoy spending our free time in the outdoors.  We are a military family with my husband, our oldest son, and myself having served prior and our middle son now serving.  Between us we have covered all 4 branches of the military. 

Shortly after I became a member of the HDI Steel City Chapter in 2014 I accepted the position of VP of Programs. From there I was President of the chapter and now the VP of Vendor Relations. I also serve on the HDI Local Chapters board of directors as a Regional VP where I help with the annual leadership summit, awards committee, and helping new chapters startup.

When I am not busy with HDI I work as a PC Engineering manager at Carnegie Mellon University in the School of Computer Science.

In my spare time, I have recently become a homesteader, raising chickens, growing an orchard, and doing sustainable gardening for my family. My wife and I also love to travel the country in our RV. 

Dee is the President of the Steel City Chapter of HDI.

Denise is the Co-VP of Programs for the Steel City chapter of HDI.

Sandy is the VP of Membership for the Steel City chapter of HDI.

Sharon is an experienced Support, Communications and Business Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit and higher education industry and is currently employed by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Skilled in communications, data analysis, social media, research and editing, Sharon was originally educated as an English teacher and possesses superior technical and teaching skills. She is a strong support professional with 43 years of experience in multiple Information Technology disciplines such as network engineering and infrastructure, security, desktop support and help desk administration, project management, financial oversight and business intelligence. Sharon and her husband, Allan enjoy traveling to historical sites in the US, their three darling kitties and hope to retire to Henderson, NV in the near future!