A special event was held at the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild to honor the student participants, mentors and community partners who have contributed to the success of the Building Our Leaders Daily (BOLD) program, which is part of Point Park University’s Urban Accounting Initiative (UAI).
The event marks the end of BOLD’s third year of creating awareness of careers in finance and accounting among urban middle school students throughout the region.
Dr. Herman L. Reid III, a gynecologist and da Vinci surgeon, was the keynote speaker. Herman Reid III, a Pittsburgh native and graduate of Carrick High School, runs his practice in Fort Branch, Ind., where he lives with his wife, Maria.
Longtime KDKA-TV reporter Harold Hayes was master of ceremonies for the event, which allowed attendees to see and feel the emotional impact of the mentoring experience.
The BOLD program boasts a number of prominent community leaders as mentors. Those who were honored included: Michael Jasper, vice president, PNC Financial Services Group Inc.; Linwood J. Mitchell, vice president and marketing manager, PNC Financial Services Group Inc.; Anthony Henry, vice president and relationship manager, BNY Mellon; Eric Dickerson, vice president of treasury management, PNC Bank; David J. Hopkins, principal, Self-Capital Solutions for Community Reinvestment; Frederick A. Massey Jr., CEO, Familylinks Inc.; Terry O. Collier, CPA, Terry Collier & Associates P.C.; and Edward Scott, George Rowland White Endowed Professor in Accounting and Finance, Point Park University.
The BOLD program is part of Point Park’s Urban Accounting Initiative and was launched in August 2011 from a $1 million gift to the University’s School of Business from the late George and Kathleen White. In addition to the UAI, the White gift established Scott’s position as the George Rowland White Endowed Professor in Accounting and Finance.
Herman L. Reid, Ed.D., director of Academic and Economic Development at Point Park, director of the BOLD program and father of the keynote speaker, said the mentoring and guidance from area professionals in accounting and finance, many with an urban background, is a unique motivational and inspirational feature of the BOLD program.
“They help students discover the many career pathways in the fields of accounting and finance,” Herman Reid said. “Using hands-on activities, the mentors expose participants to the values, skills and attitudes necessary for a successful career.”
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