ANDREA CLARK SMITH
Trade Institute of Pittsburgh Board Chair janera solomon announced the addition of Andrea Clark Smith and Adam Harris to the TIP Board of Directors. The announcement was made, March 17.
Andrea Clark Smith is an Associate Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President Employment Law, Labor Relations & Physician Contracting for UPMC. At UPMC, Smith leads a team of employment, labor, immigration, HR compliance and physician/health law specialists. Her law practice focuses on nearly every element of the employee/employer experience. In addition to her legal practice, Smith has led significant diversity and inclusion efforts including serving as Manager of both UPMC’s and American Airlines’ Minority Counsel Programs, serving on the UPMC Corporate/International Executive Employee Experience team and serving as Co-Executive Sponsor for UPMC’s Employees of Color Employee Resources Group. Smith completed her undergraduate work at Spelman College and received her law degree from Emory University School of Law. In 2019, she was identified by Savoy magazine as one of the Most Influential Women in Corporate America. In 2021, Andrea was inducted into the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and in 2022 Smith was honored as a Diversity and Inclusion champion by PA Women Work and inducted into the New Pittsburgh Courier’s “Women of Excellence”—Class of 2022.
ANDREA CLARK SMITH, ADAM HARRIS, JANERA SOLOMON
Brick and mortar has been in Adam Harris’ DNA since he was a boy, spending summers in the warehouse of his family’s masonry business. After graduating from high school, he immediately went to work for the family business as a laborer, where he carried brick and block, mixed mortar, operated equipment and built scaffolding. Five years later, Harris transitioned from the field to the office, trading in his hammer and gloves for a pencil and a scale rule. He performed as an estimator, reading blueprints and bidding projects. He then went on to become a project manager. After several years wearing many hats, Harris became more integral with the day-to-day of the company and, as his dad would say, he began “overseeing the entire shoe store, not just the individual shoe box.” Harris was recently promoted to President of Harris Masonry Inc.
Harris believes that the trades are a great career path, and he is committed to championing the building trades. He serves on the Construction Advancement Program of Western PA, the Builders Guild of Western PA, and he is involved with numerous high school career technical centers.
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