Who We Are

Serves as current board president.

As a team lead for jakrantz & associates, Jeff Krantz is engaged as a management advisor to health care providers; his primary areas of interest include management, operations, strategy, staff development, and training.

Jeff has held several key management positions in the health/human services including that of chief executive officer, corporate planning officer, chief operating officer, national board member, and project manager. 

Jeff currently serves as adjunct faculty with University of Pittsburgh, graduate school of public health, department of health policy & administration.

Jeff holds a master’s degree in health administration from the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s degree in adult education from Penn State University. Jeff is certified as lean six sigma black belt (LSSBB). In the medical arena, he continues to monitor advances in health care with special focus on medical ethics, technology, ai applications, and lean.

Bob has spent his entire career telling stories—first as a broadcaster, then helping nonprofits raise awareness and funding. He also coaches job seekers in effectively telling their own story.

He worked 17 years in radio news in New York, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, serving in the roles of news director, anchor, editor, and reporter.

Since 1999, Bob has shared good news about nonprofit organizations in the Pittsburgh region, helping them raise nearly $400 million.

In fundraising communications, he has worked as a writer and editor in print and digital media, in video production and media relations.

A lifelong learner and teacher, Bob taught journalism at Point Park University. He earned a B.A. in Communications from St. Bonaventure University and is certified by Google in digital marketing.

For more than three decades he has volunteered his time as a career coach, helping reporters, students, colleagues, friends, and family find meaningful work in their chosen fields.

Mark is currently with BNY Mellon overseeing medium to large IT Mainframe Infrastructure projects and has more than 35 years of IT experience.

Most recently he added IT Mainframe Infrastructure Project Management to his IT portfolio.

Most of his career was spent in Pittsburgh at US Steel.

Mark has worked in the chemicals, metals, health care and banking/financial industries. He was a programmer up to application manager, business/demand manager and IT project manager.

He has a BS degree in Computer Science from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After graduation he worked at DuPont in Wilmington, Delaware.

He is the current Treasurer of Priority2Work.

Mark has been an active volunteer for Priority2Work since completing the P2W Career Marketing Workshop (CMW) and landing his current position.

Leslie has spent the bulk of her career as a Marketing/Product Manager in industries as diverse as Data Analytics, Workplace Safety, Chemicals/Coatings and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG).  Responsible for the P&L of assigned product categories, she has planned and executed the business strategy for a variety of top-rated consumer brands.

Her passion for promoting products and causes through traditional and digital content creation has led her to currently support small business clients and non-profit agencies.  Leslie joined the P2W Board in 2023 to pass on job search skills and knowledge she gained as a client over a decade ago.  She also is leading the charge to expand P2W awareness, volunteer support and client participation.

Leslie currently serves on several other boards, including AMA Pittsburgh.  She earned an IMBA from Baldwin Wallace University and BBA in Marketing from Kent State University.  She supplemented her digital marketing skills through LinkedIn and HubSpot Academy certifications.