Special Events Committee

Once a Reservation of Space application is received and logged, it moves on to the vetting process via the Special Events Committee. The Special Events Committee is a group of representatives from various City departments, including but not limited to Public Safety, Public Works, Parks & Recreation, Emergency Management, and Pittsburgh Regional Transit. This group meets every Tuesday morning to discuss the applications received the previous week, and to continue discussion on any applications that have been held over from the previous week. Once the Reservation of Space application is approved and an applicant has received, completed, and submitted their Phase Two Special Event application, the members of the SEC will review the Phase Two application in the same manner, leading to a full approval of an application.

The job of this committee is to review each application and determine if the proposed event is viable, make sure the dates and locations requested are available, ensure that proper procedure is being followed, and that any needed City resources are properly allocated and not over-booked.

If necessary, the committee may request that an organizer attend a committee meeting to further discuss their proposed event, and to work one-on-one with department representatives to iron out any needs from the respective departments.

Members

The members of the Special Events Committee are as follows.

Name	Position Title	Department
Lee Schmidt	Public Safety Director	Dept. of Public Safety
Takeena White	Assistant Director, Operations and Policy	Dept. of Public Safety
Alisha West	Executive Assistant to the Public Safety Director	Dept. of Public Safety
Donna McManus	School Crossing Guard Assistant Supervisor	Dept. of Public Safety
Brian Katze	Manager, Office of Film & Event Management	Office of Film & Event Management
Madison Ware	Film & Event Permit Coordinator	Office of Film & Event Management
Anna Boekenhauer	Film & Event Permit Coordinator	Office of Film & Event Management
Don Myers	Superintendent Streets Operations	Dept. of Public Works
Joe Rush	Superintendent Parks Maintenance	Dept. of Public Works
Allison Schmidt	Permits Office	Dept. of Public Works
Aaliyah McMullen	Administration Aid	Dept. of Public Works
Sergey Brodskiy	Project Engineer	Dept. of Mobility & Infrastructure
Joe Leopold	Permitting Supervisor	Dept. of Permits, Licenses, & Inspections
Alan Hausman	Emergency Management Planner	Emergency Management & Homeland Security
Lisa Epps-Cuda	Master Firefighter & Inspector	Bureau of Fire
Jennifer McDermott-Grubb	Division Chief	Emergency Medical Services
Eric Baker	Commander	Bureau of Police - Special Deployment Division
Robert Plata	Police Officer	Bureau of Police – Planning Unit
Chuck Rompala	Road Operations	Pittsburgh Regional Transit
Darnise Demery	Special Services, Events, & Detours	Pittsburgh Regional Transit
Jessica Delaney	Special Services, Events, & Detours	Pittsburgh Regional Transit
Jonathan Furman	Lead Park Ranger	Dept. of Public Safety
Susan Lucas	Communications Specialist	Dept. of Parks & Recreation