LPA WOMEN'S FORUM Committee

Mission
Our mission is to empower and connect women within the LPA, fostering an environment where they can thrive, engage, and lead. 

Vision
We aim to increase connectivity among women in the LPA, drive overall engagement and professional development. By enhancing these connections and promoting active participation, we are committed to building a stronger, more inclusive community supporting women leaders' growth and success.

Wayfinding: Leading Through Change, Disruption and Uncertainty
A Virtual Event with Christy Uffelman
February 11, 2026
1:00-2:00 PM EST
REGISTER HERE SOON!

About Christy
Christy Uffelman grows the person to grow the leader.
CEO & Founder, EDGE Leadership

Christy has coached leaders for 20 years, helping companies align talent strategy with business strategy. After a successful corporate career as the head of HR in the construction industry, Christy launched EDGE Leadership and the east coast office of Align Leadership simultaneously in 2013. While serving as President of Align, the global company grew five-fold in seven years. Christy spun off EDGE Leadership in 2020 where she still serves as CEO. Her life’s work is pioneering group coaching to curate belonging and connection across genders, generations, sexual orientation, race, and ethnicity. Christy believes that we need to turn leadership development inside out – the internal source from where our external behaviors are born – and that we accomplish this by growing the person to grow the leader.

An executive coach by trade, Christy leads a team of ICF certified coaches who leverage 1:1 coaching, experiential learning and group coaching to develop leaders personally as well as professionally. In 2013, she trademarked a 100% virtual experiential learning (EXL) platform called PEER Technology® which is proven across Fortune 500 companies to ignite the corporate talent pipeline. This innovative learning process is leveraged to facilitate organizational knowledge transfer, driving retention, promotion, mobility, engagement, and development, and can be deployed independently or connected across four tiers in an organization: early career, midcareer, senior leader, and officer/C-Suite.

EDGE Leadership is privileged to walk beside many innovative organizations including DPR Construction, Duquesne Light Company and PNC Bank, who are actively engaged in retaining and developing their talent pipeline to the C-Suite. Additionally, Christy can be found coaching regionally in Pittsburgh through the EDGE Experience, an annual women’s group coaching cohort targeting mid-career leaders with the Pittsburgh Technology Council, and nationally through the open enrollment experience, THRIVE.

A sought after speaker in the field of group coaching and women’s leadership, Christy is launching her first book, THE PEER Revolution, Group Coaching That Ignites the Power of People in Q1 2022.  Her passion for people development and her work to inspire inclusive leadership in white, male-dominated industries has inspired several research projects including the 2015 white paper, Women Leaders Across Generations. Christy was honored to be the 2018 keynote for Harvard Medical School’s annual Women’s Leadership Conference, where she also facilitated a group coaching experience for Men as Allies.

Christy was awarded the ATHENA Young Professional Recipient and the YWCA Young Leader of the Year in 2012 and a Woman of Distinction in 2014. In 2016, Christy was recognized by Smart Business Magazine as one of Pittsburgh’s “50 Smartest Executives”, received the inaugural Spirit of Enterprise Young Professional of the Year award from Junior Achievement and was identified by Pittsburgh Magazine as a 40 Under 40 Honoree.

Business/Organizational Leadership Experience

Christy joined Mascaro Construction Company in 2007 as a Vice President and as an internal organization development strategist for workforce planning and integrated talent management. At Mascaro, she worked alongside the CEO to engage the organization in the launch of multiple successful mentoring and coaching programs focused on developing current executives and emerging leaders. The organization’s innovative and strategic talent management initiatives became the foundation of an intentional culture shift for the company, which was recognized nationally and regionally both inside and outside the construction industry. Before Mascaro, Christy owned the executive coaching firm Red Zebra Consulting. With both Red Zebra and Mascaro, she shared her expertise and passion for developing emotional intelligence with executives and their teams, challenging them to be intentional in their leadership choices and strategic in their corporate talent management.

Education and Training

A TED Speaker and NPR Millennial resource, Christy’s is recognized by The Huffington Post as a Fierce Woman and is both a board certified ontological coach from Newfield Network and a certified Master Human Capital Strategist from the Human Capital Institute. Christy served as the Chair of 50/50 Women on Boards from 2015-2019, a national nonprofit committed to increasing the percentage of female talent on Fortune 1000 corporate boards. Christy sits on the board of directors for Eat’n Park Hospitality Group, serves as chair of a foundation and sits on several nonprofit boards including the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).

A graduate of Duquesne University with a B.A. in both Psychology and Corporate Communication, Christy lives in Mt. Lebanon, PA with her husband, Kevin, son, Eli, and a pair of white German Shepherd rescue dogs named Theodore Roosevelt and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

PAST EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE LPA WOMEN'S FORUM COMMITTEE:

lpa women's forum steering sub-committee sponsored
Summer book club featuring "The let them theory" by mel robbins
Summer 2025
June 25 discussion:  Let’s Talk “Letting Go” or “Let Them”
July 23 discussion: Where Did “Let Them” Take You?
August 20 discussion:  How Has “Let Them” Changed You? 

The key theme of "The Let Them Theory" by Mel Robbins revolves around the idea of letting go of the need to control others and focusing on personal happiness and growth. Robbins emphasizes that much of the stress and unhappiness in life stems from trying to manage others' behaviors and reactions, which is ultimately futile. Instead, she advocates for a mindset shift where individuals allow people to be who they are, reducing stress and improving relationships.

This approach can significantly benefit businesses by:

• Reducing Stress: By letting go of the need to manage others, businesses can focus on their own growth and goals
• Improving Relationships: This theory encourages healthier interactions by allowing team members to express themselves without fear of judgment
• Enhancing Decision-Making: Leaders can make decisions based on their vision rather than the reactions of others, leading to more effective strategies
• Creating a Positive Work Environment: By fostering a culture of freedom and trust, businesses can build a more engaged and productive workforce

In essence, the "Let Them Theory" is a powerful mindset shift that can transform both personal and professional relationships, ultimately leading to greater success in business.

Beyond the Lab: Mentorship and Career Growth
A virtual event with Carol lempert
DEcember 2024
View the full Zoom recording of this event HERE!
View the chat during the meeting HERE!
View the AI generated meeting summary HERE!

THRIVING, NOT JUST SURVIVING
A VIRTUAL EVENT WITH FRAN HUTSON
MAY 2024
View the full Zoom recording of this event HERE!
View the Mentimeter results HERE!
View the chat during the meeting HERE!
Recommended Reads:
1.    The 6 Types of Working Genius: Patrick Lencioni
2.    The Happiness Advantage: Shawn Anchor
3.    The Culture Map: Erin Meye
4.    Invisible Women: Caroline Criado  (Business Book of the Year 2019 McKinsey and CO)
5.    Kiss, Bow and Shake Hands: Morrison and Conoway
6.    The McKinsey Women in the Workplace 

LPA Spring Meeting
Music City Showdown
April 2024
LPA Spring Meeting attendees were given one or two poker cards with their name badges and were encouraged to find their Board of Directors, Committee Chairs, and also other attendees in order to build the best poker hand and win a prize! We had three attendees in the running, so two received $25 gift cards and the winner received a $50 gift card! Thanks to all who participated and to BrandTech Scientific for the playing cards. 

Virtual Comedy with Shivani Nadarajah
Humor in the workplace
October 2023
Watch the Zoom recording of this event here!

Trends in Higher Education—ASU advancing The Public Enterprise Model
March 2023
Watch the full Zoom recording of this event here!

Adapt & Adjust: Inviting the woman's perspective
Private session
november 2022
Read the chat and view the Mentimeter slides of this informative session.

LPA Annual Meeting
Morning Meet-up
October 2022
All attendees were encouraged to meet up for this wellness event- an early morning walk/run with colleagues, followed by a meet-up at the hotel Starbucks. All attendees earned a $5 Starbucks card! 

LPA Annual Meeting
SCAVENGER HUNT
November 2021
Congratulations to the winners pictured (left to right): Steve Tolmie of Quartzy and Debbie Segl of Scientific Industries, tied and both received a complimentary registration to the 2022 LPA Spring Meeting in Austin, Texas. Jerry O'Connor of Quartzy got 2nd place and Patti Mancino of Cytiva won 3rd place. They all received a complimentary LPA wine tumbler for their efforts! Fran Hutson of MilliporeSigma is the Chair of the LPA Women's Forum Committee and is pictured with the winners.

Special thanks to the Women's Forum Committee members for supporting this important initiative within the LPA! The activity was designed to encourage participation with both men and women by requiring a signature next to a random fact that applied to a female attendee. Finding signatures led to discussions of inclusive leadership within each members’ organizations, while providing fun in the learning more about individual members.

Who are the women of lpa today?
September 2021
Watch the full Zoom recording of this event here!
View the full slides, including mentimeter results here!

The Journey of LPA Women Leaders
June 2021
Watch the full Zoom recording of the inaugural 2021 LPA Women's Forum Webinar and learn more about the journey of a few of the LPA Women Leaders.