Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Appoints Weida Tucker to Chair Diversity Committee

(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  January 26, 2007).   Weida Tucker has been appointed Chair of the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy’s (WPC) first Diversity Committee.  Ms. Tucker is President and CEO of W. G. Tucker and Associates, Inc., an executive search and human resources firm, founded in 1991.  She has served on Western Pennsylvania Conservancy’s Board of Directors since 2002.
Ms. Tucker will be responsible for leading the organization in structuring the new committee and diversifying WPC’s workforce and Board of Directors.  According to Ms. Tucker, “The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has always been concerned about diversity in the workplace; however, due to the uniqueness of the organization and some of the rural locations of field offices, some positions may not have been viable career options for African-Americans and other minorities. It will take hard work, total commitment, and creativity.  The Conservancy’s board is committed to diversity on the board and in the workplace at the Pittsburgh headquarters, Fallingwater and the Conservation Program’s community-based offices in Bedford, Dauphin, Elk, Erie, Indiana and Westmoreland counties.”
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy posts available positions on its website, www.paconserve.org.    To contact the Conservancy’s Human Resources office by telephone, call 412-288-2777 or toll free at 1-866-564-6972.

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About the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy:
Since its founding 75 years ago in 1932, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has protected more than 212,000 acres of natural lands in Pennsylvania, restored watersheds and saved natural habitats for a diversity of life and uses.  Since 1963, WPC preserves Fallingwater®, the masterpiece home designed in 1935 by Frank Lloyd Wright for Edgar J. Kaufmann in Mill Run, Pennsylvania.   As a symbol of living in harmony with nature, Fallingwater offers a wide variety of educational programs to its more than 135,000 annual visitors.  Each year, WPC partners with 5,000 volunteers and dozens of community organizations and businesses to plant and maintain 135 gardens and greening projects in 20 western Pennsylvania counties.