Linda Topoleski

Linda Topoleski serves as Vice President for Talent Strategy and Programs at the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance, part of the Allegheny Conference.

In her role, Linda oversees talent strategy for the Pittsburgh region, working with a broad array of stakeholders to build a globally competitive workforce. She directs regionwide talent attraction and retention initiatives, including a regional Talent Council which focuses on making the Pittsburgh region more competitive, and sustained efforts to attract high-demand talent and to retain college students in the region.

Linda was instrumental in the development and stakeholder outreach for the Conference’s landmark workforce reports, Inflection Point: Supply, Demand and the Future of Work in the Pittsburgh Region. These reports have become a defining element of workforce strategy in the region and a model studied by other regions across the U.S. She’s most passionate about the Pittsburgh region’s ability to come together at pivotal times in our history to solve the biggest challenges we face and create an example for the world to follow.

Prior to the Conference, Linda provided marketing communications and strategic planning expertise to regional and global corporations and nonprofits in the education, economic development, health care and technology fields. She has been recognized nationally and regionally with public relations and advertising industry awards, including the CIPRA (Creativity in Public Relations), the Edward L. Bernays Award for Excellence in Public Relations, the Public Relations Society of America-Pittsburgh Renaissance Awards, and ADDY Awards for her role in directing regional and national advertising programs.

Linda holds a B.A. in Journalism from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She serves on the board of directors of Partner4Work and is a member of the Carnegie Science Center STEM Advisory Committee, the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information Workforce Advisory Council, and the Remake Learning Council.