Board and Advisors

David Bear

President

Founding president of The Westinghouse Legacy; initial organizer of the Westinghouse Park 2nd Century Coalition; and a 40-year resident of Point Breeze North, Bear has spent his professional life as a writer. He was the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette travel editor for 10 years and the creative force behind The Traveler’s Journal, a series of “audio postcards” heard daily for a decade on public radio stations across the country. During a fellowship at CMU’s Studio for Creative Inquiry, Bear conceptualized and organized the High Point Pittsburgh Investigation. In addition to stints at Ketchum Public Relations and his own agency, American Information Marketing, Bear’s eclectic resume includes time as a travel agent, a tour guide, a sales executive for a European travel company, and, a long time ago, a member of the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau.

president@thewestinghouselegacy.org

William Huber

John Hartman

A member of The Westinghouse Legacy since 2023, John has been the owner of a historic house renovation business in Pittsburgh for more than 33 years. He has also worked in operations at the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office and the Heinz History Center, as well as owning several restaurants and bars in the area.

Anne Watzman

Communications Chair

Anne is the retired Director of Media Relations for the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, a post she held from 1990 to 2009.

Prior to that she was a free lance writer for McGraw-Hill World News, covering a variety of industries for their stable of magazines, including chemicals, coal, oil, and engineering. She was also a stringer for Business Week Magazine. Anne began her career as an editorial assistant for Chemical Week Magazine in their Pittsburgh bureau. She holds a bachelor of Arts degree from Penn State University.

Susan Chang

Susan is president of TASI, a technology engine that is powered by innovations, technical strength, and experience for challenging and critical technical and engineering projects serving clients in tackling real-world challenges. This powerhouse generates new technologies continuously and provides expert services at a competitive prices.

Denise Fantazier

Denise began her art career as a Tam O’Shanter at the Carnegie Museum of Art (Carnegie Institute) of Pittsburgh in the 1950-60’s under the guidance of Mr. Joseph Fitzpatrick. Denise’s art initially concentrated on portraits.  Her interest in history led to the research, writing and illustrating of her book, Pittsburgh – The Port to the West, a history about people and events during Pittsburgh’s first one hundred years, and then a booklet, Brownsville – and Henry Shreve.  This early history is illustrated with her original art. Her shows of the original paintings from these books appeared at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, the Mount Lebanon Library, the John Herrman Museum.  

From 1976 to 1994 Denise worked with her husband, Robert, at his graphic design studio providing a variety of marketing services in the Pittsburgh area. She worked as an Art Teacher with Fine Art Miracles, servicing senior populations throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania.  Her contemporary paintings are of her favorite Pittsburgh places. These include Pittsburgh Prays (St Mary’s Church, Sharpsburg); Pittsburgh Praise (Mike Feinberg’s Strip District Store); four paintings of North Park’s Boathouse: Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer; Dippy, the Dinosaur; William Shakespeare; Schenley Plaza’s Carousel; Mary Schenley Fountain;Phipp’s Conservatory at Night; Schenley Park Overlook; Blue Slide Park; The George Westinghouse Memorial; and Solitude, George Westinghouse’s Pittsburgh Home.

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