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Pittsburgh Celebrity Question

My dad is looking to have a Pittsburgh "Celebrity" speak at his companies award ceremony.  He was asking me if I knew anyone that was a good speaker from PGH. I've heard speakers, but some have not been so great.

Have any suggestions? He works in the food business, but the speaker doesn't have to be from the food industry. 

TIA (on his behalf!)
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Re: Pittsburgh Celebrity Question

  • edited December 2011
    Ken Rice and Sally Wiggin have both been great for events we have used them for. Larry Richert is also fantastic.

    I have heard good things about Jim Lokay and John Burnett.

    I realize these are all news people though. Sorry!
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  • edited December 2011
    I was going to suggest Andrew Stockey or Wendy Bell (haha). News people seem to be the most famous in Pgh other than sports figures.
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  • edited December 2011
    Mike Clark from Channel 4 spoke once at an awards dinner I was at and he was a very nice guy. Is he still on in Pittsburgh? He just is super friendly.
  • edited December 2011
    He anchors the AM news with Kelly Frey. He seems nice. I'm a big fan of WTAE news.
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  • edited December 2011
    Good suggestions!  I'll pass them along. 

    M-Not that you know her personally, but how is Kelly's son?  haha
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  • edited December 2011
    I love WTAE too- I miss seeing all of those anchors! I've been to a conference where Mike Clark was speaking, and he was terrific, so I second the rec for him! I'm sure all of them would be great though.
  • edited December 2011
    I do try to keep up with that story because it is so sweet. :P  I haven't heard much lately, but I think that their son will have hurdles like surgeries and maybe learning disabilities, but at least he is alive. :)  
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  • hey_its_jennhey_its_jenn member
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    edited December 2011

    Gary Anderson (the old kicker for the Steelers) used to come give speeches at my Elementary School.  But I think he lives in Canada now and owns a bait shop.  I could be wrong.

    Ditto the news people - Andrew Stockey seems so nice on FB! lol

    GL!



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  • jrsygrl10jrsygrl10 member
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    edited December 2011
    my mom hooked up with one of the steelers to advertise their grooming shop, but his name escapes me. he's a white guy-hit me with some names and i should remember! i wanna say craig or chris, but i'm not sure. she said he was super nice.
  • edited December 2011
    A friend of mine had Mario Lemieux speak at an event he went to. Craig Patrick, who is retired and has more time on his hand might be another idea if you want to go a more sports-route. At least with Lemieux, I know it depends on how much notice and what he'll be speaking about if he takes the gig or not. I'm sure if you wanted to try either one of them, or any of the other retired Pens in the area then Pens Front Office might be able to hook you up with contact info if they do that kind of thing. HTH!
  • hey_its_jennhey_its_jenn member
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    edited December 2011
    Also, didn't we have a girl around here who worked for the Pirates?  Atleast I remember her trying to sell tickets for them... Not sure if she would be of any help... But I can't for the life of me remember who it was...


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