Accolades & Testimonials
Al Condeluci, is the former CEO of CLASS, a nonprofit, community-based support system for folks with all types of disabilities in Pittsburgh, PA from 1973 to 2018. He holds an MSW and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, where he is on faculty in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and the School of Social Work. He has authored 7 books, including the acclaimed, Interdependence: The Route to Community (1991) and the most recent, The Macro Change Handbook (2015).
Among his other credits:
1971 – Awarded BA from Youngstown State University
1971 – Joins John Kane Hospital Social Service Staff
1973 - Joins CLASS as Program Director
1975 – Awarded an MSW from University of Pittsburgh
1976 – Honorable Discharge from US Army National Guard
1984 – Awarded PhD from University of Pittsburgh
1988 – Joins faculty at University of Pittsburgh
1990 – Releases Interdependence, his first book
1991 – Selected as CLASS CEO
1992 – His book, Interdependence, wins AMA (American Management Association) McMann Award
1995 – Wins BIA-PA Community Hero Award
1996 – His book, Beyond Difference, published –St.Lucie Press
2002 – His book, Cultural Shifting, published – TRN Press
2003 – Concludes successful $5 million Capital Campaign
2007 – CLASS selected as “Best Place to Work”
2010 – Winner of Frieda Shapira Medal – Outstanding Leader
2010 – Launches the IN – www.buildingsocialcapital.org
2011 – CLASS again selected as “Best Place to Work”
2011 – Winner of NABIS (North American Brain Injury Society) Public Policy Award
2011 – Principle Investigator-Engagement Survey of 250 folks
2012 – Winner of Pitt School of Ed Distinguished Alumni Award
2012 – Selected, National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2013 – CLASS Act Hero, CLASS, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 – His book, Social Capital, published, Lash Press released
2015 – His book, The Macro Change Handbook, Lash Press released.
2016 – Launched the “Call Me Al” podcast at iTunes and IN website
2017 – Winner of the “Charles Pruitt Award” from SWPPA (Southwestern Pennsylvania Partnership on Aging)
2018 – Awarded the “Key to the City of Pittsburgh” by Mayor Bill Paduto
2020 – National Honoree – The US Historic Registration Project - disability
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