Board of Directors
Almamy Thiero
Chairman & CEO
Al Thiero is the founder of Gear Up Segou and College Basketball Prospects of America, an elite Pittsburgh based AAU basketball program. Al also coaches multiple Varsity and JV sports teams at Sewickley Academy in Sewickley Pennsylvania.
Almamy Thiero possesses effective leadership capabilities gained through
professional and life experience along with education in leadership and management. His high level of perseverance gained through extensive sports experience primed him to be great on the sidelines.
Al was born and raised in Segou, Africa. He was a Top Recruit coming out of high school and attended the University of Memphis, where he played center for a team that was ranked #1 in the Country and was coached by John Calipari. Al is married with three children.
William James Hall
Treasurer
Dr. William James Hall practices Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Mt. Lebanon, PA. He is a third generation oral surgeon. His grandfather, Dr. Dewitt Hall, started the practice in 1920 and was the first exodontist, in Pittsburgh. Dr. Dewitt Hall was joined by his three sons and
one nephew. William E. Hall’s son, Dr. William James Hall, began his practice of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1991.
Dr. William James Hall graduated from Duquesne University in 1981 and obtained his graduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine in 1986. He successfully completed his internship at Montifiore Hospital in Pittsburgh in 1987.
Dr. Hall completed his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas from 1986 to 1991. Parkland Hospital is known throughout the world for research and teaching in the field of corrective jaw surgery. He received advanced training in implant dentistry, facial trauma and facial reconstructive surgery as well as management of wisdom teeth.
Donald Belt
Director
Donald Belt is the President of Hefren-Tillotson, Inc., a privately held Pittsburgh-based firm offering comprehensive financial planning and investment advisory services. Don is on the firm's Board of Directors and served as Chief Investment Officer prior to becoming President in November 2018.
Don is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder (CFA®) and a graduate of the Securities Industry Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. He received an MBA with a Finance concentration from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at Allegheny College.
He is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research, the Pittsburgh Society of Financial Analysts, and serves on the boards of Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation, The Blessing Board, Pittsburgh Urban Christian School, Mission Commission, and Gear up Segou. He has also served on the boards of the Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board, Economics Pennsylvania, and is actively involved in local and international project-related mission trips. Don and his wife Lisa have three children - Donald, Maxwell, and Gwyneth.