Gateway Rehab Board of Directors Names Three New Members

PITTSBURGH—Gateway Rehabilitation Center, a nationally recognized private, not-for-profit drug and alcohol treatment organization, recently announced the addition of Bruce Crocker, David J. Urban, and Joseph A. Massaro, III to its Board of Directors.

Crocker, a wealth management consultant, was educated at the University of Oregon (B.S., 1971), Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, OR (J.D., 1978), and New York University School of Law (LL.M., 1977). After serving four years as a trial attorney with the Department of Justice, Crocker joined the Washington, D.C. law firm of Steptoe & Johnson, where he became a partner in 1985. From 1987 to 2004, Crocker served as vice president of taxes for the Hillman Company, for whom he continues to consult.

Crocker also serves on the boards of several Pittsburgh performing arts organizations and private foundations.

Massaro received his undergraduate degree from Boston College in 1985 and his J.D. degree from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America in 1988. Upon graduation, he worked as an associate at Foley, Hoag & Eliot, specializing in real estate and corporate law.

In 1989, Massaro joined his family business, Massaro Corporation, serving three years as both general manager and general counsel in the Louisville, Kentucky, and Pittsburgh regional offices. Massaro then joined the law firm of Holland & Knight as an associate in their Construction Practice Group, remaining there until 1995 when he rejoined Massaro Corporation as a project manager. In 1998, Massaro was named manager of operations and, in 2000, was promoted to executive vice president of the corporation. In 2002, Massaro became president and chief operating officer.

Massaro serves on a number of boards, including the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children, the Neighborhood Academy, and the Pennsylvania Economy League, and is on the Mentor Protégé Committee of the Master Builders Association. He and his wife, Alina, live in Fox Chapel. The couple has four daughters: Sofia, Olivia, Marta, and Isabella.

Urban earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, a Master of Government Administration degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Juris Doctor from the Temple University School of Law.

Urban joined the American Continental Group (ACG), a Washington, D.C.-based professional advocacy firm specializing in comprehensive government relations and public affairs services, as a managing director in 2002. Immediately before joining ACG, Urban served for nearly five years as the chief of staff for United States Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA). From 1994 through 1997, Urban was an attorney in private practice. An active member of the Pennsylvania Bar, he is admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

From 1986 through 1991, Urban served as an artillery officer in the United States Army’s 101^st Airborne Division headquartered at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement while engaged in combat operations against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm.

Urban currently serves on the faculty of the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University as an adjunct professor.

Gateway Rehabilitation Center provides comprehensive community and school-based prevention services and treatment for adults, youth, and young adults, and families with alcohol and other drug-related problems.

Gateway was founded in 1972 by Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, internationally recognized authority in the field of chemical dependency treatment, psychiatrist, frequent lecturer, and author of more than 50 self-help related books. Nearly 100,000 individuals have received treatment within the Gateway system, which reaches from Erie, PA to Washington, PA, and Columbus, OH, to Harrisburg, PA.