Dr. Kathi Elliott receives Steelers’ Changemaker Award—and tickets to the Super Bowl

DR. KATHI ELLIOTT, NOT SURPRISINGLY, IS DONATING THE $10,000 CHECK TO HER NONPROFIT, GWEN’S GIRLS. & Gwen’s Girls CEO touts early success of new diversion program for Allegheny County youth & Come this Sunday, Feb. 11, pretty much everyone is going to be watching the Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers. But Kathi Elliott, Ph.D., the CEO of inspirational nonprofit organization Gwen’s Girls, will have a much better vantage point of the game. She’ll actually be at the game. Surprised as “all get-out” was Elliott when she was presented with two free tickets to Super Bowl LVIII (58) by the Pittsburgh Steelers, just after she was named the recipient of the team’s Inspire Change Changemaker Award. The annual award is presented to someone for their work in support of social justice in the region. The presentation was made to Elliott by former Steeler Will Allen inside Acrisure Stadium, just before the Steelers’ final home game this past season against the Cincinnati Bengals, a 34-11 win, Dec. 23, 2023. The Steelers said the Changemaker Award is reserved for those making a difference in their community across Inspire Change’s four focus areas: education, economic advancement, police-community...