Al Condeluci, Ph.D. has been an advocate, a catalyst for building community capacities, and leader in understanding social culture since 1970. He is the CEO of Community Living and Support Services (CLASS), a community based support system for folks with all types of disabilities in Pittsburgh, PA. 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 also authored 7 books.

Born and raised in the steel town of Pittsburgh, he lives in McKees Rocks, just outside Pittsburgh, on the family hill with his wife, children and some 30 other members of the extended Condeluci family.

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