Brandon Ziats
Brandon Ziats Executive Director
Brandon has worked in the Violence Prevention field for over 10 years. He began his career working with One Vision One Life. Throughout this period of time, he managed operations and supervised outreach staff in the communities of Clairton, Mckees Rocks, Hill District, and South Pittsburgh. He also supervised mediation efforts inside of Sto-Rox School District and the Clairton Education Center.
He is the co-creator of Youth Opportunities Development and served as Director of Programming from 2012-2016. In 2017, he became Executive Director. He has also consulted for the Positive Deviance Initiative with projects in Clairton and Bronx, NY. Brandon received his degree in Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh.