Dominick D. DiPaolo served with distinction as an Erie, Pennsylvania, police officer for a quarter century, much of that time as Erie’s leading homicide investigator. Retiring at the rank of detective sergeant, he became the most decorated law enforcement officer in the City of Erie’s history.

For the past 20 years, DiPaolo has been an elected Magisterial District Judge, representing Erie’s vast Sixth Ward. Active in civic, religious, youth and athletic organizations, he is the father of two and grandfather of four. He and his wife, Janet, live in the City of Erie.

Jeff Pinski was an award-winning journalist for four decades at Erie, Pennsylvania’s Times Publishing Company. First a Morning News reporter and later managing editor, then Erie Times-News public editor, he is the former president of the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors, and the former longtime chairman of both Leadership Erie and the MS Society’s Northwestern Pennsylvania Advisory Council.

After retiring from the newspaper, he became Edinboro University’s Associate Director for Communications and Marketing for seven years. A veteran of the U.S. Navy and father of one, he and his wife, Doris, live in Fairview Township.