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International Affairs (GSPIA) and an MBA
from the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz
School of Business Administration (Hail to
Pitt). I also ran and was successful in being
elected for a second term as a Monessen
City Councilperson. At this point I realized
where my passion was and began to
embark on a mission to change careers
and obtain a position where I can serve
the public. It was in 2004 when things
really started to transform for me. First,
I met my future wife Michelle. By far the
best thing that has ever happened to me. I
passed my Professional Engineering exam
and was now licensed in Pennsylvania.
(This requires passing one 8-hour exam,
then working four years before being
eligible to take the final 8 hour exam). I
was chosen to lead a group of 66 college
engineering students to China for nearly
a month and then I was offered a senior
management position with a large Civil
and Architectural firm in Indianapolis, IN.
Realizing I needed to obtain more
experience in management as well as
the need to experience another part of
the country I accepted the offer. (The
compensation wasn’t that bad either.) It
was tough saying goodbye to family and
friends. I’ve lived my entire life in this area
and my family and friends mean the world
to me. Sometimes you have to get out of
your “comfort zone” to follow your dreams.
Michelle did not hesitate when asked to
come with me on this new adventure. If it
wasn’t for her, I am not sure I would have
been able to do it alone. The company
I worked for in Indianapolis was great!
The work was exciting. The people were
friendly and welcoming. We were living
in an awesome high-rise apartment in
downtown Indianapolis. However, I still
had that burning desire to work in public
service. I asked Michelle to marry me that
Easter of 2005. She accepted in the glow
of the dozen or so candles I had lit in our
and asked if I would consider that position
as a “trial” before being promoted to the
position of Borough Manager.
Now, here comes the difficult part. The
salary would equate to a 60% reduction
from what I was being paid in Indianapolis.
In addition, Michelle would have to quit
her job and hope to find something back
in Pittsburgh, and we were planning and
paying for our own wedding. To make the
decision even more difficult, the company
I was working for had given me a nice
bonus and a 10% salary increase for the
next year. Talk about being “tested”. I
prayed and then prayed some more and
then received a feeling that everything
would be ok. That salary is not the most
important thing. Simply to have faith
and trust. So I accepted the position as
Dormont’s Assistant Borough Manager
and thus began my second career at
the age of 39. Five months later I was
promoted to Borough Manager. Michelle
and I were married a week later and we
began looking for a home to purchase.
Dormont did not have a residency
requirement so our search consisted
mostly of the Mt. Lebanon/Dormont area.
That was until Michelle had a dentist
appointment and the dentist was located
in Brentwood. That was when we saw up
close the community. The homes were
similar to the styles we were touring in
Mt. Lebanon, Bethel Park, and Dormont
however the prices were considerably
less. We fell in love with the “story book’
Tudor house on the dead end of Cloverlea
Street. Who would have thought that eight
months later Brentwood Borough would
be looking for a new Borough Manager?
To be continued...
George Zboyovsky, PE
Borough Manager
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