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Adam L. Santucci

Adam is Co-Chair of the McNees Labor & Employment Law Group and a Member of the Public Finance & Government Services Group. Adam collaborates with businesses, non-profits, and government entities to provide creative solutions to solve the difficult problems that arise in today’s workplace.

Throughout his accomplished career, Adam has recently successfully defended:

     – Wage payment claims in state court;

     – Discrimination and harassment claims before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and in federal court;

     – Whistleblower claims; and

     – Contract interpretation and discharge grievance arbitrations.

Adam also helps conduct internal investigations, assists with government investigations, and along with his Labor and Employment team, helps guide trainings for employee, supervisor, and manager training.  

Adam regularly represents and counsels unionized employers in all aspects of labor relations, including collective bargaining and labor arbitration. He has secured numerous successful outcomes in grievance arbitrations, and favorable outcomes in interest arbitration proceedings. He also provides counsel to non-unionized employers looking to remain union-free.

Immediately before joining McNees, Adam served as the Human Resource Director for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. Adam also spent approximately six years with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in the Labor Relations Division.

Adam proudly serves on the Board of Directors of the Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland and Perry Counties, and serves on the Widener Commonwealth Law School’s Business Counseling Advisory Committee. Adam also Chairs the Strategic Planning Committee at McNees.

Adam R. Long

 Since 2002, Adam has practiced in the McNees Labor and Employment Law Practice Group, assisting employers with labor and employment law compliance, and representing employers in defense of claims made against them.

Adam regularly counsels employers on a wide range of labor and employment law issues, including wage and hour compliance, employment discrimination, employee leaves of absence, labor relations, and non-competition agreements.

Adam also represents employers crossing various industry sectors in single plaintiff and class-based employment litigation matters and before various governmental agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, and the National Labor Relations Board. He also represents employers with union-represented workforces in collective bargaining negotiations and grievance arbitrations.

Adam is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and in the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Eastern, and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania.

Adam is active in the community and currently serves as a Board member for The LINK Foundation and as the Chair of the Human Resources Committee of the United Way of the Capital Region. He also is a former Board member and Board Secretary for the American Red Cross’s Central Pennsylvania Chapter, a former President of the Paxtonia Athletic Association, and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Center of Independent Living of Central PA.

Christian Johnson is SIB’s Vice President of Business Development and Channel Partnerships. In his role, he is responsible for both direct business development and the growth and management of SIB’s partner programs. 

Christian joined SIB in 2012 and has been an integral part of the business development team. He has worked with hundreds of companies in a wide array of industries to them SIB’s clients lower their expenses. 

Prior to joining SIB, Christian was VP of Marketing for technology start-up Synthio (formerly Social123). Before 

moving to Charleston, he spent eight years in Bozeman, Montana, where he ran Promotions West, a custom imprint and promotional product company. 

Christian attended The University of the South in Sewanee Tennessee, where he graduated with a degree an English and a minor in Environmental Studies.  

Pete Chiappa is the Chief Financial Officer of the iconic Primanti Bros. restaurants, which was acquired earlier this year by Garnett Station Partners, a New York-based PE firm. 

Pete has worked in private equity-owned businesses for the past 15 years, serving in various executive leadership roles. His previous restaurant experience came from being the CFO of Buffalo Wild Wings’ largest franchisee, Michigan-based Patton Wings, which operates more than 100 restaurants in 8 states. Prior to that, Pete held various roles with Vantage Food; and began his career with KPMG, serving as senior manager in the firm’s Manufacturing, Retail and Distribution practice. 

Christoph Elben of Coraopolis PA, is a multilingual strategic sourcing, category management and procurement operations executive with broad experience in all aspects of corporate purchasing, e-Sourcing, contract negotiations, category planning, P2P systems, and Policy development. 

Christoph has been with Dick’s Sporting Goods for over 8 years and is currently the Vice President of Non-Merchandise Procurement.  

He is responsible for managing all aspects of ~ $1.5B Non-Merchandise Procurement spend, including spend and savings forecasting, capacity management, stakeholder satisfaction, budgeting & cost control, quality and continuous improvement, and team performance.

Christoph’s career began at Ariba, Inc, where he spent close to a decade rising to the role of Director of North America and Europe Sourcing Operations. Following that, and prior to his role at DSG Christoph was Director of Global Sourcing Execution Operations at Accenture. 

Christoph is a graduate of Purdue University and holds a multitude of Certifications in Supply Chain Management.