SRU will honor Butler businesswoman
SLIPPERY ROCK — A Butler resident and business owner known for her community involvement is one of four Slippery Rock University alumni who will be honored by the university next week.
Gail Paserba, a 1990 SRU graduate who went on to found International Quality Consultants (IQC) — a quality control, inspection and training services company — with her husband will be honored with the university’s annual Distinguished Alumni Award on Oct. 13, during a dinner at the Russell Wright Alumni House.
The awards honor SRU alumni who have distinguished themselves professionally and personally, according to the university’s website.
Paserba, who graduated from SRU with a degree in elementary education, said that amounts to “doing the right thing.”
“When you do something that you’re passionate about for so many years, you just do what needs to be done,” she said.
Paserba and her husband, Tom, started IQC in 1995. The company works with a wide variety of international clients from the nuclear, fossil fuel, renewable energy and transportation industries.
After Tom died in 2013 Paserba became the company’s president and has shepherded IQC through continued growth as an industry leader in quality services.
Paserba also serves as a trustee for Butler County Community College, and a board member for organizations like the Butler Health System Foundation, Pine Richland Youth Center and The Endowment for Butler County.
She credited her time at SRU with instilling the qualities that have enabled her to grow professionally and remain active in the community.
“SRU provided me that independence to learn time management and set priorities,” Paserba said. “I had a good educational background and the self-confidence that I needed to step into a new, totally different world.”
Joining Paserba as award recipients this year are Merle Crawford of Hummelstown, from the class of 1979; Run Hunt of Pittsburgh, from the Classes of 1973 and 1975; and Elke Suber of Kirkland, Wash., from the Class of 1993.
