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Board of DirectorsKate Asbeck

Teresa Metcalf BeasleyDebbie BerryRita BrauneckMicki Byrnes

Fiona ChambersInajo Davis Chappell

Deborah DonleyHeidi GartlandKathy GolovanLynn-Ann Gries

Jane HamrleYvette Ittu

Linda KaneCeleste MastinMegan O’Bryan

Elaine PriceJean RobertsonNatalie Ronayne

Lisa RoseJulia SabinCindy Stull

Kristin Warzocha

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Officers/Executive Committee

Chair.................................................Rita Brauneck

Secretary.......................................Teresa Metcalf Beasley

Treasurer.............................................Fiona Chambers

Membership Engagement Chair...........................Linda Kane

Membership Selection Chair......................Inajo Davis Chappell

Communications Chair.......................................Lisa Rose

Governance & Nominations Chair..............................................Natalie Ronayne

The Executive Committee is composed of the officers and committee chairs of the board. It takes a leadership role in

guiding the plans and activities of the organization and its committees and is responsible for

strategic planning, succession planning, nomination of officers and governance.

StaffExecutive Administrator...........................Beth McCreary

[email protected]

440.477.0633

130 Mill Hollow Drive

Moreland Hills, OH 44022

www.incounselwithwomen.org

Conference call dial-in number: 515.604.9532

access code: 915687

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Eugene McDermott CEOPerot Museum of Nature & Science2201 N. Field StreetDallas, TX 75201Phone: [email protected]

Linda Abraham-SilverLinda Abraham Silver, Ed.D., was appointed the Eugene McDermott Chief Executive Officer for the Perot Museum of Nature and Science (Dallas, Texas) in July 2017. Under her leadership, the Perot Museum has launched several successful new initiatives including the complete redesign of the museum’s Being Human Hall; the installation of a new Paleo Lab that provides visitors real-time views of the museum’s field research and discoveries; the launch of two Centers of Excellence – one in gems and minerals and the other in paleoanthropology; and a partnership with National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Prof. Lee Berger and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa that produced a world-first virtual reality tour of one of the most significant human ancestor fossil sites on Earth.Prior to leading the Perot Museum, Linda worked for the government of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates where she served for more than six years as associate director of the Technology Development Committee. While in this position, she oversaw the creation and growth of informal science education initiatives aimed at building a sustainable and diversified knowledge economy for integration into the global ecosystem. Before moving to the Middle East, Linda spent eight years as the President and CEO of Great Lakes Science Center. She led the center in its first-ever strategic planning process and achieved a financial turnaround, taking the institution from operating losses to a balanced budget and creating a 75% earned-revenue business model. She negotiated the relocation of the NASA Glenn Visitor Center to GLSC, led effort to install the first wind turbine on the American shores of the Great Lakes and successfully launched MC2 - Cleveland Metropolitan’s STEM high school. Prior to her tenure at GLSC, Linda served for more than a decade at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County as Vice President where she led the education and guest relations departments for the five museums that comprised NHMLAC. Linda is a member of Leadership Cleveland (2006) and Leadership Texas (2018) and is active in NAMES the North Africa Middle East Science center association. She is mother to Caroline (19) a pre-med student and Brad (15) a sophomore in high school.

Industry: Non-Profit

Functional Specialty: General Management

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Dallas Arts District - Treasurer, Executive Committee; Association of Science & Technology Centers (ASTC)

Awards/Honors: CMSD Army of Believers; Noyce Fellow; Honorary Steel Ring Award CSU, College of Engineering, Cleveland Magazine’s 50 Most Influential People Award Innovation in Business/Smart Business, 2005; Kaleidoscope “Women Who Give Back,” Crain’s Cleveland Business “40 Under 40,” YWCA’s “Women of Excellence”

Education: BA, University of California, Los Angeles; MBA, Pepperdine University; Ed.D, University of Southern California, SPNM Harvard Business School

ICWW Member Since: 2005

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PresidentThe Acho Group 2915 Courtland BouelvardShaker Hts., OH 44122Phone: 216. 283.0653Cell: 216.403.0729 [email protected]

Jackie AchoJacqueline Acho has worked with clients on strategy, leadership, innovation, and cultural transformation for 25 years as a partner of McKinsey & Company and President of the Acho Group. Current work includes empathy-centered cultural transformation with the Cleveland Police. In her 2019 book Empathy Deficit Disorder: Healing from Our Mix-Ups about Work, Home, and Sex, Jackie sheds light on why there are not more women in leadership now, more than 50 years after the beginning of second-wave feminism. Jackie was named one of the “top 40 under 40” by Crain’s Cleveland Business Magazine and “one of the 500 most influential women in Northeast Ohio” by Northern Ohio Live magazine. Jackie has taught “Finance in the Real World” in the Masters of Finance Program at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management. She is a featured speaker in the Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurship in Transitioning Economies. She holds a PhD in chemistry from MIT and a BS with highest honors from the University of Michigan. In 2012, Jackie completed the 4-year Education for Ministry program through Sewanee University and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights where she currently serves as Senior Warden of the Vestry. She is a certified yoga instructor with special focus on emotional and physical detoxification and healing, especially for police and other first responders. She learned empathy at home. She lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with her husband John LeMay, and their children, Sophie (16) and Grant (15).

Industry: Consulting/Professional Services

Functional Specialty: Strategy/Leadership,Technical/Engineering

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Jumpstart, Inc., Wright Center for Sensor Systems Engineering, CWRU Technology Commercialization Visiting Committee, Entrepreneurs’ Edge Advisory Board

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2012, YWCA Wisdom Circles Mentor, Panelist/Contributor to 2014 CWRU MOOC Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurship in Transitioning Economies https://www.coursera.org/course/entpecon

Awards/Honors: Crain’s Cleveland Business “Top 40 Under 40,” Northern Ohio Live “500 Most Influential Women in NE Ohio”

Education: University of Michigan, bachelor’s degree with distinction and highest honors in chemistry; Master’s & Ph.D, Organic Chemistry from MIT, Education for Ministry Certificate - Sewanee University

Founding Member

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Senior Vice President & Chief Communications Officer

The PNC Financial Services Group1900 East Ninth StreetCleveland, OH 44114 Phone: 216.222.8202 Cell: [email protected]

Kristen Baird Adams

Kristen Baird Adams is senior vice president and chief communications officer The PNC Financial Services Group. She oversees media relations; employee, crisis, human resources, business and executive communications; social media; sponsorships; recognition; intranet management; and video, web and event productions. Prior to being named to her current position in October 2018, Baird Adams served as chief operating officer of the Office of Regional Presidents. In this role, she lead strategic initiatives, budgeting and operations, while driving cross functional team partnerships in support of PNC’s more than three dozen regional markets across the United States. She also provided strategic counsel and support to help lead communications and engagement with PNC’s Regional Presidents, their respective Client and Community Relations teams and internal line of business and shared service partners across the company. Prior to her COO role, Baird Adams served as the director of Client and Community Relations in Cleveland. In this role, she led the development and implementation of strategies for community relations, public affairs, marketing and public relations, philanthropy, charitable sponsorships and employee engagement. Baird Adams joined PNC through its acquisition of National City Corporation in December 2008, where she previously served as the director of Corporate Communications. Prior to joining National City, Baird Adams served as vice president of Corporate Communications at Robert Falls & Co. in Cleveland and as a senior Corporate Communications leader and chief speechwriter at FirstEnergy Corp. in Akron. She began her career in journalism, serving in a variety a reporting positions, including coverage of the financial services and energy sectors for Crain’s Cleveland Business. Baird Adams is active in a number of community organizations, serving as a member of the following non-profit boards: The Centers for Families and Children, City Club of Cleveland, CollegeNow Greater Cleveland, Greater Cleveland Food Bank, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. In addition, she is a member of the Cleveland Early Childhood Compact, the Greater Cleveland Partnership Government Affairs Council, In Counsel with Women, and Leadership Cleveland Class of 2010. Baird Adams earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from The Ohio State University.

Industry: Financial Services

Functional Specialty: External Affairs/Community Relations/Philanthropy/Public Affairs/Corporate Communications

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: BayArts, Boys Hope Girls Hope of Northeast Ohio, Friends of Breakthrough, Center for Families and Children, City Club of Cleveland, Cleveland Leadership Center, College Now Greater Cleveland, Gordon Square Arts District, ideastream and Voices for Ohio’s Children

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Member of: the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2010, In Counsel With Women and The United Way of Greater Cleveland’s Women’s Leadership Council

Education: Ohio State University - Journalism, University of Maryland Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, Washington Center for Politics & Journalism Fellow


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Endowed Chair of Integrative Medicine

University Hospitals of Cleveland25001 Emery RoadBuilding 25E, Suite 100Warrensville Hts., OH 44128Phone: 216.285.4070 Cell: [email protected]

Francoise AdanDr. Adan is the Chris and Sara Connor Chair of Integrative Medicine at University Hospitals. Under her skilled leadership, Dr. Adan is successfully directing a system-wide initiative where state-of-the-art medical care is blended with innovative, evidence-based therapies and services to bring Optimal Health to all patients, Body, Mind and Spirit. Francoise Adan was born in Italy and grew up in Belgium, always knowing that she wanted to be a physician. She studied family medicine in Belgium, earning a medical degree from the University Libre de Brussels, followed by three years working in the field of family medicine. She then immigrated to the United States in 1987, redirecting her intellectual energies to a focus in psychiatry. She completed a residency in Psychiatry at the Cleveland Clinic from 1992-1996, was Board Certified in 1997, and became a US citizen in 2008. “My multicultural background is an essential part of me, helping me to keep an open mind and to know that we are all connected.” She is the interim Vice Chair of the Academic Consortium of Integrative Medicine and Health, serves on the Board of the Cleveland International Film Festival and on the Advisory Board for the Gathering Place. She volunteers at College Now. Francoise has 2 grown children, Guillaume and Nathalie and lives in Shaker Heights.

Industry: Health Care

Functional Specialty: Physician & Hospital Leadership

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Advisory Board of UCI College of Health Sciences, Cleveland International Film Festival, Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health (ACIMH) Interim Vice Chair, The Gathering Place Professional Advisory Council

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2014, College Now Greater Cleveland

Honors/Awards: Crain’s Woman of Note 2019, Crain’s Cleveland Business Corporate Achievement in Health Care Award 2016, Christopher M. an Sara H. Connor Master Clinician in Integrative Health 2015, Health Network Service Excellence Award 2014, YWCA Women of Excellence Award 2011

Education: Residency in Psychiatry and Psychology - Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Certificate in Family Medicine - Universite libre de Bruxelles, Doctorate in Medicine, Surgery & Obstetrics - Universite libre de Bruxelles


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President & Chief Executive OfficerFedEx Custom Critical1475 Boettler Rd. Uniontown, OH 44685Phone: 234-310-4001 Cell: [email protected]

Virginia Addicott

Virginia Addicott is president and CEO of FedEx Custom Critical, North America’s largest, critical-shipment carrier. The company provides 24/7 service throughout the United States, Canada and internationally, delivering hundreds of thousands of critical shipments each year. Expedited shipping services are available through the company’s Surface Expedite, Air Expedite and White Glove Services® divisions. The company also has a subsidiary – FedEx Truckload Brokerage to meet customers’ truckload shipping needs. Addicott joined FedEx Custom Critical in 1986 and quickly worked her way up the ranks, holding director positions in various departments where she placed a strong focus on organizational culture, customer satisfaction and developing people. In each role, Addicott used technology to improve productivity through automation. Her streamlining of processes has created better, more efficient service to both internal and external customers. Addicott earned a Bachelor of Science degree (‘85) and an EMBA (‘95) from Kent State University. She is chairwoman of The Boys and Girls Club of the Western Reserve and serves on a number of other boards to benefit the Northeast Ohio community, including the Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce, Akron Children’s Hospital and the Akron Community Foundation.

Industry: TransportationFunctional Specialty: General Management, OperationsCurrent Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Boys & Girls Club - Board President, Greater Akron Chamber - Past Chair, Children’s Hospital - Honorary Co-Chair Promise Campaign, Akron Community Foundation Community Involvement: Go Red for Women - 2012 Chair, Akron Tomorrow, Baldwin Wallace Business Advisory CouncilAwards/Honors: Finalist, Athena Awards 2010, Trailblazer Panelist 2010, 2009 YWCA “Woman of Achievement”, NAWBO Tower Award 2009Education: BS, Education, MBA, International Business, Kent State UniversityICWW Member Since: 2008

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Principal Van Auken Akins Architects LLC1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1010Cleveland, OH 44115 Phone: 216.241.2220 Cell: [email protected]

Jill Akins

Jill Van Auken Akins AIA established Van Auken Akins Architects LLC (VAA) in 1992 with a vision to design inspiring environments while providing exceptional communication and service to clients in both the public and private sectors. What began as a single employee firm committed to providing outstanding service to clients, now operates with a staff of 2 team members, with design projects exceeding $5 billion in construction value. As Principal and majority owner of VAA, Jill oversees all aspects of firm activities and is responsible for delivering exceptional design solutions and maintaining high quality service to clients. She brings over 30 years of project management and design expertise to the team, including architectural design, interior design, construction management, and planning for clients across a variety of market sectors, including non-profit, institutional, education, healthcare, commercial, public, industrial and retail. Select client experience includes the new Downtown Cleveland Hilton Hotel, Global Center for Health Innovation and Cleveland Convention Center, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Cleveland Metroparks, Cleveland Browns Stadium, Case Western Reserve University, The Ohio State University, Kent State University, Cleveland State University, Cuyahoga Community College, Ashland University, Ursuline College, University School, Laurel School, Beaumont School, Benedictine, St. Dominic, Shaker Heights City School District, Playhouse Square, Salvation Army, and University Hospitals.


Functional Specialty: Architecture

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Construction Employers Association Legislative Committee, USGBC and NEO Chapter of USGBC, American Institute of Architects Women’s Committee, NAIOP NEO Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: The Country Club Buildings and Grounds Committee, Cleveland Catholic Diocese Real Estate Committee, Cuyahoga County Harvest for Hunger Campaign Cabinet, Beaumont School

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Harvest for Hunger, Cleveland Catholic Diocese

Awards/Honors: National Association of Women Business Owners Top Ten Award, Awards for projects including Sand Ridge Golf Club, Salvation Army, Cleveland Public Auditorium, Cleveland Convention Center

Education: Bachelor of Architecture - University of Notre Dame


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PrincipalJoan U. Allgood Co., LPA & J/A

Transaction Services LLC 160 Lake Harbor CourtCleveland, OH 44108 Phone: [email protected]

Joan U. AllgoodJoan Allgood is the principal of J/A Transaction Services LLC that was formed in 2011 to provide strategic, efficient and cost effective project and transaction management to real estate owners, developers, operators and equity partners. Joan guides clients in structuring and managing joint venture transactions, acquisitions, divestitures and financings. She is also the principal of Joan U. Allgood, Co., L.P.A., a legal professional association, that provides legal services to real estate clients. Prior to forming J/A Transaction Services, Joan was an Executive Vice President of Developers Diversified Realty where for 23 years she was lead negotiator of transactions and joint ventures with domestic and foreign institutional and private investors. She began her professional career at National City Bank and was associated with the law firm of Thompson Hine LLP prior to joining Developers Diversified Realty in 1987.

Industry: Law, Real EstateFunctional Specialty: Law, Real Estate ConsultingCurrent Non-Profit Board Affiliations: YWCA of Cleveland, Cleveland Foodbank, Cleveland Sight CenterVolunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2011, Art Therapy StudioAwards/Honors: 2008 Crain’s Woman of Note, 2008 Top 40 Women in Real Estate, 2008-09 Ohio Super LawyerEducation: BA, Denison University; JD, CWRU School of Law; Kellogg School of Management - Women’s Director Program at Northwestern UniversityICWW Member Since: 2010

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Retired Finance Executive2339 Springside OvalBrecksville, OH 44141Cell: [email protected]

Kate Asbeck

Industry: Non-Profit/ManufacturingFunctional Specialty: Accounting/FinanceCurrent Non-Profit Board Affiliations: University Hospitals, Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, In Counsel With Women, Jumpstart, Girl Scouts of Northeast OhioVolunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2012Education: BA, Cum Laude, Accounting & Economics, Ohio Wesleyan UniversityICWW Member Since: 2010

Kate served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Cleveland Foundation from April 2010 until her retirement in June 2016. Kate was previously Senior Vice President – Finance at Corning Incorporated in Corning, NY. In that role, she led a 600-person global finance organization – including control, treasury, tax and shared services – and served as its principal accounting officer. During her 18-year tenure with Corning, she gained expertise in all areas of finance and significant experience in acquisitions, divestitures, joint venture formation, financing and capital markets. She also served on the board of a number of Corning’s joint venture companies ranging in sales from $100M to $2 billion. Prior to Corning, Kate was with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Cincinnati for ten years, progressing to senior manager. She started her career as a staff auditor with Champion International in Hamilton, Ohio, after graduating cum laude from Ohio Wesleyan University. Kate is on the Board of Jumpstart, Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio, Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio and In Counsel with Women. She is also a Trustee of University Hospitals and a member of Leadership Cleveland Class of 2012. .

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PresidentLorain Community College1005 N. Abbe RoadElyria, OH 44035Phone: 440.366.4050Cell: [email protected]

Marcia Ballinger

Industry: Education

Functional Specialty: Accounting/Finance, Advertising/Public Relations, Fundraising, General Management, Human Resources, Operations

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Northwest Bank Advisory Board

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Fund for Economic Future, Innovation Fund America - President, Lorain County Chamber of Commerce, Lorain County Community College Foundation - President, MAGNET, Northeast Ohio Council of Education, Ohio Articulation and Transfer Network, Ohio Association of Community Colleges, University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center, Workforce Institute of Lorain County, Lorain County Workforce Development Board

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Jobs for the Future Policy Leadership Trust for Student Success, MAGNET Workforce and Talent Development Committee, Northeast Ohio Council of Higher, Ohio Board of Regents Complete College Ohio Task Force Committee, Ohio Guaranteed Transfer Pathways Statewide Steering Committee

Awards/Honors: Aspen Presidential Fellowship for Community College Excellence

Education: Ph.D. in Education-Community College Leadership - Walden University; MBA - Kent State University; BA in Journalism = Indiana University of Pennsylvania


Marcia Ballinger, Ph.D., has more than 25 years in community college leadership roles that have advanced student success, workforce and economic development, strategic planning, and institutional advancement. Dr. Ballinger was named as the 5th President of Lorain County Community College July 1, 2016. She was also awarded the prestigious Aspen Presidential Fellowship for Community College Excellence. Dr. Ballinger is passionate about empowering a thriving community where every student dream matters. She is a deeply engaged in the student completion movement at the state and national level serving in leadership roles for Completion by Design project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Achieving the Dream and Jobs For the Future Policy Leadership Trust for Student Success. She was appointed to the American Association of Community College’s Commission on Student Success as well as the AACC Task Force on Apprenticeships. In addition to growing talent, Dr. Ballinger has provided leadership for the College’s economic development initiatives, which focused primarily on the needs and potential of entrepreneurs. Under Dr. Ballinger’s leadership, hallmarks of the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem were developed and thriving today, such as: GLIDE, a regional technology incubator and the Innovation Fund, the region’s earliest pre-seed fund for start-up technology companies. Dr. Ballinger Co-Chairs the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Articulation and Transfer Network as well as the Ohio Guaranteed Transfer Pathways Statewide Steering Committee. Regionally, Dr. Ballinger serves on the boards of TeamNEO, MAGNET, Northeast Ohio Council of Higher Education, the Fund for Our Economic Future, University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center, Northwest Bank Advisory Board, Workforce Institute of Lorain County and Lorain County Chamber of Commerce. She is also President of the Lorain County Community College Foundation and while serving as Vice President of the LCCC Foundation grew the organization from $12 million in assets in 2004 to over $50 million today. Dr. Ballinger holds a Ph.D. in Education – Community College Leadership, Walden University.

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Chief Executive DigitalC6815 Euclid AvenueCleveland, OH 44103Phone: [email protected]

Industry: Technology and Innovation

Functional Specialty: Leadership

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cleveland Water Alliance; DigitalC

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Chair Old Stone Church’s 2020 Bicentennial Steering Committee; Leadership Cleveland Class of 1992; The 50 Club of Cleveland

Awards/Honors: 2018 Legacy Award, 2013 South High School Hall of Fame, 2011 Crain’s Cleveland Business Difference Maker, Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award 1993, Northern Ohio Live “Rainmaker” Award, Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame 2008, Richard Shatten Leadership Award - Greater Cleveland Partnership 2008, Cleveland Engineering Society Leadership Award 2006, Inside Business “Most Powerful People in NEO” 2006-2008, 1983 Weatherhead School of Management Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Education: BA, Magna Cum Laude, Wittenberg University, MS Biology, University of Day-ton, MBA - CWRU Weatherhead School of Management

Founding Member

Dorothy Baunach

Dorothy Baunach is the Chief Executive of DigitalC working to make Greater Cleveland’s digital future more equitable. She has been involved since the early days of DigitalC (formerly OneCleveland and OneCommunity) and has served several years on its board, including as chair. Dorothy’s two capstone projects underway are EmpowerCLE, DigitalC’s initiative to provide affordable and reliable internet service to Cleveland’s un and under connected neighborhoods and chairing the 2020 Bicentennial celebration for Old Stone Church. Dorothy is a seasoned community, business and non-profit leader with broad experience in organization and community development; strategic leadership; public-private-academic partnerships; entrepreneurship; technology commercialization; business and early-stage capital formation. Dorothy has a storied track record spanning 35 years of successfully creating, transforming and leading organizations that are today part of Greater Cleveland’s and the state of Ohio’s technology, entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems. Among her many accomplishments, Dorothy has coached several entrepreneurs through the startup process, created organizations to support them through Ohio’s former Thomas Edison Program and Third Frontier initiative, which she helped to shape from its inception in 2002 through its second successful ballot initiative in 2010. She has fostered the growth of technology-based industry clusters, particularly the biomedical cluster as founding CEO of what are now BioEnterprise and BioOhio. Her most recent work involved assisting the Cleveland Water Alliance, where she was a founding board member, in its efforts to raise appreciation for Northeast Ohio’s blue economy and foster innovation at the intersection of technology and water with the goal of making Lake Erie a Smart Lake. In 2018 the Greater Cleveland Partnership awarded Dorothy its Legacy Award for Innovation and Leadership in Technology. Dorothy is a native Clevelander who has lived in downtown Cleveland with her husband Bruce for the past ten years where they have relished witnessing Cleveland’s renaissance after living 30 years in Westlake where they raised their two daughters – who also both live in Cleveland. She enjoys living and working in the City of Cleveland, and particularly appreciates her six-minute commute from her downtown townhome to DigitalC’s Tech Hive.

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MemberMcDonald Hopkins600 Superior AvenueSuite 2100Cleveland, OH 44114Phone: 216.348.5713Cell: 216.702.1796 tmbeasley@mcdonaldhopkins.

com

Industry: Law

Functional Specialty: Law

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: The Cleveland Foundation (Audit, Finance & Administration and Grant Making and Community Engagement committees); Laurel School (Governance and Executive Committees); The Links, Incorporated Western Reserve Chapter (Financial Secretary), In Counsel With Women

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (Greater Cleveland Alumnae Chapter), Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Bluecoats Inc., Leadership Cleveland, Class of 2007

Awards/Honors: Who’s Who in Black Cleveland, 2005 and 2016; Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Chapter of the Black Law Students Association Alumni Award, 2015; Crain’s Woman of Note, 2014; YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence, 2011; Commercial Real Estate Women Cleveland Deborah R. Klausner Leadership Award, 2008; YWCA Women’s Leadership Boot Camp, 2006; Kaleidoscope Magazine’s 40-40 Club; Cleveland Bridge Builders, Class of 2004 Education: B.A., University of Alabama; J.D., Cleveland-Marshall College of Law


Teresa is a member and chair of the firm’s Public Law Practice Group. She is experienced in bond transactions and has served as bond, underwriter’s, borrower’s as well as placement agent counsel. She also has experience with joint economic development zones and joint economic development districts, project labor agreements and diversity plans. She has represented private institutions and local and county governmental agencies, including municipalities, port authorities, healthcare institutions and library systems on business, financing real estate matters, construction and government relations. Teresa counsels with respect to all real estate acquisitions, divestitures, leasing, financing and development. She has represented individuals, corporations, non-profits and governmental bodies with all aspects of real estate development including land assembly, planning, zoning, environmental and financing, including public-private partnerships. Teresa’s diverse real estate experience allows her to advise on all types of real estate transactions. She also works with clients in developing and maintaining strong relationships with local and state officials, as well as community stakeholders, to advance clients’ legal and legislative matters, particularly for nonprofit, real estate development and gaming industry clients.Teresa represents small business owners on various legal matters including but not limited to contracts, employment matters, intellectual property matters, litigation and construction matters.Teresa is a graduate of the University of Alabama and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

Teresa Metcalf Beasley

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Regional Managing Director - Central Region

Aon Risk Solutions200 East Randolph StreetChicago, IL 60601Phone: 216.533.1930 [email protected]

Jennifer Bell

Jennifer is the Regional Managing Director of the Central Region. Jennifer is responsible for the overall management of the Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh, Cleveland/Akron, Columbus and Cincinnati offices; a region of over 400 colleagues. In addition to working with these offices to create top line growth and balance the bottom line, she empowers results around risk and people for our clients. Prior to this position, Jennifer was the Resident Managing Director, President and Chief Operating Officer since 2003. Jennifer has extensive experience in strategic risk management planning for clients in manufacturing and transportation. She also is a Strategic Account Manager on Fortune 500 clients primarily in the Heavy Industry and Automotive Supply Industries. Jennifer has over 25 years of experience in the risk management consulting business and in designing insurance programs around her client’s unique needs. She began her career with Johnson & Higgins in Cincinnati, Ohio as an Account Executive in the Marine & Aviation practice. Upon joining Aon in 1991, she focused on global heavy manufacturing risk and association programs, which would prove instrumental in building the Northeast Ohio region, an area with great concentration of this industry by delivering distinctive client value to help create and implement risk management programs.

Industry: Insurance

Functional Specialty: Risk Consulting

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Sisters of Charity Foundation, Ameri-can Heart Association, Young Presidents Organization, United Way of Greater Cleveland

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2008, American Heart Association – “Go Red for Women” 2009 Chair & 2010 Executive Leadership Team Member, Cleveland Central Catholic High School, The 50 Club, United Way Women’s Leadership, E&Y Entreprenuer of the Year Judge

Awards/Honors: 2014 YWCA Women of Achievement Award, Muscular Dys-trophy Golden Handcuff Award, Leadership Circle for United Way, Excellence Roundtable Award, Pinnacle Award

Education: Thomas More College


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President & CEOVita-Mix Corporation8615 Usher RoadOlmsted Township, OH 44138Phone: [email protected]

Jodi L. Berg

Industry: Foodservice & Consumer Products

Functional Specialty: General Management, Marketing, Brand, Sales, Culture, Consumer Goods

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Vita-Mix Corporation

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Greater Cleveland Partnership

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Member of the YPO (Young Presidents Or-ganization), WFF (Women’s Foodservice Forum), NODEC (Northern Ohio District Export Council); Fellow of the CIA (Culinary Institute of America)

Awards/Honors: Two Ohio Export Awards, President’s “E” Award and Presi-dent’s “E Star” Award for Exports, YWCA Woman of Achievement Award, Crain’s Cleveland Business list of “150 Names to Know in Northeast Ohio” (a bi-annual recognition), National Winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for 2014, Berea Business and Professional Women of the Year, Bowling Green State University Dallas Hamilton Entrepreneur Hall of Fame

Education: BSBA - Bowling Green State University, MBA - Washington State University


Jodi Berg is President and CEO of Vitamix, a fourth-generation family-owned company whose high-performance blending equipment is manufactured in Northeast Ohio and available in approximately 100 countries. She has created a sustainable business model that enables Vitamix to improve the vitality of people’s lives and liberate the world from conventional food and beverage preparation boundaries, by maintaining its leadership position and holding strong to the passion, integrity and family values on which the company was founded. Jodi received her bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green State University and her masters of business administration from Washington State University. Currently, she is pursuing her doctorate at Case Western Reserve University. At the end of the day, Jodi feels her biggest accomplishment is creating a life and family with her husband and being a mom to her teenage daughters. Jodi serves on the Boards of Vita-Mix Corporation, the Greater Cleveland Partnership and Team NEO. She is a member of YPO (Young Presidents Organization), WFF (Women’s Foodservice Forum), NODEC (North Ohio District Export Council), and CIA (Culinary Institute of America). Her favorite way to give back is to help develop emerging leaders through motivational presentations and coaching.

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Vice President - Planning & Real Estate Development

University Circle, Inc.10831 Magnolia DriveCleveland, OH 44106Phone: 216.707.5006Cell: [email protected]

Debbie Berry

Industry: Non Profit

Functional Specialty: Real Estate Development

Government Board Affiliations: Cleveland Metroparks Board of Commissioners - President; District One Public Works Integrating Committee; Build Up Greater Cleveland - Chair

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: American Planning Association - Northeast Ohio Chapter; Women in Transportation - Northeast Ohio Chapter; Cleveland Leadership Center, In Counsel With Women

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Cleveland Leadership Center Chair & LC Selection Committee; Purdue Alumni Association; Lakewood Alive Events Committee; Urban Land Institute Regional Product Council & Outreach Committees; Cleveland State University College of Urban Affairs Mentoring Program; Guest Lecturer at CWRU & CSU for Planning, Engineering & Law; Leadership Cleveland Class of 2008 Awards/Honors: Registered Professional Engineer - State of Ohio, 1997; Crain’s Cleveland Business “Forty Under 40”, 2008

Education: Purdue University - Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering; University of Texas at Austin - Master of Science in Engineering


Debbie currently serves as Vice President of Planning and Real Estate Development for University Circle Inc. (UCI), the non-profit development, service, and advocacy organization responsible for transforming University Circle into a Complete Neighborhood. Her responsibilities include managing physical development projects, coordinating future development opportunities, and overseeing needed infrastructure, greenspace and neighborhood improvements.Debbie is directing the effort to transform UCI into an active development corporation that is driving a neighborhood renaissance in University Circle. She is leading multi-million dollar investments at key locations throughout the district, which include UCI’s Bring Back Euclid Avenue Campaign and eight strategic investment projects that will change the face of University Circle with a hotel, new housing, businesses, and wayfinding and streetscape amenities.Prior to joining UCI, Debbie served as the Lakefront Plan Manager for the City of Cleveland and managed the Waterfront District Plan, a comprehensive redevelopment plan for more than eight-miles of Cleveland’s shoreline. Debbie holds a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University and a Masters Degree in Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a Registered Professional Engineer in Ohio. She is currently serving as President of the Cleveland Metroparks Board of Park Commissioners where she oversees improvements to over 23,000 acres of parks and public spaces. She is Chairperson of the infrastructure advocacy organization, Build Up Greater Cleveland (BUGC) and also serves as a Board member for the Cleveland Leadership Center, Women in Transportation, the local chapter of the American Planning Association, and the District One Public Works Integrating Committee (DOPWIC). Debbie was named one of Crain’s Cleveland Business top “Forty under 40” and she is a graduate of the 2008 Leadership Cleveland class. She and her husband Patrick live in Lakewood.

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Chief Development OfficerUniversity Hospitals Health System, Inc.11100 Euclid AvenueMailstop: LKS6069Cleveland, OH 44106Phone: 216.844.7864Cell: [email protected]

Sherri Bishop

Sherri L. Bishop, Esq. joined University Hospitals Health System (UH) as Chief Development Officer and Senior Vice President of Institutional Relations and Development in 2004. Raising more than $1.5 billion, Ms. Bishop led UH’s highly successful Discover the Difference campaign which concluded in May 2017. As Chief Development Officer, she oversees a team of 85 and the long-term strategic plan for significant growth of philanthropic revenue and all fundraising activities at UH’s academic medical center-based super-regional health system. Ms. Bishop reports to UH’s Chief Executive Officer, Thomas F. Zenty III, serves on the hospital’s Executive Committee, and oversees the Board Development/Campaign Committee.Prior to UH, Ms. Bishop was Vice Chairman of Institutional Relations and Development at the Cleveland Clinic where she held positions of increasing responsibility for 13 years. Before that, Ms. Bishop was a business and health law attorney with McDonald Hopkins, and at Procter & Gamble was a nationally-ranked sales manager and a leader in their national Sales Management Training School. Ms. Bishop earned her J.D. from Case Western Reserve University Law School in 1990 and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Cincinnati in 1982. She also attended University of Oxford in England for comparative legal studies in 1997.Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Ms. Bishop and her husband Rich reside in Lakewood, Ohio, and have three children.

Industry: Health Care/Non-Profit

Functional Specialty: Fundraising

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2008

Awards/Honors: 2006 Northern Ohio Live Rainmaker, 2006 YWCA Women of Professional Excellence, 2011 James P. Conway Mentor of the Year, Leadership Cleveland Class of 2008

Education: J.D., Case Western Reserve University Law School; B.A. in Psy-chology, University of Cincinnati; Oxford College, England, for comparative legal studies


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Member and Co-OwnerBixenstine Resolutions, LLC2666 Wicklow Rd.Shaker Heights, OH 44120Phone: 800.410.1339 Cell: [email protected]

Kim Bixenstine

Industry: Law


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Shaker Heights Development Corp.

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Cleveland Rape Crisis Center Board Chair, Great Lakes Theater Festival Board Secretary, Shaker Heights Development Corp. Chair of Fund Development Committee, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation 3R’s Program, Judge4Yourself Judicial Rating Coalition

Awards/Honors: Ethisphere World’s Most Ethical Company Award for University Hospitals 2016/2017, YWCA Woman of Achievement 2013, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association President’s Award 2013, Inside Counsel Award for one of the Ten Most Innovative Law Departments for University Hospitals 2013, Crain’s Cleveland Business Inside Counsel Award for non-profit 2013, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association/Northeast Ohio Asociation of Corporate Counsel “Women Honoring Women” Award 2013, named to Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation Leadership Institute Advisory Committee 2013, Ohio Super Lawyer 2006-2009, YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence 2001 & 2006, Crain’s Cleveland Business “40 Under 40” Award 1996

Education: JD - University of Chicago; BA - Middlebury College


Kim Bixenstine is a professional mediator and arbitrator. She co-owns Bixenstine Resolutions LLC with her husband, Bart. Kim retired from University Hospitals (UH) in April, 2019, after 16 years. From April, 2015-April, 2019, Kim served as Chief Compliance Officer of UH, leading the compliance and ethics program system wide. In that position, she reported to the CEO and the UH Board. From April, 2003-April, 2015, Kim served as Vice President & Deputy General Counsel of UH, where she was in charge of claims, litigation and clinical risk management system-wide. Before joining UH, Kim was Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel for TRW, Inc. Before that, Kim was a partner in the Jones, Day law firm, where she was a member of the Litigation Group and represented clients in a wide range of high profile, complex litigation matters. Kim is a summa cum laude graduate of Middlebury College and obtained her law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. Kim is involved in numerous community and professional activities. She chaired the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center from 2015-2018, and served on that Board from 2010-18. She is a member of the Boards of Great Lakes Theater and Shaker Heights Development Corporation. She is also a member of the Judicial Candidates Rating Coalition, which is a coalition of four local Bar Associations that rate judicial candidates for the benefit of the voting public. Kim enjoys singing and dancing and performs in the community. Kim has received numerous awards. For example, under her leadership as Chief Compliance Officer, UH was named by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for four straight years. She was named the Medical Mutual/Smart Business non-profit executive of the year in December, 2017 for her Board service for Cleveland Rape Crisis Center. She received the YWCA Woman of Achievement award in May 2013, the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s President’s award in June, 2013, and the award for outstanding in-house counsel for a non-profit by Crain’s Cleveland Business in November, 2013. Kim was also a member of the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2009.

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Founder & CEOAdaptive Knowledge Institute10606 Tanager TrailBrecksville, OH 44141Phone: [email protected]

Linda Bluso

Linda L. Bluso is a senior leader well-recognized for her effective leadership across multiple service industries. She is the Founder & CEO of Adaptive Knowledge Institute which helps family businesses in the middle market with leadership transitions, leadership development and leadership succession planning. She is also a consultant on matters of strategy and strategic collaborations. From 2011-2014 she served as the Chair (Dean) of the Business School at Baldwin Wallace University where she oversaw the undergraduate, MBA and executive education programs. Prior to her work at Baldwin Wallace, she was a practicing business and real estate attorney and was noted to be the first women attorney in Ohio to be a named and founding partner of a large law firm in Ohio. Subsequently, she became the first woman attorney at Brouse McDowell to be named partner-in-charge of its Cleveland office. As a certified mediator, Linda provides private mediation services for business conflict and dispute resolutions. Linda was Chair of In Counsel from 2007-2011.


Functional Specialty: Leadership/Strategy/Management/Collaborations/Corpo-rate Governance/Enterprise Risk Management

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Karpinski Engineering, Inc.

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: The Union Club of Cleveland, Metro-Health Foundation.

Volunteer/Community Involvement: JumpStart Mentoring Program; Leadership Cleveland Class of 2003; 2012 Judge for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur-of-the-Year

Awards/Honors: YWCA 2011 Woman of Achievement; Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio Women of Influence, 2011; Inside Business magazine “Leading Lawyer” 2007-2011; Martindale Hubbell Law Directory AV-rated (highest rating); Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) 2007 Volunteer of the Year; Smart Business Cleve-land magazine “Top Five Women Executives”, 2006; Northern Ohio Live “Rain-maker”, 2000; Crain’s Cleveland Business “Woman of Influence”, 1997; National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) “Top Ten Women in Business”, 1997

Education: BA, Cleveland State University, magna cum laude; J.D. Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University

Founding Member

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Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Meritor, Inc.2135 W. Maple RoadTroy, MI 48084Cell: 248.435.0786 [email protected]

April Miller Boise

Industry: Manufacturing, Law

Functional Specialty: General Management, Law, M&A

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Taylor-Oswald Insurance Company

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: St. Luke’s Foundation, BioEnterprise

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Regional Economic Competitive Strat-egy (RECS), Inclusion Chair; Visiting Committee at Cleveland Marshall School of Law, Vice Chair; The Links Incorporated; Leadership Cleveland; Cleveland Bridgebuilders

Awards/Honors: America Lawyer 45 Women Under 45 to Watch, 2011; Inside Business Power 100: Northeast Ohio’s Most Influential People, 2010; Chambers USA: Americas Leading Lawyers for Business (Corporate Mergers and Acquisi-tions, 2005 to 2010)

Education: Bachelors of Business Administration, University of Michigan Busi-ness School, magna cum laude; Juris Doctor, University of Chicago Law School


April Miller Boise is an accomplished executive and business leader with a deep understanding of conducting business across borders and building effective teams despite language and cultural differences. She has extensive experience structuring, leading and negotiating mergers, acquisitions, carveouts, joint ventures and other strategic alliances around the globe for multinational companies and addressing international challenges, particularly in China, Brazil, Europe, India, the Philippines and Australia. Currently, she is Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Meritor, Inc., a NYSE traded company and a leading global supplier of mobility, drivetrain, electric axles, braking and aftermarket solutions for commercial vehicle, construction, agricultural, defense and industrial markets. As a member of the executive leadership team and a trusted advisor, she is actively engaged in all aspects of the Company’s business including developing and implementing strategic initiatives through investment in emerging technologies, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other adjacencies. Ms. Boise has global responsibility for all legal, regulatory compliance, corporate governance and government affairs matters including managing significant risks, and environmental, asbestos and legacy liabilities and developing effective shareholder activism response plans and global compliance programs. Ms. Boise has played a key role as a member of the executive leadership team at three different multi-billion dollar revenue companies each operating in dynamic end markets around the world including transportation, oil and gas, mining, agriculture, construction, defense, and automotive. Ms. Boise has more than twenty years’ experience advising boards of directors and executive leadership teams of public and private companies in a number of industries including financial services, insurance, retail, healthcare, and manufacturing. Previously, Ms. Boise was a corporate partner at an AmLaw 200 law firm where she was the first woman managing partner of its headquarters office and a member of the firm’s eight-person executive committee.

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Vice Chair and Central Region Managing Partner

EY950 Main AvenueSuite 1800Cleveland, OH 44113Phone: 216.583.1318Cell: [email protected]

Julie Boland

Industry: Professional Services

Functional Specialty: Accounting/Finance/Executive Management

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Destination Cleveland - Vice Chair, Achievement Centers for Children, Greater Cleveland Partnership, United Way - Treasurer

Awards/Honors: Mayo Person of the Year 2018, YWCA Woman of Achievement, Crain’s “40 Under 40”

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland, The 50 Club of Cleveland, CYO Volleyball coach

Education: BS- Accounting, University of Vermont; MBA - Finance & Statistics, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, CPA

Founding Member

Julie is EY’s Vice Chair and Central Region Managing Partner. In her role, Julie is responsible for driving market leadership, developing and retaining talent, creating high-performing teams, and providing exceptional client service for a regional practice of 10,000 professionals spanning 15 states and 17 offices. She serves as a Senior Advisory Partner on several of the region’s largest clients and as a member of the US Executive Committee, the Americas Operating Executive, the Global Accounts Committee and the Central Leadership Team. Julie previously served as EY’s Cleveland Office Managing Partner, the second largest office in the region, and as a Global Client Service Partner on several of our largest accounts. She was the Presiding Partner for EY’s Central Region Partner Forum and a member of the US Partner/Principal Council, Americas Advisory Council, the Global Governance Council and Americas Inclusiveness Advisory Council. Before joining EY in 2010, Julie began her career as a CPA in the audit practice of another Big Four firm. She worked at J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs leading up to her CFO roles at publicly and privately held companies. Throughout her 30-year career, she has worked in offices located in London, New York, Chicago and Cleveland. She’s a native of northeast Ohio.

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Senior Vice President, Pipeline Services & Optimization

Dominion Resources, Inc.120 Tredegar Street Richmond, VA 23219Phone: 804.819.2962Cell: [email protected]

Anne E. Bomar

Anne Bomar is senior vice president and general manager of Dominion East Ohio and Dominion Hope. She manages a team of over 1,700 employees located in Ohio and West Virginia, who are responsible for all aspects of Dominion’s natural gas distribution operations. Dominion’s assets include substantial natural gas gathering, storage, transmission and distribution facilities, in service to approximately 1.4 million customers. Anne joined Consolidated Natural Gas in 1985, holding positions of increasing responsibility in Corporate Planning, Rates and Gas Procurement prior to joining the company’s law department in 1991. As an attorney, Anne spent nine years in Washington, practicing before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during the unbundling of interstate natural gas pipeline services. In 2000, CNG merged with Dominion Resources, an integrated energy utility company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Since that time, Anne has held various leadership roles in Dominion’s natural gas regulation and legal departments. She has managed both transactional and compliance aspects of Dominion’s various interstate transportation, storage and LNG import businesses. Anne was named vice president-Federal Regulation by Dominion in February 2006, and vice president and general manager-Dominion East Ohio in July 2009. She assumed her current post in December 2009.

Industry: Utility

Functional Specialty: Law, General Management

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Financial Research Institute: Marshall-Wythe School of Law (College of William & Mary), Ohio Foundation of Indepen-dent Colleges Alumni Association

Volunteer/Community Involvement: United Way, Leadership Cleveland Class of 2011

Education: BS - Economics, Cornell University; JD - Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary


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Chief Information Officer, Technology & Operations Executive

KeyBank 127 Public SquareM/C OH-01-27-5407Cleveland, OH 44114Phone: 216.689.7770Cell: [email protected]

Amy Brady



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: National Council Women & Information Technology, Playhouse Square Foundation, Achievement Centers for Children

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Atlanta Class of 2012

Awards/Honors: 2011 CIO of the Year finalist, Georgia; 2009 Woman of the Year in Technology for Georgia

Education: Rollins College, B.A., Honors, Music & Psychology


Amy G. Brady is Key’s Chief Information Officer, leading Key Enterprise Technology and Enterprise Operations functions. She also serves on the company’s Executive Leadership Team. Previous to joining Key, Brady served as Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Technology and Operations, at Bank of America. In this CIO role, Brady was accountable for technology and operations delivery to critical enterprise functions including Finance, Risk, Human Resources, Marketing, Legal and Audit. She was accountable for ensuring application performance, availability and currency as well as building and driving technology strategies and roadmaps to enable these enterprise functions. In addition, Brady’s organization was responsible for managing priority initiatives and ensuring effective design, improvement and implementation across people, process and technology change. Brady has 25 years of experience in financial services, holding various leadership roles in Global Technology & Operations and Consumer and Small Business Banking at Bank of America. Brady began her career with Bank of America in 1987 as a banking center manager and, over the next decade, expanded into a variety of positions of increasing leadership accountability and scope within the retail bank. After shifting from the retail bank to Bank of America’s Global Technology and Operations division, Brady held a variety of technology leadership positions including accountability for Production Support, build-out and management of the Enterprise Testing facility and leadership of Software Engineering Performance and Enterprise Release Management. Brady also held the role of Customer Experience and Operations executive for Bank of America’s Consumer and Small Business Bank Technology team. In another role, Brady directed an innovative research and development program that designed and tested products, services and delivery methods that significantly enhanced the customer experience.

Brady is active in professional associations as well as her community.

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Senior Vice President for Board Relations & Strategic Planning

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts200 N. Arthur Ashe BoulevardRichmond, VA 23220Cell: [email protected]

Caprice Bragg

Caprice Bragg is the Senior Vice President for Board Relations and Strategic Planning at the Virginia Museum of Fina Arts in Richmond, VA. She is the former Vice President of Development for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, where she lead fundraising and donor relations. Formerly Executive Director, External Relations at Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business, she oversaw development, alumni relations and donor stewardship activities for the college. Prior to her tenure at Ohio State, Caprice was a 12-year employee of the Cleveland Foundation, where she held several roles, including Senior Vice President for Gift Planning and Donor Relations, Director of Planned Giving, and Gift Planning Officer. She has practiced law at Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff and in-house at KeyCorp, and was an employee benefits and human resources consultant with Ernst & Young. She’s already well-engrained in our community, serving on the State of Ohio’s Commission on Cultural Facilities and the Nord Family Foundation. Caprice has been active on the boards of Lake Ridge Academy, the Estate Planning Council of Cleveland (past president), the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, In Counsel with Women, and AdNet, a professional organization for development professionals in community foundations. She is a native of Akron, graduated with honors from Oberlin College, and earned her JD from the New York University School of Law.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Ohio Commission on Cultural Facilities, Nord Family Foundation Board of Trustees


Awards/Honors: : “Unsung Hero” Award, Kaleidoscope Magazine’s “40 Under 40”, National Conference of Christians and Jews “Young Professional of the Year” Award, YWCA “Woman of Professional Excellence” and “Woman of Achievement” Awards, Kaleidoscope Magazine’s “Woman of Achievement” Award, Northern Ohio Live’s “Rainmaker” Award, University of Akron’s “Women’s Trailblazer” Award

Education: Oberlin College, graduated with honors with a bachelor’s degree in government; JD, New York University School of Law


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PrincipalRita J. Brauneck, LLC12900 Lake AvenueLakewood, OH 44107Phone: [email protected]

Rita Brauneck

With extensive experience as a business owner, business executive, and business coach, Rita offers personalized consulting in leadership development, on-boarding, and career coaching. Clients include senior executives and boards of directors, representing virtually every sector, notably manufacturing, financial services, professional services, health care, and non-profit. She understands the language of business and the impact that individual leaders and leadership can have on results. Prior to establishing her independent practice, she was SVP and Managing Director with Lee Hecht Harrison, a global leader in human capital consulting. She built a “rainmaker” reputation for her client development, executive coaching, and operational successes. She retains her LHH certification as an Executive Coach. Prior to her seven years as practice leader, Rita was a Partner and President of Russell-Rogat, Inc., a respected regional outplacement firm. LHH acquired Russell-Rogat in 1999. From 1981 to 1998, Rita was with Avery Dennison, an industry leader in label and office products. She served in senior executive roles including General Manager of $660 and $270 million business units, Director of Marketing, Director of Distribution and Logistics, Business/Market Manager for $30 and $10 million businesses, Quality Improvement Manager, and National Account Executive. She is a member of the Board of Directors of NSL Analytical Services, Inc., a Cleveland-based leading provider of specialized testing services.



Current Corporate Board Affiliations: NSL Analytical Services, Inc.

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: In Counsel With Women - Chair, Mau-mee Valley Country Day School, Toledo Ohio, Member of the Board of Trustees

Volunteer/Community Involvement: JumpStart Mentoring Program

Education: BA, cum laude, Lake Erie College; MBA, University of Michigan

Founding Member

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Midwest Regional DirectorThe Community Builders, Inc.135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 3350Chicago, Illinois 60603Phone: 312.577.5277Cell: [email protected]

Terri Hamilton Brown

Terri Hamilton Brown is the vice president of development for the Midwest Region for The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB) based in Chicago, IL. She joined TCB in 2011 and has management and business development responsibility for a five state territory including Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. TCB is a leading non-profit real estate developer headquartered in Boston, MA with a portfolio of 10,000 apartments. TCBs investments and community programs help make neighborhoods work for people of all incomes. Prior to joining TCB, Terri held executive and board positions in banking, housing, community development, economic development and non-profit management. Her more than 20 year career in Cleveland includes serving in the following roles: Director of the City of Cleveland Department of Community Development under Mayor Michael White, Executive Director of the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority, President of University Circle, Inc., Senior Vice President of Diversity for National City Bank, and lead consultant for the Opportunity Corridor for Greater Cleveland Partnership.Terri and husband Darnell Brown, Chief Operating Officer for the City of Cleveland, retain a residence in Cleveland and an apartment in Chicago.

Industry: Real Estate

Functional Specialty: Mixed income, mixed use real estate development and general management

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: The Cleveland Foundation, PolicyBridge, Downtown Cleveland Alliance, Presidents’ Council Foundation

Community Involvement: Western Reserve Chapter of Links

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Economics – University of Chicago, Master’s Degree in City Planning – MIT

Founding Member

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SVP, LPL Financial and PresidentThe Private Trust Company, N.A.1422 Euclid Avenue Suite 1130Cleveland, OH 44115Phone: 216.771.6960 x137102Cell: [email protected]

Bethany Bryant

As SVP at LPL Financial, Bethany Bryant is responsible for designing and executing the strategic vision, across all of LPL Financial’s wealth planning areas, including trust services, insurance, retirement plan consulting, high-net-worth client services and financial planning. This team provides sales support and optimizes the wealth planning offering to financial advisors and individual investors on a national scale. LPL Financial is the largest independent broker-dealer, providing independent, objective financial advice to investors through its 16,000 financial advisors. Bethany also leads the women advisor diversity and inclusion efforts for LPL, helping to recruit and support the growth of female advisors in this industry. She is also President of The Private Trust Company, N.A., and is responsible for setting strategic direction and financial success of the company through service, satisfaction, retention and recruitment of the firm’s clients and advisors. Bethany was a founding leader of the company in 1995 and served as its CFO/Chief Operations Officer until May 2012. She assisted in growing the company through its startup phase and to its sale to LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. in 2003. Prior to co-founding The Private Trust Company, Bethany began her career at Ernst & Young, spending the majority of that time in the financial services industry. She earned her undergraduate business degree in Accounting from Bowling Green State University and earned a MBA from Cleveland State University and holds her CPA license. Bethany maintains an active involvement in the nonprofit community. She has served as president, board chair or volunteer of several organizations and committees including BGSU’s Honors College Advisory Board and Leadership Council, Laurel School in Shaker Heights, Rejoice Lutheran Church, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She is currently a member of the Ohio Society of CPAs, the Cleveland Estate Planning Council, and Vistage International, among others.


Functional Specialty: General Management, Executive

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: The Private Trust Company N.A. - Chair-man; Vistage International

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Laurel School - Board of Trustees and Fi-nance Committee, Bowling Green State University Honors College Advisory Board, Rejoice Lutheran Church

Community Involvement: Evangelical Lutheran Church of America - Finance Committee, Estate Planning Council of Cleveland, National Association of Estate Planners and Councils, Ohio Society of CPA’s, Union Club

Education: Cleveland State University - Masters of Business Administration, Management and Labor Relations; Bowling Green State University - Bachelors of Business Administration, Accounting; Certified Public Accountant


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President, General ManagerWKYC1333 Lakeside AvenueCleveland, OH 44113Phone: 216.344.3328Cell: [email protected]

Micki Byrnes

Micki Byrnes joined Gannett Broadcasting in October of 1997 as Director of Marketing and Promotion for WKYC-TV. She was named Vice President, Advertising and Promotion in 2000, managing the branding, graphics, media creation, and community engagement of Channel 3. She was promoted to Station Manager in March of 2014, and currently serves as President and General Manager overseeing all operations of the NBC affiliate. Prior to joining Gannett, Byrnes worked as Corporate Marketing Director for First Media based in Orlando, FL and has had promotion management positions in San Francisco, Atlanta and Boston. She is a past Chair and Director of PROMAX, International, the industry’s premiere marketing and promotion association. Byrnes has also served on the promotion advisory boards of CBS Television, ABC Television and Fox Broadcasting and is the past Chairperson of the NBC Affiliate Promotion Committee. Micki was a member of the 2005 class of Leadership Cleveland, and also served as a Board member of the Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center. She helped create the US Marshal of Northern Ohio’s Posse for Community Outreach, and was a member of the FBI Citizen’s Academy class of 2012. She currently serves as a Trustee of the Cleveland Food Bank, Board Member of the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation, Destination Cleveland, Coats for Kids, and the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the American Red Cross. Micki is a graduate of the University of Maine, and also studied in the Philippines as an AFS exchange student. She is married and has two children, Kate and Alex.

Industry: Media/Advertising/PR

Functional Specialty: Media/Social/Advertising/PR

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cleveland Foodbank, Cuyahoga Com-munity College Foundation, Destination Cleveland, Coats for Kids, American Red Cross Greater Cleveland Chapter, In Counsel With Women

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2005, US Mar-shal of Northern Ohio Community Posse

Awards/Honors: Cleveland Association of Broadcasters Excellence in Manage-ment, PRSA Cleveland John W. Hill Award for Leadership, National Academy of Television Arts and Science Regional Emmy Award, National Telly Award, PromaxBDA Pinnacle Award, American Women in Radio & Television Woman of the Year Award - Atlanta

Education: University of Maine - BA, Gannett Leadership Program


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CEOStaffing Solutions Enterprises, Inc.5915 Landerbrook Dr.Suite 100Mayfield Hts., OH 44124Phone: 216.851.2723Cell: [email protected]

Carmella CaltaCarmella Calta is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Staffing Solutions Enterprises. In 1974, Ms. Calta broke barriers for women in business by launching SSE in the volatile and competitive environment of staffing services. What began as a two-person company has now expanded into a formidable multi-million dollar corporation with thousands of placements annually in 21 states. Since 1974, Staffing Solutions Enterprises has become a leading provider of staffing resources for administrative and professional personnel, recruitment process outsourcing, vendor management solutions, applicant tracking and payrolling services. While continuing to build Staffing Solutions Enterprises, Ms. Calta has launched four additional businesses - all of which have achieved a success equal to that of Staffing Solutions. Staffing Solutions Enterprises continues to develop innovative staffing and human capital management solutions to meet the needs of its clients.

Industry: Consulting/Professional Services - Human Resources

Functional Specialty: General Management, Human Resources

Volunteer/Community Involvement: UH Family Medicine Advisory Committee

Awards/Honors: Smart Business Magazine World Class Customer Service 2009, 2010, 2011; Pillar Award for Community Service, Weather-head 100 Service Company of the Year, National Association of Women Business Owners “Top 10”, Crain’s “Woman of Note”


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Partner, Head of Private Equity Business Development

Jones Day901 Lakeside AvenueCleveland, OH 44114 Phone: 216.586.1079 Cell: [email protected]

Denise Carkhuff

Denise has spent the last twenty-two years (twelve of which as partner) at the global law firm, Jones Day, acting as the principal outside lawyer on a multitude of completed M&A and private equity transactions. Her experience covers a wide range of matters in a variety of industries and deal structures. Denise has worked on all aspects of the full life cycle of a company, from incorporation to liquidity event or dissolution. While the main focus of Denise’s practice has been the representation of private equity funds, she also has served in a general counsel function for countless private companies. After helping clients with their businesses for the last twenty-two years, she decided to invest in her own business, Adrenaline Monkey, a family adventure and performance training center dedicated to empowering guests of all ages, sizes and abilities through fun and physical challenges, which opens on June 30, 2018. She sits on the board of Breakthrough Charter Schools, urban charter schools with the mission of giving every scholar a chance to go to college. For over a dozen years, Denise led Women In Transactions, a networking group for women doing transactional work, which currently sits under the ACG umbrella. She co-leads RRAIN, a women’s group for the Cleveland Jones Day women lawyers. She was selected to be a “Wise Woman” as part of Deloitte’s Wise Women leadership program. Denise is a member of the 2018 Leadership Cleveland class. Denise lives in Concord, OH with her husband and entrepreneur, Dane Wujnovich, and her twin daughters, Eva and Gia. Eva and Gia were the original inspiration for Adrenaline Monkey. Her daughters also inspired her to write and publish a children’s book, Mama’s Heart Fits Two, which explores the sharing issues with which twins and other siblings struggle.

Industry: Law


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Breakthrough Schools, Women in Transactions Committee (Association for Corporate Growth)

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2018, Community Day Events

Awards/Honors: Ohio Super Lawyers “Rising Star” 2005, Deloitte “Wise Woman” Leadership Program

Education: B.A. cum laude - Miami University, J.D. magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Symposium Editor Toledo Law Review - The University of Toledo


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Finance Director - Business Development

SouthWest Water12535 Reed RoadSugar Land, TX 77478Phone: 832.209.5350Cell: [email protected]

Rita S. Carroll

Rita S. Carroll has enjoyed a fascinating career with a focus on transforming organizations from Fortune 500 to private equity managed, from near bankruptcy to high growth to very stable through the Strategy, Finance and M&A functions. Rita also is an experienced Board of Directors and Industry committee’s member. Currently, Rita is a Finance Director-Business Development at SouthWest Water, a JP Morgan Chase Infrastructure Investment Fund platform company. In June 2019, Rita will participate in Leadership on the Edge: Arctic 2019, a leadership development program with 90 leaders from around the world who travel to the 82nd parallel in the Arctic Circle. Previously, she was Vice President – Corporate Development for Chart Industries. While at Chart, Ms. Carroll led value creating acquisitions which added 35% in revenue and 50% in operating profits to the company. At The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, she was Director-Business Development and a key leader contributing to the company’s turnaround. Throughout her career, Mrs. Carroll has completed transactions totaling $5.2 billion in value. Her transaction experience includes leading teams in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. Rita currently serves on the Board of Directors for Suburban Water Systems and Board of Advisors for Austin Capital. Formerly, she served on the Board of Directors for the Achievement Centers for Children, and the Advisory Board for C.E. White Company, KPMG’s M&A Automotive Advisory Committee, Junior Achievement, John Carroll University Alumni Association, and the Community Investment Committee for United Way of Summit County. A native Ohioan, Rita currently resides in Texas and misses Lake Erie sunsets and the entire season known as fall. She earned a BSBA degree from John Carroll University and a MBA from the University of Akron.

Industry: Manufacturing/Utility

Functional Specialty: Accounting/Finance, Strategy & Corporate Development

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Suburban Water Systems, Austin Capital – Board of Advisors

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Achievement Centers for Children - 2011-2017, Junior Achievement – Vice Chairman - 2007-2010, Summit County United Way – Community In-vestment Committee – 2009 - 2010, St. James Finance Council – 2008 – 2010, John Carroll University Alumni Board – 1996-2004

Awards/Honors: Leadership on the Edge - Artic 2019, John Carroll University Alumni Ser-vice Award, Akron City Women’s Club Outstanding Young Woman in Business Award

Education: MBA, Finance, University of Akron; BSBA, Finance, John Carroll University


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Retired PartnerSquire Sanders LLP4 Hanna CourtBratenahl, OH 44108Cell: [email protected]

Mary Ann Carlson

Industry: General Business


Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Cedar Fair LP, Essef Corporation, Square 2 Golf (Women’s Golf Unlimited), Anthony & Sylvan Pools Corporation, HA-International, Inc.

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Case Western Reserve University, Direct Women - Chair

Volunteer/Community Involvement: American Bar Association - Corporate Laws Commit-tee - Senior Advisor & prior Chair; DirectWomen - Chair; Case Western Reserve University Board of Trustees

Awards/Honors: Cleveland Best Lawyers Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the year for 2011, Jean Allard Glass Cutter Award by the American Bar Association, Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame, foremost legal practitioner in corporate governance in The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2008, listed in The Best Lawyers in America for more than 10 years, one of Ohio’s Super Lawyers since 2004

Education: B.A. - Agnes Scott College, Master of Arts in Teaching - Harvard University, J.D. - Case Western Reserve University

Member Since: 2007

Mary Ann Carlson is a retired partner of Squire Sanders L.L.P. Mrs. Carlson’s corporate experience is complemented by her service as director or secretary of several public and private companies and charitable organizations. She has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for more than 10 years and as one of Ohio’s Super Lawyers since 2004. She is also listed in every Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers since its inaugural edition in 2003 and was recognized as a foremost legal practitioner in corporate governance in The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2009. Practical Law Company’s “Which Lawyer?” Yearbook 2009 highly recommended her for corporate matters and mergers and acquisitions and she was named as the Cleveland Best Lawyers Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year for 2011. She was also listed in PLC Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook 2008/2009. Mrs. Carlson was rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell. In 2009, Mrs. Carlson was the recipient of the Jean Allard Glass Cutter Award by the American Bar Association for her accomplishments and leadership in creating opportunities for women. She is also Chair of DirectWomen, a national initiative of the ABA Section of Business Law and Catalyst, Inc., to identify and prepare women lawyers for service as independent directors of public companies. She also chaired the Committee on Corporate Laws of the American Bar Association and was an adviser to the ABA’s Task Force on Corporate Responsibility 2002-2003. She is also a member of the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame.

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Managing Partner, Tax PracticeDeloitte Tax LLP127 Public SquareCleveland, OH 44114Phone: [email protected]

Fiona Chambers

Fiona is a tax partner with over 20 years of experience serving both public and private clients in various industries. In addition to serving clients, Fiona is the National leader for Tax Reform for Passthroughs. In this role Fiona works with clients to ensure they have properly analyzed, applied and planned for the newly enacted provisions. Fiona was formerly the Managing Partner for the Cleveland Office of Deloitte Tax LLP. As a tax partner, Fiona thrives under the pressure of tight deadlines and the imperative to produce a quality product for clients. She cultivates relationships, analyzes savings and planning opportunities, develops professional tools, and coaches people. She highly values being a positive force in the workplace. Fiona earned a BA from Case Western Reserve University and a Masters of Taxation from the University of Akron. Fiona lives on the West-Side of Cleveland with her husband Brian and three children, Liam, Ailish, and Clare.

Industry: Financial Services - Accounting

Functional Specialty: Accounting/Finance

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: United Way Womens Leadership Council Co-Chair, College Now, Magnificat High School, In Counsel With Women

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland – Class of 2013,The 50 Club of Cleveland, West-Side Irish American Club

Awards/Honors: YWCA Woman of Excellence Award – 2005, Case Western Re-serve University Alumnus of the Year – 2010, Crain’s Cleveland Business – Forty Under Forty – 2010

Education: B.A., Accounting, Case Western Reserve University,Masters of Tax, University of Akron


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PartnerUlmer & Berne LLP1660 West 2nd Street #1100 Cleveland, OH 44113 Phone: [email protected]

Inajo Davis Chappell

Inajo Davis Chappell chairs Ulmer & Berne’s Nonprofit Group, which represents more than 100 exempt organizations, ranging from social service agencies to arts groups, health organizations, foundations, community development corporations, educational, and governmental institutions.In addition to her work representing nonprofit organizations and public institutions, Inajo handles a variety of legal matters for for-profit businesses. Her legal practice focuses on various aspects of corporate law and governance, general business transactions, and commercial real estate acquisition, development, construction, and financing. She has served as bond and company counsel to a variety of governmental and corporate clients. Inajo has particular expertise representing school districts in the provision and delivery of educational programming and services to disabled students. An active civic and community volunteer, Inajo serves on the boards of several nonprofit organizations.

Industry: Law


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: The Cleveland Foundation, Medical Mutual of Ohio Charitable Foundation, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, In Counsel With Women

Vounteer/Community Involvement: Hathaway Brown School, Cuyahoga County Econom-ic-Inclusion Task Force, Society of Benchers Case Western Reserve University Law School, United Way of Greater Cleveland Risk Management Committee, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, Cleveland Bar Association, Barbara Byrd-Bennett Foundation for Cleveland’s Children, Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland, Center for Community Solutions, United Black Fund, Shoes & Clothes for Kids, Collaborative to Organize Mount Pleasant, American Red Cross Greater Cleveland Chapter, Hitchcock Center for Women, Alcoholism Services of Cleveland Inc. (nka Recovery Resources), Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Awards/Honors: AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated – Martindale-Hubbell®, Named to The Best Lawyers in America®, Nonprofit/Charities Law, Woodward/White (2011-2014), Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Diversity & Inclusion Innovation Award (2014), Crain’s Cleveland Business “Women of Note” (2010), Helen K. Jones Woman of Strength Memorial Award (2009), Hathaway Brown School Alumnae Achievement Award (2008), Named to the Ohio Super Lawyers list (2007), Northern Ohio Live Rainmaker (Law) (2005), YWCA Women of Achievement Award (2001), Leadership Cleveland (Member, Class of 2001)

Education: BA, Yale University; JD, Columbia Law School


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Senior Counsel - Governance and Finance

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation3050 Science Park Dr.AC-350 Beachwood, OH 44122 Phone: 216.448.1164Cell: [email protected]@gmail.com

Carolyn Cheverine

Carolyn Cheverine is senior counsel - governance and finance at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where she supports the investment office and treasury. Previously, she was the Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary for The Timken Company, a manufacturer of berings and mechanical power transmission products. In this role, she was responsible for worldwide legal matters for the $3 billion global leader in tapered roller bearings. Carolyn began her legal career in Seattle with Stoel Rives LLP, where she represented technology companies from startup to IPO. She then moved to Cleveland over 20 years ago where she has held a variety of legal positions of increasing responsibility with Eaton, Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., The Lubrizol Corporation, Noveon Inc. and KeyCorp. Prior to law school, she was a certified public accountant for PriceWaterhouse in Philadelphia. Carolyn is passionate about inclusion, diversity and leadership development. With an ongoing commitment to serving her community, Carolyn also has been an active participant on a number of local non-profit boards. In her spare time, Carolyn enjoys playing tennis, bicycling, reading and genealogy.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cleveland Play House - Treasurer and member of the Executive Committee and Finance Committee, Western Reserve Historical Society - Governance Chair

Vounteer/Community Involvement: Ohio Chapter of Society of Corporate Governance past president, Fairmount Presbyterian Church - Investment Committee, University of Vir-ginia School of Law Alumni Council, YWCA of Greater Cleveland - Advisory Board Member (2007-2015)

Awards/Honors: Crain’s 2016 Woman of Note; YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence 2013, Most Powerful & Influential Woman (Ohio Diversity Council) 2013, Female In-House Counsel Award - Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and Association of Corporate Counsel 2013

Education: JD - University of Virginia School of Law, BS Economics - Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania


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Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

Asurint1111 Superior Ave.Suite 2100Cleveland, OH 44114Phone: [email protected]

Connie Clore

Industry: Business Services (background screening)

Functional Specialty: Strategy

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: The First Tee of Cleveland

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Cleveland Board Ready Women, Brazos Valley A&M Club

Awards/Honors: 2014 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist; Aggie 100, 2013, 2014, 2017 & 2018; AAMVA Industry Advisory Board Member, 2003; Leadership Cleveland, 2018; Smart Business Progressive Entrepreneur Award, 2016

Education: B.A. in Communications and M.S. in Management from Texas A&M University


Connie Clore is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Asurint. Since 2004, Connie has not only led Asurint from a startup to a nationally recognized leader in background screening, but she has also created a successful, high-growth company known for its culture of innovation and community outreach. Currently, her strategic focus is ensuring Asurint remains a leader in the background screening market and motivating employees around that vision. Described by her teams as a dynamic and engaged leader, Connie promotes a company culture focused on creative problem solving, strategic thinking, and advocating advancement opportunities for women, a cause she is passionate about both professionally and personally.Connie is actively engaged in the community and currently serves as a Board Member of The First Tee, a non-profit focused on providing educational youth programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf. She is an active member of In Counsel with Women, and is a Leadership Cleveland alum (class of 2018). Past board positions include YWCA of Greater Cleveland and NewBridge Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology.

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Founder, CEOCreekside Financial Advisors LLC30195 Chagrin BoulevardSuite 208WPepper Pike, OH 44124Phone: [email protected]

Nan Cohen

Nan Cohen is the founder and CEO of Creekside Financial Advisors, LLC, a full-service financial services firm dedicated to delivering customized, lifelong financial plans developed based on an individual’s business and personal objectives. Nan specializes in retirement income planning, investment planning, and estate planning for physicians, attorneys, business executives and retirees who, like her, have built their careers on service, trust, and expertise. She also has the privilege of working with individuals with unexpected life ending news whose planning needs are immediate, as well as women in life transitions due to a loss of a spouse or loved one. Although Nan recently founded her own Securities America, Inc. branch office in May of 2011, she has been a registered representative with Securities America since 2005. Prior to Securities America, Nan worked with Cleveland Financial Group, an affiliate of Lincoln Financial Advisors. During her 12-year tenure, she was one of the firm’s top planners and she instituted the nation’s first elementary school-level financial education program. Before working at Cleveland Financial Group, Nan founded and ran CoFam Enterprises, Inc., a regional chain of retail food and gift stores. Nan’s experience also includes six years with Owens-Illinois, Inc. specializing in executive compensation and benefits planning. Nan is a graduate of the University of Arizona’s School of Business and Public Administration, and received her MBA from Cleveland State University. She earned her Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation in 1999. Nan is an honorary member of the Board of Trustees of WomenSafe, on the advisory board of Magnolia Clubhouse, a Trustee of the Jewish Community Federation, co-chair of the Women’s Philanthropy Campaign (2012-2014), and an active volunteer with the National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section. Nan’s professional recognitions include the A native of Toledo, Ohio, Nan has lived in the Cleveland area since 1986. She currently lives in Pepper Pike with her husband, Daniel Abrams, and her Labradoodles, Yogi and Bandit.

Industry: Financial Services - Advisory


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation, Temple Tifereth Israel, National Council of Jewish Women, Magnolia Clubhouse

Volunteer/Community Involvement: University Hospitals Pet Pals, Jewish Community Federation, MS Pedal to the Point

Awards/Honors: 2009 Crain’s Cleveland Business Woman of Note, 2012 YWCA Woman of Achievement, National Top Producer, last ten years; Jewish Community Federation Young Leader

Education: BS, Business & Public Management, University of Arizona; MBA, Cleveland State University


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Managing Partner - Cleveland Office

Squire Patton Boggs4900 Key Tower, 127 Public SquareCleveland, OH 44114Phone: 216.479.8522Cell: [email protected]

Michele Connell

Industry: Law


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: University Circle, Inc. Board and Executive Committee, United Way of Greater Cleveland Women’s Leadership Council,Towards Employment, Direct Women, Squire Patton Boggs Foundation

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland, Legal Aid, Rock the Catwalk, CWRU Women’s Law and Leadership Conference Chair, 2014 & 2015

Awards/Honors: Ohio Super Lawyer; 2016 Leading Lawyer in the International Financial Law Review’s Financial & Corporate: United States, Leading Lawyer in Latin America and the last two years by the International Financial Law Review’s Energy and Infrastructure: Latin America Guide; CWRU Law School Society of Benchers; Crain’s Cleveland “Woman of Note” 2016; Meritorious Honor Award, US Department of State

Education: Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Georgetown University, B.S.


Michele Connell is a partner in the global corporate practice and the managing partner of the Cleveland office of Squire Patton Boggs, an international law firm with over 1,500 attorneys. Michele is a member of the firm’s Latin America Executive Committee and on the board of the Squire Patton Boggs Foundation, a foundation that provides fellowships to law school students to pursue public interest summer internships. In her practice, Michele advises the boards of directors of public and private companies on a variety of matters including strategic transactions, governance and compliance matters. Michele works with C-suite executives including chief executive officers, chief financial officers, general counsels and human resource leaders to create customized and practical solutions to securities compliance and executive employment matters. Michele has particular expertise in negotiating and completing international mergers and acquisitions. She routinely manages teams of professionals across the globe to bring value to her clients’ bottom lines. Michele has completed transactions in more than 25 countries and is fluent in Spanish. Before attending law school, Michele was a Foreign Service Officer with the US Department of State, serving as a diplomat in Warsaw, Poland and Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Michele received the Meritorious Honor Award from the US government for her service. Michele exemplifies a strong sense of civic duty and is an advocate for the advancement of women in the profession. Michele has chaired the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Women’s Law & Leadership Conference and serves in the leadership of DirectWomen, a national non-profit that works to increase the representation of women lawyers on corporate board. Michele serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of University Circle Inc., is a member of United Way of Greater Cleveland’s Women’s Leadership Council and serves on the Board of Directors of Towards Employment.

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Chief Financial OfficerHeinen’s Fine Foods4540 Richmond RoadWarrensville Heights, OH 44128 Phone: 216.475.2300 X2280Cell: [email protected]

Maryann Correnti

Industry: Retail

Functional Specialty: Accounting/Finance, Information Technology, General Management, Human Resources

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: University Hospitals Bedford/Richmond, Lake Geauga Recovery Centers

Education: BBA Accounting - St. Bonaventure University

Founding Member

Maryann is the Chief Financial Officer for Heinen’s, a private grocery store chain serving the greater Cleveland area. Maryann is responsible for developing and directing a 65 person team in the areas of finance, information technology, asset protection, marketing, and human resources. Prior to joining Heinen’s (2003-2005) she provided consulting to various public companies establishing policies and procedures to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Regulations. The majority of Maryann’s career (26 years) was spent with the professional services firm of Arthur Andersen, which after 77 years disbanded in the wake of the Enron scandal. She spent time in Andersen’s Chicago, Dallas, and Cleveland offices. At Arthur Andersen, Maryann was an Audit Partner primarily working with public companies specializing in acquisitions, restructuring, strategic business planning, and customer satisfaction. She also spent time developing and teaching leadership training to other Andersen Associates. Maryann is past president of the American Woman’s Society of CPA’s, a 7,000 member national organization. She has three children and resides in Ohio City.

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PresidentSaint Joseph Academy3430 Rocky River Drive Cleveland, OH 44111Phone: [email protected]

Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis

Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis was named President of Saint Joseph Academy in 2006. With her strong business background and a deep understanding of the Academy’s traditions and mission, Mary Ann brings a unique combination to her role as the first President of Saint Joseph Academy. She is particularly interested in expanding the global perspective of the 725 young women students, due to her extensive international experience. She is a graduate of the class of 1971 and previous board member and board chair. Mary Ann completed her distinguished 27-year career at American Greetings Corporation in 2005. Starting as a sales representative, Mary Ann rose through the ranks, holding many senior roles, including President of Carlton Cards Retail, Group Managing Director, Asia-Pacific while living in Melbourne, Australia, and Senior Vice President of International. In her last five years, she served as Senior Vice President of Business Innovation. Mary Ann earned her B.A. degree at John Carroll University in 1975 and her M.S.M. degree from CWRU in 1976. Mary Ann earned a diplome from the Sorbonne while studying abroad during her undergraduate education. Mary Ann is married to Edward J. Davis. They live in Westlake.

Industry: Education

Functional Specialty: Fundraising, General Management, Marketing

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Fair-view Hospital Community Advisory Board, Loyola Club

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2008, John Carroll University

Awards/Honors: Distinguished Alumna & Hall of Fame, St. Joseph Academy; John Carroll University Alumni Medal; YWCA “Woman of Achievement” 2002; Irish American Archives Society “Walks of Life” Award, 2003; Northern Ohio Live “Rainmaker” award, 2004; Irish Good Fellowship Club “Good Fellow” Award, 2005; Inside Business Magazine “Athena” Award, 2007; American Greetings Corporation Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007; west regional Cleveland Clinic’s “Simply Wonderful Women of Accomplishment” Award, 2008, Crain’s Woman of Note 2015

Education: BA, John Carroll University; MSM, Case Western Reserve Univer-sity; Diplome, La Sorbonne (Paris)

Founding Member

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President & CEOCornerstone Fund700 Prospect AvenueCleveland, Ohio 44115Phone: 216.736.3774Cell: [email protected]

Maria Coyne

Maria C. Coyne serves as the President and CEO of the UCC Corner-stone Fund. Maria is a financial services executive with over 30 years of experience in commercial and retail banking. Nationally recog-nized as an engaging leader, Maria is featured in several books and publications including How Women Lead by Dr. Sharon Hadary, and Off the Sidelines by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. She has also worked with several “fintech” companies providing strategic consulting, and as a senior consultant at the telos institute. While at KeyCorp from 2001 to 2015 she served as an Executive Vice President and a member of KeyCorp’s Executive Council. She was the founder of the Key4 Women program and also held leadership positions in Retail/Consumer Banking, Business Banking, Strategic Planning, and Cli-ent Experience. She was named twice (in 2013 and 2014) as one of American Banker’s “25 Most Powerful Women in Banking”, and twice as one of the “Women to Watch” (2011 and 2012). Prior to Key, she spent three years at the Greater Cleveland Growth Association and over 10 years at Bank One Cleveland, serving in various management capacities before becoming Director of Marketing. She is a prominent thought leader on small business and women’s leadership and has been featured frequently in media including the Wall Street Journal, CNN, NPR, Bloomberg News, and BusinessWeek. Maria has consider-able experience serving on non-profit boards including the Cleveland Catholic Diocese finance council, the Ursuline Sisters finance council, Beaumont school, the MacDonald Women’s Health Council of Uni-versity Hospitals, the Sovereign Order of St. John, and she was an inaugural member of the United Way Women’s Leadership Council.Maria is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelors of Business Administration in Finance. She also com-pleted the Key Executive Experience at the Case Weatherhead School of Management. Maria is a proud Clevelander, where she and her husband raised their two adult children. She is an avid rower and enjoys travel and learning about new cultures.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Advisory Council of the Center for Women’s Busi-ness Research in Washington, D.C.,The Board of Directors for the Women’s President’s Organization (WPO), Forbes Executive Women (FEW) Board

Volunteer/Community Involvement: MacDonald Women’s Health Leadership Council for the University Hospitals Health System, Member of the Finance Council for the Cleveland Catholic Diocese,The Sovereign Order of St. John, Knights Hospitaller, A founding member of United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council

Awards/Honors: 2013 - #18 on American Banker’s list of Most Powerful Women in Banking, American Banker’s Top 25 Women to Watch of 2011 & 2012, 1996 & 2008 YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence, 2006 Diversity Journal “Women Worth Watching,” 2008 KeyBank Diversity Excellence Award, Beaumont School “Beaumont Award.”

Education: BBA - University of Notre Dame, CWRU Weatherhead School of Management Key Executive Experience


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Executive Vice President, President North Region

People’s Bancorp24400 Chagrin BoulevardBeachwood, Ohio 44122Phone: 216.910.0552Cell: [email protected]

Cindy Crotty

Cindy is a financial services executive with over 35 years of experience in commercial, retail, private and corporate bank-ing. She is currently executive vice president and region president of Peoples Bank. She reports to the CEO and is responsible to lead and grow all bank operations for the North Region – including retail, commercial, business bank-ing, investment management and insurance. Prior to joining Peoples Bank, she spent 20 years at KeyCorp, most recently as an executive vice president and a member of KeyCorp’s Ex-ecutive Council, where she was responsible for the commer-cial client segment and specialty finance businesses. She also served in leadership roles in the Key Private Bank and Key Business Advisory Services. Prior to KeyCorp, Cindy spent 14 years in various corporate finance and wealth manage-ment leadership roles at Citibank, NA (now Citigroup, NA). Actively supporting the community, she serves as trustee on the board of the University of Akron, and chairs the audit committee. She is on the board of trustees of The Corner-stone Fund and The Gathering Place. She was past presi-dent of the Board of Beech Brook and served on the board of Hathaway Brown School and Visiting Nurse Association.Cindy is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Ac-counting. She also completed the Key Executive Expe-rience at the CWRU Weatherhead School of Manage-ment. Cindy resides in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where she and her husband raised their two adult children.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Hathaway Brown School, Beech Brook, Corner-stone Fund

Education: BBA - University of Georgia, CWRU Weatherhead School of Management Key Executive Leadership Experience


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Barbara Danforth Consulting2501 Bolton RoadCleveland Hts., OH 44118Phone: [email protected]

Barbara Danforth

Barbara J. Danforth is an experienced Executive Coach who trained at the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara. She has coached many C-suite clients, primarily women, and provided strategies to maximize skills and success. Recently, she has refocused her coaching practice to include younger, high-potential leaders in an effort to fill the talent pipeline with gender and racially diverse candidates. Strategies, including developing mentors and building professional networks, are added to the basics of career planning and leadership assessment and development. She also provides coaching services for clients who are considering a career transition. Before re-launching her consulting practice, Barbara served as CEO of Summit Academy Management, a non-profit company that provides highly effective educational services for children with diverse learning styles as a result of ADHD, ADD, Asperger’s Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Founded 18 years ago, the Summit Academy Schools provide K-12 learning environments in 24 schools and 17 Children’s Residential Centers throughout the State of Ohio. Prior to joining Summit Academy Management, Barbara was a Senior Vice President at Ratliff & Taylor, an executive search firm in Independence, Ohio. During her tenure there, she focused on executive talent acquisition. Additionally, Barbara presented professional development seminars, and coaching for executives, emerging leaders, and retirement life planning. Barbara has more than 20 years of executive and civic leadership experience in the non-profit and public sector markets. For 15 years, she served as President and CEO of the YWCA of Greater Cleveland, where she transformed a fragile agency into a vibrant organization that continues to serve women at all stages of their lives. Her commitment to gender equality and leadership excellence fueled the creation of the prestigious YWCA Women’s Leadership Academy designed to enhance the career progression of female leaders. Also under her leadership, the YWCA developed services and housing for girls aging out of the foster care system. Barbara’s early career journey includes the private and public sector practice of law as Assistant Attorney General for the State of Iowa and Chief Prosecutor for the City of Cleveland. She has held management positions in the insurance industry, specializing in medical malpractice. Barbara holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Eastern Michigan University.

Industry: Education, Consulting/Professional Services


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: The City Club of Cleveland

Awards/Honors: 2012 YWCA lifetime Achievement Award, 2012 Coalition of 100 Black Women - Woman of Vision Award, 2008 “The Influentials - 50 people changing Northeast Ohio” - Cleveland Magazine; 2008 “Women Who Give Back” - Kaleidoscope Magazine; 2006 Master Innovator - Smart Business Magazine; 2006 “100 Most Powerful People” - Inside Business Magazine; 2005 Athena Award, 2004 Athena Award Finalist - Inside Business Magazine; 2004 Rainmaker - Northern Ohio Live Magazine; 2004 participant on the Perspectives of Women in Business - SBN Magazine; 2001 Woman of Note - Crain’s Cleveland Business

Education: BA - Eastern Michigan University, Juris Doctorate - University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Founding Member

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Robin Davenport

Robin J. Davenport is Vice President, Corporate Finance of Parker Hannifin Corporation headquartered in Cleveland, OH. Ms. Davenport has lead responsibility for the company’s global treasury, corporate credit, risk management, retirement plans, mergers & acquisitions and investor relations functions. Ms. Davenport joined Parker in 2004 as Vice President, Corporate Business Planning and Development, with leadership responsibility for the company’s global mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, integration process and corporate strategic planning functions. Prior to Parker, she held the position of Vice President, Business Development & Planning for CNH Capital Corporation (formerly Case Capital) and Vice President and Regional Senior Lending Officer for Firstar Corporation (now US Bancorp), where she started her career in commercial banking. Ms. Davenport earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in finance from the University of Illinois and her MBA in finance and management policy from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. As a community leader, Ms. Davenport serves as a board member for the Cleveland Institute of Art. She is a member of Financial Executives International (FEI), National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) and the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Strategic Planning & Development and Investor Relations Councils. Ms. Davenport was recognized in the Diversity Journal’s annual Women Worth Watching in 2015.

Industry: Manufacturing

Functional Specialty: Accounting/Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cleveland Institute of Art

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2013; Susan G. Komen Three-Day Walk participant & fundraiser; Pedal To The Point participant & fundraiser; MAPI Investor Relations Council; Financial Executives International

Education: BS in Finance, cum laude, University of Illinois, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Master of Business Administration, de-gree in finance and management policy, dean’s list


Vice President, Corporate FinanceParker Hannifin Corporation6035 Parkland Boulevard Cleveland, OH 44124Phone: 216.896.2265Cell: [email protected]

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Co-Founder & Managing DirectorAffinity Resources LLC1501 Westford Ct, #305Westlake, OH 44145Cell: [email protected]

Diane Davie

Diane is a seasoned global executive, consultant and entre-preneur with expertise in general leadership, strategic plan-ning, M&A and human capital strategies. She is skilled in driving cultural change and transformational leadership, and leveraging assets to enhance organizational performance and to maximize business results. Her career pursuits have taken her to 30+ countries while an executive at IBM, IBM Credit, PolyOne (Geon), Invacare, and several other small cap and start-up companies. Diane is the founder of several human capital and business development companies focused on aligning human capital strategies to drive business objectives and on creating go-to-market and business development strategies to maximize organizational success. Her current company - Affinity Resources LLC - partners with tech com-panies to bring new disruptive technologies to market. Diane has served on: The Executive Education Advisory Board at Wharton Business School, The President’s Council of Cornell Women, and other business school advisory boards at Ursu-line College, St Louis University and Norfolk State University. She remains active in the Cleveland non-profit community where she was a co-founder of 3 non-profits. She has served as a Trustee at University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center for 18+ years and on numerous other Boards. She was rec-ognized and knighted in to the Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitalier in 2004. Diane graduated from Cornell University, with a BS from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations and an MBA from the Johnson School of Business. She also completed an intensive Advanced Global Executive Leadership Program in Brussels, Belgium.

Industry: Strategy, Business Development and Human Capital

Functional Specialty: General Management, Strategic Planning, Business De-velopment and Human Capital

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center Trustee at St John Medical Center and SOSJ Vice Chair and Regalia Master

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Wharton Executive Education Advisory Board, President’s Council of Cornell Women, Leadership Cleveland Class of 2002, Cleveland Social Venture Partners (Founding Partner), Sovereign Order of St John – Knights Hospitallier, Path to Faith Healing Team of Dr Issam Nemeh

Awards/Honors: Knighted in to Sovereign Order of St. John, May 2004; 2002 Woman of Achievement; 2000 Woman of Influence

Education: BS, Industrial & Labor Relations; MBA, Cornell University, Interna-tional Leadership School - La Hulpe, Belgium

Founding Member

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Laurie L. Deacon

Laurie is responsible for all HR aspects of global acquisitions, divestments and other transactional activity for Eaton. Ea-ton is a diversified power management company providing energy-efficient solutions for effective management of elec-trical, hydraulic and mechanical power, with 2012 revenue of over $20 billion and approximately 103,000 employees globally. Laurie joined Eaton in 2005 after spending five years as Chief Operating Officer for The Townsend Group, a firm specializing in institutional real estate consulting and investment advice for large public and private funds. Prior to that, Laurie was Senior Counsel to BP America, Inc. She began her career at Baker & Hostetler, where she special-ized in ERISA and employee benefits. Laurie has two sons; Scott and Stewart, both of whom live and work in New York City. She resides in Shaker Heights with her yellow lab, Dixie.


Functional Specialty: Human Resources, Law, Mergers & Acquisitions

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: American Red Cross, Cleveland Chap-ter; Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Trustee, City Club of Cleveland

Volunteer/Community Involvement: President, Dartmouth Class of 1979, American Red Cross

Awards/Honors: James Stover Award from Eaton Corp.,National Council, Tif-fany Circle, American Red Cross

Education: Dartmouth College, AB, 1979, Summa Cum Laude; University of Michigan Law School, JD, 1982 with honors

Founding Member

Vice President, Acquisitions & Divestments, HR

Eaton 1000 Eaton Boulevard Mailstop 2S Cleveland, OH 44122Phone: 216.523.4096Cell: [email protected]

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President & CEOFairmount Santrol8834 Mayfield RoadChesterland, OH 44026Phone: 440.214.3200 X246 jenniffer.deckard@

fairmountsantrol.com

Jenniffer DeckardMs. Deckard has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Fairmount Santrol since 2013. Previously, Ms. Deckard served as President from January 2011 until May 2013, Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer from 1999 until 2011, Corporate Controller from 1996 to 1999 and Accounting Manager from 1994 until 1996. In her local community, Ms. Deckard serves on the boards of the Cleveland Foundation, the Greater Cleveland Partnership, the Chardon Healing Fund, and the First Tee of Cleveland. She also serves on the Case Western Weatherhead School of Management’s Visiting Committee and the Board of Directors for the Fairmount Santrol Foundation. Ms. Deckard received a B.S. from the University of Tulsa and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.

Industry: Mining/Manufacturing

Functional Specialty: Sales

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: The Cleveland Foundation, Chardon Healing Fund, The First Tee of Cleveland and the Fairmount Santrol Foundation. Jenniffer and her husband, Daryl, also open their home and provide resources to children in need within the Geauga County Foster Care system Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Weatherhead School of Management’s Visiting Committee

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2008, The United Way Services of Geauga County – Chardon Healing Fund, the Bill Conway Charity Golf Classic

Awards/Honors: 2005 Cleveland Crain’s annual “Forty under 40”, 2008 Cleve-land Business’ “CFO of the Year” for large privately held businesses in Greater Cleveland, 2008 Smart Business’ 2008 Visionary Award for innovation in business, 2013 The Cleveland Foundation Philanthropic Service Award, 2013 Outstanding Alumna at The University of Tulsa Collins College of Business

Education: MBA - Case Western Reserve University, The University of Tulsa, OK


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President, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s and MacDonald Women’s Hospital

University Hospitals11100 Euclid AvenueMailstop RBC 6040Cleveland, OH 44106 Phone: 216.844.4876 Cell: 216.401.2595 [email protected]

Patti DePompei

Patricia M. DePompei was appointed President, University Hospitals MacDonald Women’s Hospital and Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital October, 2012. UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s has been a trusted leader in pediatric health care for more than 125 years, consistently ranking among the top children’s hospitals in the nation. Founded in 1891, UH MacDonald Women’s Hospital is one of only 11 full service women’s hospitals in the country and the only hospital in Ohio dedicated solely to women’s health. Patti has held a variety of positions within health care over the past 30 years, including clinical and management positions in pediatric & neonatal intensive care, as well as human resources. Patti received her Master of Science in Nursing from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio; her Bachelor of Science in Nursing cum laude from the Medical College of Ohio at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio; and completed the Executive Management Series in Health Care at Case Western Reserve University/Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland, Ohio. Patti has served on a number of regional and national programs related to the health of children and families. Patti is the immediate past chair of the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Section for Maternal and Child Health Governing Council. Patti is chair of the Ohio Children’s Hospital Association (2017-2019); and board member of the Center for Health Affairs in Cleveland and the Centers for Families and Children. She was appointed to the Children’s Hospital Association national “Solutions for Patient Safety” Board in 2015, leader of the University Hospitals of Cleveland United Way campaign, Board Member of The Centers for Family and Children and the Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland and is an alumni of Leadership Cleveland class of 2016.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Children’s Hospitals Solutions for Patient Safety Inc.(Appointed June, 2015), Child Health Patient Safety Organization Inc. (PSO) Secretary (2013-2016) Immediate Past Chair (2017), American Hospital Association Maternal and Child Health Governing Council - appointed committee member (2013-2016 & 2017-current) Immediate Past Chair (2017), Ohio Children’s Hospitals Association (2012-present) - Vice Chairman (2015-2016) - Chair (present), Center for Health Affairs. Cleveland, Ohio (Appointed December, 2015),The Centers for Families and Children (2014-present)


Awards/Honors: American Cancer Society Greater Cleveland Golf Classic 2016, Hattie Larlham Foundation 2013 Circle of Friends,Women of Excellence, Corporate Club 2013, Michael T. Gyves MD Award for Obstetrical Excellence 2011, American Red Cross of Greater Cleveland Hero for Medical Excellence Award 2010,YWCA of Greater Cleveland Woman of Professional Excellence Award 2005

Education: Kent State University MSN, Parent Child Nursing; Medical College of Ohio/University of Toldeo BSN, Cum Laude; Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management Executive Management Series in Health Care


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PresidentUrsuline College2550 Lander RoadPepper Pike, OH 44124 Phone: 440.646.8101Cell: [email protected]

Christine DeVinne

Christine De Vinne, OSU, is president and professor of English at Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, with a student body of 1,100 in programs from undergraduate through doctoral studies. An alumna of the College, she began her career in middle school and secondary school classrooms while earning her Master of Arts at the University of Notre Dame and then her Ph.D. at The Ohio State University. She has also served as faculty member and administrator at Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore, where she became a Fellow of Leadership Maryland. A past president of the American Name Society, she is currently book review editor and member of the Editorial Board for Names: A Journal of Onomastics. She publishes and presents on topics related to autobiography, literary theory, names studies, and higher education. She serves on the boards of the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio, and Catholic Community Connection, as well as the Presidents’ Council of the NCAA Great Midwest Athletic Conference.

Industry: Education


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Ursuline College, Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio, Catholic Community Connection, Executive Committee - American Name Society, Presidents Council - NCAA Great Midwest Athletic Conference

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Maryland, Women’s Scholarship Initiative of the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, No Hands But Yours ministry at local church

Awards/Honors: President - American Name Society 2003-2004, Visiting Scholar - Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages 2007, Cleveland Magazine “Faces of Cleveland 2015”, KeyBank Foundation Grant PI - Faculty Diversity Fellowship 2016-2018

Education: B.A. in Mathematics - Ursuline College, M.A. in English - University of Notre Dame, Ph.D. in English - Ohio State University


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PrincipalVocon3142 Prospect AvenueCleveland, OH 44115Phone: 216.588.0800Cell: [email protected]

Deborah DonleyAs Vocon’s founding Principal, Debbie Donley’s leadership has expanded Vocon to include over 125 professional architects, designers, graphics and branding specialists, and technical support personnel. Her vision has honed our teams’ ability to create spaces that attract and retain great people, encourage the culture the client envisions for their organization, and enhance brand impact for customers and clients. Her design initiatives encourage collaboration and community, while making workflow more efficient. The benefits for clients are myriad, including increased productivity and employee satisfaction. Debbie has extensive experience in developing initiatives and managing projects for corporate offices, , legal, brokerage and financial institutions, public sector projects and broadcast facilities. Her involvement ranges from finding cost-effective, energy-efficient, sustainable solutions for interior and exterior architecture, to full service assistance in marrying human resources, financial, and real estate strategies for national corporations.

Industry: Workplace Strategy/Design/Achitecture

Functional Specialty: Relationship Development

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Sunbeam, University School, Cuyahoga Community College, Key4Women National Advisory Board, In Counsel With Women

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Cleveland Green Building Coalition,Sunbeam Board Member, Vocational Guidance Services,Hathaway Brown School, HBPA Member/Volunteer, University School Board Member, University School, USPA Member/Volunteer, Leadership Cleveland Member, Class of 2007, Cuyahoga Community College, Foundation Board Member, Elon University, Parent Council

Awards/Honors: 2011 Crain’s Cleveland Business Woman of Note, 2009 Na-tional Association of Women Business Owners Top 10 Women Business Owners, 2009 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist

Education: Bowling Green State University


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Executive Director Say Yes ClevelandCleveland Public LibraryLouis Stokes Wing525 Superior Avenue, 2nd floorCleveland, OH 44114Cell: [email protected]

Diane Downing

Diane Downing is the Executive Director of Say Yes Cleveland. Say Yes was launched in Cleveland in January of 2019. It provides last dollar, tuition scholarships for post-secondary education to Cleveland graduates of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. In addition, Say Yes coordinates support social services for students attending CMSD schools. Prior to this assignment, Downing was the Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Affairs for Huntington Bank in Cleveland. In that role, she developed strategies for expanding the Bank’s community involvement through sponsorships and donations as well as memberships on local boards. She served in that capacity from November 2010 until 2019 but was on loan from the Bank from May 2015 through August of 2016. During that time, she served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Host Committee for the Republican National Convention, the non-profit civic group that enabled the Convention to come to Cleveland. Diane has served as the Cleveland District Director for United States Senator George Voinovich; as Vice President and Stadium Operations Director for the Cleveland Browns; Project Manager for the construction of the new Cleveland Browns Stadium (now First Energy Stadium); Executive for Service during the administration of Mayor Michael White; Deputy Director of the Ohio Lottery; and on the executive staff in the Office of Mayor George Voinovich. She came to Cleveland in 1977 to work for County Commissioner Seth Taft. Diane is married to attorney Tom Corrigan. They live in the Edgewater neighborhood of Cleveland and have three adult children.

.Industry: Education


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Beech Brook - Executive Committee; Bruening Foundation; The Centers for Families and Children; Cleveland City Planning Commission - Mayoral Appointment; Cleveland State Foundation - Ex-ecutive Committee; College Now - Executive Committee; Girl Scouts of North-east Ohio; Gordon Square Arts District; Laurel School - Executive Committee; Cuyahoga County Convention Center; Transformation Alliance of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Edgewater Yacht Club; 50 Club of Cleve-land; Intown Club; Union Club

Awards/Honors: 2012 YWCA Woman of Achievement; 2012 Crain’s Cleveland Business Woman of Accomplishment; 2014 Woman of Distinction—Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio; 2013 Sales and Marketing Executives of Cleveland—Distin-guished Marketing and Sales Award; 2002 YWCA Woman of Professional Excel-lence; 1996 Crain’s Cleveland Business Woman of Note

Education: AB, Political Science, Vassar College


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PartnerFairport Asset Management, LLC1350 Euclid Avenue,

Suite 400Cleveland, OH 44115Phone: [email protected]

Emily Drake

Emily Drake is a financial services executive with more than 25 years of experience in the personal financial management arena. As a Partner and Senior Adviser with Fairport Asset Management, Emily offers comprehensive financial planning and investment services that are tailored for the uniquely individual needs of each client. Emily is known not only for her deep financial expertise, but also for her attention to the emotional aspects of financial decision making, especially in times of challenging transitions. Prior to joining Fairport in 2000, Emily held leadership positions at McDonald Trust Company, AmeriTrust, Rinfret Inc. and Drexel, Burnham, Lambert, Inc. A resident of Cleveland Heights, Emily enjoys spending time outdoors and staying active through hiking, biking, skiing and scuba diving.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Saint Luke’s Foundation, Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging - Past Chair

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Cleveland Museum of Art - Planned Giving Committee, Estate Planning Council

Awards/Honors: YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence

Education: BS, Grand Valley State; CFP, Northwestern University


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Senior Vice President, TaxesEaton Corporation1000 Eaton BoulevardBeachwood, OH 44122Phone: 440.523.4190Cell: [email protected]

Mary Kim Elkins

Mary Kim Elkins is a senior vice president, Taxes for Eaton, a power management company. In this role, she is responsible for Eaton’s global tax function. Elkins joined Eaton in 2006 as director, Tax Strategy for the Fluid Power Group. Since that time, she has gone on to serve as vice president, Operational Tax Strategy, and most recently as vice president, International Tax Strategy. Prior to Eaton, Elkins held tax roles of increasing responsibility at Deloitte & Touche and Cardinal Health. Elkins holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Troy University and a law degree from Capital University. She is a certified public accountant and a member of the Ohio Bar. Elkins serves on the board of Achievement Centers for Children. Eaton is a power management company with 2017 sales of $20.4 billion. We provide energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton is dedicated to improving the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. Eaton has approximately 96,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries. For more information visit Eaton.com.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Dublin Arts Council 1995-1999 Finance Committee, and BOD member, Beck Center for the Arts 2006-2017 Chairperson, Capital campaign Co-Chair, Finance Committee, and BOD member, Achievement Center for Children 2014-cur-rent, Finance Committe member, Blue Chip Blue Tee Committee, and BOD member

Volunteer/Community Involvement: United Way Chairperson for Eaton Corporation Campaign in 2017, Global Executive Leader for EWC (Executive Women’s Council), WAVE (Women Adding Value at Eaton) and SOAR (Strengthening our Asian resourses) these groups are part of Eaton’s I&D initiative, Leadership Cleveland class of 2019

Awards/Honors: Recognized by Crain’s as 2018 Notable Women in Manufacturing, Inducted into the Ohio Commodores in August 2018, EY mentor for Empowering Women in Tax, Deloitte WIN (Women Intiatives)

Education: Bachelors of Accounting degree from Troy University received 1990, JD law degree from Capital University in 1994


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Managing PartnerFairport Asset Management1350 Euclid Avenue Suite 400 Cleveland, OH 44115Phone:216.431.3836Cell: [email protected]

Heather Ettinger

Heather Ettinger has devoted more than 25 years to the financial services industry and has held leadership roles in client acquisition and service, as well as operations and strategic planning. As Managing Partner of Fairport Asset Management, Heather specializes in helping clients and their families create strategic financial plans to guide them through life transitions, such as the loss of a spouse, divorce, selling a business, retirement and job changes. In 2015, Heather was recognized on InvestmentNews’ inaugural “Women to Watch” list for her lasting impact on the financial industry and demonstrated willingness to share her experiences with others. Wealth Management magazine named Heather one of the “Top 50 Distinguished Women in Wealth Management” in 2008. Heather is widely recognized for her unwavering dedication to helping other women build their financial acumen, philanthropic legacy and wealth, both in her professional practice and community involvement. She co-authored two studies about women and their unique needs entitled “Women of Wealth: Why Does the Financial Services Industry Still Not Hear Them?” and “Women of Wealth: What Do Breadwinner Women Want?” Heather has been featured in many publications including the Wall Street Journal, Investment News, Barrons and Bloomberg. Recognized as an expert and thought leader on the distinctive needs of female clients, Heather is a frequently-requested speaker for both industry associations and company women’s initiatives. She remains an ardent supporter of her alma maters including Dartmouth College, where she earned a B.A., and Laurel School, where she now serves as an Emeritus Trustee. She is active with In Counsel with Women and the nationally recognized wealth management study group, Family Wealth Advisors Council. Heather serves on the Board of Directors of University Hospitals Health System, The Private Trust Company and Asurint-One Source Technology and contributes as an advisory board member for Schwab Institutional Services and InvestmentNews. She lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio with her husband, Jeff, and considers raising her three kids as her greatest accomplishment. In her free time, she enjoys playing ice hockey, snow skiing and hiking.


Functional Specialty: General Management, Sales

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Asurint - One Source Technology, The Private Trust Company

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Family Wealth Advisors Council, Schwab (Institu-tional) Advisor Services Advisory Board, University Hospitals Health System, Laurel School (emeritus trustee)

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland class of 1998, The 50 Club of Cleveland, UHHS Investment Committee

Awards/Honors: YWCA Woman of Achievement, Northern Ohio Live Rainmaker, Crain’s “40 Under 40” & Woman of Influence, Kaleidoscope “Women Who Give Back”, Woman’s Com-munity Foundation Creative Philanthropy Award, Crain’s “Women of Influence”, Finalist for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Riot Girls & Rebels Award, Top 50 Distinguished Women in Wealth Management, 2009 Athena Award Finalist, 2010 Laurel School Distinguished Alumna Award, InvestmentNews’ inaugural “Women to Watch” list (2015)

Education: BA, Dartmouth College

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PresidentA.L. Falls Advisors, LLC2790 Sand RoadPort Clinton, OH 43452Cell: [email protected]

Alison FallsAlison Lanza Falls is a Life Coach, Stress Manage-ment Consultant, Author and Inspirational Speaker. As a Certified High Performance Coach™, Alison works with business professionals to coach them how to consis-tently live their best lives, fully engaged with joy and con-fidence, by helping them discover in themselves the habits and hallmarks of high-performing people. Alison is also a Certified Stress Reduction Specialist as an affiliate of From Stressed to Best™ and an MBTI® Certified Practitioner. As an “INFJ”, (Personality Type “the Persistent Counselor”), Alison turns all her strategic and analytical skills honed over 30 years in corporate and investment banking, to helping people live their best life and reduce their everyday stressMs. Falls is an author and inspirational speaker, sharing her story in Be Happy NOW!: From Wall Street Ambition and the Illusion of Success, My Path to Happiness. Alison starts her journey on 9/11, realizing she was looking for happiness in all the wrong places – looking outside, to what she accom-plished, where she lived, how much money she made -- and discovering conquering the “inner empire” was the key to finding happiness. It is a personal journey shared with vulner-ability and courage to help others on their unique journey,Ms. Falls serves on corporate and non-profit Boards as an in-dependent director, with expertise in finance, governance and strategic planning. Her leadership on corporate governance and investment policy is highly respected from her service on the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation Board of Directors and as Chair of the Governance Committee and Vice Chair of the Investment Committee from 2007-2010. Alison also served as the Chair of the Board of United Way of Greater To-ledo from 2005-2008 and chaired their Finance Committee.Ms. Falls is President of A.L. Falls Advisors, LLC. She is a member of the CFA Institute/and the Cleveland Society of Financial Analysts. https//:www.AlisonLanzaFalls.com.


Functional Specialty: High Performance Coaching, Life Coaching, Stress Reduction Con-sulting. Service as an independent Board member with financial expertise

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Magruder Hospital Foundation Development Council; United Way of Ottawa County

Community Involvement: United Way of Ottawa County, Elder at Firelands Presbyterian Church

Awards/Honors: Volunteer of the Year, 2008, United Way of Greater Toledo

Education: B.A., Economics, SUNY Binghamton, M.A., Economics, The Ohio State Uni-versity, Chartered Financial Analyst

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Retired Executive DirectorCuyahoga County Public Library3361 Chalfant RoadShaker Hts., OH 44120Cell: [email protected]

Sari Feldman

Sari Feldman was the Executive Director of Cuyahoga County Public Library (CCPL) a position she held from 2003 until her retirement, August 2019. Under her leadership, CCPL became one of the nation’s best and busiest public library systems, earning the Library Journal 5-Star recognition for ten consecutive years. Prior to joining CCPL, Sari was Deputy Director of Cleveland Public Library. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from State University of New York at Binghampton and a Master’s in Library Science degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She previously served as an adjunct faculty member at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University where she was honored in 1995 with the Vice President’s Award for Teacher of the Year. Sari served as the president of the American Library Association (ALA) for the 2015-2016 term and president of the Public Library Association for the 2009-2010 term. She is currently a Senior Policy Fellow for the Washington Office of the ALA. During her tenure in the Cleveland area she was involved in many civic organizations including the board of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Sari present on public libraries both nationally and internationally and writes for professional publications including a regular column in Publishers Weekly magazine.

Industry: Public Libraries

Functional Specialty: Non-Profit Leadership

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: DigitalC

Awards/Honors: Distinguished Alumna Award 2016 iSchool@University of Wisconsin-Madison; Charlie Robinson Award 2013 Public Library Association; Woman of Note 2011 Crain’s Cleveland Business; Jane Donelson Player of the Year 2008 USA Toy Library Association; Everyday Superhero 2008 Center for Specialized Women’s Health Cleveland Clinic; YWCA Woman of Achievement 2005; 2002 Community Impact Award, Leadership Academy Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Cleveland State University; 2001 Outstanding Com-munity Leader Award, Leadership Academy Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Cleveland, Leadership Cleveland Class of 2004

Education: Bachelor of Arts degree in English, State University of New York at Binghamton; Master’s in Library Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison


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PartnerGries Financial1801 East Ninth Street,Suite 1600Cleveland, OH 44114-3188Phone: 216.861.1148 x112Cell: [email protected]@yahoo.com

Lauren Rich Fine

As of June 2016, Lauren is a Partner at Gries Financial Partners, a boutique investment/wealth advisor to a high-net worth clientele, where she manages clients’ investment portfolios, leads the firm’s new business development efforts and helps run the firm. Previously, she was an Executive Search Consultant at Howard & O’Brien Associates. She was also a Practitioner in Residence at Kent State University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Lauren left Merrill Lynch in April, 2007 as a Managing Director in Equity Research. A 19-year veteran, she covered the publishing, information, for-profit education, advertising and online industries. She was a ranked member of the Institutional Investor All-American Research Team for 14 years holding the number one position for 11 years. Lauren has an MBA from the Stern School of Management (NYU) and a BA in Psychology/ Economics from Tufts University. Lauren is on the EW Scripps (NASDAQ: SSP) Board of Directors as well as the Private Trust Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of LPL. She is on the non-profit Boards of The Chautauqua Foundation, Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland Museum of Art, College Now, ideastream, MOCA and Chairs the Leadership Council for the Connor Integrative Health Network at University Hospitals. She has previously served on the Boards of JumpStart, BrandMuscle, Cleveland Jewish News, Dolan Company (NYSE: DM), iGuiders, Laurel School, and Urban Community School, the advisory committees of Dix & Eaton, MedCity News and the Poynter Institute, and committees at the Cleveland Racquet Club, Gathering Place, and Hawken School. Lauren was a member of the Leadership Cleveland class of 2007. Lauren remains heavily involved in the Cleveland start-up community.

Industry: Financial Services, Consulting/Professional Services


Current Corporate Board Affiliations: EW Scripps, Private Trust Company

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: UH Connor Integrative Health Network, ideaStream, MOCA Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Chautauqua Foundation, Cleveland Inter-national Film Festival, College Now,

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland 2007, Cleveland Museum of Art Women’s Council, Investment Committee Jewish Federation of Cleveland

Awards/Honors: Crain’s Women of Note 2017, YWCA Woman of Achievement 2013, Insti-tutional Investor All American Research Team #1 - 11 years & team member 14 years, Wall Street Journal and Reuters recognition as leading equity analyst multiple years

Education: BA, Psychology & Economics, Tufts University; MBA, Stern School of Business


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115 Quail LaneHunting Valley, OH 44022Cell: [email protected]

Cindy S. Flynn

Cindy’s primary responsibilities are to oversee the day-to-day operations of New York Community Bank’s consumer banking business, which spans five states with 254 locations in Metro New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Florida, and Arizona. With assets of $49.7 billion at March 31, 2018, New York Community Bancorp, Inc. is currently one of the 25 largest bank holding companies in the nation and a leading producer of multi-family loans in New York City, with an emphasis on apartment buildings that feature below-market rents. Cindy joined New York Community Bancorp, Inc. in December, 2009. Prior to that she was Chief Marketing Officer for AmTrust/Ohio Savings Bank from 2007-2009. Prior to joining AmTrust she was Executive Vice President, Brand Director, for Citizens Bank from 2004-2007. She was Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, for Charter One Bank from 2000-2004 when the bank was acquired by Citizens and took on the role of Brand Director. Prior to Charter she spent 12 years at Key Bank in a variety of roles, but was Executive Vice President, Marketing Director, when she left the organization. Cindy, her husband and two daughters reside in Hunting Valley.

Industry: Financial Services - Banking

Functional Specialty: Advertising/Public Relations, General Management, Operations, Sales

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Greater Cleveland Sports Commission Executive Committee and Board of Directors, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Board of Directors, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Foundation Board of Directors, Western Reserve Historical Society Board of Directors, The Recreation League of Cleveland Board of Directors

Volunteer/Community Involvement: The Junior League of Cleveland, Laurel School, In Counsel with Women, The 50 Club of Cleveland, Elon University Parents Council

Awards/Honors: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2003, Cambridge Who’s Who

Education: BA, Psychology, Southern Methodist University; Harvard Business School Senior Management Programme - 2006

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Margaret P. Flynn

Margie shares her deeply ingrained passion for the community and belief in “doing well by doing good” as Principal and Co-owner of BrownFlynn, an award-winning corporate responsibility and sustainability consulting firm founded in January 1996. BrownFlynn is the first U.S.- certified training organization for the Global Reporting Initiative and is a Silver Consultancy Partner to the Carbon Disclosure Project. Margie speaks the language of triple bottom-line impact and has been instrumental in shaping a variety of responsible practices for regional, national and global corporations and organizations. Her strong commitment to ethical business practices and eye on global impact also make Margie a dynamic speaker and trusted advisor for clients who seek to improve their business practices while catalyzing positive change. She is a guest lecturer for numerous local and national conferences, venues and colleges/universities, and is author of several published articles regarding sustainability and entrepreneurship in local and national publications. Before 1996, Margie spent more than a decade with National City Corporation where she served as co-vice president and manager of National City Corporation’s corporate communications department with Barb Brown. Margie and her husband, Danny, have three sons and reside in Highland Heights, Ohio.


Functional Specialty: Sustainability Consulting

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: American Red Cross National Advisory Board, American Red Cross Blood Services of Northern Ohio, GreenCityBlueLake Advisory Board, Cleveland Carbon Fund Advisory Committee, Corporate Sustain-ability Network Steering Committee

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Advisor to “100 Entrepreneurs” project – Walter Reed Hospital, Industrial Minerals Association, North America (IMA-NA) Sustainability & Environment Committees, City of Cleveland Sustainability Council 2019.

Awards/Honors: Leadership Cleveland 2004, Champions of Sustainability, World Class Customer Service Award by Smart Business Magazine, Medical Mutual Pil-lar Award, Northern Ohio Live Rainmaker, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield “Innova-tion in Business” Visionary Award, SME Distinguished Marketing & Sales Award, COSE Top “Ten Under 10,” Weatherhead 100 Small Business Winner, NAWBO “Top 10 Women Business Owners of Northeast Ohio,” Inside Business Magazine “Cleveland Business Women of the Year,” Beaumont School Distinguished Alum-nae Award, Irish Walks of Life Honoree 2014

Education: B.S., Miami University (Oxford, OH)


Principal & Co-OwnerBrownFlynnTerminal Tower - Suite 3600200 Public SquareCleveland, OH 44113Phone: [email protected]

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Executive Vice President & General Counsel

United Way of Greater Cleveland1331 Euclid AvenueCleveland, OH 44115 Phone: 216.436.2235Cell: [email protected]

Helen Forbes Fields

Helen Forbes Fields serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for United Way of Greater Cleveland and is responsible for United Way’s regional initiatives, which encompasses local and state government relations, public policy, 2-1-1, Community Wraparound/Say Yes To Education Initiative and providing legal guidance to the organization. She served as Vice President of Community Impact and General Counsel for United Way between October 2017-June 30, 2018 supervising the allocations process and managing the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Accountable Health Communities grant in the amount of $4.5 million, and reviewing all legal matters. Previously, Ms. Forbes Fields practiced law for over 31 years with the Forbes, Fields & Associates law firm. Initially, she was involved in the firm’s public law and municipal finance practice. She was involved in various public and privately placed issuance of revenue bonds and general obligation bonds for the State of Ohio and its political subdivisions. She served as Law Director to the City of East Cleveland, Ohio in 1997 and 2005. Later, she concentrated her practice in the employment discrimination and labor law areas. Ms. Forbes Fields has been admitted to practice before the Ohio Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and the United States Court of Appeals in the Sixth Circuit. She is a graduate of Leadership Cleveland, Class of 1994 and serves on the Board of several civic organizations.

Industry: Health and Human Services


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland Museum of Art, Board Chair of Front International Triennial, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art Advisory Committee Member

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Cleveland Chapter of Links Incorporated, East Cleveland Financial Planning and Supervision Commission Member, Governor Appointee Bar Admissions Committee – Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

Awards/Honors: A.I.D.S. Task Force, Art Cares Icon 2014, Fraser Net Power Networker of the Year 2013

Education: Ohio State University 1977-1978, Spelman College 1978-1981 BA degree, Howard University School of Law 1981-1984 J.D. degree


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President & CEOFrance Strategic Partners LLC3292 Blue Heron TraceMedina, OH 44256Phone: [email protected]

Gina France

Gina D. France is Founder, President and CEO of France Strategic Partners LLC, a corporate strategy and transaction advisory firm. Gina is a veteran of Wall Street with over 30 years of strategy, investment banking and corporate finance experience. She has served as a strategic advisor to over 250 companies throughout the course of her career. Previously Gina was an investment banker with Lehman Brothers and a Managing Director of Ernst & Young. Earlier in her career, Gina was the International Cash Manager of Marathon Oil Company, then a Fortune 30 Company, where she was responsible for funding 26 international subsidiaries. Gina is a seasoned corporate director and currently serves on three public and one private company boards. Her current directorships included Huntington Bancshares Inc. (HBAN), a $108 billion regional bank with approximately 900 branches in 8 states; Cedar Fair LP (FUN), an owner of 11 amusement parks, 4 water parks and 5 hotels in the US and Canada where she chairs the Audit Committee; and CBIZ, Inc. (CBZ), a provider of financial and risk management services with over 100 offices and 4000 associates nationwide. She also serves on the board of the Dreyfus Family of Funds. Previously Gina served on the boards of FirstMerit Corporation (FMER), a $26 billion regional bank where she chaired the Nominating and Governance Committee; Dawn Food Products, one of the world’s largest manufacturers and distributors of bakery products; and Mack Industries, a privately-held supplier of pre-formed concrete products. Gina has lectured extensively and authored numerous articles on financing topics throughout her career.


Functional Specialty: Accounting/Finance, General Management

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Huntington Bancshares, Inc (NASDAQ: HBAN); Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE: FUN); CBIZ (NYSE: CBZ); The Dreyfus Family of Funds

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Trustee, Baldwin Wallace University; Trustee, DanceCleveland

Education: BS with highest distinction in finance, Indiana University; MBA, Summa Cum Laude, JL Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

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Ann Frangos

Ann Frangos is retired from AT&T where she was an Assistant Vice President responsible for accounts receivable management for AT&T’s commercial accounts worldwide.During her 36 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Ann held a variety of positions in credit and collections, finance, accounting operations, budgeting, long range planning, and operations research. She also served as Director-Human Resources where she was responsible for directing the EEO and Affirmative Action programs. Prior to joining AT&T, Ann taught high school mathematics. A native Clevelander, Ann attended The Cleveland Public Schools where she graduated Valedictorian of her class. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from Baldwin-Wallace College, graduating Magna Cum Laude, and went on to earn a Master of Science Degree in Mathematics from Cleveland State University. In 2018 Ann was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Cuyahoga Community College by Governor John Kasich. She serves as Board Chair of the YWCA Greater Cleveland. She is also on the Board of the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society of Rocky River, Ohio, where she serves as Treasurer. She is a past ICWW Board member and past Chair of the ICWW Nominating Committee.

Industry: Telecommunications

Functional Specialty: Accounting/Finance, General Management, Operations

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cuyahoga Community College Board of Trustees, YWCA Greater Cleveland Board Chair, Greek Orthodox Philoptochos Society Board

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Cuyahoga Community College, YWCA Greater Cleveland, Greek Orthodox Philoptochos Society

Awards/Honors: Cleveland State University Distinguished Alumni Award – 2016, West Tech High School Hall of Fame – 2011

Education: BS-Mathematics, Baldwin Wallace University; MS-Mathematics, Cleveland State University; Executive Development Program, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University


Retired Assistant Vice PresidentAT&T 24225 Stonehedge Dr. Westlake, OH 44145 Phone:440.734.5254 Cell: [email protected]

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PartnerThompson Hine LLP3900 Key Center127 Public SquareCleveland, OH 44114-1291Phone: 216.566.5559 Cell: 216.970.5400 [email protected]

Heidi FriedmanHeidi Friedman, a partner in Thompson Hine’s Environmental and Product Liability Litigation groups, serves as national environmental counsel for many large corporations, including Fortune 500 companies. She is respected by clients and peers alike for her legal skills, business acumen and innovative solutions. In 2017, she was one of just 20 lawyers nationally inducted as Fellows of the American College of Environmental Lawyers, and she is recognized for her work in environmental law by authorities such as Chambers USA, Who’s Who Legal USA and The Best Lawyers in America. Ms. Friedman is a founder and past chair of Thompson Hine’s nationally recognized Spotlight on Women® program, which seeks to support, retain and promote the firm’s women lawyers and to connect and champion professional women outside the firm, one of the first such programs developed by a law firm. She also has helped numerous clients and other organizations establish their own gender-based professional development programs. In addition, she was instrumental in creating Spotlight on Leaders, Thompson Hine’s comprehensive professional development and leadership training program for high-potential non-partner women lawyers. Ms. Friedman is known nationally for her efforts to amplify women’s voices in the workplace, the boardroom and the courtroom. She is a past chair of DRI’s Women in the Law Committee, a group with over 1,500 members that she helped formalize. She launched its Pathways to Leadership program, which matches young female DRI members with more senior members who provide mentoring and guidance on succeeding within DRI and in the legal profession. Ms. Friedman is also a member of the Honoree Committee of DirectWomen, a national organization seeking to increase the representation of women on corporate boards, and a participant in the University of Texas National Consortium for Advancing Women Lawyers, a thought leadership project focused on advancing women in the legal profession.

Industry: Law


Volunteer/Community Involvement: Bellefaire Jewish Children’s Bureau, board mem-ber; College Now Greater Cleveland, Bag Lady Luncheon fundraiser host committee; The Refugee Response, REAP the Benefit fundraiser host committee; YWCA Greater Cleve-land Circle, NIA fundraiser co-chair; Bellflower Center for Prevention of Child Abuse, former trustee; Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Professional Women’s Committee co-founder

Awards/Honors: YWCA Greater Cleveland Woman of Achievement (2019); Crain’s Cleve-land Business Woman of Note (2018); Acritas Star (a “client-nominated, stand-out lawyer”); ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, Delegate; The Best Lawyers in America, Environmental (2004–2019); Ohio Super Lawyers list (2004–2009, 2011–2019); Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Natural Resources & Environment, Ohio (2007–2017); Who’s Who Legal USA: Environmental (2014–2016); National Diversity Council Ohio Leadership Excellence Award (2016); Cleveland Bar Association, Women Who Make a Difference Award (2015)

Education: Ohio State University BS in Psychology, CWRU - JD


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Chief Executive Officer College Now Greater Cleveland Post Office Plaza1500 West 3rd Street Suite 125Cleveland, OH 44113Phone: [email protected]

Lee Friedman

Lee Friedman is currently the CEO of College Now Greater Cleveland. She was formerly the President and CEO of the Cleveland Leadership Center since 2005 when she was hired to work with civic partners to bring together the community top leadership programs (Leadership Cleveland, Cleveland Bridge Builders, Cleveland Executive Fellowship, (i)Cleveland and Look Up To Cleveland) under one organizational structure. With Friedman, the new organization raised more than $8 million from corporations, foundations, individuals and tuition-based programming; participation expanded by 400 percent; and program delivery costs were reduced from $4,000 per participant (pre-merger) to $600 per participant (post-merger).Prior to joining the Cleveland Leadership Center, Friedman served nine years as President and CEO for the Downtown Cleveland Partnership. In that position, she helped create a shared vision and land use plan among more than 100 property owners for lower Euclid Avenue, which saw more than a $1 billion investment in that area of downtown, as well as a 2,000 percent increase in membership.From 1991 through 1996, Friedman was the Executive Director for Clean-Land, Ohio, an award-winning nonprofit environmental organization responsible for creating and managing a citywide urban reforestation and environmental education program. And, prior to that, she had a two-year appointment as a Presidential Fellow in the Carter Administration and served as assistant director for the City of Cleveland’s personnel department. Friedman is a Cleveland native.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cleveland Zoological Society, Flashes of Hope, The City Club of Cleveland

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Mayor Jackson’s Operation Efficiency Oversight Council, Mentor for Civic Innovation Lab at the Cleveland Foundation, Weatherhead Advisory Committee at CWRU, CSU College of Urban Affairs Visit-ing Committee, the 50 Club

Awards/Honors: Inside Business Magazine’s List of the 100 Most Influential Individuals in Northeast Ohio, EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2015

Education: BA, Political Science and Economics, Colgate University; Master of Public Administration, George Washington University

Founding Member

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President, Institute for H.O.P.E.TM

The MetroHealth System5400 Lancaster DriveBrooklyn Hts., OH 44131 Phone: 216.665.2186 Cell: [email protected]

Susan Fuehrer

Susan M. Fuehrer joined the Northeast Ohio VA healthcare System in 1986 and rose through the ranks to become CEO in 2010. She serves as the leader and visionary for the $1.2B healthcare system, 3rd largest in VA, and maintains the highest clinical outcomes in VA as well as the private sector. She leads an organization of more than 5,000 employees and has been recognized as a North Coast 99 Employer of Choice for four years. Mrs. Fuehrer has over 32 years of leadership experience with VA and is a recognized trailblazer, making transparent, date-driven decisions on behalf of Veterans, staff and tax payers. \Mrs. Fuehrer completed her Master of Business Administration from Case Western Reserve University in 1990. She is also a graduate of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. She serves on the boards of the Greater Cleveland Red Cross, Cuyahoga Community College Foundation, The Center for Health Affairs and the Cleveland Federal Executive Board.

Industry: Government, Health Care, Nonprofit

Functional Specialty: General Management, Operations

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: University Circle, Cuyahoga Community College Foundation, American Red Cross Northeast Ohio Chapter, Center for Health Affairs, Federal Executive Board

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland, Armed Services Committee and Blood Services Committee for American Red Cross, Veteran Service Organizations (American Legion, AMVETS, DAV), Cleveland Yachting Club

Awards/Honors: Crains Women of Note 2018, Federal Executive Board Chairperson of the Year 2014, US Office of Personnel Management National Combined Federal C Hero Award 2014, Xavier University Health Services Administration Outstanding Preceptor of the Year 2012

Education: MBA - Case Western Reserve University, BS - University of New Hampshire, Senior Executive Fellow - Harvard Kennedy School


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Managing PartnerEnlight 3213 W. Wheeler Street#301Seattle, WA 98199Phone: 216.245.0750Cell: [email protected]

Amy Fulford


Functional Specialty: General Management, Finance, Marketing

Awards/Honors: 2008 Top Ten Women Business Owners, Cleveland Chapter of NAWBO; Member of TARA (global networking group); 2007 Susan Schiffer Stautberg Leadership Foundation Fellow

Education: BS, Economics - Centre College, MBA, Strategy & Finance - University of Chicago Booth School of Business


When Amy founded enlight, she envisioned working with clients in a meaningful way and understood that a real partnership, not the typical consulting version, would help them create more value. She has helped clients reshape how they run the business by bringing input and insights that change the way they think about their business and industry. Amy understands different perspectives and involves people in being part of the solution. She’s able to look for commonalities among different ideas and finds ways to advance team thinking. She always has ideas but is ready to learn and adapt to every situation. Amy finds connections and lessons where others aren’t even looking. For instance, Amy might apply how a restaurant is run or how a mom-and-pop jewelry storeowner keeps customers satisfied to a mid-sized manufacturing client. She’s constantly applying lessons from clients, someone in the enlight network or other industries. Amy finds parallels by breaking problems down and discovering similarities -- many that are unexpected. Amy honed her skills through a variety of roles at The Boston Consulting Group, Alcoa Inc., Procter & Gamble and Huntington Bank. She’s worked across virtually every sector, including Aerospace, Automotive, Building & Construction, Consumer Products, Financial Services, Packaging and Pulp & Paper industries and in Distribution, Manufacturing, Non-profit, Professional Services and Retail sectors. Amy lives in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle with her husband and two daughters. In her free time, Amy works-- a lot. But, she also loves to cook with her daughters, ski and travel. She’s a devoted fan of the University of Kentucky basketball AND football teams (yes, they have a football team!). She’s still a Browns fan, despite living in the heart of Seahawks territory.

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Executive DirectorNortheast Ohio Areawide

Coordinating Agency1299 Superior Avenue EastCleveland, OH 44114Phone: 216.241.2414 [email protected]

Grace Gallucci

Industry: Government

Functional Specialty: Transportation (policy, planning, management, finance, economics)

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Inc.;Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium (chairperson); Friends of Max Hayes

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2015; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Catholic Charities; Junior Achievement

Awards/Honors: Crain’s 40 under 40; Cleveland State University Levin College of Urban Affairs Distinguished Alumni

Education: University of Dayton ( Bachelor of Science in Business Administration & Master of Public Administration; Cleveland State University (Master of Science in Urban Studies)


Grace Gallucci is the Executive Director for the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for greater Cleveland, and is responsible for transportation planning and resource allocation in the five county region. Ms. Gallucci has nearly 25 years of finance and planning experience in the field of transportation. Her prior positions include working for the Chicago Regional Transportation Authority where she held the titles of Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Executive Director, responsible for the Finance and Performance Management functions, as well as those of the department of Research, Analysis and Policy Development. She also held the posts of Director of Office of Management & Budget and Director of Finance for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. She started her career in transportation as an analyst for the Office of Transportation, Broward County, Florida, working with both highways and mass transit issues. Ms. Gallucci has been an lecturer/adjunct professor at Northwestern University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Cleveland State University, and Kent State University,teaching courses in public finance, economics, public policy and transportation management. She is active in various professional organizations including the American Public Transportation Association. She has served on several research panels for the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Science and has been appointed by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to serve on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transportation Review Advisory Committee for Safety.

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Vice President, Government Relations

University Hospitals Health System11100 Euclid AvenueMailstop MPV6003Cleveland, OH 44106Phone: 216.844.3985Cell: [email protected]

Heidi Gartland

Heidi Gartland is a health care executive, community leader and lobbyist at University Hospitals of Cleveland, a $3.5 billion health care system with 18 hospitals and more than 25,000 physicians and employees. She leads UH’s external relations and strategy, including community relations, community benefit, corporate reinvestment, strategic economic-development projects, government and regulatory affairs, and diversity and inclusion commitments. She advocates for University Hospitals at the federal, state and local level, and is an experienced leader in health care public policy. Ms. Gartland is also a dedicated civic leader. She is co-Chair of the 2016 United Way of Greater Cleveland campaign. She serves on the boards of the Trauma Centers Association of America (Washington D.C.), Ohio Children’s Hospital Association (Columbus), Evergreen Cooperatives (Cleveland), Business Volunteers Unlimited (Cleveland), Positive Education Program (Cleveland) and Voices for Ohio’s Children (Columbus). Ms. Gartland is also a member of the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency’s Advisory Committee and the Cleveland Foundation’s Economic Inclusion Management Committee. Previously, she chaired the boards of the Institute for Health Innovation (a $7M foundation in Columbus); the Center for Health Affairs (a $63M trade association in Cleveland); NewBridge Cleveland; and the Foundation for Healthy Communities. Prior to working at University Hospitals, Ms. Gartland worked at the Ohio Hospital Association (Columbus), the Illinois Hospital Association (Naperville, IL), Rush Medical Center (Chicago, IL); The Ohio State University (Columbus) and Akron Children’s Hospital (Akron). Ms. Gartland and her husband, Dan, live in Hudson, Ohio and they have two daughters.


Functional Specialty: Health Policy/Government Relations

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: In Counsel With Women, Ohio Chil-dren’s Hospital Association-Columbus, Ohio, Foundation for Healthy Commu-nities-Chair, Columbus, Ohio, Center for Health Affairs-Chair-elect,Voices for Ohio’s Children, Cleveland/Columbus, Ohio, NewBridge-Chair, Cleveland Food-bank, Business Volunteers Unlimited, Great Lakes Science Center- Executive Committee,Fund for Our Economic Future-Executive Committee

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2007, Leadership Cleveland-Chair of Health Selection Committee,Women Leadership Initiative-University Hospitals-Founding Member of Program

Awards/Honors: ATHENA Award Finalist 2013, UH Team Achievement Award 2008, Leadership Through Advocacy Award-Ohio Hospital Association inaugural recipient 2007, FBI Citizens Academy Inductee 2007,YWCA Woman of Profes-sional Excellence 2004, Leadership Through Legislative Advocacy, National Association of Children’s Hospitals 1997 and 2001

Education: Masters of Health Administration, The Ohio State University


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170 Haystack LaneSnowmass, CO 81654Cell: 970.927.5497 [email protected]

Evalyn GatesEvalyn Gates is the former Executive Director and CEO of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Before coming to the Museum in May, 2010, she was the Assistant Director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics and a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on various aspects of cosmology and particle astrophysics, from neutrinos to the cosmic microwave background. Most recently she has been working on various aspects of dark matter, and searching for ancient stellar fossils in the form of the oldest white dwarfs. After receiving her Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Case Western Reserve University in 1990, Gates held postdoctoral fellowships at Yale University and the University of Chicago, and was a member of the theoretical astrophysics research group at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. She spent seven years at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, initially as Director of Astronomy and then as Vice President for Science and Education. Gates has a strong interest in addressing the under-representation of women and minorities in the physical sciences and has written several articles on the topic of women in physics. She is also committed to inviting individuals of all ages and backgrounds to explore the ideas and discoveries of current scientific research. Her first book, Einstein’s Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe, was published by W.W. Norton in February 2009.


Functional Specialty: Cosmology/Physics/Museum Director

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: University Circle Inc., In Counsel With Women

Volunteer/Community Involvement: UCI Executive Committee, Co-Chair UCI Transportation & Infrastructure Task Force, Gemant Award Committee, Leader-ship Cleveland Class of 2013

Awards/Honors: 2011-2013 Willard L. Floyd Fellow, National Arts strategies’ Chief Executive Program; 2012 Cleveland Magazine “Most Interesting People”, Crain’s Woman of Note 2015

Education: Ph.D. in Theoretical High Energy Physics, CWRU; BS in Biomedical Engineering, CWRU; BS in Physics, The College of William and Mary


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Executive Vice President, Care Management and Pharmacy, Chief Information Officer

Medical Mutual2060 East 9th Street Cleveland, OH 44115Phone: [email protected]

Kathy Golovan

Kathy Golovan is Executive Vice President Care Management and Pharmacy and Chief Information Officer for Medical Mutual. Ms. Golovan joined Medical Mutual as a Tax Coordinator in 1998 from Ernst & Young where she was a Tax Consulting Manager. During 1999, she assumed the position of staff attorney. She was appointed Corporate Counsel in 2000 and Director of Legal Affairs in 2003. She has acted as the Company’s Deputy Privacy Officer and has provided legal support for many of the Company’s business areas including IT, compliance, provider contracting, mergers and acquisitions as well as provided legal support for the Company’s IT outsourcing company. In 2010 she was named Vice President and General Auditor where she had responsibility for internal audit and Enterprise Risk Management. In March 2012 she was named Chief Information Officer. In September 2013 she added to her responsibilities by assuming leadership of Care Management and Pharmacy. In 2014 she was asked to own the Company’s Medicare Stars program. Ms. Golovan received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Economics from the College of Wooster and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University. She is a licensed attorney and Certified Internal Auditor (inactive). She is a 2005 graduate of Cleveland Bridge Builders, was named to Crain’s 40 under 40 in 2005, was named a Woman Worth Watching by Diversity Magazine in 2012, was a graduate of the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2013 and was named CIO of the Year by Crain’s in 2015. She has served as president of the Board of New Life Community and a member of the Board of the Old Stone Foundation. Currently she is a member of the Board of Business Volunteers Unlimited and a member of Ernst & Young’s Alumni Council.

Industry: Insurance

Functional Specialty: Information Technology,Care Management/Pharmacy

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Business Volunteers Unlimited, In Coun-sel With Women

Vounteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland, Gesu Parish PSR

Awards/Honors: Crain’s “40 Under 40”, Crain’s CIO of the Year, Diversity Maga-zine Women Worth Watching, YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence

Education: BA - The College of Wooster, JD - Case Western Reserve University School of Law


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Anne Goodman

Anne has been President and CEO of the $180M Saint Luke’s Foundation since 2014. Her role involves developing and implementing strategies and practices that realize Saint Luke’s’ vision of achieving health equity for all by addressing the social determinants of health. Before joining the Foundation, Anne served as President and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank for 15 years transforming the organization from a small non-profit organization to an impactful force in the community. She also held various leadership roles with the Food Bank in Chicago. Her background also includes life as a legislative aide on Capitol Hill and a stint at the Democratic National Committee. Anne was recognized by Crain’s Cleveland Business with a 40 Under 40 Award in 2001, and as a key leader in the nonprofit community with a Northern Ohio Live Rainmaker Award. In 2004, Smart Business named Anne as its Nonprofit Executive of the Year. Crain’s Cleveland Business named her as one of the “People Who Mattered” in 2009, in 2010, Ernst & Young named her Entrepreneur of the Year, in 2016 Anne was named as one of Cleveland Crain’s businesses’ “Women of Note” and in 2017 she was named one of Smart Business’ “Smart 50”. A member of Leadership Cleveland’s class of 2003, Anne is a former member of the board of In Counsel with Women and on the executive committee of The Fund for our Economic Future. Additionally, she serves on the John Carroll University Nonprofit Administration Program advisory board.Anne lives in Shaker Heights with her husband and children.

Industry: Philanthropy, Non-Profit

Functional Specialty: Non-Profit Management

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Western Reserve Academy, Ohio As-sociation of Foodbanks


Awards/Honors: Crain’s Cleveland Business 40 Under 40, 2003 Northern Ohio Live Rainmaker, Smart Business Nonprofit Executive of the Year, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, a Crain’s Cleveland businesses “Woman of Note” and one of Smart Business’ “Smart 50” in 2017l

Education: BS from the University of New Hampshire and a Master’s in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago


President and CEOThe Saint Luke’s Foundation11327 Shaker Boulevard Suite 600WCleveland, OH 44104Phone: [email protected]

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Founder Open Doors Academy1427 East 36th Street4206ACleveland, OH 44114 Cell: [email protected]

Annemarie Grassi

Dr. Annemarie M. Grassi is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Open Doors Academy (ODA). At 23-years-old, she started the non-profit ODA and grew it from 20 kids to over 600. Today, ODA is thriving and she has an exceptional relationship with youth living in high risk environments, developing a national vision for the work of the organization. Annemarie holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Psychology from Ohio University, a Masters of Science in Education in Child and Adolescent Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Case Western Reserve University and a Ph.D. in Urban Education from Cleveland State University.Actively involved in her community, Annemarie serves on various boards and committees. As an active member of the Junior League of Cleveland, she served two years as Board President, co-chair of Cleveland’s Girl Culture Photography Exhibit, board membership director, training director, and and co-chair of the Girls Make Great Leaders project, mentoring young women through middle school. She currently is chairing the JLC signature initiative, Girl League. In addition to her role with the Junior League of Cleveland, she serves as the Vice Chair of Hands on Northeast Ohio, and a board member of Daily Dose of Reading. As a strong advocate for equality in education, Annemarie travels twice a year to Tegucigalpa, Honduras to advocate for those children who have been abandoned and are provided limited access to an education. Annemarie lives in Pepper Pike with her soon to be husband, Djifa. Big into lifting weights and staying active, she is known for being involved in everything and anything, has never met a stranger, and believes in giving back wherever she can.

Industry: Nonprofit

Functional Specialty: Fundraising, General Management, Research & Development

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: HandOn Northeast Ohio, Vice Chair; Daily Dose of Reading, Vice Chair

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2016 (Class President); Broadway P-16 Initiative, Steering & Governance Committee; Junior League of Cleveland

Awards/Honors: 50 Smart Business Award 2018, EY Entreprenuer of the Year finalist 2016, Girl Scouts Northeast Ohio “Women of Distinction” Award 2015, Reminger’s Vanguard Leadership Award 2015, Crain’s Cleveland Business “40 Under 40” 2014, Crain’s Cleveland Business “Who to Watch - Nonprofits” 2013, Athena Young Professional Leadership Award 2011, Cleveland Bridge Builders Fellowship recipient 2008, Inside Business “One 2 Watch” 2007, Cleveland’s “Movers & Shakers” Award/Top 25 Under 25 2006 & 2007

Education: Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Education - Cleveland State University, Masters of Science in Education in Psychological Sciences - University of Pennsylvania, B.A. with departmental honors in Psychology - Ohio University, Certificate of Nonprofit Management - Case Western Reserve University


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Lynn-Ann Gries

Lynn-Ann Gries currently serves as Managing Partner of the First Check Fund, one in a family of venture capital funds managed by Alumni Ventures Group. Prior to AVG she co-founded and served as the Chief Investment Officer at JumpStart Inc. from 2004 until January 1, 2015. JumpStart is a nationally recognized venture development organization that invests in and accelerates the progress of high potential, early-stage businesses in Northeast Ohio. Prior to JumpStart , Lynn-Ann worked in the Investment Banking division of McDonald Investments. At McDonald, she had extensive experience with public equity issuance and worked on stock offerings for many McDonald clients. While at McDonald she taught a graduate course in Investment Banking at Case’s Weatherhead School of Management. Prior to joining McDonald, Lynn-Ann worked for Morgan Stanley in institutional equity sales and, prior to that, for Smith Barney in Project Finance. She is a graduate of Leadership Cleveland – class of 2005 and serves on the board of several community-focused organizations.


Functional Specialty: Venture Capital

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: In Counsel With Women, Summer on the Cuyahoga


Awards/Honors: Crain’s Cleveland Business Notable Women in Finance 2018

Education: AB - Economics, Smith College; MBA, New York University


Gries Consulting3329 Dorchester RoadShaker Heights, OH 44120Phone: [email protected]

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Founder, Chairperson, CEOGries Financial LLC1801 East Ninth Street,Suite 1600Cleveland, OH 44114-3188Phone: [email protected]

Sally Gries

Sally Gries is the founder, chairperson and CEO of Gries Financial LLC, a firm that provides investment and financial advisory services to high net worth individuals, foundations, endowments and retirement plans. Ms. Gries is a founder and Chairperson of Fieldstone Associates Inc, a real estate investment advisory firm that makes private, direct real estate investments for the benefit of its clients. She is a member of PIMCO’s RIA Investment Advisory Board. An avid reader of the Wall Street Journal as a young teenager, she entered the male-dominated financial field in the late 60’s after graduating from Northwestern University. A decade later she started her own company. She has the distinction of being the founder of the first female-owned money management and financial planning firm in Ohio. Her involvement in the community has been extensive over the years. Sally Gries is a trustee of The Cleveland Foundation, Case Western Reserve University, The Holden Arboretum and the Gries Family Foundation. She is a Life Trustee of Hawken School and Town Hall. She is an investment committee member of several large institutions.She has been a frequent speaker on investment management and financial planning, along with many radio and television appearances.


Functional Specialty: Finance

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: The Cleveland Foundation, Case Western Reserve University, The Holden Arboretum, Gries Family Foundation, Hawken School, Town Hall, PIMCO RIA Investment Advisory Board

Education: Northwestern University

Founding Member

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Retired Marketing Executive, Board Member, Independent Consultant

15510 Russell RoadChagrin Falls, OH 44022Phone: 440.785.6989 [email protected]

Karen Haefling

Industry: Financial Services and Food Service Equipment

Functional Specialty: Marketing and Communications

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Ohio Mutual Insurance Group

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Ideastream - Chair’s Council

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Past board member of ideastream and the Rock Hall; University Hospitals Marketing Committee, Team NEO Marketing Committee

Awards/Honors: 2017 Direct Marketer of the Year – Taylor Institute for Direct Marketing at University of Akron; 2007 Community Partner Award - United Way of Greater Cleveland; 2004 1:1 Impact Award for Customer Strategy - Peppers & Rogers Group; 2003 Stevie Award from American Business for Best Overall Marketing Organization

Education: MBA from Kent State University in 1979; Bachelor’s Degree in Busi-ness Administration from Ohio University in 1976

Founding Member

Karen Haefling is currently on the board of Ohio Mutual Insurance Group, where she serves on the Nominating & Governance and Budget & Compensation Committees. She is an independent marketing consultant, through her firm Compelling Brands, LLC. Karen is the retired Vice President of Marketing for Vitamix Corporation, the manufacturer of household and commercial blending equipment, where she was responsible for defining and implementing global strategic marketing and public relations programs that increased brand awareness and delivered strong incremental sales across multiple channels. She was also responsible for e-commerce strategy and web and direct sales, and she led the formation of Vitamix Foundation. Prior to Vitamix, Karen was the chief marketing and communications officer for KeyCorp, one of the nation’s largest commercial banks. There she was responsible for brand management, marketing strategy, public relations, advertising, research and database marketing. She founded the first internal diversity council for women, and she served on the board of Key Foundation. She joined Key in 1995 and served as marketing director for various geographic areas and business units before being named chief marketing officer in 1998 and chief marketing and communications officer in 2007. From 1984 to 1995, Haefling worked at Bankers Trust Company in New York City, where she served as vice president and manager of marketing services for the Global Investment Bank. She managed an international staff of marketing, communications, research and information professionals in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Haefling began her career in banking at Central National Bank of Cleveland where she was the director of market planning and research.

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Jane Hamrle


Functional Specialty: Strategy, M&A, Finance

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Mainspring Consulting Group

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Rainbow Babies & Childrens Hospital Committee Member - University Hospitals Medical Center; Med Wish - Treasurer; In Counsel With Women


Education: John Carroll University - BSBA Accounting, CWRU Weatherhead School of Management - MBA, Darden School of Management - Executive Edu-cation Program


Jane Hamrle is a former CFO of multi-generational family businesses, who started and ran a family office managing returns across a portfolio of direct investments. Throughout her career, Jane has bought, sold and integrated more than 15 companies ranging from $6 million - $800 million in revenues. With more than two decades of experience in strategy, operations, M&A and finance, she knows how to create significant shareholder value, drive performance of operating companies and has a uniquely holistic understanding of the direct investing arena. Jane has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for the Americhem Group, one of the largest private custom-concentrate and compounding manufacturers in the world. Prior to joining Americhem, Jane held a number of key financial positions at The Timken Company and was responsible for long-range planning, forecasting and budgeting, investment analysis, and operations analysis. Jane’s extensive experience includes leadership roles in strategy, M&A and integrations with Eaton Corporation as well as BF Goodrich. A graduate of the Executive Education Program at the Darden School of Management at the University of Virginia, Jane additionally holds a master’s degree in finance from Case Western Reserve University and a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a major in accounting from John Carroll University. With an ongoing commitment to serving the community, Jane is currently a member of the Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Board, Board of Trustees for University Hospitals Health System, and Leadership Cleveland’s Class of 2016.

PresidentPrivate Company Consultants8650 Treetop TrailBroadview Heights, OH 44147Phone: 440.590.5557 jhamrle@

privatecompanyconsultants.com

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Executive Chief Nursing Officer, CCHS and Chief Nursing Officer, Main Campus

Cleveland Clinic9500 Euclid AvenueCleveland, OH 44195Phone: [email protected]

Kelly Hancock


Functional Specialty: Nursing Administration

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Hill-Rom Chief Nurse Executive Advisory Board, Press Ganey CNO Advisory Council Co-Chair, Association of Patient Experience

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: American Red Cross Executive Board, Saint Joseph Academy, Ursuline College Breen School of Nursing Community Advisory Board, American Heart Association Go Red for Women Executive Board

Volunteer/Community Involvement: American Red Cross Volunteer Committee

Awards/Honors: Ursuline College Distinguished Alumnae Award, Stanley Shalom En-dowed Chair for Nursing Advancement, Annual Cleveland Clinic Kelly Hancock Nursing Excellence Awards Endowment, American Association of Critical Care Nurses - Circle of Excellence Award, 2010 Maria & Sam Miller Professional Excellence Nurse of the Year Award, The Abbie Porter Leadership Award, Bruce Hubbard Steward Fellow Award

Education: BSN & MSN - Breen School of Nursing at Ursuline College


Kelly Hancock is Executive Chief Nursing Officer, CCHS and Chief Nursing Officer, Main Campus. She oversees the Chief Nursing Officers at Cleveland Clinic’s ten regional hospitals and Cleveland Clinic Florida, along with currently serving as Chief Nursing Officer at Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus since July 2011. She is responsible for directing the clinical, academic and operational activities of the nursing staff throughout the health system, and the focus of nursing throughout the various institutes on the main campus. She administers and directs nursing integration and operations, as well as the financial, regulatory and business activities throughout the Nursing Institute. Prior, Kelly served as the Chief Nursing Officer at Main Campus. She has simultaneously been the Senior Nursing Director of Critical Care and the Nursing Director of the Heart and Vascular Institute, where she led the nursing practice in the Heart and Vascular Institute for seven years. During that time the Heart and Vascular Institute was selected #1 in Cardiac Care for 17 consecutive years by the US News and World Report. Kelly’s 20 years of nursing experience began at the Cleveland Clinic, where she continues to dedicate excellence, professionalism, and compassion to the nursing profession. She provides a strong administrative and clinical atmosphere that promotes staff education, staff development, and cohesion between all disciplines, professional nursing care and world class patient care throughout the health system. Kelly obtained her MSN from Breen School of Nursing at Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio. She is a board certified Nurse Executive through the American Nurse Credentialing Center, a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executive, the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and the Honor Society of Nursing - Sigma Theta Tau International.

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Senior PartnerMcKinsey & Company200 Public Square, Suite 3900Cleveland, OH 44114Phone: 216.274.4443Cell: [email protected]

Maia Hansen

Industry: Consulting/Professional Services, Consumer Products

Functional Specialty: General Management, Operations

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: LAND Studio, Business Volunteers Un-limited

Education: M.I.T. Undergrad, Masters in Engineering, MBA


Maia Hansen is a Senior Partner with McKinsey & Company, based in Cleveland. She is currently a leader in the global Operations Practice, where she leads the service line on integrated transformation and capability building (called Accelerate). Since joining the Firm in 1998, Maia has worked across a range of industries. The majority of her clients are global leaders in the Healthcare, Consumer Health, and Industrial sectors. She serves these clients on strategy, M&A, margin improvement and innovation. Within the Ohio area, Maia has also led a number of economic development efforts with a broad range of community leaders. Beyond her client work, Maia is a core member of the client service risk committee for the Americas, which decides on how to address potential risks with client conflicts or client selection. She is also on the board that evaluates all partners globally. From 2010 to 2014, Maia was the Managing Director of the Cleveland Office. Before joining McKinsey, Maia was an officer in the US Navy – where she was part of the Civil Engineer Corp and was stationed in Sicily, Italy, and Charleston, SC. Maia graduated with an MS in Civil Engineering and an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School and holds two undergraduate degrees from MIT in Architecture and Civil Engineering.

Maia grew up in the Cleveland area. She currently lives in Shaker Heights with her two children. Maia is on the Corporate Advisory Committee for Case Western Reserve University and on the board of LAND Studio.

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Board Member/Strategic Partner/Business Advisor

2688 Colchester Rd. Cleveland Hts., OH 44106Phone: [email protected]

Ann Harlan

Industry: Manufacturing and Business Consulting

Functional Specialty: Business Strategy and Law

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: The Gorman Rupp Company, Cleveland Cliffs, Inc., Flavor X Corporation

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: University Hospitals Health System, Inc., The First Tee of Cleveland, Direct-Women, Women Corporate Directors

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Visiting Committee of both Case Western Reserve University & Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Rainbow Babies and Chil-drens Hospital Foundation, The First Tee of Cleveland, Direct-Women, Women Corporate Directors

Education: Skidmore College, Case Western Reserve School of Law


Ann Harlan serves on the Board of Directors of The Gorman Rupp Company, a NYSE listed company and a leading manufacturer of precision pumps and pump solutions where she serves as Lead Director. Ann also Chairs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and sits on the Audit Committee at Gorman Rupp. Additionally, Ann is on the Board of Cleveland – Cliffs, Inc. a NYSE Company and the largest and oldest iron ore mining company in the United States where she serves on the Audit Committee. She also sits on the Board of privately held FlavorX Corporation. Until its sale to ADM in 2015, Ann served on the Board of privately held Eatem foods Corporation.

Ann is also on the Board of University Hospitals Health System where she is the Chair of the Compensation Committee and serves on the Executive Committee, the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee. Ann is also a founding member and Co- CEO of Harlan Peterson Partners, LLC. Until her retirement, Ann was the Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for The JM Smucker Company, a NYSE listed company and a leading consumer products company. Prior to joining The JM Smucker Company she was a partner with the law firm of Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP where her practice focused on mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Harlan has also served on the Visiting Committee of both The Case Western Reserve University and The Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She is the past Chair of the CWRU law Alumni Association. Other Community work includes, among other activities, past Chair and Board member of The First Tee of Cleveland, Co Chair of the Northeast Ohio Chapter of Women Corporate Directors, Advisory Board of Direct Women, Leadership Cleveland Class of 2007, Board of Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital Foundation. Ann is a graduate of Skidmore College and Case Western Reserve University School of Law where she was inducted into the Order of the Barristers and the Society of Benchers.

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Matilda (Mattie) Harris

Industry: Transportation

Functional Specialty: Professional Services

Volunteer/Community Involvement: March of Dimes

Awards/Honors: Crain’s Cleveland Business 2007 “Woman of Note”, Northern Ohio Live “Rainmaker” Award, Kaleidoscope Magazine “Women Who Give Back” Award, Public Relations Society of America “Outstanding Communicator” Award, Small Business Magazine “Women in Business” Award, Leadership Cleveland class of 2001

Education: BA, English, Pennsylvania Military College (Widener College)


Founder/CEOThe MAHARRIS Group6100 Oak Tree BoulevardPark Center Plaza I Suite 200Cleveland, OH 44131Phone: 440.986.2700Cell: [email protected]

Mattie Harris is the founder/CEO of the MAHARRIS Group with responsibility for advancing the company to the forefront of the industry. As a tone-setter, she gives direction and leadership toward the achievement of the organization’s philosophy, mission, strategy, annual goals and objectives. Prior to beginning this enterprise, Mattie served as President and COO for Industrial Transport, where she was responsible for daily operations, sales and marketing for the company’s 32 customer centers. Prior to that position, Mattie was Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing for Roadway Corporation. The initiation and direction of corporate strategic marketing plans were Harris’ primary focus. Mattie came to Ohio in 1991 after a brief stay in New Orleans, LA, where she was a Trader and Product Manager for Blanchard & Company, a leading direct mail house for precious metals. A long history of consumer products marketing precedes Harris’ Blanchard experience at Kimberly-Clark (previously Scott Paper Company in Philadelphia, PA) where she held positions in market research, promotions, brand management, marketing, operations and sales/customer development. Mattie Harris is a graduate of Widener University (formerly Pennsylvania Military College) with a double major in English & Economics. Mattie and her husband, Theron, enjoy spending time with their three grands...the first is their “grand-dog”, Justin, a granddaughter, Kanecia, and the most recent addition was their grandson, Chase Antonio Pratt, who rounds out her daughter Danita & Brad’s family.

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Dee Bagwell Haslam

Industry: Media


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: National Association of Broadcaster’s, National Association of Producers and Television Executives, Women’s Business Enterprise, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, International Women’s Forum, The Society of International Business Fellows, Association of Governing Boards

Volunteer/Community Involvement: United Way of Greater Cleveland, East Tennes-see Children’s Hospital Board of Directors, Emerald Youth Foundation Board of Direc-tors, University of Tennessee Foundation Board, University of Tennessee College of Business Advisory Board, Sconset Trust Board, Score Board of Directors, Lakeshore Parks

Awards/Honors: Emmy Nomination for “Whale Wars”, Parents Choice Award for Moving Picture Books, Television Academy Honor Award, Emmy Nomination for “Outstanding Special Class Series”, Delta Delta Delta Community Volunteer Award, Addy, Telly and Aurora Awards, YWCA Tribute to Women Community Service Award, The New York Festivals World Medal, Genesis Award, Junior Achievement Business Award 2011

Education: BS in Education University of Tennessee


CEO & Executive ProducerRivr Media342 Troy CircleKnoxville, TN 37999Phone: 865.588.1732Cell: [email protected]

Dee Bagwell Haslam is Executive Producer and Chief Executive Officer of the RIVR Media companies. She has headed the RIVR Media team in the production of eighty series and twelve documentaries. In addition Dee, along with Rob Lundgren, founded Rivr Media Interactive which in 2010 launched Moving Picture Books, an award winning line of animated children’s books. In June of 2012, She started Nest Features, an independent film company that produces films in and about the American South. Before her current position, she worked in various production roles with Bagwell Communications.

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President & Chief Operating OfficerMTD ProductsP.O. Box 368022Cleveland, OH 44136Phone: 330.558.3552Cell: 330.730.4451 [email protected]

Jean HlayJean’s experience spans Board and Operational leadership most recently as a Board Member and the President & COO of MTD Products, a $2+ billion global manufacturer of consumer products with 7500 employees with 16 locations around the world. In her career, Jean has been on nine Boards and Advisory Committees. She is a strategic business partner and leader who brings strong decision-making capability. Jean joined MTD in Finance and worked her way to the top by leading Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Sales & Marketing. Prior to MTD, Jean was CFO of a midsized company in the automotive industry and started her career at Price Waterhouse and reached the level of Senior Manager in the Audit and Entrepreneurial Division. In addition, Jean’s experience extends across diverse organizational environments that include global private companies, mergers & acquisitions, divestments, turnarounds, and an initial public offering (IPO). Currently, Jean sits on three Boards. She chairs the Audit Committee and sits on the Compensation and Executive Committee of the Board at Pella Corporation. Additionally, she is a member of the Board of Directors at Fox Factory Holding Corporation, a publicly held company that manufactures performance ride dynamics products used in bicycles, trucks, snowmobiles, and other specialty vehicles. Jean also serves as a Board member and sits on the Compensation Committee at Blain’s Farm & Fleet, a privately held retailer with 50 locations in the Midwest. Previously, she was Chair of the Board for OPEI and prior to that served as Treasurer & Vice Chair and was a member of the Executive Committee for 4 years. Other Boards or Committees she has dedicated her time to include Project Learn (Board Member), The American Red Cross (Finance Committee), Cleveland Center of Economic Education (Board Member) United Way (Allocations Committee), and In Counsel with Women. She served on three Vendor Advisory Committees including Lowe’s, Walmart, and TSC.Jean received a Bachelor’s Degree from Bowling Green University and is a CPA. She and her husband John, of 34 years, have two boys and enjoy skiing, hiking, biking, and traveling together.



Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Pella Corporation

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Outdoor Power Equipment Institute 2011-2012 Board Chair

Volunteer/Community Involvement: United Way Services, American Red Cross

Education: Bowling Green State University


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Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing &

Communications OfficerMedical Mutual2060 East 9th StreetCleveland, OH 44115Phone: [email protected]

Andrea Hogben

Industry: Insurance

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cleveland Rock and Roll, Inc., United Way of Greater Cleveland

Volunteer/Community Involvement: United Way Strategic Planning Commit-tee, Co-Chair of the Content and Marketing Committee for the 2016 RNC Host Committee, Co-Chair of the Marketing Committee for the 2016-2017 Stokes 50th Anniversary, Co-Chair of the Communications and Marketing Committee for the Center of Population Dynamics at Cleveland State University, Co-Chair of the 2014/2015 Harvest for Hunger Campaign for the Greater Cleveland FoodBank, Co-Chair of the National Kidney Foundation 2015 Northeast Ohio Kidney Walk

Awards/Honors: Crain’s Cleveland Business 2014 Power 150, Crain’s Cleveland Business 2013 Newsmaker

Education: BA and MBA, Baldwin Wallace University


Andrea Hogben is the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Medical Mutual. In this role, she oversees the company’s marketing and communications initiatives, as well as media relations, social responsibility, government relations, and diversity and inclusion. She also leads Medical Mutual’s specialty products division, including the Consumers Life Insurance Company. Previously, Ms. Hogben served as President of Northeast Ohio Media Group (now Advance Ohio) with responsibility for The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com and Sun News. She joined The Plain Dealer in 1994 and held a variety of leadership positions, including serving as a member of the Editorial Board. Ms. Hogben holds a bachelor’s degree in both business and communications, and a master’s degree in business administration from Baldwin Wallace University. She is a 2012 graduate of Leadership Cleveland. Crain’s Cleveland Business named Ms. Hogben a 2013 Newsmaker and listed her in its 2014 Power 150. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and United Way of Greater Cleveland, and recently served as co-chair of the content and marketing committee for the 2016 RNC Host Committee. Other professional affiliations include In Counsel With Women and The 50 Club. Ms. Hogben is a native Clevelander and currently resides in Westlake, Ohio.

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CEOHoward & O’Brien Executive Search29525 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 100Cleveland, OH 44122Phone: 216.514.8980Cell: [email protected]

Lee Ann HowardLee Ann Howard is the founder of Howard & O’Brien Executive Search. She identifies candidates for senior general management positions, and specializes in functional assignments in human resources, finance, and sales and marketing. She has extensive expertise in finding successful CEO and other C-suite executives, in addition to key board of director members for both public and privately held companies. Lee Ann’s effectiveness lies in her ability to immerse herself in organizational culture and gain a thorough understanding of a client’s needs and wants. With her willingness to do deep dives into the personalities of both a client company and a candidate, she optimizes the chances of a perfect fit. Lee Ann draws on her experience in senior human resources positions with world-class companies, including Nestlé S.A., The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, Marion Merrell Dow, and Frito-Lay, Inc., to best serve her clients. She also worked with another executive search firm before striking out on her own to establish her own firm. Lee Ann is active in both professional organizations and philanthropic endeavors. She is currently on the board of the MetroHealth Foundation and has served in leadership roles on the boards of the American Heart Association, In Counsel with Women, The Gathering Place, Women’s Community Foundation, and Business Volunteers Unlimited. She is a member of The 50 Club and founded the Conversations with the Board® series, which prepares executive women to serve on boards of directors. Lee Ann is a YWCA Women of Achievement and Crain’s Women of Note honoree. She was an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist and has received many awards and honors, including the National Association of Women Business Owners Top Ten Award in Northeast Ohio, the Athena Award, Women of Note, and the Medical Mutual Pillar Award for Community Service.Lee Ann earned an MS from Baker University and a BA from Truman State University.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: American Heart Association, Chair

Volunteer/Community Involvement: TThe Gathering Place; Case Western Reserve Univer-sity Business School guest speaker; 100 Entrepreneurs Project; American Heart Association Heart Walk and Go Red for Women; Leadership Cleveland Class of 2005; Presenting Spon-sor for the Archer Awards; Founding Sponsor for Columbus CEO HR Excellence Awards; Conversations with the Board; John Carroll University Entrepreneurs Journey; and Executive Committee of JCU Entrepreneurs Associations

Awards/Honors: Go Red for Women Corporate Leader; Athena Award; Medical Mutual Pillar Award for Community Ser¬vice; Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award Final-ist; National Association of Women Business Owners “Top Ten” Award in Northeast Ohio; Northern Ohio Live Magazine’s “Rainmaker” Award; American Heart Association Heart Walk Top Walker

Education: Truman State University - B.A. in Mass Communications, Baker University - Master of Science in Management

Founding Member

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Kate Hubben

Kate Hubben joined Willis Towers Watson in 2013 and quickly grew a loyal client list who depend on her strategy and tenacity on behalf of their employee benefit plans. Prior to joining Willis Towers Watson, Kate was the CEO of Factor Limited, a venture capital backed consulting firm that placed US executives in the Middle East. Kate was also the Senior Director of International Business Development at the Cleveland Clinic, responsible for patient growth outside the United States. Kate has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Ohio State University and a Master of Public Administration degree from Cleveland State University. She is active in various civic organizations and currently serves as Secretary of the Board of the Edna House and the Cleveland Jewish News. She is Past President of the Domestic Violence Shelter Advisory Board and Past President of the Ohio Womenʼs Political Caucus. Kate was named a Sholom Comay Fellow by the American Jewish Committee and one of Northern Ohio Liveʼs 500 most influential women and listed in Crainʼs Cleveland Business 40 Under 40 when she was under 40.

Industry: Insurance

Functional Specialty: Sales, Human Resources

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, American Heart Association

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Cleveland Foundation’s Civic Innovation Lab, Domestic Violence Shelter, Ohio Women’s Political Caucus

Awards/Honors: Robert E. Hughes Award for Political Achievement, 1993; Northern Ohio Live “500 Most Influential Women”; Crain’s Cleveland Business “40 Under 40”; American Jewish Committee Shalom Comay Fellow

Education: BA, Journalism, Ohio State University; Master of Public Administra-tion, Cleveland State University

Founding Member

Associate DirectorWillis Towers Watson1001 Lakeside AvenueSuite 1500Cleveland, OH 44114Office: 216.937.4203Cell: 216.513.0750kate.hubben@willistowerswatson.

com

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Partner, Assurance ServicesEY950 Main AvenueSuite 1800Cleveland, OH 44113Phone: 216.583.3276Cell: [email protected]

Lisa Hunt

Lisa is an audit partner at Ernst &Young with 30 years of professional experience delivering audit services to both public and private clients in the various industries, including manufacturing companies which have significant global operations and is currently located in the firm’s Cleveland office. She has extensive experience in SEC accounting and financial reporting matters, including internal control attestation, SEC filings covering acquisitions and dispositions, and registration statements related to the sales of debt and equity securities. Lisa has also held various regional and National roles related to inclusiveness activities at Ernst & Young. Prior to relocating to Cleveland in July 2008, Lisa was a partner in the Detroit office of Ernst & Young. She began her career with Arthur Andersen and was promoted to partner in 2000. She is a member of the AICPA and Ohio Society of CPA’s. Lisa and her husband Tom reside in Kirtland with their two children Nathan and Alyssa.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cleveland Zoological Society, Treasurer

Volunteer/Community involvement: United Way Women’s Leadership Council

Awards/Honors: Michigan Association of CPAs

Education: BBA, Accountancy, Western Michigan University


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Executive Vice President, Finance & Operations

Cleveland Development Advisors1240 Huron Road, Suite 3000Cleveland, OH 44115Phone: 216.592.2363Cell:[email protected]

Yvette IttuYvette M. Ittu is the executive vice president of finance and operations of the Greater Cleveland Partnership. In addition, she is president of Cleveland Development Advisors (CDA), a private equity real estate investment firm. Yvette is also chairperson of the Cleveland International Fund, a private equity firm that operates as an EB-5 regional center authorized by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Each of these entities have a goal to be a driving force for economic development throughout Northeast Ohio. Prior to joining CDA, Yvette was an associate with the law firm of Calfee, Halter and Griswold LLP practicing in the areas of public law and public finance. She served as bond counsel on multiple financings for the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, the City of Cleveland, and several other Ohio local governments. In addition, Yvette served as finance director for the City of Lakewood and held several financial management positions for the City of Cleveland including the chief financial officer post for Cleveland Public Power. She also was asked to serve on the transition committees for County Executive Armond Budish and the administration of both Mayor Frank Jackson and Mayor Jane Campbell. Yvette obtained her Juris Doctorate degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. In addition, she is a certified public accountant and has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Cleveland State University. She currently serves on several community and nonprofit boards including Benjamin Rose Institute, Village Capital Corporation, as well as audit and financial advisory committees for several local governments including the City of Cleveland, City of Rocky River and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. She is a native of Cleveland and lives in Rocky River with her husband and two children. Personally she is a neophyte yogi and enjoys many outdoor activities including biking, tennis, golf, hiking and surfing.



Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Cleveland International Fund - Chair

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: New Markets Tax Credit Coalition, Benjamin Rose Institute, Village Capital Corporation, In Counsel With Women

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Selection Committee, City of Cleveland Audit Committee - Chair, CMSD Audit Committee

Awards/Honors: Crain’s CFO of the Year 2009

Education: Cleveland State University - BBA; Cleveland Marshall College of Law - JD


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Vice President of Global FinanceDiebold Nixdorf5995 Mayfair RoadNorth Canton, OH 44720Phone: 330.490.3786Cell: 440.759.5887Email: [email protected]

Mozelle T. Jackson

Mozelle Jackson is a Senior Executive with over 30 years of strategic, financial and operational experience in a variety of industries and with both public and private companies. Mozelle is the Vice President of Global Finance of Diebold Nixdorf. In this capacity she and her global team serve as strategic, financial and business advisors to the business. Prior to joining Diebold Nixdorf, she was the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Monsters, Canton Charge, Cleveland Gladiators and Quicken Loans Arena. She joined the organization in March of 2010. In this role, she oversaw the Accounting/Finance, Facility Operations, Booking, Legal, Human Resources, Engagement and Inclusion, Sourcing, and the Process Improvement teams. Mozelle was part of the Quicken Loans Arena team that worked with Cleveland’s Host Committee to present the benefits of the arena as the venue of choice to the RNC Site Selection Committee. Mozelle also played key roles in the Cavaliers’ acquisition of the Canton Charge, an NBA Development League franchise in 2011, as well as the Cavaliers’ acquisition of the Cleveland Gladiators, an Arena Football League team in 2012. Prior to coming to the Cavaliers, Mozelle served in several roles in both financial and operating capacities, including serving as Chief Financial Officer of the private-equity backed Elyria Foundry Company LLC, Regional Chief Financial Officer of Fifth Third Bank as well as Executive-in-Residence for JumpStart Inc., a venture development organization that accelerates the progress of high potential, early-stage businesses. Prior to that, she was the President of Weatherchem Corporation, a manufacturer and marketer of plastic dispensing closures supplying the packaging industry, in which she led the turnaround of the company to its highest profitability in its 30-year history. Mozelle also served as Vice President of Finance for Corrpro Companies, Inc., a publicly-traded provider of services and products to the global infrastructure, energy and environmental markets. Mozelle began her career at Arthur Andersen LLP. Mozelle and her husband Mike live in Solon, Ohio with their twins, Kaela and Jared.

Industry: Financial & Retail Technology, Sports & Entertainment, Manufacturing and Financial Services

Functional Specialty: Accounting/Finance and Operations

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Board of Directors of The Achievement Centers for Children, the Board of the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities as well as the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Leadership Center, outside advisor to the Audit Committee of the Cleveland Foundation

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Achievement Centers for Children

Awards/Honors: Northern Ohio Live “Rainmaker” 2007; Crain’s Cleveland Busi-ness “Woman of Note” 2001

Education: BBA - Cleveland State University, CPA

Founding Member

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Chief Strategy OfficerGOJO Industries1 GOJO PlazaAkron, OH 443111Phone: 330.255.6590Cell: [email protected]@gmail.com

Carey JarosCarey Jaros is Chief Strategy Officer of GOJO Industries, global leader in hand hygiene, and inventor of PURELL® Instant Hand Sanitizer. In this role, she oversees Global Marketing, Product Management, and Strategy for the Akron company. Prior to joining GOJO as CSO, Ms. Jaros served as President of Walnut Ridge Strategic Management Company, a family office, where she oversaw investments in a number of startup and scale-up stage companies. Before Walnut Ridge, Ms. Jaros played various operating roles at Dealer Tire, ultimately as Vice President of OEM Programs, where she had P&L responsibility for half of the business. She spent the first 11 years of her career with Bain & Company in Boston, London, and Amsterdam, focused on growth and turnaround work for retail and consumer products companies, and due diligence for private equity and corporate clients. At Bain, Ms. Jaros also managed Bain’s global women’s program, and played leadership roles in recruiting and training. Ms. Jaros is an Advisory Board Member at UNKNWN, a footwear and fashion retailer in Miami, Florida, and at Custom Rubber Company, a privately held manufacturing business. She serves as a Trustee of the Laurel School for Girls, is on the board of a private foundation, and serves on the Dively Committee for the HBS Club of NEO. Ms. Jaros holds an AB in Public Policy from Brown University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio with her husband and three daughters.



Current Corporate Board Affiliations: GOJO Industries, Custom Rubber Com-pany

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: In Counsel With Women, Laurel School, NewBridge Cleveland Center for Arts & Technology

Education: Brown University - AB in Public Policy, Harvard Business School - MBA


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CEO The Unify Project1151 North Marginal RoadCleveland, OH 44114Cell: [email protected]

Sharon Sobol Jordan

Sharon Sobol Jordan was appointed as Chief of Staff for Cuyahoga County by County Executive Armond Budish at the beginning of his first term in January 2015. Cuyahoga County is the 29th largest County in the United States and the largest County in the State of Ohio, with nearly 1.3 Million residents and over $1.3 Billion annual revenue. As Chief of Staff, Jordan leads the County’s top team, directly supervises the cabinet officers, and serves as chief strategy officer and policy advisor to the County Executive. Before joining the County team, Jordan served as President and CEO of the Centers for Families and Children (“The Centers”), one of Northeast Ohio’s oldest and largest non-profit human service organizations. Jordan was The Centers’ first woman President and CEO, which doubled in size and reach under her leadership to the point where it now employs over 500 and serves more than 25,000 people each year. The Centers offers a wide range of health, education and supportive services to give people access to the opportunities, relationships, resources and networks they need to be successful. Jordan was appointed to this role in September 2006 after serving as The Centers’ Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel for over 6 years. Jordan’s career also has spanned the private and public sectors. She served in an eight-year public career with the City of Cleveland as Law Director and special counsel to Mayor Michael R. White, playing a key role in many critical issues including the effort to keep the Cleveland Browns team, name and colors from leaving town; the dispute over development of the Chagrin Highlands; and protecting the community from the adverse impacts of the acquisition of Conrail by Norfolk Southern and CSX railroads. Prior to that, Jordan entered the professional services field by way of the Cleveland law firm of Schneider Smeltz Ranney & LaFond where she became a partner. A Cleveland native, Jordan is married to Cleveland attorney, David Wallace, a partner with Taft Stettinius & Hollister. They have three children.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: City Club of Cleveland, Metrohealth Hospital, Medi-cal Mutual of Ohio Charitable Foundation, Cleveland Transformation Alliance, Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation, Policybridge

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2003, Fund for our Economic Future, Mental Health Advocacy Coalition, United Way of Greater Cleveland, CEOs for Cities, In Counsel With Women

Awards/Honors: 2014 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist,1998 Cleveland Key to City presented by Mayor Michael White, 2007 Special recognition by Mayor Frank Jackson for Chairing the Health Department Committee of Operations Efficiency Task Force I, 2008 Special recognition by Mayor Frank Jackson for Chairing the Water Division Committee of Operations Efficiency Task Force II, 2008 Women of Excellence, 2012 YWCA Woman of Achievement Award

Education: Juris Doctorate - Ohio State University, Bachelor of Science degree in Public Administration from Indiana University


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President/OwnerExecutive Arrangements2460 Fairmount Boulevard, Suite

#205 Cleveland Hts., OH 44106Phone: 216.231.9311Cell: [email protected]

Margaret M. Judd

Margy is owner of Executive Arrangements, a privately held destination services company founded in 1979 to assist NE Ohio organizations with their talent attraction & retention efforts. By creating unique Cleveland/Akron experiences for candidates and new hires, EA introduces out-of-towners to all that our region has to offer, thereby overcoming resistance to a move, eradicating outdated negative impressions of our region and providing a professional stress-free on-boarding for the whole family. EA’s settling in services provide newcomers with the resources and connections they need to immediately feel at home in their town. Margy is an unapologetic Cleveland booster and is civically engaged to make her town a better place including:

•Playhouse Square Foundation, member, Board of Trustees •Downtown Cleveland Alliance Advisory Committee •COSE, member, Board of Advisors •Entrepreneurs Organization, board member, Accelerator •HR Leadership Group of NE Ohio, Membership Committee •Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Workforce Development board, elected, 2018 •John Carroll University, Boler School of Business Women’s Advisory Council •Leadership Cleveland, class of 2007 •Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program graduate, 2013 •Cleveland Bridge Builders, 1 of 7 founding members & graduate of charter class •Co-Founder and active volunteer of Tremont Trek Home Tour (founded in 2002)

Margy lives in a century home she and her husband renovated in Cleveland’s historic Tremont neighborhood.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Playhouse Square Foundation

Awards/Honors: Crain’s Cleveland Business “40 Under 40,” one of the seven founders of the Cleveland Bridge Builders and a member of the charter class, Leadership Cleveland class of 2007


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Partner/ Managing MemberGiffen & Kaminski LLC1300 East Ninth StreetSuite 1600Cleveland, OH 44114Phone: 216.621.5161 [email protected]

Kerin Lyn Kaminski

Kerin Lyn Kaminski is a co-founder of Giffen & Kaminski, LLC, a women-owned law firm that started with two lawyers in 2004 and has grown to sixteen lawyers today. Kerin concentrates her litigation practice on commercial disputes, employment and real estate. She has a heavy emphasis on litigation in the financial services industry and most of the firm’s clients are Fortune 100 Companies. In 2016 Kerin received the Women Honoring Women award from the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s (CMBA) Women In Law section for her professionalism, legal expertise, and commitment to service and diversity. She was also in the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2010 and is an active member of the CMBA, having served as its fourth woman President in 2007-2008. Kerin also serves on the Board of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation. The CMBA’s merger with the Cuyahoga County Bar Association was completed during Kerin’s Presidency. Kerin is a life member of the Eighth Judicial Conference and served as its Co-Chair in 2009. She currently serves on the Judicial Excellence Task Force. Northern Ohio Live honored Kerin as a 2007 Rainmaker and Crain’s Business named her a Women of Note. She was profiled as a Leading Lawyer by Inside Business. Super Lawyers has named Kerin as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Ohio and one of the Top 25 Women Lawyers in Cleveland. Kerin was also named a Super Lawyer in the Corporate Counsel Edition which featured business litigation attorneys from across the country. For her efforts to advance women in the law, the Ohio Women’s Bar Association bestowed on Kerin its first ever Founders Award. Kerin and Giffen & Kaminski, LLC are visible and active members of the National Association of Minority and Women-Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF). Kerin is a frequent speaker at legal seminars and conferences on the topic of advocacy and litigation. She is a past faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Kerin is an avid student of the art of advocacy and is proud to be a lawyer who serves our community.

Industry: Law


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, NAM-WOLF, Co-Chair Law Firm Outreach Committee; Ohio Lawyers Assistance Committee, Board Member

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Legal Aid Society of Greater Cleveland; Rape Crisis Center Sing Out Host Committee

Awards/Honors: Best Lawyers in America 2014,Top Rated Lawyer by the American Lawyer Magazine and Corporate Counsel, Women Leaders in the Law, The American Lawyer Maga-zine, Ohio Super Lawyer, Top 50 Women Lawyers in the State, Top 25 Women Lawyers in the City of Cleveland, Leading Lawyer in Business, Northern Ohio Live “Rainmaker,” Crain’s “Woman of Note,” Ohio Women’s Bar Association Founders Award, Life member of the Eighth Judicial Conference

Education: Ashland University, Cleveland Marshall College of Law


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Business ManagerThrone LacrosseBrooklyn, NYCell: [email protected]

Linda Kane



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: In Counsel With Women, Cleveland State University Foundation,Neighborhood Progress, Rainbow Babies and Chil-dren Foundation, Saint James Parish

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2012, Leader-ship Cleveland Year Two Fellow, YWCA Women of Achievement selection committee, United Way Women’s Leadership Council, American Heart Association Go Red For Women

Awards/Honors: YWCA Woman of Achievement,Cleveland State University Distinguished Alumna,St. Joseph Academy Distinguished Alumnae,Beta Gamma Sigma, Irish Americans Archives Society

Education: Cleveland State University, BBA ‘79


Linda Kane is the former Senior Vice President & Treasurer of Forest City Enterprises, Inc. With over 35 years experience in the real estate industry. As a CPA, her 25-year career with Forest City included a progressive series of high-level executive positions, including Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Linda currently supports her son’s business, Throne Lacrosse, in the role of business manager. Her commitment to the community speaks volumes as she has been involved with over a dozen organizations and nonprofits, mostly in Northeast Ohio. Currently, Linda sits on the Board of Directors for five nonprofits and chairs committees on three of the Boards. She also held the respected position as an Executive in Residence at Cleveland State University where she received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree, majoring in Accounting, in 1979.

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Retired Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

The Sherwin-Williams Company2850 Nottingham LaneHunting Valley, OH 44022Phone: [email protected]

Catherine M. Kilbane

Industry: Retail, Chemicals


Current Corporate Board Affiliations: The Andersons, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANDE) – audit committee & chair, compensation committee

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cuyahoga Community College Founda-tion – past board chair, executive committee, University Hospitals Health System – audit committee

Awards/Honors: YWCA Woman of Achievement, Catholic Diocese of Cleveland St. Thomas More Award

Education: BA, CWRU; JD, CWRU

Founding Member

Catherine M. Kilbane is the Retired Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of The Sherwin-Williams Company. She was responsible for worldwide legal matters for the 10-billion-dollar global leader in the paint and coatings industry. Before joining Sherwin-Williams in January of 2013, Cathy was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at American Greetings from 2003-2013. Cathy started her career with the law firm of Baker & Hostetler, where she was a partner practicing corporate law. Cathy resides in Hunting Valley with her husband, Don Bullock, and their two daughters, Celia and Josie.

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Robin Kilbride

Robin Kilbride is President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Smithers-Oasis Company, the global leader in manufacturing and marketing of floral foam products, postharvest products, and flower arranging supplies to the floriculture industry. OASIS® Floral Foam and FLORALIFE® Flower Food are two of the company’s most recognized branded products. Smithers-Oasis is headquartered in Kent, Ohio and operates on six continents with manufacturing and distribution facilities in 19 countries, sales people in 32 countries, and sales in over 135 countries. Since its founding in 1954, Smithers-Oasis has remained privately held. Robin began her career with the company in 1983 as a senior financial analyst, was promoted to Controller in 1987, CFO in 2001, Executive Vice President in 2005, President and COO in 2006, and President and CEO in 2011 after leading a management buy-out of the company. In 2014, Robin was appointed Chairman of the Board. Robin received her BS in Business with degrees in Finance and Accountancy from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Robin and her husband Randy have four grown children and live on a farm in Wadsworth, Ohio.

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Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Smithers-Oasis Company, Ball Horticul-tural Company

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: American Red Cross - Greater Cleve-land Chapter, In Counsel With Women

Education: Miami University BS in Business, double major Finance and Accoun-tancy


President and CEOSmithers-Oasis Company295 South Water StreetSuite 201Kent, OH 44240Phone: [email protected]

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1994 Coe’s Post RunWestlake, OH 44145Cell: 440.552.0902 [email protected]

Barbara Bissett Kitchen

Barbara is an energetic and experienced leader with a record of entrepreneurial creativity and strategic development of profitable business solutions. She has been the principal and owner of several businesses, with over 40 years of experience in the steel industry, in both manufacturing and distribution. She sold her last enterprise in 2017. Experienced in new business start-ups, strategic vision and leading people in environments of rapid change, she has a record of creating processes and solutions to fit growing business models. Barbara has a strong financial orientation and a hands-on management style. She is a long-standing advocate of small business and entrepreneurship. Beginning her “second chapter”, she now works as a consultant to a financial services company based in Pittsburgh; Basic Business Concepts, assisting their CEO with developing their strategic growth plans. A life-long Clevelander, she is an enthusiastic supporter of the local Arts community and of economic development and small business in Northeast Ohio. She and her husband, Kerry, are parents of two adult children and they live in Westlake, Ohio.



Volunteer/Community Involvement: COSE Strategic Planning Course, COSE Chairman; 1998-99, Leadership Cleveland, class of 1996, Bad Girl Ventures, En-gaging Women Committee; Union Club

Awards/Honors: Corporate Cleveland Magazine “21 for the 21st Century” award; 1994, Crain’s Cleveland Business “Women of Influence” award; 1997, National As-sociation of Woman Business Owners “Top Ten Women Business Owners” award; 1997, Kaleidoscope Magazine” Women Who Give Back” award; 1998, Cleveland Magazine “Businesswoman of the Year”; 1999, Northern Ohio Live Magazine “Rainmaker of the Year” award; 2000, YWCA “Women of Professional Excellence” award; 2004.

Education: BFA, University of Denver

Founding Member

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CEOKleinhenz & Associates Ltd.7100 Euclid AvenueSuite 100Cleveland, OH 44103Phone: 216.706.2921Cell: [email protected]

Karen Kleinhenz



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Life Trustee - College Now, Diocese of Cleveland Finance Council

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: JEK Analytics, Inc., Kleinhenz & Associ-ates

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Gesu Parish

Awards/Honors: Top 50 Graduates of John Carroll University School of Busi-ness, Nazareth Academy Distinguished Alumni, YWCA “Woman of Professional Excellence,” Hispanic Business Association Award, Leadership Cleveland Class of 1997, Inside Business Magazine Most Influential Women in Business

Education: BSBA, John Carroll University; MBA, Baldwin-Wallace College; PMD, Harvard Business School

Founding Member

Karen Kleinhenz is Founder & CEO of Kleinhenz & Associates, Ltd. The firm provides investment advisory and economic consulting services to individual investors, businesses, trusts, family foundations and non-profit organizations. A former Executive Vice President at KeyCorp, Ms. Kleinhenz has over 25 years experience as a financial services executive across a broad range of business and client segments. Karen is a graduate of John Carroll University. She earned her MBA from Baldwin-Wallace College and is a graduate of the AMP Program at the Weatherhead School at Case Western Reserve University. She is a 1992 graduate of the PMD program at Harvard Business School. Ms. Kleinhenz is a member of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Finance Council and serves as the Chairman of the Diocese Investment Committee. She is a life trustee of College Now, a trustee of the Cleveland Botanical Garden and serves on the St. Joseph Academy Investment Committee. She is a founding member of In Counsel With Women. Ms. Kleinhenz was appointed a member of the Ohio Venture Capital Authority at the time of its formation by Governor Bob Taft. Ms. Kleinhenz is a member of the Leadership Cleveland class of 1997. Her honors include being named a John Carroll University Distinguished Alumni and one of the top 50 graduates of its School of Business, a Nazareth Academy Distinguished Alumna, a YWCA Career Woman of Professional Excellence and one of the most influential women in business by Inside Business Magazine. She has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Government Reform and Oversight Committee and the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Finance and Urban Affairs. Ms. Kleinhenz and her husband Jack are the parents of five children.

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Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

PolyOne Corporation33587 Walker Road

Avon Lake OH 44012Phone: [email protected]

Lisa Kunkle

Lisa Kunkle is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for PolyOne Corporation, an NYSE-listed company headquartered just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. Before joining PolyOne in 2007, she was a partner with Jones Day, where she specialized in the areas of corporate and securities law and advised on various compensation and governance matters. Lisa served as a law clerk in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, before joining Jones Day in 1995. Lisa is experienced in merger and acquisition transactions and has provided counsel on executive and director compensation programs, takeover preparedness, corporate governance, corporate compliance issues and more. She serves on the Advisory Board for Youth Challenge and the Board of Trustees for Positive Coaching Alliance. She attended the Executive Education Program at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, in the Fall of 2011. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Toledo, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and the Moot Court Board. She also served as an Editor of the Law Review. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Miami University, where she graduated with honors. She is married to Bob Kunkle, and has two children, Casey and Louie.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Positive Coaching Alliance, Youth Chal-lenge

Community Involvement: PolyOne Political Action Committee, St. Angela Merici

Awards/Honors: 2007 YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence

Education: BS in Business Administration - Miami University, JD - The University of Toledo


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Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer

Medical MutualMailzone 01-9B-17002060 East 9th StreetCleveland, OH 44115 Phone: 216.687.7523Cell: [email protected]

Steffany Larkins

Steffany Larkins is Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer for Medical Mutual of Ohio. She is responsible for all aspects of Sales, Underwriting and Customer Relations for the Company.Previously, Ms. Larkins served as Executive Vice President, Chief of Staff and Chief Diversity Officer. In these roles, her duties included serving as an ambassador for the Chief Executive Officer and overseeing projects and initiatives of strategic importance. She played a key role in developing the Company’s strategy for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (healthcare reform). As Chief Diversity Officer, she provided direction and oversight to Medical Mutual’s various diversity initiatives. Ms. Larkins joined Medical Mutual in 1998 as Manager of General Accounting and was promoted to Director of Financial Reporting in 2000. She was named Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller in 2006 and was promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Underwriter in 2010. Prior to joining Medical Mutual, she was a Manager with Ernst & Young, LLP. She lives in Brecksville with her husband, Chris and their 3 sons.

Industry: Insurance

Functional Specialty: General Management and Sales

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Kent State University Foundation, The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission

Vounteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2012, The 50 Club of Cleveland

Awards/Honors: YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence, 2007 class of Crain’s Cleveland Business Forty under 40, 2012 Distinguished Marketing and Sales Award from the Sales and Marketing Executives Cleveland Chapter, 2018 Women WELDing the Way® honoree by Women for Economic and Leadership Development (WELD)

Education: Bachelor’s in Business Administration - Kent State University, Health-care MBA - Baldwin Wallace University


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PresidentCA Latham Corp.23218 Sheppards Pt.Bay Village, OH 44140 Phone: 440.333.4572Cell: [email protected]

Carol Latham

Carol Latham, through her technical skills, developed a unique technology for producing high thermal conductivity materials used to cool the chips in computers and other electronic systems. Her company, Thermagon Inc., became an international success in the nineties and was sold to Laird Technologies in 2004. Laird continues to be successful manufacturing and marketing the thermally conductive materials that Carol created. Carol is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University. Before Thermagon she worked for Sohio/British Petroleum in Research and product development. Carol has often been recognized for her excellence in innovation and entrepreneurship. Since Thermagon Carol has satisfied her passion for entrepreneurship by serving and advising young technology-based companies. She also assists with entrepreneurship programs in universities across Ohio. Carol is interested in boosting the quality of life in the inner city. While president of Thermagon located in the near west side of Cleveland, she hired unskilled people, mostly women, from the surrounding neighborhood. As part of Thermagon these women received training in skills such as math, writing, computer, and English as a second language. This training was provided free and on company time. Currently Carol serves on the Manchester Bidwell/Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology Board. This organization is creating a center to nurture, train and change the lives of at-risk students and economically disadvantaged adults in the Cleveland area. Carol has three adult children and five grandchildren. She is an avid sports fan, loves to play tennis, and enjoys classical and jazz music.


Functional Specialty: General Management, Operations, Manufacturing, Re-search & Development

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Ohio Wesleyan University, Tremont Elec-tric, Trivium

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Visiting Committee - Case Western Reserve University, Business Advisors of Cleveland, Advisory - Ohio Wesleyan Economics Department, New Bridge, Advisory Board - Defiance College, Business Advisors of Cleveland

Awards/Honors: YWCA Woman of Achievement 2011

Education: BA in Chemistry - Ohio Wesleyan University

Founding Member

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Mary Lynn Laughlin


Functional Specialty: Investments

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Vice Chair AAA East Central, AAA Auto-mobile Club of Southern California - Honorary

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Past President of the Board of The Union Club of Cleveland, Union Club Foundation, Playhouse Square Foundation, Martha Holden Jennings, Cleveland Zoological Society Advisory Board

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2001, The 50 Club of Cleveland, John Carroll University Magis Society

Awards/Honors: 2005 Northern Ohio Live Rainmaker, 2007 Crain’s Woman of Note

Education: AB degree (magna cum laude), John Carroll University; MBA in finance from Case Western Reserve, she spent one year as a student at Loyola University in Rome, Italy, as an undergraduate student. Mary Lynn is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)


Retired Senior Vice PresidentNorthern Trust4224 Khouri Court Avon, OH 44011Cell: 216.316.9503 [email protected]

Mary Lynn Laughlin was a founding partner of Lakepoint Investment Partners, an independent investment firm, which merged with Northern Trust in October 2008. Prior to forming Lakepoint, Mary Lynn was a Senior Vice President and Principal of Stein Roe & Farnham. Professionally she is a member of the Association for Investment Management and Research and the Cleveland Society of Security Analysts.

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President & CEOProvidence House, Inc.2050 West 32nd StreetCleveland, OH 44113Phone: 216.651.5982Cell: [email protected]

Natalie Leek-NelsonNatalie Leek-Nelson has nearly 30 years of experience in non-profit and corporate environments focused in program development, data and outcomes measures, advocacy, marketing, fundraising, and education. Since 2001, Ms. Leek-Nelson has been the CEO and President for Providence House, Inc., a non-profit crisis nursery for infants and children focused on keeping kids safe and families together. During her tenure at Ohio’s first licensed crisis nursery, Natalie has tripled the organization’s service capacity and revenues, engaged broad audiences in support of her agency, and has positioned Providence House as a nationally recognized leader in child abuse prevention, family preservation, and foster care diversion. Natalie is deeply committed to collaboration and community engagement in both the nonprofit and public sector. She is a thought leader, educator, and advocate at the state and national level on child welfare issues and policy barriers impacting families in poverty. She is a regular presenter and lecturer at local and national conferences and universities, and consults with a range of interested parties across the U.S. who strive to adopt the unique program model she has developed at Providence House. Natalie Leek-Nelson is an influential voice for our community’s most vulnerable citizens and issues, and a collaborative convener in city, state, and national arenas among nonprofit, government, business and civic constituents who seek positive action and systemic change. Natalie has received many prestigious awards including; The Medical Mutual Pillar Award for Nonprofit Executive of the Year, Crain’s Cleveland Business Woman of Note, Smart Business News Progressive Woman, and the Community Shares Eleanor Gerson Leadership in Social Justice Award. A member of the Cleveland community her whole life, Natalie is currently a resident of Rocky River, married with three teen boys and enjoys work in her art studio, reading, gardening, and home renovation.

Industry: Nonprofit Functional Specialty: Fundraising

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: United Way Accountable Health Communities Advisory Board, WFRN Referral, Inc., West Side Family Resource Network

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Vistage, United Way of Greater Cleveland, Ohio Human Services Dialogues, Ohio City Nonprofit Collaborative, Lutheran Hospital Community Advisory Council, County Defending Childhood Governing Board

Awards/Honors: Smart Business News Progressive Woman Award 2018, Smart Business News Medical Mutual Pillar Award 2015, Crain’s Cleveland Business Woman of Note 2015, Community Shares Eleanor Gerson Leadership in Social Justice Award 2014, Saint Joseph Academy Distinguished Alumnae Hall of Fame Award 2012, Northern Ohio Live Rainmaker Award 2008, Cleveland Clinic/Community West Foundation Woman of Achievement 2008, Public Relations Society of America John Hill Award 2008, YWCA Woman of Achievement 2008, Crain’s Cleveland Business “40 Under 40” Award 2005, Who’s Who Among American Teachers Award 1996 & 1997

Education: Baldwin Wallace College, State of Ohio Teaching Certification, Cleveland Institute of Art, Case Western Reserve University, Sait Joseph Academy


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Vice President - OperationsThe Boeing Company100 Airport WayMC S100-3255St. Louis, MO 63134-1933Phone: 314.777.7888Cell: [email protected]

Gena Lovett

Gena Lovett is the vice president of Operations for Defense, Space & Security. She sets the strategic direction for operations ‎for the $30 billion business and leads the nearly 10,000 employees who manufacture Boeing’s range of defense and space products. Since joining the company in 2015, Lovett has worked to streamline and standardize how BDS builds its products and how Operations coordinates with other divisions, including Engineering, Supplier Management and Environment, Health and Safety. Under her direction, BDS Operations is focused on developing a high-performance culture that empowers employees to prevent problems and innovate improvements that will enable the organization to achieve manufacturing excellence. Lovett also serves as deputy leader of the Boeing Operations Leadership Team (BOLT). The BOLT is responsible for encouraging the use of common metrics, systems and processes, as well as the replication of best practices throughout Boeing. She has more than 20 years of leadership experience in manufacturing and operations. Before joining Boeing, Lovett was chief diversity officer for Alcoa, where she was responsible for cultivating a work environment that encouraged and supported diversity and inclusion at all levels of the organization. Under her leadership, Alcoa won the 2013 Catalyst Award and the Human Rights Campaign’s 2014 Corporate Equality Award.Prior to this, as Alcoa’s director of manufacturing Lovett led the successful turnaround of a historically underperforming operation. Under her direction safety improved almost 80 percent, on-time delivery rose 50 percent, productivity grew 45 percent and employee engagement increased 24 percent. Lovett spent the previous 15 years in progressively demanding manufacturing roles with Ford Motor Co. Her last assignment at Ford was plant manager of Prototype Operations. She has a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Ohio State University and a master’s in international business from Baker College’s Center for Graduate Studies. Lovett serves on the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Industry: Manufacturing/Distribution

Functional Specialty: Operations/HR

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Executive Leadership Council, Cuyahoga Com-munity College Foundation Vice Chairperson, Executive Council of Chief Diversity Officer at The Conference Board, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, The 50 Club of Cleveland, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Links, Inc., Leadership Cleveland Class of 2011

Awards/Honors: 2013 Profiles in Diversity Journal Women Worth Watching, 2011 Crain’s Cleveland Business “Woman of Note”, 2009 YWCA “Women of Achievement”, 2008-2009 Who’s Who in Black Cleveland, 2008 Woman of Excellence

Education: BA, Ohio State University; MBA, Baker Center for Graduate Studies


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Independent Business Consultant Retired CHRO Westfield GroupP.O. Box 2436 Ironwood DrWestfield Center, OH 44251Cell: [email protected]

Debra Lyons

Debra is a retired Human Resources executive with over 35 years experience and currently uses her skills, knowledge and experience as an independent consultant to area business, including University Hospitals, Asurint, and SciTrain. She retired in 2009 from Westfield Group, a $4.5 billion dollar financial services company as it’s Chief Human Resources Officer. As CHRO, Debra was responsible for developing a succession planning and leadership development program that was recognized by FORTUNE Magazine as one of the top three in North America; a best in class performance management program: a nationally recognized employee recognition program, and an award winning corporate wellness program. Previous employment included Huntington National Bank, Mack Industries, Inc, Cuyahoga Savings and Loan, and Medina County Bank ( now PNC). Debra currently serves on the Board of Trustees – Baldwin Wallace University, where she chairs the Trusteeship and Governance Committee; she served as past president of the Baldwin Wallace Alumni Association. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Ashland County Community Foundation (ACCF), and she served on the Board of Directors and is a current member of In Counsel With Women (ICWW). She is a past member of Leadership Medina County and formerly served on the Board of Trustees of Akron General Health Systems/Lodi Community Hospital for 9 years. Community involvement has included serving as a volunteer for the Cleveland YWCA where she served as a speaker for the Women’s Leadership Development and Mentoring series. Debra also is a volunteer for the Ashland area Mothers of Pre- Schoolers (MOPS) program. Debra received her undergraduate degree from Baldwin Wallace University where she majored in Communications, and her Executive Masters of Business degree from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). She holds the professional designation of Senior Professional in Human Resources (SHRM) and is a Certified Executive Coach. Debra was recognized as a professional woman of excellence by the Summit County YWCA in 2002; Northern Ohio Live Magazine recognized her as a Rainmaker in 2006 and Crains Cleveland Business recognized Debra with the HR Leaders Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013!


Functional Specialty: Human Resources

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Baldwin Wallace College, Ashland County Com-munity Foundation

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Ashland County Community Foundation - CL Leader-ship

Awards/Honors: 2013 Crains Cleveland Business HR Lifetime Achievement award, North-ern Ohio Live “Rainmaker,” 2006; Women of Excellence - Summit County, 2003

Education: B.A., Communications, Baldwin-Wallace College, MBA, Case Western Reserve University


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Executive Vice President Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

KeyBank127 Public Square OH-01-27-0854Cleveland, OH 44114 Phone: 216.689.5636 Cell: [email protected]

Kim Manigault

Kim Manigault, CPA, is Executive Vice President & Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for KeyBank. In this role she is responsible for setting strategies and procedures to ensure Key maintains a diverse and inclusive workforce, workplace and marketplace. Kim is also a member of KeyBank’s Executive Council. Prior to this role Kim was the CFO for the Technology, Operations and Procurement groups and served as a member of the Technology Investment Committee. In that role, Kim partnered with Key’s CIO, and managed a team that provided strategic support and financial guidance for the division CIOs for all of KeyBank’s businesses. Her team was also responsible for supporting the various operations groups and enterprise security functions. Immediately prior to joining Key, Kim held several critical leadership roles during her tenure with Bank of America. With over 20 years in the accounting, finance and capital markets professions, Kim has extensive experience in global banking, strategic planning and has proven expertise in process re-imagining and project management. Kim is an active member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Cleveland YMCA, is recently served as the Board Treasurer and Chairperson of the Finance Committee. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Urban League of Greater Cleveland, where she serves as co-chair of the Audit committee. Kim has a BS from Rutgers University, is a CPA and is Six Sigma certified. Kim was recently recognized as CFO of the Year by the National Association of Black Accountants and was named as a Top Executive in Corporate Diversity by Black Enterprise.


Functional Specialty: Diversity and Inclusion

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: YMCA of Greater Cleveland, Urban League of Greater Cleveland

Awards/Honors: National Association of Black Accountants CFO of the Year, Technology Business Management Council CFO of IT Excellence, Black Enterprise “Top Executives in Corporate Diversity”, Who’s Who in Black Cleveland, Ohio Diversity Council Most Powerful and Influential Women in Ohio, YWCA Woman of Achievement 2014

Education: B.S. - Rutgers University


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Partner & Chief Supply Chain Officer

Dealer Tire7012 Euclid AvenueCleveland, OH 44103Phone: 216.432.7808 Cell: [email protected]

Jill Marcotte

Jill is Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) at Dealer Tire LLC in Cleveland, Ohio, leading a team of over 500 associates and six business units that include Inventory Management, Logistics, Supply Chain Solutions, Supplier Relations, Supply Chain Data Analytics and Transportation. A partner and part owner from inception, she has shared responsibility for strategic and operational decision making that has supported the company’s dramatic revenue growth from start-up to its current level of over $1.5 billion. Jill built the supply chain organization from scratch and helped create the strategic and tactical foundation for the highly successful wholesale distribution company that Dealer Tire has become. Jill represents Dealer Tire on the board of their strategic investment in distribution through digital channels, Simple Tire. Jill is also on the board of Tyrata, a privately held sensor development and data management company which offers wireless sensors and systems that monitor and report vehicular tire tread wear in real time. With over 35 years of work experience, Jill has served in a variety of sectors having held leadership roles at Brach’s Confections, Inc., Andes Candies, Inc., Nestlé Foods and General Motors. Jill has a Master’s Degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and her undergraduate degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Kettering University. Jill has been recognized as a “Woman to Watch in the Tire Industry” by the Tire Industry Association (TIA) which celebrates the accomplishments of women who have enriched the tire industry through their commitment, leadership and determination. In addition to her accomplishments in the commercial world, Jill is an active and engaged philanthropist serving her local community as a member of the Executive Board of Directors for the Cleveland Sight Center where she chairs the Strategic Planning Committee. She volunteers in programs associated with area colleges, universities, and professional organizations that work with talented individuals seeking a future in STEM related fields, especially Engineering and Supply Chain. Jill has been a guest speaker for various organizations, including Texas A&M Engineering School, Women’s Leadership Conference of Northeast Ohio, TMW Systems, MIT and SC Supply Chain & Logistics Summit.

Industry: Automotive

Functional Specialty: Purchasing/Supply Chain

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Tyrata

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Executive Board Of Directors,The Cleveland Sight Center & Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Cleveland Sight Center, Kent State University, Texas A&M, MIT, CSCMP, CSCO, Goodyear

Awards/Honors: 2015 Tire Industry Association “Woman to Watch in the Tire Industry”, 2016 SCM World “Power of Profession Award” semi-finalist

Education: MSIE - University of MIchigan, BSIE - Kettering University


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Celeste Mastin

Celeste Mastin is the CEO of PetroChoice Lubrication Solutions, an $800 million distributor of passenger vehicle, commercial vehicle, and industrial lubricants with 20,000 customers in 23 states. Previously, she was the CEO of Distribution International (DI), a market leader in the distribution and fabrication of mechanical insulation with $700 million in sales. During Mastin’s tenure, she transformed the industry, completing 13 acquisitions to double the size of DI, making it larger than its next three largest competitors combined. She branded the company as one entity, DI, with a sister division in Canada known as Crossroads C&I. During the downturn in the oil and gas industry, DI implemented a $12 million restructuring program, but held market share through the trough, with Net Promoter Scores exceeding all national competitors by 30 to 100%. Mastin recognized the opportunity to price the company’s service and product for value, which led her to establish a pricing team that drove profitability to a level enabling a successful sale for the 2010 private equity investors. Mastin has spent over five years in public company board service, and is currently serving on the board of Granite Construction, Inc., one of the nation’s largest infrastructure contractors at $3 billion in revenue (NYSE: GVA). In 2011, Mastin completed the turnaround of MMI Products, Inc., a $750 million building products company with manufacturing and distribution entities in fencing, concrete reinforcement and concrete accessories. As CEO there she built a leadership team that found highest and best use for its five portfolio companies including the sale of its foundational unit, Ivy Steel & Wire. Prior to MMI Products, Inc., Mastin spent 17 years in the chemical industry. At Ferro Corporation she was the Vice President Color and Glass Performance Materials with responsibility for a $400 million global business, and an officer of the company, serving on Ferro’s Senior Management Committee. This role included membership on 12 subsidiary boards plus a Chinese joint venture: Zibo Ferro Performance Materials Co., Ltd. While in the role her team grew the division’s revenues and EBIT 25% and 30% respectively by growing the company’s business in Asia and domestically achieving a 20-percentage point increase in delivery timeliness while simultaneously reducing lead times. In her final role at Ferro, Mastin was the Vice President of Growth and Development, which included responsibility for creating a centralized sourcing function for the corporation’s $1.3 billion in spend. While there, Mastin was named one of Northern Ohio Live’s Rainmakers and one of Crain’s Cleveland Business “40 under 40”.

Industry: Manufacturing, Distribution


Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Granite Construction

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: In Counsel With Women

Awards/Honors: Northern Ohio Live Magazine’s “Rainmaker Award,” 2006; Crain’s Cleve-land “40 Under 40,” 2006; Bostik Findley “Outstanding Sales Achiever,” 1997; Shell Chemical “Olympian” Sales Award 1993, 1994

Education: BS, Chemical Engineering, Minor in Mathematics, Washington State University; MBA, Business, Magna Cum Laude, University of Houston


CEOPetroChoice Lubrication Solutions515 Mulberry Lane Haverford, PA 19041Phone: 281.610.3464Cell: [email protected]@petrochoice.comNon-Resident

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Ellen Stirn Mavec

Ellen Stirn Mavec is President of The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation, a Cleveland-based family foundation that supports regional non-profits in the areas of arts and culture, education, environment, health and human services, and economic development. Ellen is also President of Potter and Mellen, Inc., a web-based jewelry company that designs and manufactures its own lines of jewelry, as well as redesigns and repairs customers’ jewelry. The company has a corporate gift division that can personalize giftware for awards, retirements, etc. Ellen is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Cleveland Museum of Art and was previously a Co-Chair of the museum’s capital campaign; she is a member of the Greater University Circle Leadership Group; she is a member of the Board of the Evergreen Cooperative Corporation. She serves as a Director of Cleveland State University’s Foundation Board, and she is a Life Trustee of The Great Lakes Theater Festival. She is also a graduate of Leadership Cleveland’s Class of 1999. Ellen lives in Hunting Valley with her husband, Bruce.


Functional Specialty: Philanthropy/General Management

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Case Western Reserve University, Chair of the Campus Planning Committee of the CWRU Board, The Cleveland Museum of Art; Life Trustee - Great Lakes Theater Festival; Evergreen Cooperative Cor-poration, Greater University Circle Leadership Group

Awards/Honors: 2011 Distinguished Citizen of the Western Reserve Award from Lake Erie College, 2008 Medal for Excellence, Cleveland Institute of Art; 2002 Richard W. Day Distinguished Alumni Award, Hawken School; 2003 YWCA “Women of Achievement” Award; 2004 Northern Ohio Live “Rainmaker” Award

Education: BA, Art History, Northwestern University

Founding Member

President & ChairmanThe Kelvin and Eleanor Smith

Foundation30195 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite 275Cleveland, OH 44124Phone: 216.591.9111Cell: [email protected]

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Jessica McCoy

With twenty years of leadership experience in business development, product management, innovation management and client services, Jessica McCoy is currently the Insights and Innovation Center, Vice President and GM with GOJO Industries, Inc. Jessica has a passion for bringing new solutions to customers with experiences that range from building out the PURELL Wipes portfolio, helping to design the GOJO Innovation Management System and extending the PURELL brand into the surface disinfection category. In her current role, she and her team are building a center of excellence to steward the innovation process in close collaboration with her R&D and Business partners. This process extends from insight and market intimacy development, to product strategy and lifecycle management, product development and project management, and launch readiness and market activation. Her team also drove the successful launch of a new portfolio of PURELL Surface Sanitizing and Disinfecting products for Healthcare, Foodservice, Professional and Consumer markets. The expansion of PURELL brand reflects the GOJO commitment to delivering exceptional well-being solutions for people, surfaces and the environment. Jessica has her Bachelor degree in Marketing and International Business from the University of Akron and her MBA from Weatherhead School of Business, Case Western Reserve University. Jessica enjoys being an enthusiastic fan at her daughters Ellie (16) and Addie (13) many sporting events, Saturday morning Bootcamp class and traveling. She and her husband, Dan, reside in Stow.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Schnee Learning Center

Volunteer/Community Involvement: University of Akron College of Business Administration Women in Business Roundtable Forum, American Heart Associa-tion Executive Leadership Team for the Akron Heart Walk

Awards/Honors: GOJO Operational Excellence 2006, EPA Design for the Envi-ronment Partner of the Year 2017, Product of the Year, Cleaning Category 2018

Education: B.S. - University of Akron Marketing & International Business, M.B.A. - Case Western Reserve University, concentration in finance


Insights and Innovation Center Vice President & GM

GOJO Industries Inc.One GOJO Plaza Suite 500Cleveland, OH 44311Phone: 330.255.6430Cell: [email protected]

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Executive Director Cleveland Metropolitan Bar

Association1375 E. 9th Street, 2nd Fl.Cleveland, OH 44114Phone: [email protected]

Rebecca Ruppert McMahon

Industry: Law, Non-Profit

Functional Specialty: Law, Non-Profit Association Management

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Director and Vice Chair of Audit Commit-tee, First Federal Savings & Loan of Lakewood, Ohio

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Chair, Lake Ridge Academy Board of Directors; Member, Rainbow Babies & Children Foundation Board

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Habitat for Humanity

Awards/Honors: 2008 YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence, Association of Corporate Counsel, 2007 Woman of Distinction, 2005 KeyCorp Chairman’s Award

Education: AB, Psychology - Smith College; JD - The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law


Rebecca Ruppert McMahon is the Executive Director of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. As the organization’s chief executive officer, she is responsible for the day-to-day operations and resources of the CMBA, its charitable arm – the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Foundation – and its subsidiary insurance agency. With nearly 6,000 members, the CMBA serves as the center for legal professionalism in the region, while leveraging the talents of its world-class legal community to serve those in need through a variety of pro bono and community service programs. Prior to joining the CMBA, Becky served as the General Counsel for Cuyahoga Community College, the Deputy General Counsel for KeyBank National Association and a litigation association with the Cleveland law firm Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors and Vice Chair of the Audit Committee for First Federal Savings & Loan of Lakewood, Ohio, the largest independent mutual bank headquartered in Ohio. She is also Chair of the Board for Lake Ridge Academy, the only K-12 college preparatory independent school on Cleveland’s West Side. In addition, she is a member of the Rainbow Babies & Children’s Foundation Board. Becky earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College (1989), and a Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (1993). She resides in Avon Lake, Ohio, with her husband, Ron, and their 10-year-old daughter, Natalie.

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Executive Committee Member & Chair, Corporate & Securities Practice

Benesch,Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP

200 Public Square Cleveland, OH 44114

Phone: 216.363.4487Cell: [email protected]

Megan Mehalko

Industry: Law


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Seeds of Literacy, College Now Greater Cleveland, Laurel School Alumnae Board

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2012, American Heart Association - Go Red For Women Executive Leadership Team

Awards/Honors: YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence, Best Lawyers in America 2007-2014, Inside Business Magazine Leading Lawyer, Ohio Super Lawyers 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012-2014; Chambers USA 2010-2014, Leading Lawyer, Corporate/MBA

Education: BA - Bucknell University, JD - Case Western Reserve University


Ms. Mehalko is Chair of the firm’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group. Ms. Mehalko is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Ms. Mehalko focuses her practice on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, domestic and cross border strategic alliances and joint ventures, general business counseling, and distressed/insolvent company acquisitions and restructurings. She advises public companies on corporate governance issues and securities law issues. She represents private equity funds as well as portfolio companies and funds. She has experience representing companies in the plastics, rubber, metal stamping and fabricating, equipment manufacturing, and forging industries.Ms. Mehalko is also actively involved with the Private Equity group, the China group and chairs the Polymer Industry group. Ms. Mehalko also sits on the firm’s Professional Development Committee and its Finance Committee. Ms. Mehalko lives in Pepper Pike with her son, Taylor and daughter, Kristen.

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Chief Financial Officer/Vice President, Human Resources

Kaufman Container CompanyP.O. Box 35902 Cleveland, OH 44135-0902Phone: 216.265.9738Cell: [email protected]

Karen Melton

Karen Melton is Vice President of Finance and Human Resources at Kaufman Container Company, a 110-year-old rigid packaging company in Cleveland, Ohio. Melton directs and manages all of the finance and human resource functions for the 100+ employee organization with locations in Cleveland and Minneapolis. Melton and her human resource team are responsible for all aspects of human resources, including employee handbooks, 401(k) plan, voluntary employee paid insurance plans, medical insurance plan, dental insurance plan and all other employee benefits. Melton and her accounting team manage the financial side of the business including cash management, accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger, property and casualty insurance. As a member of the executive management team Melton works with other executives to keep the company focused on their specialty areas while looking for additional opportunities to grow the business and increase profitability. Melton has been with Kaufman Container for more than 40 years and has over 50 years of experience in manufacturing and distributing industries. Melton is active in the Greater Cleveland Community participating in activities for many area organizations. She resides in Cleveland, Ohio.

Industry: Distribution

Functional Specialty: Accounting/Finance, General Management, Human Resources

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: The Cleveland Rotary Foundation; Rotary District 6630 Finance Committee Chair; Lawrence School; Women For BW Giving Circle; Baldwin Wallace University Alumni Council; Sullivan Scholars

Volunteer/Community Involvement: American Heart Association Go Red for Women

Awards/Honors: Smart Business 2017 Progressive Woman; 2014 Baldwin Wallace University Alumni Merit Award; Crain’s Cleveland Business CFO of the Year 2008

Education: Cuyahoga Community College, BA & MBA - Baldwin-Wallace College


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Claire A. Scott Miller

Claire A. Scott Miller has been an executive master coach and career and leadership consultant for over twenty years. Her executive coaching assists individuals in maximizing their potential and career-life satisfaction. Her consulting and training expertise has successfully assisted organizations in maximizing the effectiveness of their human capital and contributing to organizational productivity. Clients represent executives and organizations from Fortune 500 corporations, professional service firms, banks, hospitals and government agencies across the United States, Canada, Europe and the Middle East This in-depth coaching and consulting exposure helps her connect and understand the various work cultures and life situations her clients face. Ms. Miller is an outstanding workshop speaker and facilitator and has been featured at national and international conferences including a week long leadership seminar for DOD in Cairo, Egypt. Projects have included assisting organizations in developing training internal coaches; high impact leadership program and coaching for Booz, Allen, Hamilton; mentoring programs; coaching at the partner level for a top four financial service firm; team building, leadership training, emotional intelligence and for a variety of organizations She has been featured in articles by United Press International (UPI), American Bank Women Journal, Federal Times, Computer Decision Magazine, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and has appeared on TV and over the radio. She was published in Preparing Professional Women for the Future: Resources for Teachers and Trainers by the University of Michigan. Recognizing her in-depth experience, she has been a subject matter expert for on-line video training used globally focusing on a variety of leadership topics. Past research involved directing a Work Family project funded by The Cleveland Foundation, which gained recognition nationally. While managing the project, Ms. Miller was on a leave of absence from the General Electric Co. where she was a member of the Professional Relations Staff. She has also served as a consultant to the US Office of Personnel Management Workforce Effectiveness Unit. Proudly she is a founding member of In Counsel With Women.

Industry: Consulting/Professional Services - Human Resources


Volunteer/Community Involvement: Gathering Place, Westlake Recreation Commission, Frog Lotus Yoga International, International Coach Federation, Cleveland and Midwest chapters, Kappa Alpha Theta alumni chapter

Awards/Honors: YWCA Career Women of Achievement (merit), Women Going Global, selected as international speaker for conference in Paris, France, Recognized as top three consultants/trainers nationally for Inc. 1000 firm, Master Coach Board Certified Coach (BCC)

Education: BA Denison University, M.Ed. Bowling Green State University,Harvard and Radcliff, Continuing education,Gestalt Institute, Coaching certificate,Master Coach certi-fication, Case Western Reserve Univ. Weatherhead School of Managment, Developing Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence certificate, Case Western Reserve Univ. Weath-erhead School of ManagementFranklin Covey, certified facilitator, Board Certified Coach (BCC) Examination by Center for Credentialing & Education, Registered Yoga Instructor with Yoga Alliance and Certified Yoga Instructor 200 Numerous assessment certifications (ie MBTI, Firo-B, Social Styles, ESCI, etc)

Founding Member

PresidentCareer & HR Consultants1329 E. Melrose Drive Westlake, OH 44145Phone: 440.331.0215Cell: [email protected]

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PresidentAisling Reise LLC6300 Coldstream DrHighland Heights, OH 44143Cell: [email protected]

Janet Miller



Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Western Reserve Assurance Co. LTD, SPC

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Ursuline College, St. John Jesuit High School,

Volunteer/Community Involvement: JDRF, Sovereign Order of St. John, Knights Hospitaller

Awards/Honors: Crain’s Cleveland Business “Top 20 Woman of Influence”, YWCA Woman of Achievement, Northern Ohio Live “Top Rainmaker in Law”, Leadership Cleveland Class of 2002, Ohio State Bar Foundation Fellow, 2004 St. Thomas More Award, 2009 ORT America Jurisprudence Award, Ohio “Super Lawyer”, 2013 Most Innovative In-House Law Department from Inside Counsel

Founding Member

After retiring as from her Executive Officer position at University Hospital, Janet founded, and is the President of, Aisling Reise, LLC, her newest idea think tank. Creativity will be the guidepost for the company, which Janet will lead on its journey towards her next million dreams. Janet was an Executive Officer with University Hospitals and a member of the executive team who turned around a 6-hospital system and transformed it into the over $4B health care system at the time she retired in May 2019. At that time, the UH health delivery system included teaching hospitals; 14 wholly owned hospital locations; multiple joint ventures, affiliations and investment relationships; over 250 health center and physician offices; and, more than 25,000 employees. As Chief Legal Officer, Janet was a trusted advisor to the UH parent, hospital and other subsidiary Boards on governance, legal and other matters. She also was responsible for internal audit, corporate legal, claims & litigation, immigration and enterprise risk management for the System. Janet currently serves on the Board of Directors of Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (NYSE: CLF) and its Nomination & Governance Committee. She also serves on the Boards of Ursuline College, where she Chairs the Governance Committee and was an Interim Chair of the Finance Committee; and, the YWCA of Greater Cleveland, where she serves on the Nomination & Governance Committee; as well as on other Boards. The recipient of numerous professional and community awards, Janet is very active in the community.Prior to joining University Hospitals, Janet was a partner with the law firm of Jones Day in Cleveland, where she also served as the Cleveland Office Administrative Partner for Financial Matters. She holds degrees in business (accounting) from the University of Michigan and law from the University of Notre Dame. Janet is known for her travels around the world – from the Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Climb for the Kids, for which she raised money by reaching base camp on Mt. Everest, to scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef. She was a member of an amateur 50’s & 60’s rock band and piloted single engine planes. She also enjoys photography, reading, the arts and other creative endeavors.

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Sondra Miller

Sondra Miller serves as President & CEO of Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, the largest independent rape crisis center in the nation. The Center leverages 80 employees and 100+ volunteers to reach more than 50,000 people annually in support of its mission to support survivors of rape and sexual abuse, promote healing and prevention and advocate for social change in our community. The Board of Directors appointed Sondra into her role in 2013, after she served for four years on the agency’s senior leadership team. During her tenure, she has been a fierce advocate for survivors of sexual violence, often educating public officials and influencing public systems to adopt trauma-informed policies that support survivors and hold offenders accountable. She has made live national TV appearances and is regularly quoted in national, state and local media. Under Sondra’s leadership, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center has recently expanded to serve more survivors in more places – now in 18 locations across Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties. In addition to providing trauma counseling, victim advocacy, and a crisis and support hotline, the Center has trained thousands of first-responders on trauma-informed care and educated tens of thousands of young people how to prevent violence before it happens. Sondra is a current Board Member and immediate past Board Chair of the Mental Health and Addiction Advocacy Coalition. She is also a graduate of Leadership Cleveland and Cleveland Bridge Builders, and was presented the Athena Young Professional Award by Inside Business Magazine. Prior to joining Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Sondra held leadership roles at Flashes of Hope and the YWCA of Greater Cleveland. She holds an MBA from Ashland University and a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Journalism from Bowling Green State University.

Industry: Nonprofit


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: State Board Member - Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition, immediate past Board Chair

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2016, Cleveland Bridgebuilders Class of 2018

Awards/Honors: Inside Business Magazine Athena Young Professional Award 2012

Education: MBA in Executive Leadership, Ashland University; BS in Journalism/Public Relations, Bowling Green State University


President & CEOCleveland Rape Crisis Center1228 Euclid AvenueSuite 200Cleveland, OH 44115Phone:216.658.1800Cell: [email protected]

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PresidentYWCA of Cleveland4019 Prospect AvenueCleveland, OH 44103Phone: [email protected]

Margaret Mitchell



Education: BA - Hampton University


Margaret Mitchell joined YWCA Greater Cleveland in the spring of 2011 in the capacity of President and CEO. In this role, she provides executive leadership to this venerable institution. Prior to the YWCA, Margaret was President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland (BBBS), a post she held for four years. BBBS of Greater Cleveland is the premier youth mentoring agency in Northeast Ohio, serving approximately 1,000 youth in one-to-one relationships with caring adult volunteer mentors. Before moving to Cleveland, Margaret was Vice President of Business Development for BBBS of North Texas. In this capacity, she was responsible for corporate funding, board development, special events and volunteer recruitment in 25 counties including the cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Denton and Plano, Texas. During her tenure, the North Texas agency reached unprecedented heights. With an annual budget of 10 million dollars serving more than 6,000 youth in one-to-one matches, North Texas was the largest BBBS agency in the country. In 2005, the North Texas Executive Board was named Board of the Year by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. In 2007, North Texas won the title of Agency of the Year. Margaret came to nonprofit management from the for-profit arena. She began her career in 1993 as an editor with Information Plus in Texas, where she wrote and edited 12 books on socially relevant topics. In 1997, she moved on to serve as Managing Editor of Today’s Dallas Woman Magazine. In 2000, Margaret began working for Menttium Corporation, an industry leader in one-to-one corporate mentoring, where she held the position of Managing Director before being promoted to Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Margaret holds a B.A. in Communications from Hampton University, in Hampton, Virginia. She and her husband Les Green reside in University Heights, Ohio and are the proud parents of three children. They are active members of New Community Bible Fellowship in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

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Beth E. Mooney

Beth Mooney has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KeyCorp since May 1, 2011 and a member of KeyCorp’s Board of Directors since 2010. In November 2010 Mooney was named KeyCorp’s President and Chief Operating Officer. Mooney previously served as Vice Chair, Key Community Bank, which includes Retail Banking, Business Banking, Commercial Middle Market Banking, Wealth Management, Private Banking, Key Investment Services and KeyBank Mortgage. The Community Bank operates more than 1,000 branches and more than 1,600 ATMs across 14 states, as well as three Key Call Centers. Mooney, who joined Key in April 2006, has over 30 years of experience in retail banking, commercial lending and real estate financing. Prior to her most recent position as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Alabama-based AmSouth Bancorporation (now Regions Financial Corporation), Mooney ran its banking operations in Tennessee and Northern Louisiana. Mooney also completed other line assignments of increasing responsibility at Bank One Corporation, Citicorp Real Estate, Inc., Hall Financial Group and Republic Bank of Texas/First Republic. At Bank One, she served as Regional President in Akron and Dayton, and then as President of Bank One Ohio, managing major markets throughout the state. Mooney graduated from the University of Texas in 1977 and earned her Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University in 1983, where she was selected as a 2007-2008 Distinguished Alumni of the Cox School of Business. In 2011 she was recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” and in 2011 and 2012 was listed in the top fifty of Fortune Magazine’s “Most Powerful Women in Business”. Named the No. 1 “Woman to Watch” in banking by American Banker Magazine in 2011, Mooney became No. 2 in its 2012 “Most Powerful Women in Banking” list.Mooney is Trustee and Treasurer of the board of the Musical Arts Association (The Cleveland Orchestra), a Trustee of Cleveland Clinic Foundation and United Way of Greater Cleveland. She is a member of The Financial Services Roundtable and is a member of the Supervisory Board of The Clearing House.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cleveland Clinic Foundation, United Way, Musical Arts Association, WVIZ/PBS/WCPN Ideastream, Neighborhood Progress Inc.

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Cleveland Go Red for Women Chairper-son, 2009; Financial Services Roundtable; United Way of Greater Cleveland; 2008 Pacesetter Program

Awards/Honors: “25 Most Powerful Women in Banking,” 2008 YWCA Women of Achievement Award, Distinguished Alumni - Cox School of Business at SMU, Leadership Cleveland Class of 2008

Education: University of Texas, MBA - Southern Methodist University


Chairman & CEOKeyCorp127 Public SquareOH- 01-27-5608Cleveland, OH 44114Phone:[email protected]

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Executive in Transition33600 Woodleigh RoadPepper PIke, Ohio 44124Cell: [email protected]

Kristen D.W. MorrisMs. Morris was most recently the Chief Government and Community Relations Officer for the Cleveland Clinic. In this position, she directed corporate social responsibility and advocacy strategies thereby playing a key role in the Clinic’s mission to transform the health and wellbeing of the com-munities it serves in the US and abroad. She did this work by leading a large team of local, state and federal government affairs, policy, and community relations professionals. After nearly six years of service she left the Clinic and is consulting and conducting a national search for a permanent position.Prior to joining the Cleveland Clinic, Kristen was the Vice President at Abbott in Washington, DC. She also worked at Boehringer Ingelheim, the American Hospi-tal Association, and on Capitol Hill. She holds a Bach-elor’s Degree from Purdue University. After nearly 25 years in Washington, DC, Kristen and her husband, Craig moved to the Cleveland area along with their six children.Kristen was a Delegate of the American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board 5, chaired the Policy Committee of United Way of Greater Cleveland and served along with Dr. Toby Cosgrove as Vice Chair of the 2018 / 2019 United Way campaign. She is currently on the Advisory Board of the Pur-due University Lamb School of Communications, is a mem-ber of the Executive Committee of the Public Affairs Council, serves on the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Leadership Center and is an active member of In Counsel With Women.


Functional Specialty: Government Relations/Corporate Social Responsibility

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Curadux - Advisory Board

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board 5;Public Affairs Council;United Way of Greater Cleveland; Cleveland City Club; Great-er Cleveland Film Commission; Business Values Unlimited; Center for Population Dynamics - College of Urban Affairs- Cleveland State University Advisory Board

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2015; SALUD His-panic Employee Resource Group; Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio Troop 71878 Leader; Gar-field Memorial Church Sunday School Teacher; Greater University Circle Initiative Executive Committee; Opportunity Corridor Executive Steering Committee

Awards/Honors: American Hospital Asociation Grass Roots Champion of the Year 2016; Working Woman Magazine Woman of the Year 2014

Education: Purdue University BA in Communication; Majors in Public Relations and Adver-tising, Minor in Match Sciences


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Vice President, Development Cuyahoga Community College &

The Tri-C Foundation 700 Carnegie AvenueCleveland, OH 44115Cell: [email protected]

Megan O’Bryan



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland Metro-politan Bar Foundation, CWRU Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Visiting Commit-tee, United Way Council of Agency Executive, In Counsel With Women

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2010, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center Hotline Volunteer

Awards/Honors: 2011 FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award, 2011 Rocky River High School Hall of Fame, 2011 YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence, 2011 Corporate Club at Landerhaven Woman of Excellence, 2010 Crain’s “40 Under 40”, 2007 Inside Busi-ness Athena Award Finalist

Education: University College London, Catholic University of America, CWRU Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Weatherhead School of Management Masters Degree in Nonprofit Management


Megan O’Bryan is a social change leader who has worked to elevate education and social justice issues for more than two decades. In her role at Tri-C, she helps ensure students success by securing critical resources for student access and support initiatives that impact 50,000 students enrolled annually at Cuyahoga Community College. O’Bryan joined Tri-C in 2016, after serving as an appointed College Trustee. Prior to Tri-C, she served as the first Executive Director of the Cleveland Transformation Alliance, a public-private partnership created to oversee the city’s education reform plan and ensure excellent schools for every child. O’Bryan also served as President/CEO of Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, where she worked from 2001-2013. The 24-hour Center provides comprehensive, free crisis intervention and prevention services to 20,000 women, children and men each year. While at the Center, O’Bryan significantly improved the climate for victims of sexual violence by advocating for systemic and policy change, rebranding the agency, re-launching a statewide organization and doubling the size of the organization.

O’Bryan holds a master’s degree in nonprofit management from Case Western Reserve University, and a BA in English from Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. She is a co-founder of the Women’s Networking Group, a Facebook social network with now more than 16,000 local members. In addition she is a yoga teacher, an advocate for holistic health and owner of Centered Soul Retreats. O’Bryan lives in Rocky River with her family.

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Lisa J. Oliver

Lisa Oliver is President & CEO of The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod. She is an Executive with over 30 years of banking experience. For the past 25 years she has held progressive leadership roles in New York State, New England and Northeast Ohio. Her time in Cleveland included 13 years as the Market/Regional President for KeyBank, overseeing the Middle Market, Business Banking, Private Banking and Retail lines of business. Most recently, she was the National Executive for Business Banking, overseeing the development and execution of strategies to drive revenue growth throughout Key’s footprint from Maine to Alaska. In this role, Lisa managed the national Business Banking and SBA sales force as well as small business strategy throughout Key’s branch network. Throughout her career, Lisa has engaged with communities and clients through her active involvement in professional and civic organizations. She is a Director for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and a Trustee and Treasurer for Gilmour Academy. She is a board member for the Counsel of Economic Inclusion and chairs the marketing committee. Previously she was a co-chair for the United Way of Greater Cleveland’s Humanitarian Society and is the past Chairwoman for the Cleveland Chapter of the American Heart Association (AHA) board of trustees where she was the local chair of the AHA 2006 Go Red for Women movement and past vice president and trustee for the Cleveland Botanical Garden. She has lead significant fundraising events for the Women’s Leadership Council of the United Way, the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Sprout Program at Baldwin Wallace College, National Multiple Sclerosis Society and St. Joseph’s Academy. Oliver graduated from Colgate University (Hamilton, N.Y.) with a B.A. in International Relations and French. Oliver resides in Russell Township with her husband, Richard, and two sons, Matthew and John Pierce.

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Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Gilmour Academy, Council on Economic Inclusion

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Ohio Cancer Re-search

Awards/Honors: Ohio Cancer Research Star Award 2015, YWCA Woman of Achievement 2013, Leadership Cleveland Class of 2009, Crain’s Woman of Note 2008, Northern Ohio Live Rainmaker 2005, Cleveland Bridge Builders Class of 2004; YWCA Woman of Profes-sional Excellence 2004

Education: BA, International Relations, French, Colgate University; Key Executive Leader-ship Program, Case Weatherhead School of Management


President & CEOThe Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod25 Benjamin Franklin WayHyannis, MA 02601Phone: 508.568.3370Cell: [email protected]

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President - Engineered Materials Group

Parker Hannifin Corporation6035 Parkland BoulevardCleveland, Ohio 44124Phone: 216.896.2018Cell: [email protected]

Jennifer Parmentier



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation

Awards/Honors: 2015 YWCA Women of Professional Excellence Award

Education: BA, Management - Webster Iniversity; Loyola Quinlan School of Business - current EMBA student


Jenny Parmentier is Vice President and President of Parker's Engineered Materials Group (EMG). Previously Jenny was General Manager at Hose Products and prior to that she was General Manager of the Sporlan Division. She joined Parker in 2008 from Trane, a business of Ingersoll Rand Corporation. Jenny began her professional career in 1986 as a Material Planner/Expediter at Lear Siegler Corporation. She joined Magna-lntegram St. Louis Seating where she held positions of increasing responsibility including Production Scheduler, Production Control Supervisor, Materials Manager and Assistant General Manager. Jenny subsequently worked as a Plant Manager for Trane Residential Systems in Fort Smith, Arkansas before joining Parker's Sporlan Division. Throughout her career, Jenny has strived to set the example and lead empowered leaders and employees to deliver quality products on time. Jenny holds a Bachelor's degree in Management from Webster University and has completed various business development courses in areas such as Six Sigma for Managers, Lean and ISO. She is currently enrolled in the Loyola Chicago Quinlan School of Business EMBA program. She completed Parker's Leadership Development Center in 2010 and Leading and Managing Change at Parker (LMCP) program in 2013. Jenny is a member of the Foundation Board for Cuyahoga County Public Library and was previously a member of the Board for Mercy Hospitals in St. Louis, Missouri. Jenny was recognized as one of the 2015 Women of Professional Excellence by the Greater YWCA of Cleveland. Jenny and her husband, Keith, reside in Chagrin Falls with their two sons, Ben and Sam.

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Vice President for Strategic Communications and Marketing

University of Florida101 Tigert Hall300 SW 13th StreetlGainesville, FL 32611Phone: 352.392.0186 Cell: [email protected]

Nancy Paton

A senior-level marketing and communications executive, Nancy E. Paton is the Vice President for Strategic Communications and Marketing at the University of Florida. Previously, Ms. Paton lead the University at Buffalo’s’s marketing, communications and brand strategy. Prior, Ms. Paton served as the Chief Public Affairs Officer for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Ohio, In that role; she led Kaiser Ohio Region’s marketing, corporate communications, community benefit/charitable causes, government relations and health care reform efforts. In addition to her regional responsibilities, she served on national Kaiser Permanente committees with other regional executives.Prior to her role at Kaiser Permanente, Ms. Paton served as the founder of 24/7 Consulting, providing strategic marketing, communications and business development consulting. She has also served as the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for University Hospitals, Cleveland, and chief marketing officer for Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., Detroit. Prior to her tenure at Oakwood, Ms. Paton served in various marketing and communications leadership roles for Mercy Health Partners, Toledo, the former Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, and Barberton Citizens Hospital, Barberton, Ohio. Ms. Paton’s experience also includes a regional advertising agency and strategic organizational communications for ALLTEL Corporation, a national telecommunications company. Ms. Paton served as a lecturer in Kent State University’s Master’s Degree Concentration in Public Relations-online program. A national author and speaker, Ms. Paton is a board of director’s member of Cleveland-based In Counsel with Women, serving as the organization’s communications chair. Previously, she served as a board of directors’ member of the Greater Cleveland Red Cross. Ms. Paton also is a former national president of the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development, American Hospital Association. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Mass Media/Communications from the University of Akron and a master of science in management degree from Purdue University, Krannert School of Business.

Industry: Education

Functional Specialty: Marketing/Communications

Awards/Honors: Detroit Regional Chamber Best Marketing Practice, Effie and Telly Wards for advertising excellence; Outstanding Achievement in Web Development and Site Design, Wed Marketing Association and E-Health Leader-ship; and Excellence in Overall Marketing, Integrated Marketing and Community Partnerships, Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development, Ameri-can Hospital Association.

Education: BA, University of Akron; Master of Science, Purdue University


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PresidentMoen US25300 Al Moen DriveNorth Olmsted, OH 44070Phone: 440.962.2022Cell: [email protected]

Cheri M. Phyfer



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Clemson University, College Now

Awards/Honors: “Most Powerful and Influential Women in Texas” - Texas Diversity Council 2008, “Top 40 Under Forty” Businesspeople in Dallas – Dal-las Business Journal 2009, Sherwin-Williams Chairman’s Award – Outstanding General Manager 2013, Sherwin-Williams Henry Sherwin Award – Outstanding Vice President 2006

Education: B.A. Management, Clemson University, 1993, M.B.A., Clemson University, 1999


Cheri Phyfer is president of Fortune Brands Global Plumbing Group (GPG). She joined the company in 2018 and is responsible for driving above-market growth across the platform at already high margins. She will focus on building strong, iconic brands while bringing innovation into the market through acquisitions and strategic partnerships that drive continued market outperformance.

Before assuming her current role, Cheri served as president of GPG Americas and president of Moen U.S. businesses. Prior to joining Moen, Cheri held various leadership positions at The Sherwin-Williams Company, most recently serving as president of consumer brands. In this role, she oversaw a global portfolio of over 60 marquee brands sold to more than 5,000 customers through more than 50,000 outlets driven by 2,500 employees. She also developed a brand optimization strategy that delivered impressive returns and led the planning and execution of the Valspar integration into the Consumer Brands Group.

Prior to her role as president of consumer brands, Cheri served as president and general manager of diversified brands at The Sherwin-Williams Company. Cheri also launched a variety of human capital initiatives throughout the division, including an emerging leader program, the division’s first entry-level sales and marketing training curriculum, as well as diversity and inclusion action plans.

Cheri earned her Bachelor of Arts in Management and a Master of Business Administration from Clemson University.

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Retired CEOFederal Reserve Bank of [email protected]

Sandra Pianalto



Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Eaton

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: United Way of Greater Cleveland - Life Director, Greater Cleveland Partnership, The Cleveland Foundation, University Hospitals, University of Akron, Team NEO, College Now Greater Cleveland

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Chair of Governance Committee of The Cleveland Foundation, Finance & Administration, Grantmaking & Community Engagement Commit-tees of the Cleveland Foundation; Chair of Governance & Community Benefits Committee of University Hospitals, Strategic Planning Committee of University Hospitals

Awards/Honors: 2011 Northeast Ohio Business Hall of Fame

Education: University of Akron, The George Washington University, Duke University Fuqua School of Business, Honorary degrees: University of Akron, Baldwin-Wallace College, Kent State University, Ursuline College, Notre Dame College, Cleveland State University, John Carroll University

Honorary Member

As president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Sandra Pianalto had both national and local leadership responsibilities. She participated in the formulation of U.S. monetary policy, and she oversaw 950 employees in Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh who conduct economic research, supervise financial institutions, and provide payment services to commercial banks and the U.S. government. Ms. Pianalto joined the Bank in 1983 as an economist in the Research Department. She was appointed assistant vice president of public affairs in 1984, vice president and secretary to the board of directors in 1988, and first vice president and chief operating officer in 1993. She assumed her position as president in 2003. Before joining the Bank, Ms. Pianalto was an economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and served on the staff of the Budget Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Ms. Pianalto is active in the Fourth Federal Reserve District’s civic community. She is vice chair of the board of University Hospitals and serves as a past chair and a life director of the board of United Way of Greater Cleveland. Ms. Pianalto also serves as an advisory trustee for The University of Akron. She serves on the boards of a number of other community organizations, including The Cleveland Foundation, Greater Cleveland Partnership, Team Northeast Ohio (Team NEO), and College Now Greater Cleveland. Ms. Pianalto earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from The University of Akron and an MA in economics from The George Washington University. She is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and holds honorary degrees from The University of Akron, Baldwin-Wallace College, Cleveland State University John Carroll University, Kent State University, Notre Dame College, Ursuline College and The University of Toledo.

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Vice Chancellor, Diversity & InclusionUMass Medical SchoolUMass Memorial Health Care System55 Lake Avenue NorthWorcester, MA 01655-0002Phone: 508.856.2179Cell: [email protected]

Deborah Plummer, Ph.D.

Deborah is a practicing psychologist, university professor, consultant in diversity management, author and speaker. She currently serves as vice chancellor and chief diversity officer at UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Health Care. Her book, Some of My Friends Are…The Daunting Challenges and Untapped Benefits of Cross-Racial Friendships presents an insightful look at how cross-racial friendships work and fail within American society. She has written for Gestalt Review and numerous academic journals. Her previous books include the Handbook of Diversity Management and Racing Across the Lines. Deborah is most passionate about creating inclusive organizations and building peaceful communities.

Industry: Health CareFunctional Specialty: Human ResourcesCurrent Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Grub Street Writing Center, The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts, Facing History & Ourselves New England Advisory BoardVolunteer/Community Involvement: Boston Chapter of Links IncorporatedAwards/Honors: Mayflower Award: Best Publication Church & Society, The Pil-grim Press; Outstanding Alumnae Award, Notre Dame College of Ohio; Founders Appreciation - Black Catholic Input, Youth and Young Adult Ministry Office; Mul-ticultural Leadership Award - Office of Minority Affairs and Community Relations - Cleveland State University; Kugenga Award - St. Agnes - Our Lady of Fatima Parish; Leadership Cleveland, Class of 2007 Education: BA, Psychology & English, Notre Dame College; M.Ed., Community Consultation, Kent State University; Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Kent State University; Certificates in Gestalt Institute of Cleveland: Working with Groups, NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science: Diversity Management, Linkage, Inc., DePaul University: Change LeadershipICWW Member Since: 2007

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Rosanne Potter

Rosanne Potter joined the Cleveland Foundation as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in April, 2016. She has investment responsibility for the Foundation’s $2.5 billion endowment and its internal finance operations. She serves as the staff liaison for the investment, audit, social impact and finance and administrative committees of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Prior to joining the Cleveland Foundation, Rosanne was responsible for the administration and man-agement of $10 billion in global retirement assets at Eaton Corporation in Cleveland. She has over 20 years of corporate treasury experience for Fortune 500 multinational manufac-turers with significant experience in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions. Areas of expertise include debt and equity offerings, foreign exchange, cash management, insurance, receivable management and pension asset management. Rosanne and her husband Dave reside in Twinsburg, OH with their four children and are active members of St. Rita’s Church.

Senior Vice President & CFOThe Cleveland Foundation1422 Euclid AvenueCleveland, OH 44115Phone: 216.615.7176Cell: [email protected]

Industry: Non-ProfitFunctional Specialty: Accounting/FinanceVolunteer/Community Involvement: Cleveland’s Path to Say Yes to Education, St. Rita SchoolAwards/Honors: Crain’s Cleveland Business Woman of Note 2015; Inside Busi-ness Magazine 2004 Athena Award finalistEducation: BA, Economics & French, Boston College; MBA, Loyola UniversityFounding Member

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President & CEO The Music Settlement11125 Magnolia DriveCleveland, OH 44106 Phone: 216.421.5806 Cell: [email protected]

Geralyn Presti

Geralyn (Geri) is President & CEO of The Music Settlement, a 107-year old community school for music, the arts and education. In this role, she is responsible for the financial sustainability, strategic direction and operations of the Settlement’s University Circle and Ohio City campuses, as well as The BOP STOP, an award-winning jazz and blues performance venue. Prior to January 2017, Geri served as the General Counsel, Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Forest City Reality Trust, formerly Forest City Enterprises.


Functional Specialty: Law, business and non-profit governance

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Sisters of Charity Foundation. Cuyahoga Community College and University Circle Inc..

Awards/Honors: YWCA Woman of Achievement, Athena Award (Smart Business), Hu-manitatiran Award (The Diversity Center), American ORT Jurisprudence Award, Woman of Note (Crain’s), Smart Living Award for the Arts (Judson), St. Thomas Moore Award (Lawyer’s Guild), Legends of the Law Award (Burton Law Awards, D.C.), The Centennial Medal (CWRU Law School), 2017 Golden Achievement Award (Benjamin Rose), International Life Chang-ers Award (LEDI), Women Who Give Back (Kaleidoscope Magazine), CWRU Benchers’ Society, Public Company General Counsel Award (Crain’s), Women Honoring Women Award (Women’s Bar Assoc.), Top General Counsel Award (‘24/’15 First Chair, Chicago), Ohio Super Lawyer (for Ohio), Rainmakers’ Award (Northern Ohio Live), Endowed Chair for Music Therapy and Music Therapy studio naming (The Music Settlement); Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem Knights Hospitaller

Education: Bachelor of Music-Ohio University (Summa Cum Laude), Master of Social Sci-ence Administration and Juris Doctor (Law Review, Magna Cum Laude and Order of the Coif) Case Western Reserve University


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Elaine Price

Elaine A Price is the founder and CEO of NatureVation Outdoor Adventures, a year-round outdoor tourism provider of guided tours for northeast Ohio. NatureVation provides hiking, biking, paddling, tubing and snowshoeing outdoor experiences. Serving the high-end market of individuals, family events and corporate outings, NatureVation provides historical & cultural guiding, complete coordination, transportation & elegant food to make outdoor experiences luxurious and comfortable. Since this business is a start-up, Elaine maintains her “day job” as the Strategic Greenspace Planner for Cuyahoga County Planning Commission of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, which drives sustainable development of the county’s natural and economic resources. Elaine leads initiatives such as developing the Mill Creek Watershed management plan, the Green Print and Green Space Strategy Renewal, Green Bulkheads Initiative for restoring fish viability in the Cuyahoga River, Cuyahoga Greenway Partners County-wide Trail & Bikeway Plan and the Cuyahoga River Water Trail initiative. Prior to joining the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission, Ms. Price began her career as an environmental leader, progressing as an Environment, Health and Safety professional in industry-leading firms including Sohio/British Petroleum, Chase Brass & Copper, American Steel & Wire, and GE Lighting (Nela Park in Cleveland, Ohio). GE’s EHS and Six Sigma Quality programs propelled Ms. Price into management through a series of global assignments, and ultimately in Human Resources for GEL’s North and South American Operations. Ms. Price left GE to lead the Holden Arboretum of Kirtland, Ohio, as CEO for six years. Elaine’s current community involvement includes ICWW Board, Visiting Committee Cleveland State University College of Sciences and Health Professions, and Windsong – Feminist Chorus, Advisory Committee. Elaine’s prior involvement has included Cleveland Green Building Council (Chair 2013-14), Ohio & Erie Canalway Association; Trails Forever Committee of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park; Cleveland Museum of Natural History Green Building sub-committee; Baldwin Wallace College Sustainability Major External Advisory Council; and Cleveland Hungarian Development Panel. Ms. Price is a graduate of Leadership Cleveland Class of 2005, and Leadership Lake County, Class of 2002. Ms. Price enjoys gardening, cycling, cooking, and activity with her church. She resides in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, with her husband Gordon and has one, grown step-daughter. Ms. Price earned her BA double major Biology and Environmental Studies, and her MS in Environmental Science, at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.


Functional Specialty: General Management, Technical/Engineering

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Northeast Ohio Green Building Council, Ohio & Erie Canalway Association, In Counsel With Women

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Vice Chair, Cleveland Green Building Council; board member for Ohio & Erie Canalway Association; Cleveland State University visiting Committee for College of Science and Health Professions; Trails Forever Committee of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park; Baldwin Wallace College Sustainability Major External Advisory Council; and on the Cleveland Hungarian Development Panel

Awards/Honors: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2005, Leadership Lake County, Class of 2002

Education: MSES Indiana University, BA Biology/Environmental Science, Indiana University


Program Manager - GreenspaceCuyahoga County Planning Commission2079 East 9th StreetSuite 5-300Cleveland, OH 44115Phone: 216.443.3721Cell: [email protected]@att.net

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PresidentQualitrol Company LLC1385 Fairport RoadFairport, New York 14450Phone: 440.498.2698Fax: [email protected]

Linda Rae

Mrs. Linda C. Rae is the President at Qualitrol Company LLC since July 2016. She was the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Keithley Instruments Inc., since December 2005. Mrs. Rae served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Keithley Instruments Inc., from May 7, 2003 to December 2005 and was responsible for coordinating its day-to-day operations across the functional organizations of sales, commercial marketing, product development, and manufacturing. Mrs. Rae joined Keithley in 1995 as a Product Marketer and served as Business Manager of Keithley’s component test group, as well as its optoelectronics group and was its Co-General Manager. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida, and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. In addition, she holds an MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.

Industry: Technology


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Weatherhead School of Management Corporate Visiting Committee, Case Western Reserve University Corporate Visiting Committee, Great Lakes Science Center, Dean’s Advisory Board - University of Florida College of Engineering

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Shaker Heights Schools, The Temple Tifereth Israel

Awards/Honors: Crain’s 40 Under 40, Northern Ohio Live Rainmaker, University of Florida Electrical Engineering Academy, Weatherhead School of Management Distinguished Alumnae

Education: BS in Electrical Engineering - University of Florida, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - Case Western Reserve University, MBA, Case Western Reserve University


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Retired Senior Financial ExecutiveEatonBoard Member – Ohio Farmers

Insurance Company/Westfield Group

8169 Seven Mile DrivePonte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 Cell: [email protected]

Billie Rawot

Billie Rawot is a member of the board of directors of Ohio Farmers Insurance Company/Westfield Group. Founded in 1848, Westfield Group is an insurance and banking group of businesses with total assets of $6 billion. From 2008 - 2016 Rawot was a director of Westfield Bank and served as its Audit Committee chair. Rawot retired from Eaton Corporation in 2013 where she was senior vice president and controller, having served the company in that capacity for 22 years from 1991 - 2013. Eaton is a global diversified power management company with annual sales of $21 billion. As a corporate officer in the c-suite and the company’s chief accounting officer, Rawot served as an executive management member of the Eaton board of directors’ Committees on Audit and Finance. Prior to joining Eaton, Rawot was a certified public accountant with the firms of Deloitte & Touche and Ernst & Young. Rawot is a member of Financial Executives International and served on its national Committee on Corporate Reporting for 18 years. She was a trustee of the Great Lakes Science Center, South Pointe Hospital (a Cleveland Clinic hospital), and is now chair-elect of Pace Center for Girls (a Florida corporation). A member of The Union Club of Cleveland, she also served on its Board of Trustees for 10 years. Rawot is also a member of Women Corporate Directors and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Industry: Manufacturing, Banking and Insurance

Functional Specialty: Accounting/Finance, Corporate Governance

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Westfield Insurance

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Pace Center for Girls

Awards/Honors: Women Worth Watching- 2011, Diversity Magazine, YWCA Woman Of Achievement, 1991, YWCA Tribute to Women in International Business, Leadership Cleveland

Education: BS, Accountancy, University of Illinois

Founding Member

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Deborah Read

Deborah is Thompson Hine’s firm-wide Managing Partner. In this capacity, she serves as the firm’s Chief Executive Officer. She is also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, the principal governing body responsible for its strategic direction, financial affairs, and the oversight of its seven-office operations. Deborah has served as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee for the past 11 years. She has also served in various management roles at the firm including Hiring Partner, Chair of the 65-lawyer Tax, Benefits and Planning Department, and Chair of the Lawyer Personnel Committee. Deborah also spends some of her time as a practicing lawyer in the tax exempt, nonprofit corporate, and healthcare areas. She functions as outside general counsel to two large exempt organizations. She focuses her tax exempt practice on tax and corporate planning for nonprofit organizations and foundations. She assist clients in the formation of nonprofit entities, qualification for tax exempt status, conversions to and from exempt status, corporate reorganizations and liquidations, IRS Ruling requests, unrelated business income, lobbying, and political contribution tax compliance, and tax controversy work including IRS audits, appeals, and tax litigation. She advises organizations on nonprofit corporate law issues and nonprofit Boards on fiduciary duty issues. She counsels nonprofit organizations on best practices for corporate governance, including the application of Sarbanes-Oxley concepts to nonprofit organizations. She advises private corporate foundations about programs to advance charitable objectives for the employees of their corporate sponsors, including programs involving an international workforce. She counsels hospitals, physician groups, and health care providers on contractual relationships, and legal structures for affiliations, ventures and other business arrangements, including compliance with Medicare/Medicaid anti-kickback and physician self-referral rules. Deborah is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Ohio.

Industry: Law


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: United Way Services - Executive Committee Mem-ber, Chair Nominating Committee; Business Volunteers Unlimited - Services to Nonprofits Committee Member; Greater Cleveland Partnership - Nominating Committee Member; Playhouse Square Foundation - Chair, Nominating Committee

Volunteer/Community Involvement: The 50 Club, Leadership Cleveland Class of 1999, District of Columbia Bar Association, Cleveland Tax Institute Panel Chair

Awards/Honors: Inside Business 2013 Power 100 List, 2012 Women Worth Watching by Diversity Journal, Crain’s 2012 Woman of Note, 2010 Athena Award, YWCA “Woman of Achievement,” 2006; Northern Ohio Live “Rainmaker”, 2006; Kaleidoscope Magazine “Women Who Give Back,” 2001; Leadership Cleveland Class of 1999; Greater Cleveland United Way Volunteer of the Year, 1998; Listed in “The Best Lawyers in America”, Named as “Leading Lawyer” by Inside Business Magazine

Education: AB, summa cum laude, Ohio University; JD, Boston University School of Law

Founding Member

Managing PartnerThompson Hine LLP3900 Key Center 127 Public Square Cleveland, OH 44114-1291Phone: 216.566.5778 Cell: [email protected]

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President & CEOGlobal Corporate College6001 Cochran Road, Suite 305Solon, OH 44139Phone: 440.996.0040Cell: [email protected]

Denise Reading

Dr. Reading’s lifelong vision has been to close the talent gap that exists in the world by enabling businesses and organizations to become more innovative, more productive, and thus more profitable by investing in their most valuable resource, their people. Throughout her career as a record-breaking sales representative with Proctor & Gamble, an award-winning fundraiser at Baldwin-Wallace College, as President of Cuyahoga Community College’s Corporate College and, most recently, as the founder and President of Global Corporate College, Dr. Reading has been devoted to creating possibilities. She has worked tirelessly to impact the economics of America one business at a time. Global Corporate College is a consortium of community colleges across the country that, in conjunction with several foreign partners, has created a vehicle to provide consistent workforce training and development for businesses not only across America, but throughout the world. Dr. Reading received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Arkansas, her master’s degree from Bowling Green State University, and her Ph.D. from Kent State University. She is credited with raising several million dollars for institutional and development goals in higher education. Dr. Reading regularly serves on boards and advisory committees related to economic development, educational access, and the advancement of urban planning.

Industry: Consulting/Professional Services, Professional Training


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: CBC Magazine, Nortech, Governors Worldforce Advisory Board, Bowling Green State University, Kent State University

Volunteer/Community Involvement: YWCA of Cleveland, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve

Awards/Honors: YWCA Woman of Achievement, Rainmaker, Kaleidoscope Magazine Award, Outstanding Alumni Award, Bowling Green State University & Kent State University

Education: BA, University of Arkansas; MA, Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., Kent State University Higher Education


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Jill Rizika

Jill Rizika is executive director of Towards Employment, responsible for the overall operations of $6.4 million non-profit agency with 65 staff which delivers quality employment services for low-income Greater Clevelanders, and helps local businesses fill their staffing needs. The agency helps over 3000 individuals every year prepare for a job, find a job, keep a job or advance in a career. She transformed an innovative job retention program into a revenue-generating stream for the agency; and strengthened programming to meet the employment needs of individuals with a criminal background, doubling the number of people placed in jobs on an annual basis. She has overseen implementation of an employer driven job training model that successfully connects residents of economically distressed neighborhoods to anchor employer jobs; as well as a national demonstration grant, WorkAdvance, that resulted in higher earnings for low-income participants relative to a control group. In 2015, Towards Employment launched a social enterprise, Bloom Artisan Bakery & Café which has generated 15 jobs to date for Towards Employment graduates. In 2014, Ms. Rizika was recognized as a White House “Champion of Change” for her work on creating employment opportunities for individuals involved in the criminal justice system and received the Pillar Award for non-profit Executive Director of the year. In 2016 she was named a Northeast Ohio “Smart 50” executive by Smart Business magazine. Prior to moving to Cleveland, Ms. Rizika spent 15 years working in international development for several international organizations, including the United Nations Development Program. She has a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a Masters in Public and International Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. She lives in Cleveland Heights with her husband, Joe, 2 daughters Alex and Cayla, and their dog Casey.

Industry: Nonprofit

Functional Specialty: Workforce Development

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Bloom Artisan Bakery & Cafe

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Towards Employment

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2012 (serves on the Selection Committee), Cleveland Bridge Builders Class of 2005, Strategic Functions Com-mittee and Young Adult Resource Council, Cleveland/Cuyahoga Workforce Development Board

Awards/Honors: White House Champion of Change for Reentry and Employment, Pillar Award for non-profit Executive Director of the Year, Smart Business Magazine Northeast Ohio “Smart 50” Executive

Education: BA - Dartmouth College, MPA - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and Interna-tional Affairs, Princeton University

Member Since: 2017

Executive DirectorTowards Employment1255 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115Phone: 216.696.5750 Cell: [email protected]

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COO, The Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund & Asia

Pacific FundThe Riverside Company50 Public Square, 29th FloorCleveland, OH 44113Phone: 216.344.0150 Cell: [email protected]

Peggy Roberts



Volunteer/Community Involvement: The Onaway School - Treasurer; Great Lakes Sci-ence Center - HR Task Force, Fairmount Prebyterian Church - Chair of Stewardship

Education: B.S., Georgetown University; M.B.A., The Darden School - University of Virginia


Ms. Peggy Roberts joined Riverside in 2004 and is currently Chief Operating Officer Riverside’s largest fund, the Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund (“RCAF”) and for Riverside’s Asia Fund (“RAF”). As COO, Ms. Roberts has responsibility for the full breadth of organizational initiatives and priorities within the fund, including: management of the fund’s Human Capital (talent selection, performance management, and compensation systems); meeting with RCAF’s key investors on an ongoing basis and supporting fundraising as needed; driving marketing and deal origination initiatives; and managing due diligence tools and third party relationships. Ms. Roberts also has administrative oversight of the fund’s budget and portfolio performance monitoring. Prior to becoming COO in January 2011, Ms. Roberts was Managing Director of Organizational Development, a role she held from 2005-2010. As head of the firm’s Organizational Development area, she was in charge of Human Resources, IT, and Strategic Planning for Riverside, globally. During that period she participated in the planning and execution of the launch of two new fund products for Riverside, the opening of seven new offices, and the hiring of over 60 investing and operating professionals at all levels of the organization. Ms. Roberts was instrumental in introducing automation to many parts of Riverside’s back office, in areas such as human resources, deal sourcing, investor relations and accounting. Prior to joining Riverside, Ms. Roberts spent two years as an Associate at Harris Williams & Co. and also worked at Robertson Stephens Inc. as a Senior Associate in the corporate finance, software division after earning her MBA with distinction from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia (2001). Prior to earning her MBA, Ms. Roberts worked as a consultant for four years in the Washington, DC office of Accenture, where she focused on business process and change management projects in the Telecommunications industry. She holds a BS in German from Georgetown University (1995).

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General CounselBeck Aluminum International, LLC6150 Parkland Blvd.Paragon II, Suite 260Mayfield Heights, OH 44124Phone: 440.684.2980Cell: [email protected]

Jean R. Robertson, Esq.

Jean began her legal career in Pittsburgh, PA working in the areas of corporate bankruptcy, financial restructuring and litigation, primarily in the steel industry. After moving to Cleveland in 1997, Jean continued her legal practice in the area of financial restructuring and insolvency in a wide range of special situations for her clients. Jean has earned a national reputation for her skills in this demanding field of practice and she knows how to leverage these skills in practical and cost-effective ways for her clients. Jean has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America, an Ohio Super Lawyer by Cincinnati Magazine and a Leading Lawyer by Inside Business Magazine, as well as one of the top 50 woman lawyers in Ohio. Jean has also been identified as one of America’s leading lawyers for restructuring by Chambers USA, and she has an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.After 22 years in private practice, Jean turned her attention to Beck Aluminum International, LLC , where she continues to serve as its General Counsel. Beck Aluminum is a family operated company and it one of the largest primary aluminum distributor in North America. In this capacity, Jean has first-hand experience with contract management, compliance, governance, human resources and risk management. Before joining Beck Aluminum, Jean was a partner and at the law firm of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, and she has served on a variety of non-profit boards including the American Heart Association and the Cleveland Zoological Society. In 2019, Jean opened a small legal practice, J. Rowley Robertson LLC, so that she could leverage her skills and general counsel experience for the benefit of her other corporate clients.

Industry: Commodity/MetalsFunctional Specialty: LawCurrent Non-Profit Board Affiliations: American Heart Association, In Counsel With WomenVolunteer/Community Involvement: Volunteer Pro Bono Legal Services, Ameri-can Heart Association, St. Paul’s Episcopal ChurchAwards/Honors: Named one of the “Best Lawyers in America,” Ohio Super Lawyer by Cincinnati Magazine & Northern Ohio Live, “Leading Lawyer” by Inside Business Magazine, Top 50 Woman Lawyers in Ohio, “Outstanding Young Bankruptcy Attorney” Turnarounds and Workouts, “Leader in her field of law” by Chambers USA, “Ohio Super Lawyer,” Cincinnati Magazine, AV Peer Review rated by Martindale-HubbellEducation: The Ohio State University College of Law, J.D., 1990; The Ohio State University, B.A. cum laude, 1986Founding Member

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Retired Vice President Organizational Effectiveness

The Sherwin-Williams Company 1 Creek Ridge Rocky River, OH 44116 Cell: 440-503-5642nrodeno @gmail.com

Nancy G. Rodeno

Nancy Rodeno recently retired as the Vice President, Oganizational Effectiveness for The Sherwin-Williams Company.Headquartered in Cleveland, OH, Sherwin-Williams is an eleven billion dollar global leader in the paint and coatings industry and has 47,000 employees globally. Her twenty three years experience at Sherwin-Williams includes enterprise wide global talent development, senior succession planning, leadership education / learning and development strategies , organizational development and change strategies, facilitating large-scale strategic excellence initiatives and employee engagement and culture building strategies. Fortune Magazine named Sherwin-Williams to their “100 Best Companies to Work For” in 2005, 2006 and 2008.Nancy holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from Bowling Green State University, Ohio and a Masters of Science in Organizational Development from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Saint Joseph Academy

Education: BS, Education, Bowling Green State University; Master of Science - Organizational Development, Case Western Reserve University


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Chief Development OfficerCleveland Metroparks4101 Fulton PkwyCleveland, OH 44144Phone:216.635.3215 Cell: 216.577.1850Cell: [email protected]

Natalie Ronayne

Natalie Ronayne joined the staff of Cleveland Metroparks as its first Chief Development Officer in November of 2016. Natalie’s role is to provide leadership and direction to all aspects of the fundraising activities of the park district, including individual giving, grants, and planned giving. Having spent over a decade as the president of Cleveland Botanical Garden and several years as director of parks for the city of Cleveland, Natalie combines her passion for nature and conservation with her leadership and fundraising experience to build the first development office in Cleveland Metroparks’ 100-year history. Prior to Cleveland Metroparks, Natalie co-led the merger of Cleveland Botanical Garden with Holden Arboretum, the first merger of its kind in the country, and served as the newly combined Holden Forests and Gardens’ Executive Vice President. Although Natalie has dedicated her career to the non-profit and public sectors, she enjoyed launching her career in the private sector, consulting at Deloitte & Touche and Davey Resource Group. Natalie serves on the board of Hawken School, and is a regular volunteer for Birchwood School of Hawken, where her children attend. She is a member of the 2008 class of Leadership Cleveland. Natalie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Wittenberg University, and a Master of Environmental Policy and Management from Indiana University. She lives in the Edgewater neighborhood of Cleveland with her husband Chris, President of University Circle, Inc., and their two children.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: In Counsel With Women, Holden Parks Trust, Cleveland Mall Beautification Fund

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland, Birchwood School, Natu-ral Resources Assistance Council, Old Stone Church

Awards/Honors: Smart Living Award - Judson Services Inc. 2014, Crain’s “40 Under 40” 2008, “Who to Watch in Non Profits” 2013

Education: Wittenberg University - BA, Indiana University - MPA, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Certificate Course, CWRU Weatherhead School Leadership Deep Dive


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Claire Rosacco

Claire Rosacco is a native Clevelander and one of Cleveland’s biggest advocates. Currently, she is the Vice President of Government Relations and Community Outreach at Cuyahoga Community College. She began her career working as an assistant Press Secretary and then Press Secretary to former Cleveland Mayor George Voinovich from 1979 to 1989. Claire also served as Governor Voinovich’s Regional Economic Development Representative for Northeast Ohio. She worked on many projects including the renovation of the Terminal Tower, the creation of the Inner Harbor, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, The Wyndham Hotel, Pierre’s Ice Cream headquarters, and the Applied Industrial Technologies headquarters. Claire has also worked as Vice President of the Public Sector Group at KeyBank, a division she helped form for the company. Her clients included the State of Ohio., The U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Treasury Department, and the National Park Service, to name a few. When the opportunity came to work with Cuyahoga Community College, she couldn’t resist. Claire loves to work in Columbus and Washington, D.C., representing the College. Claire is the first Ohioan to receive the National Edwin Crawford Award for Innovation for her work with government relations from four higher education associations including the Council For Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). What she is most proud of is her family, daughters Megan and Brooke and her husband, Dr. Phil Wallace.

Industry: Higher Education/Government Relations

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Past Chair – Voices for Ohio’s Children; 2015 Chair of the National Government Relations Task Force for Higher Educa-tion; Member League of Women Voters; 2002/2003 President of the City Club of Cleveland

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland; Kiwanis Club of Pepper Pike; Garfield Memorial Church

Awards/Honors: National 2008 Edwin Crawford Award for Innovation in Govern-ment Relations; Belle Sherwin Award from the League of Women Voters 2008; YWCA Career Woman of Excellence 2006

Founding Member

Vice President ,Government Relations & Community

OutreachCuyahoga Community College700 Carnegie AvenueCleveland, OH 44115-2878Phone: 216.987.4804Cell: [email protected]

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PresidentDix & Eaton200 Public Square, Suite 1400Cleveland, OH 44114 Phone: [email protected]

Lisa Rose

Lisa Rose heads Dix & Eaton’s investor relations practice, with responsibility for the delivery and continued enhancement of a broad-ranging portfolio of services and capabilities that includes shareholder communications, corporate governance counsel, investor targeting, proxy contests and shareholder activism, M&A/IPO communications, bankruptcy communications, IR websites and digital strategies, annual reports, corporate sustainability reports, employee education, and IR program assessment and measurement. A senior managing director of the firm, Lisa is a member of its Leadership Committee and Board of Directors. Drawing on more than 20 years of varied corporate and agency experience in investor relations, internal communications, corporate communications, and accounting and finance, Lisa advises clients on a full range of strategic communications matters, including divestitures, mergers, acquisitions and leadership transitions. In 2012, she received the YWCA Greater Cleveland’s Women of Achievement Award, which celebrates the extraordinary accomplishments of women in Northeast Ohio. Before joining Dix & Eaton in 1996, Lisa was with Associated Estates Realty Corporation, where she served as manager of investor relations and was responsible for the design and implementation of the investor relations program for the newly public real estate investment trust. Earlier, Lisa was a financial analyst at Reliance Electric Company. Her responsibilities included extensive participation in taking the company public. Lisa provided management and the Board of Directors with extensive financial analysis on the company and its peer group. Lisa is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of CPAs and National Investor Relations Institute. She is also a board member of the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Presidents’ Council Foundation, College Now and Saint Joseph Academy; former president of the board for Towards Employment; and a member of Leadership Cleveland Class of 2009.


Functional Specialty: Strategic Communications

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, Saint Joseph Acad-emy, College Now, The President’s Council Foundation, In Counsel With Women

Volunteer/Community Involvement: National Investor Relations Institute, American Insti-tute of CPA’s, Leadership Cleveland Class of 2009

Awards/Honors: 2012 YWCA Woman of Achievement, 2009 Athena Award Finalist

Education: B.S. in Business - Cleveland State University, CPA


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Vice President McMaster-Carr200 Aurora Industrial ParkwayAurora, OH 44202Phone: [email protected]

Traci Rourke

Traci Rourke is Vice-President for McMaster-Carr, a large international distributor of industrial supplies. Traci has worked at three of the McMaster-Carr sites over the last 25 years. Starting in New Jersey in their general management program, Traci gained experience in Purchasing, Marketing and Warehouse operations. As she relocated to Chicago, she learned about Finance and in 1995, became the Controller for a new site being opened in Aurora, Ohio. After a few years she moved back to Chicago to play a role in technology during the boom of the late 1990’s. They missed her in Cleveland and in 2001, asked her to return to Ohio as one of the first female officers of the company. Her current role of Vice-President in charge of Finance and Operations includes the responsibility of hundreds of employees and almost a million square feet of distribution space. Traci graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985 where she was involved in gymnastics and track. Traci is an active member of her community. She currently sits on the board of trustees at the YWCA and is vice-chair of the Fund Development committee. She is a member, Deacon and participates on several committees at Fairmount Presbyterian Church. She is a founding partner and past president of Cleveland Social Venture Partners, a venture-based philanthropic organization. Traci has a busy, fun-loving family starting with her entrepreneurial husband, Scot Rourke, who is the president of Elevara. She has three children: Gavin, Finn, and Kayte. They attend Hawken School where Traci is actively involved. As a family, the Rourke’s enjoy traveling, hiking, skiing and just being outdoors. To celebrate her and Scot’s 10 year wedding anniversary, they successfully climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.


Functional Specialty: Operations, Purchasing/Supply Chain, General Man-agement

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: YWCA of Greater Cleveland, Racial Justice Program

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Hawken & Ruffing Montessori Parents Associations

Education: B.S. in Engineering, University of Pennsylvania


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Retired Director BDO26651 Bernwood RoadBeachwood, OH 44122Cell: [email protected]

Patricia Rubin

Patty recently retired as a partner in the assurance services department at BDO where she played an integral role in one of the largest accounting firms in the country.Patty spent her professional career working with privately owned businesses and developed an expertise in a variety of industries, including: manufacturing and distribution companies, service businesses, technology-based businesses, and nonprofit organizations. A graduate of Miami University with a Bachelor of Science in accounting, Patty maintains membership in professional associations such as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Ohio Society of CPAs. Patty currently resides in Beachwood, Ohio.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Hillel Foundation of Miami University

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Beachwood School Board Audit Committee,Case Western Reserve University Accounting Advisory Board, Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Active Volunteer

Awards/Honors: Speaker at national CPA convention

Education: BS in Business, Miami University


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PresidentJewish Federation of ClevelandJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel

Building25701 Science Park DriveBeachwood, OH 44122Phone: 216.593.2867Cell: [email protected]

Erika Rudin-Luria

Industry: NonProfit


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Berman Jewish Databank Oversight Committee, Cleveland Chesed Center, Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, David and Inez Myers Founda-tion

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Gross Schecter Day School - Nominating Committee, volunteer; B’nai Jeshurun, Mandel JCC

Awards/Honors: Mandel Institute Executive Leadership Fellow

Education: MSW - Columbia University, MA in Judaic Studies - The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, BA on Politics - Brandeis University, University of London Goldsmiths College


Erika B. Rudin-Luria is President of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland. She is only the fifth person to hold this title in the Federation’s 115-year history. Most recently, Erika served as the organization’s Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, in which she oversaw the Federation’s strategic planning, community development, allocations, governance and marketing functions. In this capacity, she provided the vision and direction to drive the organization’s planning and research agendas as well as to develop solutions for evolving community needs. Over the years, Erika has held a wide range of positions of increasing responsibility. She first joined the Federation in 2001 as a Supporting Foundations Manager, Endowment and Foundations. She began her career as a Project Coordinator with UJA-Federation of New York. Erika received her Bachelor of Arts in Politics from Brandeis University. Sheearned her Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University’s School of Social Work and her Master of Arts in Judaic Studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. She and her husband, Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria, live in Pepper Pike, Ohio with their two sons, Jacob and Ari.

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Vice President Industry & Government Affairs

The J.M. Smucker CompanyStrawberry LaneOrrville, Ohio 44667Phone: 330.684.3783 Cell: [email protected]

Julia Sabin

Julia Sabin is the Vice President, Industry and Government Affairs for the J.M. Smucker Company. Prior to this appointment, Julia Sabin was the Vice President and General Manager for Smucker Natural Foods, Inc. Among many professional activities, Julia’s key leadership roles have included: Chair of the Board for the Organic Trade Association for three years and Chair of the Board for the Chico Chamber of Commerce. She grew up and has spent most of her career in Chico, but has recently relocated to Ohio. Julia resides in Akron with her husband, Darryl Stephens. They have two children – a daughter, Brooke and a son, Jessie.


Functional Specialty: Industry/Government/Sustainability

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: In Counsel With Women, National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board (NAREEE), U.S. Army War College, National Security Seminar, Carlisle Bar-racks, Pa, June 2012, Harvard Business School Executive Education 2007,Ac-companied Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, on Trade Mission to Japan, 2010, Board Member, Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Organic Trade Association, 2004 to present, Chair of the Board, 2008 to 2011,Executive Committee Member, 2005 to present,Co-Chair Annual Fund Committee, 2005 to present, Organization Redesign Committee Member, 2003 to 2004,Board Member and Chair (2009), Chico Chamber of Commerce, 2004 to 2011,Advisory Committee, California State University, Chico, Ca, Dept. of Food and Nutrition,Mayor’s Business Advi-sory Council, Chico, Ca

Awards/Honors: 2012 Leadership Award for the Organic Trade Association, 2010 Jeanne Pose Award – Exemplary Service to the Chico Community, 2009 CEPCO Chairman’s Award, 2009 Butte College Outstanding Alumni

Education: Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1983


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PresidentYour HR Partner LLCHarmony Horsing LLC7619 McCreary Rd.Seven Hills, OH 44131Cell: [email protected]

Regina Sacha-Ujczo

After 30 successful years in corporate human resources, Regina Sacha-Ujczo created two unique businesses leveraging her vast corporate experiences, successes and passions. “Your HR Partner, LLC” provides strategic HR/Business perspective and assists companies, teams, and individuals in elevating the effectiveness of their strategy, functioning, structure, productivity, development, Wellness, HR function and people practices. “Harmony Horsing, LLC” leverages 35 years of equestrian pursuits and focuses upon the quest for Dressage Excellence and providing professional Marketing/PR/Website management to the dressage horsing community. Regina is also a Freelance Feature Writer for The Ohio Equestrian Directory and NODA News.Formerly as Vice President of Human Resources and Learning and Performance at FedEx Custom Critical, Regina led strategic and cutting-edge HR and Learning and Development for over a decade. Under her vision and leadership, Team HR provided a high level of strategic intervention and developed award-winning and innovative people systems. These initiatives were designed to leverage human capital and elevate the level of service provided to internal and external customers. Regina enhanced and improved FedEx Custom Critical’s selection and employee listening systems. She led the development of organizational core competencies and orchestrated a workplace wellness study with PURELL® that positively impacted absenteeism rates along with employee morale and productivity. Regina also created the “Enrichment Zone” an employee learning center featuring more than 1,200 books, CD’s and abundant online learning courses. She was the driving force in shaping an inclusive company culture promoting empowerment. This “People First!” focus earned numerous awards including the prestigious NorthCoast99 Award six times and the specialty “Diamond Award” on several occasions.Regina Sacha-Ujczo is a zealous leader, motivational speaker and effective change master. Her passion and “win/win” orientation towards problem solving, coupled with her candor, equip her as an impactful speaker, facilitator, and refreshing principal consultant.She is active as church organist/soloist and involved in wellness-centered lectures and pet therapy for the aged. Also, she devotes her training and motivational expertise to adult amateur and young rider dressage education. Regina and her husband, Edy Ujczo reside both in Seven Hills, OH and Maitland, FL with their spirited animal family of two dogs and three horses!

Industry: Consulting/Professional Services - Human Resources, Equine Freelance Writer/Website Developer

Functional Specialty: Human Resources, General Management

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: NODA

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Pet Therapy, Organist/soloist at St. Anthony of Padua

Awards/Honors: 2014 Marquis “Who’s Who in America” 68th Edition, NorthCoast99 Award six times, “Diamond Award” and specialty categories on numerous occasions, USDF Bronze & Silver Medalist, USDF Bronze Diploma

Education: BA, Cleveland State University; Certified Myers-Briggs & Emotional Intelligence; Post Grad work at Case Weatherhead School of Management


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Valerie Gentile Sachs

Valerie is responsible for OM Group’s worldwide legal matters. She also has oversight responsibility for Internal Audit and Environment, Health, Safety and Security. Valerie joined OM Group in September 2005. Prior to joining OM Group, she served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Jo-Ann Stores, Inc., a US-based retailer. Before that, she was General Counsel of Marconi plc, a London-based, global communications and IT company. Prior to assuming the top legal role at Marconi, she served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Marconi Communications Inc., and senior Associate Counsel at the former M.A. Hanna Company, a specialty chemical company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. She began her career with the law firm of Arter & Hadden and later was with the law firm of Baker & Hostetler. Valerie and her husband Chris reside in Pepper Pike, Ohio, where they have lived since 1998.


Functional Specialty: Law, Executive

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Rescue Village

Education: BA with honors, Bowling Green State University; JD, Case Western Reserve University School of Law (member of Law Review and a DeWitt Scholar)


Vice President - General Counsel & Secretary

OM Group, Inc.Flats East Bank Building950 Main AvenueSuite 1300Cleveland, OH 44113Phone: [email protected]

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Senior AdvisorCalfee Halter & GriswoldThe Calfee Building1405 East Sixth StreetCleveland, OH 44114-1607Phone: 216.622.8449Cell: [email protected]

Cynthia Vrsansky Schulz

In her encore career, Cindy brings to the Calfee law firm and its clients executive experience in strategic communication, community relations, and crisis management. An accomplished writer and communicator, she has spent 40 years working with CEOs of public and private companies, professional service firms, and large nonprofit organizations. Her skills range from advising leaders to leading high-stakes communication during mergers, acquisitions, downsizings, and crises to writing speeches and annual reports. She led public affairs and strategy for eight years at the Cleveland Foundation and spent 15 years at investor and public relations firm Dix & Eaton, rising to senior managing director and the first woman to serve on its leadership committee. Her early career flourished at Diamond Shamrock Corp. as the key public relations executive for Cleveland-based operations. She writes a blog at BaloneyMacaroni.com, featuring a collection of stories on living a wonderful life with special needs by not taking no for an answer! She and her husband of 40 years, Rick, have four adult children and two grandchildren.

Industry: Professional Services

Functional Specialty: Strategic communication and community affairs

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Southwest General Health Center (chair), member of Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Past president of the Union Club of Cleve-land, founding chair of In Counsel With Women, founder of Adapted Sports for Kids

Awards/Honors: YWCA Woman of Achievement, Public Relations Society of America Lighthouse Award for lifetime achievement, Kent State School of Journal-ism Distinguished Alumna, Leadership Cleveland 2003, Crain’s Cleveland Busi-ness Woman of Note, Northern Ohio Live Rainmaker, Brooklyn High School Hall of Fame

Education: B.A. in Journalism, magna cum laude, Kent State University

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Deborah Severs

Deborah Severs is Senior Vice President, Global Ethics and Compliance for Eaton, a global diversified power management company. In her role she is responsible for developing, implementing and directing a global ethics and compliance program that leverages the Eaton Business System, reinforces Eaton’s commitment to being a values-based enterprise and ensures that its ethics and values are integrated into its business practices consistently around the world. She began at Eaton in 1984 as a Corporate Attorney, and throughout her career held various roles of increasing responsibility. Deborah was named to her position in 2003. She lives in Bath, Ohio and is the mother of two sons. Eaton is a power management company with 2013 sales of $22.0 billion. Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton has approximately 101,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com.


Functional Specialty: Law; Ethics & Compliance

Current Board Affiliations: Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excel-lence Advisory Board; NE Ohio Regional Board – Teach for America

Education: BA, The Ohio State University; JD, The University of Akron


Senior Vice President-Global Ethics & Compliance

Eaton1000 Eaton BoulevardCleveland, OH 44122Phone: [email protected]

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2212 El Molino Avenue#M343Altadena, CA 91001Cell: [email protected]

Wendy Shiba


Functional Specialty: Law & Corporate Board Governance

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: American Bar Association, Rule of Law Initiative; National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Leadership Advisory Council and Past President; Japanese American National Museum, Executive Committee and Chair of Devel-opment Committee

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Asian Pacific Islanders with Disabilities; Collabora-tive Bar Leadership Academy; Just the Beginning Foundation; Japanese American National Museum; U.S.-Japan Council

Awards/Honors: 2019 O’Melveny & Myers Warren Christopher Values Award, 2016 Ameri-can Bar Association Liberty Achievement Award, 2014 American Bar Association Spirit of Excellence Award, 2014 Corporate Counsel Women of Color Diamond Award, 2010 Most Powerful and Influential Women in California, 2010 Japanese American Leadership Delega-tion, 2009 National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Trailblazer Award, 2007 YWCA Woman of Achievement Award, 2007 Inaugural Class of DirectWomen Board Institute

Education: BS, Michigan State University; JD, Temple University School of Law

Founding Member

Wendy Shiba is a retired corporate attorney and business executive whose career included private practice, teaching, government service, and serving as an executive officer of three NYSE-listed companies (Executive VP, General Counsel and Secretary of KB Home; Senior VP, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of PolyOne Corporation; and VP, Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of Bowater Incorporated). Earlier, she was Corporate Chair of the City of Philadelphia Law Department; arbitrator for the Philadelphia Stock Exchange; a tenured Associate Professor of Law at Temple University School of Law; in private practice in the Los Angeles and New York offices of O’Melveny & Myers; law clerk to Justice Stanley Mosk on the Supreme Court of California; and a teacher in the federal Head Start program. She is co-author of the treatise, Pennsylvania Corporation Law and Practice. Wendy served on the ICWW Board of Directors from 2003- 2007 and was Secretary from 2005-2007. She is a member of the American Bar Association House of Delegates and Past President of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, serves on the Board of Trustees for the Japanese American National Museum and the Board of Directors for the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative, and has held board and leadership positions with numerous professional and non-profit organizations. Wendy was born in Cleveland and earned her B.S. in Social Science and Mathematics from Michigan State University and her J.D. from Temple University School of Law, where she graduated first in her class and was Articles Editor of the Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Board. She is married to Lawrence Pittman.

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Patty Shlonsky

Patty is Partner-In-Charge of Ulmer & Berne’s Cleveland office, where she oversees the office’s development, client service, business and operations effort. She serves on the firm’s Management and Compensation Committees, and chairs the Employee Benefits and Tax Practice Groups. She maintains a nationally regarded employee benefits practice, and advises clients on compliance issues, benefits issues arising from mergers and acquisitions, privacy and data security issues under HIPAA, health benefits, and executive compensation. She is the Vice President of the Cuyahoga County Public Library Board of Trustees, and chairs the Board’s Finance Committee. She serves as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Policy and Program Advisory Committee for the Center for Community Solutions, and is a board member of BVU: The Center For Nonprofit Excellence and The City Club. Patty earned her B.A. from Miami University, her J.D., with honors, from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, and is a member of Leadership Cleveland, Class of 2012. Patty is an avid reader and edits a book review blog - FromBriefsToBooks.com<http://www.frombriefstobooks.com/. She lives in Shaker Heights with her husband, Steve Hinkle, and their Wheaten Terrier, Cooper.

Industry: Law


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Cuyahoga County Public Library Vice President; The Center for Community Solutions Vice Chair; BVU: The Center for Nonprofit Excellence; The City Club of Cleveland

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2012; The Cleveland Jewish Community Federation - Retirement Plan Committee member

Awards/Honors: Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business “Leaders in Their Field” in Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation for Ohio 2007-2016; Best Lawyers Litigation ERISA “Lawyer of the Year” in Cleveland, 2017; Best Lawyers Employee Benefits ERISA “Lawyer of the Year” in Cleveland, 2015; Best Lawyers in America Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law & Litigation - ERISA 2003-2017; Profiles in Diversity Journal “Woman Worth Watching” 2016; Lexology Client Choice Award 2016; Ohio Super Lawyers 2004-2009 & 2011-2017; AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated - Martindale -Hubbell; Crain’s Cleveland Business “Woman of Note” 2017

Education: BS - Miami University; JD with honors - The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law


Partner-In-Charge, Cleveland Office and Chair - Tax Group and Employee Benefits

Ulmer & Berne1660 West 2nd StreetSuite 1100Cleveland, OH 44113Phone: 216.583.7012Cell: [email protected]

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Founder, Chairman & CEOBright Side, Inc.8300 Wembley CourtChagrin Falls, OH 44023Cell: 216.509.1442Cell: [email protected]

Donna Rae Smith

Donna Rae Smith has forged a career and an enterprise by teaching leaders to master change. For Ms. Smith, it is never enough to react to change: today’s leaders must embody the habits necessary to embrace and lead change. As the Founder and CEO of Bright Side, Inc., a globally recognized, ground-breaking behavioral strategy consulting company, Ms. Smith has pioneered a highly sought after proprietary system for preparing leaders, teams, and entire organizations to thrive in a ever evolving global business environment. At the cutting edge of behavioral strategies for business leaders, and for the past 30 years, Bright Side continues to customize personal team and organizational leader development workshops, coaching, and processes that rapidly accelerate gap closure. Bright Side’s portable behavioral tools can be used anywhere, anytime. The Bright Side approach is grounded in a disciplined methodology for continuous personal learning: including new ways of acting, responding and behaving in the face of change. These are, according to Ms. Smith, “…the foundational tools for surviving and thriving in a new era.” Bright Side’s track record of measurable results has been nothing shy of extraordinary. The company has played a pivotal role in the strategic development of some of the most influential corporations in the world, including Procter and Gamble, Gillette, Rockwell Automation, BASF, Coty, Inc., The Dow Chemical Company, Jamba Juice, and IBM. Bright Side has prepared these companies and many others to solve unprecedented tasks and challenges relative to a new way of doing business. Bright Side’s clients are better prepared for changes as they are more nimble and agile in the economic landscape and more dimensionally competitive. Ms. Smith has authored Bright Side books and writes a column and blogs on behavioral strategies for Smart Business.


Functional Specialty: General Management/Strategic Change

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: MHSI International

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: American Red Cross, Recovery Resources, NEOVETS

Volunteer/Community Involvement: American Heart Association Go Red for Women and Tiffany Circle of The American Red Cross, 2013 Chair of the American Heart Association Circle of Red, Network of Executive Women, Design and Architecture of the American Red Cross Returning Veterans Strategy program, Co-Host of the April, 2013 PBS television program, Taking Control of Your Heart, Chair, American Red Cross Hero Awards event

Awards/Honors: University of Michigan Ross Business School Center or Positive Orga-nizations guest lecturer; Author, Building Your Bright Side and The Power of Building Your Bright Side

Education: BA - Communications, University of Michigan


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Partner-In-Charge, ClevelandThompson Hine LLP127 Public SquareSuite 3900Cleveland, OH 44114Phone: [email protected]

Robyn Minter Smyers

Robyn Minter Smyers is the Partner-in-Charge of the Cleveland office of Thompson Hine LLP, a law firm ranked among the top firms nationally for excellent client service and providing value for the dollar. Robyn practices in Thompson Hine’s Real Estate, Construction and Corporate Practice Groups, where she focuses on commercial real estate acquisitions and sales, development, financing, leasing, construction and corporate transactions. The coordination of complex transactions, including ground-up development deals and multi-site, multi-state acquisitions and divestitures, are her forte. Her practice has a particular focus on shopping center deals, urban redevelopment projects and public-private-partnership transactions. Robyn is known for her advocacy of causes that improve the quality of life in Northeast Ohio. She serves on the boards of many non-profit and civic organizations, including The George Gund Foundation, The City Club of Cleveland, Museum of Contemporary Art – Cleveland (MOCA), The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio, and The African-American Philanthropy Committee of the Cleveland Foundation. She also is an active supporter of the Group Plan Commission, which is re-developing Cleveland’s Public Square. Robyn holds a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School.Robyn is married to Bert Smyers (Managing Principal, New Heights Research) and is the mother of three children, Thomas (age 14) and twins Shannon and Charlotte (age 11). She loves to travel, read and take photos.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation; The Center for Population Dynamics, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University; The George Gund Foundation;African-American Philanthropy Committee, Cleveland Foundation; The City Club of Cleveland; Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Cleveland;The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio

Awards/Honors: The Best Lawyers in America®, Real Estate Law, 2010-2017; Ohio Super Lawyers, 2013, 2016, 2017; Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Real Estate, Ohio, 2016; The Legal 500, Real Estate, 2014, 2015; “Who to Watch in Law,” Crain’s Cleveland Business, 2014; Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2007, 2009 Listed in “The Power 100 – Northeast Ohio’s Most Influential CEOs, Politicians & Civic Leaders,” Community Leader magazine, 2016; Listed in “Most Influential Black Lawyers,” Savoy magazine, 2015; Listed in the “2014 Power 100 List” identifying the 100 individuals who most influence, Northeast Ohio’s economy, Inside Business

Education: BA - Communications, University of Michigan


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PresidentCLS Consulting LLC6129 E Law RoadValley City, OH 44280-9771 Cell: [email protected]

Cindy Steeb

Cindy L. Steeb is president of CLS Consulting LLC. Prior, she was executive vice president and chief legal counsel at MTD Holdings Inc., a single family office serving the needs of the shareholders of a privately held corporation. Simultaneously, Cindy acts as President of a Wyoming unregulated private trust company she established to manage family legacy trusts. In addition, she serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for Biltmore Trust Company, a South Dakota based public trust company. Cindy received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. She is admitted to practice law in Ohio, Florida, Wyoming and South Dakota. Her Bachelor of Arts degree is in Business Economics from the College of Wooster where she graduated With Honors and Phi Beta Kappa. She also has a Master of Business Administration with a Marketing Concentration from DePaul University where she graduated With Distinction. Prior to her law career, Cindy worked at Proctor & Gamble in sales before joining United Airlines. She held a variety of positions with increasing responsibility in the Sales and Marketing division of United Airlines. After working for United, she joined Apollo Travel Services, a subsidiary of United Airlines, where she held strategic planning positions in the Customer Service division. Cindy is also committed to giving back to her community through working with charities. Currently, she is President of the Board of Hospice of Medina County. She is also an active volunteer with American Brittany Rescue having fostered over 25 dogs. In 2009, Cindy was a recipient of the Medina County YWCA Women of Distinction award. Welcome Back Ranch, LLC is Cindy’s personal business venture specializing in boarding for retired horses. Her business plan centers on providing high quality care for senior horses to live out their lives in a herd environment on her sixty-five acre farm in Valley City.


Functional Specialty: Law & Family Office Governance

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Chair, Board of Directors Biltmore Trust Company

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: President, Hospice of Medina County

Vounteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Medina County

Awards/Honors: Medina County YWCA Women of Distinction Award - 2009

Education: JD - Cleveland Marshall College of Law (Magna Cum Laude), MBA - DePaul University (with Distinction, Management Service Award for outstanding management student), BA - The College of Wooster (honors, Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society)


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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerFederal Reserve Bank of ClevelandP.O. Box 6387Cleveland, OH 44101-1387Phone: 216.579.3056Cell: 216.225.9960 [email protected]

Susan Steinbrick

Susan Steinbrick is senior vice president and chief financial officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. She is responsible for leading financial support services, information technology, information security, and business continuity. Ms. Steinbrick joined the Bank in 2009 as vice president and general auditor. She was appointed senior vice president and general auditor in 2011 and to her current position in February, 2012. Prior to joining the Bank, Ms. Steinbrick held the position of senior vice president and assistant general auditor at KeyCorp. She had responsibility for internal audit activities related to finance, treasury capital markets, administrative support, and corporate compliance functions, as well as enterprise-wide model validation. Ms. Steinbrick was also responsible for internal audit’s professional practices function. A native Clevelander, Ms. Steinbrick holds a bachelor’s degree in international business from Lake Erie College, an MBA from Case Western Reserve University. She is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking.



Volunteer/Community Involvement: Northeast Ohio Charter Institute of Internal Auditors Board of Governors

Education: MBA - Case Western Reserve University, American Banker’s Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking, BA - Lake Erie College, CPA, CISA


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Executive Director of Workforce Communication and Community Engagement

Cuyahoga Community CollegeAdvanced Technology Training Center3409 Woodland AvenuePhone: 216.870.0170 [email protected]

Shirley Stineman

Shirley Stineman joined Cuyahoga Community College in March of 2016 as Executive Director of Workforce Communication and Community Engagement. In collaboration with Tri-C’s Integrated Communications department, she and her team are responsible for all marketing strategy and communications for the Workforce, Community and Economic Development (WCED) division of the College. WCED is focused on the economic and educational needs of the community, emphasizing programs that have the highest industry demand. Her role in the community is to establish and strengthen relationships with strategic partners of WCED. Prior to joining Tri-C, Stineman was the Director of Marketing and Community Affairs for the Northeast Ohio Media Group (now Advance Ohio) and The Plain Dealer. She directed the overall marketing function and all external affairs. Stineman held various management positions in Human Resources and Marketing for more than 20 years in these media organizations. Stineman holds two degrees, a Bachelor of Business Administration and Communications from Baldwin Wallace University and a Master of Arts in Psychology from Cleveland State University. She is a 2003 graduate of Leadership Cleveland. Stineman is the immediate past board chair of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank. She is active in the Greater Cleveland community working with civic and non-profit organizations and most recently serving on the boards of the Cleveland Leadership Center and the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission.She was recognized with the 2015 Distinguished Marketing and Sales Award by the Sales and Marketing Executives of Cleveland, received the Silver Medal Award from the American Advertising Federation Cleveland Chapter in 2013, and was named Community Partner of the Year by United Way in 2010. Stineman resides in Westlake, OH with her husband, Terry.

Industry: Education

Functional Specialty: Marketing/Public Relations

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: immediate past Chair of the Greater Cleveland Food Bank

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Co-Chair, Governance Committee, Greater Cleveland Food Bank; Executive Leadership Committee, American Heart Associa-tion Go Red for Women

Awards/Honors: United Way 2010 Community Partner Award; American Advertis-ing Federation 2013 Silver Medal Award; 2015 Sales and Marketing Executives of Cleveland Distinguished Marketing and Sales Award

Education: Bachelor of Business Administration and Communications, Baldwin Wallace University; Master of Arts in Psychology, Cleveland State University

Founding Member

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Partner & Secretary to the General Partnership

Thompson Hine3900 Key Tower127 Public SquareCleveland, Ohio 44114-1216Phone: 216-566-5733Cell: [email protected]

Linda Striefsky

Linda Striefsky focuses her practice at Thompson Hine LLP on real estate, including finance, acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, corporate facilities management, real estate taxation and on outsourcing and procurement. She is co-chair of the Real Estate Finance Team and chair of the Global Sourcing & Procurement Team. Her recent specific services to clients include counsel on mortgage loan financing as well as unsecured loans to real estate-focused companies, such as REITs; portfolio loans and acquisitions and dispositions; leases for major corporate facilities; development with tax incentive programs; shared services and easement agreements in connection with shared industrial facilities; and outsourcing in the business processing sector. She is Secretary to the Thompson Hine partnership and has served as chair of the Lawyer Personnel Committee. Ms. Striefsky is a past President of The American College of Real Estate Lawyers, the premier honorary organization for commercial real estate lawyers in the United States, and has served on its Board and as chair of various committees for many years. She also is a member of the Anglo-American Real Property Institute, which has a membership limited to 50 commercial real estate professionals from each of the United Kingdom and the United States and has been a full member since 1996 of the Urban Land Institute. She is a frequent speaker and moderator for real estate industry groups, such as the International Council of Shopping Centers, The American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the Urban Land Institute.

Industry: Law

Functional Specialty: Real Estate

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Arthritis Foundation, ideastream 1997-2007 & Chair’s Council, 2007-present; The Musical Theater Project Trustee 2002- present

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Urban Land Institute - Full Member; Commercial and Re-tail Development Council; Cleveland District Council Chair (1996 - 2000) and member of Gover-nance, Chairs and Program Committees; Mortgage Bankers Association (Cleveland); Commercial Real Estate Women; American College of Mortgage Attorneys; International Council of Shopping Centers; Planning Committee for Annual Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Michigan Development and Law Seminar; Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association • Real Property Section; Advisory Board, First American Title Insurance Company

Awards/Honors: International Who’s Who of Real Estate Lawyers 2012,International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2013, 2012 Athena Award, Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Real Estate, Ohio, 2003 - 2012, Legal 500 in Real Estate 2011, Super Lawyers including Top 50 Women Ohio Lawyers; Real Estate Lawyers; Top 25 Women Cleveland, Ohio Lawyers by Ohio Super Lawyer magazine, 2005 - 2013, The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law, 1993 - 2013, Commercial Real Estate Woman of Influence 2009 by Real Estate Forum

Education: Marywood College, AB, summa cum laude, Georgetown University, JD


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Partner - Chief Sales & People OfficerDealer Tire LLC7012 Euclid AvenueCleveland, OH 44103Phone:216.432.7880Cell: [email protected]

Cindy Stull

Cindy Stull is the Partner - Chief Sales Officer at Dealer Tire in Cleveland Ohio. Dealer Tire is a $1 billion+ organization and employs over 1000 associates across the U.S. She joined the company in March of 2006. Cindy is a partner in Dealer Tire and is responsible for all sales functions, leading a team of over 400. Cindy has also held the position of Chief People and Strategy Officer within Dealer Tire. Prior to joining Dealer Tire, Cindy was an Officer at Roadway Express, Inc. In her last position at Roadway, she served as the Vice President – Organizational Development, Human Resources, and Industrial Engineering. Roadway was one of the largest transportation providers in the world with $3.5 billion in revenue and over 24,000 employees. It is a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide. Cindy’s areas of expertise include sales, corporate strategy, mobilizing large-scale change initiatives, leadership development and organizational effectiveness. She also assisted the U.S. Navy in conducting Appreciative Inquiry (AI) summits and supported Dr. David Cooperrider of Case Western Reserve University in facilitating an AI summit for the Global Compact at the United Nations. Cindy is a member of Go Red for Women (American Heart Association) and was the 2014 Campaign Chairperson for Cleveland. She is a member of Circle of Red and is a member of the Executive Leadership Team for Go Red. Cindy is also a member of the Dean’s Visiting Committee at Case Western Reserve University. Cindy is a Board Member of the David L Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Leadership at Champlain College in Vermont.

Industry: Automotive

Functional Specialty: Sales & Human Resources

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Case Western Reserve University - Dean’s Visiting Committee, In Counsel With Women

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Executive Leadership Team - “Go Red for Women”, Circle of Red

Education: BS - University of Akron


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Chief Operating Officer, CFOBober Markey Fedorovich3421 Ridgewood RoadSuite 300Akron, OH 44333 Phone: 330.604.4273 Cell: [email protected]

Karyn Sullivan

Karyn has more than 20 years in public accounting with experience in audit and sophisticated business advisory services for large, privately held companies with complex needs, as well as tax planning and compliance for businesses and individuals. She has worked for BMF as an audit senior manager and director of marketing and business development. As COO/CFO, Karyn is charged with focusing on financial metrics and has been instrumental in redefining operational policies and practices. Working alongside the CEO, Karyn concentrates on firm management and operational responsibilities, including financial analysis and performance, and evaluating and implementing practice management best practices. She collaborates with department heads such as information technology, human resources, and the administrative department as well as continuing to contribute to the strategic direction of the firm. Karyn is responsible for the firm’s strategic and marketing planning and implementation, new business development and public relations. She works closely with the partners in identifying and meeting with potential clients as well as ensuring current client satisfaction. As a client service provider, Karyn’s experience included working with our client’s CFO’s and business owners as a business advisor and managing audit engagements for companies with revenues from $20 to $500 million in multiple industries including manufacturing, retail and professional services. Her experience also included corporation, partnership and individual tax preparation as well as transaction advisory services. Karyn focuses on best practices, international needs, market research and practice management in the CPA profession, as well as with the firm’s global affiliates. She has presented to national and global accounting associations on topics related to business development in CPA firms. Karyn joined the firm in 1992 and became COO/CFO in July 2015.



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Conservancy for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park - Finance Committee Chair & Executive Committee

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland - Signature Class 2018-2019, Leadership Akron, Class XXIX, 2013 Graduate, Core Support Committee member

Awards/Honors: Crain’s Cleveland Business Influential Woman in Finance 2017

Education: Bachelor of Business Administration, Ohio University, magna cum laude


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Karen A. Sweeney

Karen Sweeney joined Turner Construction Company in 1980 as a Field Engineer in the Pittsburgh Business Unit upon her graduation from Penn State with a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree. Currently she is Vice President and General Manager of the Maryland Business Unit in Baltimore and has been in that role since 2005. As such, she has overall responsibility for the activities of both office services and project operations. She provides business development and operational management direction to the construction team as the project develops and monitors its progress through her operational teams, monthly reports and periodic site visits. During her career with Turner, Karen started in Pittsburgh as a Field Engineer and then Assistant Superintendent on a 45-story office tower, progressing to Estimating Engineer in the business unit before transferring to the San Diego Business Unit in 1985 as an MEP Coordination Engineer on a complex $60M Hospital renovation and addition in Escondido, California. Karen transferred to the Washington, D.C. Business Unit in 1989 and worked in the Estimating and Purchasing Departments on bid and Cost Guarantee Projects in the Mid-Atlantic region. In 1990, she became a Project Engineer for the American Medical Laboratory Project in Chantilly, Virginia. She was promoted to Project Manager in the Special Projects Division (SPD) in 1993, specializing in tenant fitout and renovation work for law firms and hospitals; and in 1994, was promoted to Senior Project Manager. In 1995, Karen became Manager of SPD and was promoted to Vice President in July 1998, where she led teams for projects with the Navy under NAVFAC, as well as private projects for law firms and small ground-up projects. Karen was promoted to Vice President and General Manager of the Cleveland Ohio Business Unit in 2000, where she lead numerous projects with the Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth Medical Center and Cuyahoga Community College, until March of 2005, when she joined the Maryland Business Unit as Vice President and General Manager.

Industry: ConstructionFunctional Specialty: General Management/OperationsCurrent Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Penn State Engineering Society, PSAE Alumni Board, Greater Baltimore Committee, President’s Advisory Committee, Penn State Architectural Engineering Alumni Board, ULI Execu-tive Committee, Baltimore ChapterVolunteer/Community Involvement: ACS Mentoring, GBC Trans/Infra Task ForceAwards/Honors: MWMCA Prime Contractor of the Year Award, 2009Education: Bachelor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State UniversityFounding Member

Vice President Diversity & InclusionTurner Construction Company250 West Pratt Street, Suite 620Baltimore, MD 21201Phone: 410.715.7240Cell: [email protected]

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Founder & CEOSynergy Marketing Strategy Research Inc.3634 West Market StreetSuite 104Akron, OH 44333Phone:[email protected]

Rachel Talton



Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Positively Cleveland, Cuyahoga County Community College Foundation, JumpStart Inc.

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland, Links, Inc. - Kent area Chapter - Ethics & Standards Chair, Delta Sigman Theta Sorority Inc., Vir-ginia Marti College Advisory Committee

Awards/Honors: NAWBO “Top 10 Women Business Owners in Northeast Ohio” 2010, Athena Award Finalist 2010, Crain’s “Top 40 Under 40”, Who’s Who in Black Cleveland Commendation, Kaleidoscope Magazine’s “Top 40 Under 40 Leaders in Northeast Ohio, Call & Post “Most Influential Business Leaders in Northeast Ohio” 2007, Blue Key Oratory Award, The Mayor of Cleveland Entre-preneur of the Year Award 2003, Minority Business of the Year Award by NOMBC 2004

Education: CWRU Weatherhead School of Management - Doctorate in Manage-ment, Cleveland State University - MBA in Finance, University of Rochester & Cleveland State University - BA in Psychology


Dr. Rachel Talton is CEO of the award-winning firm Synergy Marketing Strategy & Research, Inc. Synergy helps organizations inspire, connect, and engage - to grow. She is also CTO (Chief Transformation Officer) of Flourish Leadership, LLC which provides the company’s signature offering: Transformation Immersion™, as well as executive leadership development offerings to help women leaders and their organizations thrive by leveraging strategic consulting, behavior measurements and the customized Flourish Model of Success™. Dr. Talton serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Positively Cleveland, the Board of Directors of the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation, and JumpStart Inc. She is a member of the Cleveland Bridge Builders Class of 2002, as well as the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2005. Dr. Talton was selected as a finalist for the 2010 Northeast Ohio ATHENA® International Award, the 2010 NAWBO “Top 10 Women Business Owners of Northeast Ohio” Award, Crain’s Cleveland Business “Top Forty Under 40” Award, Kaleidoscope Magazine’s “Top 40-Under-Forty” Award, the Cleveland Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2003), and the Minority Business of the Year Award by NOMBC (2004). Dr. Talton is a proud member of the Links, Inc., and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Dr. Talton has been featured as an expert on ABC News, Fox News, in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Crain’s and MBA Magazine, amongst many others. Her first book, Your Best Life: Your Journey to Flourish in Business and in Life will be published in July 2014. Her second book, Passion Equity: How to Build a World-Class Brand from the Inside Out will be published in early 2015. Dr. Talton earned her Doctorate in Management from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Cleveland State University, as well as a BA in Psychology. Her personal passions include international travel, community service, and public speaking.

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Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

200 Innovation Way Akron, OH 44316Phone: 330.796.0086Cell: [email protected]

Laura Thompson

Laura Thompson was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in December 2013. Over the course of her 30 year career with Goodyear, Thompson has served in a series of financial leadership positions of increasing scope and responsibility. Prior to her current role, she served as Vice President of Finance for Goodyear North America, the company’s largest business. Before that Thompson led M&A activities for the company for several years. She was elected a corporate officer in 2008. Thompson joined Goodyear in 1983 and served in various financial and accounting positions, both in business units and corporate staff, including Finance Manager for Research and Development, Director of Investor Relations, and Finance Director for the North America consumer tire business.Thompson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting in 1987 and a Master of Business Administration degree in finance in 1992, both from The University of Akron. She has maintained active involvement with the university and was awarded the Frank L. Simonetti Distinguished Business Alumni Award in 2011 and the University of Akron Alumni Honor Award in 2015. In 2012, Thompson was named to Treasury & Risk magazine’s list of “30 Outstanding Women in Finance.” She is a member of The University of Akron’s Advancement Council for the College of Business Administration and the Akron Area YMCA’s Board of Trustees. Thompson and her husband Mark have one son and live in North Canton, Ohio.


Functional Specialty: Accounting/Finance, Information Technology

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Akron Area YMCA, University of Akron College of Business Administration Advancement Council

Awards/Honors: University of Akron Alumni Honor Award 2015, Treasury & Risk Magazine “30 Outstanding Women in Finance” 2012, University of Akron Frank L. Simonetti Distinguished Business Alumni Award 2011

Education: Baccalaureate Degree in Accounting - University of Akron, Master’s Degree in Business Administration - University of Akron


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President EmeritusCuyahoga Community College Corporate College East4400 Richmond RoadRoom 123-AWarrensville Hts., OH 44128Phone: 216.987.2850 [email protected]

Jerry Sue Thornton

Industry: Education

Honorary Member

Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton is the former President of Cuyahoga Community College, the largest and oldest community college in Ohio. During her tenure, the College became a leader in educational innovation, workforce training and economic development. She is recognized as “one of the 50 most influential people in Northeast Ohio.”

In the spring of 2011, Dr. Thornton was appointed co-chair of the 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges, a national task force convened by the American Association of Community Colleges.

Dr. Thornton serves on many boards, some of which include the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum; United Way Services; The Greater Cleveland Partnership (Chamber of Commerce), University Hospitals Health Systems; The Playhouse Square Foundation; Cleveland Museum of Art; American Association of Community College Voluntary Framework; The League for Innovation in the Community College; SunGard Executive Advisory Council; Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.; RPM, Inc.; American Greetings Corporation; Community College Leadership Advisory Board; and the Gates Foundation Next Generation Learning Challenges Advisory Board.

Among her many awards and honors are the 2010 American Association of Community College’s Mildred Bulpitt Woman of the Year Award, the Strong Men & Women—Excellence in Leadership, American Council on Education Fellow’s Mentor of the Year Award, Best of the Best African American Female Educators (Phi Delta Kappa), Belle Sherwin Democracy in Action Award, “Spirit of Women” Community Impact Award, The Power 100—Northeast Ohio’s Most Influential People by Inside Business magazine an inductee into the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame and most recently the recipient of the 2012 Visionary Leader Award.

Dr. Thornton began her career as a junior high school teacher in Kentucky, moved on to work at a high school and then became a dean at Triton College in Illinois. In 1985, she became president of Lakewood Community College in Minnesota and continued in that role until she was named to her current position, January 1992.

A native Kentuckian, she earned a bachelor and masters degrees from Murray State University (Kentucky) and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. She is also a graduate of Harvard’s Institute for the Management of Lifelong Education. She holds honorary doctorates from the College of St. Catherine (Minnesota), Youngstown State University, Cleveland State University, The University of Toledo and Baldwin Wallace College all of which are located in the State of Ohio.

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Julie Tutkovics

Julie Tutkovics is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Huntington National Bank. Julie is responsible for corporate communications which includes all internal and external communications, public relations and media relations. She is also responsible for all regional marketing activities, including corporate sponsorships company-wide and customer communications specific to the relationship marketing efforts across the Bank. Prior to joining Huntington through the merger with FirstMerit, Tutkovics served as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, at FirstMerit beginning in November 2010. Before that she served as First Vice President, Director of Product Development at New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (formerly AmTrust Bank). She has also served in a variety of marketing and product leadership roles at Citizens Financial Group/Charter One Bank, Citizens Bank, Fidelity Investments and KeyCorp. Julie earned her undergraduate degree in International Business/Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University. She is a former board member and vice president of the Executive Committee of Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and a former board member of the American Endowment Foundation. She is an active member of the Junior League of Cleveland and served on the board of cons for The Federated Church. Julie resides in Chagrin Falls, Ohio with her husband, Brian and two children.

Industry: Advertising/PR

Functional Specialty: Marketing Communications, Advertising/PR

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: American Endowment Foundation, Junior League of Cleveland

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Recreation League of Cleveland - Presi-dent

Education: BA - International Business/Economics, Ohio Wesleyan University


Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing & Communications Director

Huntington Bank200 Public SquareSuite 1550 CM99Cleveland, OH 44114Phone: 216.515.6116Cell: [email protected]

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Sue Tyler

Sue is excited to bring her experience building businesses and leading financial and operational transformations to corporate board service and advisory work. Her leadership skills are based broadly across finance, operations, and P&L roles for both large and small (including startup) companies. She has experience acquiring and integrating companies and has successfully navigated complex regulatory environments. Sue currently represents Cleveland Clinic Ventures on the board of portfolio company Family Care Path. She brings her healthcare payer experience and passion for technology and innovation to this for-profit company. As the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer of Medical Mutual of Ohio, a $3 billion company providing health insurance and third party administrative services for groups and individuals, Sue provided strategic and financial leadership in a turnaround situation. She led the finance, accounting, healthcare network management, actuarial and treasury departments. As Executive Vice President, Operations and Chief Experience Officer (CXO) of Medical Mutual, she brought focus to the customer experience. Her team was responsible for the integrity of $6 million in claims payments annually and multichannel service delivery including call centers, websites, customer self-service tools and mobile capabilities. Under her leadership, her team increasingly relied on data analytics and advanced customer insight tools to inform customer experience strategies and investments. Sue served for a decade at Fortune 500 Progressive Insurance during some of its most formative and meaningful years of growth and development. Hired as Manager of Finance, she was quickly appointed Assistant Vice President and held a variety of management positions including Division Controller and Auto Product Manager. She left Progressive to build a large multi-state auto insurance business for a start-up division of another property and casualty company. In just four years, the business grew to $300 million with operations in 18 states. Sue was promoted from Senior Vice President of Marketing to Division President. Her experience also includes her efforts as founder and CEO of an independent start-up. She began her career in public accounting with Price Waterhouse where she was responsible for the financial audits of several SEC registrant clients with international operations. She is a CPA (inactive).Sue and her husband Bill live in Brecksville. They have two sons, Mike and Jimmy.

Industry: Insurance, Healthcare

Functional Specialty: General Management, Finnace, Operations

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Family Care Path, a Cleveland Clinic Ventures Portfolio Company

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: College Now Greater Cleveland

Volunteer/Community Involvement: 2016 Co-Chair United Way’s “Rock the Catwalk”, 2013 Chair American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women”, Leadership Cleveland-Class of 2004

Awards/Honors: 2016 YWCA Woman of Achievement, 2016 Ohio Diversity Council Top 15 Business Women, 2011 Crain’s Women of Note Finalist, 2007 YWCA Woman of Profes-sional Excellence

Education: Masters of Business Administration & BS - Accounting, Case Western Reserve University; CPA (inactive)

Founding Member

Independent Director/Advisor8556 Timber TrailBrecksville, OH 44141Cell: [email protected]

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Director, Corporate Development Operations

Rockwell Automation1 Allen-Bradley DriveMayfield Hts, OH 44124Phone: 440.646.6610Cell: [email protected]

Sharon Van ZeelandSharon Van Zeeland is Rockwell Automation’s director, Corporate Development Operations. In this new role, Sharon is responsible for leading the operations side of Rockwell Automation’s Corporate Development activities including leading annual Corporate Development Business Strategy Review (BSR) activities, preparing strategic summaries in support of Executive Advisory and Venture Advisory council meetings, engagement with investors and consultants, supporting future venture activities, contributing to development and maintenance of the acquisition funnel and continuously improving the Corporate Development processes. Sharon’s team will support the identification of inorganic opportunities and establishing profiles of targets through research of market and competitor activities, negotiations with potential targets and program managing the acquisition process. The team will also become a Center of Excellence for our integration process and provide leadership and support in developing and executing comprehensive integration plans for all future acquisitions. Over the last 10 years, Sharon served as vice president, Investor Relations and Business Development at Fairmount Santrol. Sharon also spent seven years with Delphi Corporation in various roles in Engineering Management and General Management of key businesses and Customer Center activities. Sharon holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Kettering University in Flint, Michigan and an MBA from University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. She is also currently a member of the Industrial Advisory Board, Kent State University College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology and a Partner with Social Venture Partners in Cleveland.


Functional Specialty: General Management, Investor Relations/Business Development, Techincal/Engineering

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology at Kent State University

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Social Venture Partners - Cleveland

Volunteer/Community Involvement: United Way of Geauga County, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Ohio, Relay for Life

Awards/Honors: YWCA 2016 Woman of Professional Excellence, NIRI Senior Roundtable, featured in Woman Engineer magazine

Education: Kettering University - BS in Electrical Engineering; University of Southern Cali-fornia - Master of Science in Business Administration; Case Western Reserve University - Appreciative Inquiry Certificate & Leadership Deep Dive Executive program


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Vice President, R&D Consumer Brands

The Sherwin-Williams Company101 Prospect AvenueCleveland, OH 44115 Phone: 216.515.7348Cell: [email protected]

Victoria Varley

Vicky has worked in the coatings industry for 29 years. For the past 21 years, Vicky has worked for the Sherwin Williams Company. Vicky began her career as a bench chemist developing polymer and coating technologies for both the professional and retail channels. In 1998, Vicky decided to move from an individual contributor role to management of others. Vicky quickly realized that developing others to be the best at whatever they chose do is her passion. Vicky has held several leadership roles with Sherwin Williams. These include Director of Commercialization supporting both the Store and Consumer networks, Vice President of R&D for the Protective and Marine division, and currently she is the Vice President of R&D for the Consumer Brands Group. Her team has global responsibility across EMEA, APAC, and ANZ. She holds a BS in Chemistry from Grove City College and an MS in Chemistry from Cleveland State. In addition to her S-W role, Vicky has been recognized for her commitment to the Cleveland community that she calls home. Since 2013, she has served on the Board of Directors for Hospice of the Western Reserve and recently assumed the role of their Board President. Vicky also chairs the visiting committee for the College of Science and Health Professionals at Cleveland State University and is a participant in the mentor program for College Now. In her free time, and when the weather cooperates, you can find Vicky and her husband, Steve, enjoying the beach or camping in their RV.


Functional Specialty: Technology/Engineering

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: visiting committee COSHP Cleveland State Chairperson

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Hospice of the Western Reserve - Chair

Volunteer/Community Involvement: College Now, Girls Go Science, Educational Outreach - Booker Elementary

Education: B.S. in chemistry - Grove City College, M.S. in chemistry - Cleveland State University, Leadership course - Kellogg, Leadership Excellence - Ohio State University, Leadership Excellence - Case Western Reserve University


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Jennifer Vergilii

Jennifer is co-chair of Calfee’s Corporate and Capital Markets practice group. Her practice focuses on counseling publicly and privately-held clients with respect to transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions and a wide range of general corporate and business matters, including corporate governance and all forms of commercial contracts. Jennifer serves broad range of clients and has worked on a variety of merger and acquisition transactions, representing both buyers and sellers, including numerous privately-held companies and public companies. Jennifer is routinely named one of “America’s Leading Lawyers” by Chambers USA, with clients stating that she “impresses with her ‘responsiveness, technical expertise, feel for market trends and negotiating skill.” From 2014 to 2016, Jennifer was recognized by Ohio Super Lawyers as a “Top 50 Attorney” in Ohio and as one of the “Top 25 Women Attorneys” in Cleveland. She also has been selected to the 2018 Ohio Super Lawyers List for Business/Corporate Law. She is a member of the 2018 Leadership Cleveland class.Jennifer is active in firm management and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. She is a regular seminar presenter and the author of numerous publications.An entrepreneur, Jennifer owns and manages several dozen companies that own rental properties in Northeastern Ohio. Outside the office, Jennifer is the mother of two children and frequently volunteers at their school. She is active in the Greater Cleveland community, serving on the executive committee and as secretary of the board for the Achievement Centers for Children. Additionally, Jennifer is vice chairman of the board of Padua Franciscan High School in Parma, Ohio and serves as a board and donor leader for its capital campaign. Jennifer received a B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross and her J.D., summa cum laude and Order of the Coif from the Case Western Reserve School of Law.

Industry: Law


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Achievement Centers for Children, Padua Franciscan High School

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2018, Achievement Centers for Children, Padua Franciscan High School

Awards/Honors: Chambers USA and Super Lawyers “Leading Lawyer in Ohio and U.S.”, 2018 Ohio Super Lawyers List for Business/Corporate Law, Recog-nised among the Top 50 Attorneys in Ohio and Top 25 Women Attorneys in Cleveland

Education: B.A. cum laude - College of the Holy Cross, J.D. summa cum laude and Order of the Coif - Case Western Reserve University School of Law


Partner, Co-Chair Corporate and Capital Markets/Mergers and Acquisitions

Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP 1405 E. Sixth StreetCleveland, OH 44114Phone: 216.622.8568Cell: [email protected]

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President & CEOlPlayhouse Square Foundation1501 Euclid AvenueSuite 200Cleveland, OH 44115 Phone: 216.640.8530 Cell: 216.333.3757 [email protected]

Gina VernaciAs President and CEO of Playhouse Square, Gina Vernaci is responsible for all operations of the not-for-profit performing arts center, including more than 1,000 annual performances with gross sales of $48 million, and supervising a staff of 425 and volunteer corps of 2000. Vernaci arrived at Playhouse Square as an intern in 1984 and quickly became an integral part of the movement to save the theater district. As Playhouse Square grew, she assumed responsibility for Programming, where she streamlined operations and instituted a Department of Education. Promotions followed swiftly in the ensuing two decades: she was named Vice President of Theatricals, then Senior Vice President of Operations, then Executive Producer; building a portfolio based on strategic programming initiatives while directing the artistic and business management of all productions. With a Master’s degree in Urban Studies from Cleveland State University, Vernaci understands what it takes to make a city thrive, and has led initiatives to position Playhouse Square as the region’s premier cultural and entertainment destination and the country’s largest performing arts center outside of New York. She secured and built a Broadway series at the University of Akron and continues to champion programming collaborations with libraries, colleges, resident companies and area non-profit theaters. Vernaci is Road Vice Chair of the Broadway League and sits on the League’s Board of Governors, Executive and Legislative Committees. She was Co-Chair of the 2016 National Spring Conference and has received the award for “Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management.” She is past president and a member of the Investment Committee for the Independent Presenters Network and is the designer of a unified booking agreement for the Broadway industry. Vernaci is held in high esteem by her national and international colleagues, with her extensive knowledge and passionate drive for the industry.

Industry: Theater Management

Functional Specialty: Fundraising, General Management

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Road Vice Chair - The Broadway League, Independent Presenters New York

Awards/Honors: Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management from The Broadway League

Education: Master’s Degree in Urban Studies - Cleveland State University, Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Arts - University of Missouri - Kansas City


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Leila VespoliLeila L. Vespoli currently serves on the Dollar Bank and Dollar Mutual Bancorp Board of Directors where she also serves on the Audit Committee and the Enterprise Risk Committees. She recently retired as Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Regulatory Affairs and Chief Legal Officer of FirstEnergy Corp., a Fortune 500 company. She also serves on the boards of Playhouse Square and The University of Akron Foundation. She previously served on a number of volunteer and professional board of directors, including Summa Health, a 10,000 employee and billion-dollar revenue health system and insurance provider, where she served as Vice Chair, chaired the Compensation Committee and served on the health system’s Audit & Compliance Committee, The Western Reserve Girl Scout Council, The American Red Cross, Medina County Chapter, and the NEOMED (Neoucom) Foundation, among others. Ms. Vespoli graduated from Miami University with a B.S. in Economics and earned her J.D. at Case Western Reserve University. She completed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Reactor Technology Course for Utility Executives. She also completed the Harvard Business School and the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management’s Director Development Programs. Ms. Vespoli has received a number of awards and honors, most recently Outstanding Women in the Legal Profession by the NYCLA, The Pioneer Woman of the Year Award by the Summit County Historical Society, The University of Akron’s Honorary Alumni Award and two-time winner of The Ohio Diversity Council’s Most Powerful and Influential Women Award. In 2012, she delivered the commencement address to Case Western Reserve School of Law. She has been honored by Crain’s Cleveland Business with its General Counsel Award, Diversity Journal as one of its Women Worth Watching, was named a Key Women in Energy-Global Award Honoree and has been recognized as one of the YWCA’s Women of Professional Excellence.

Industry: Utility

Functional Specialty: General Management, Law, Operations

Current Corporate Board Affiliations: Dollar Bank, Dollar Mutual Bancorp

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Kluber Family Foundation, Playhouse Square, The University of Akron Foundation

Awards/Honors: Outstanding Women in the Legal Profession by the NYCLA, The Pioneer Woman of the Year Award by Summit County Historical Society, two-time winner of The Ohio Diversity Council’s Most Powerful and Influential Women Award The University of Akron Honorary Alumni Award, CWRU School of Law Society of Benchers, Crain’s Cleveland Business General Counsel Award 2012, CWRU School of Law Commencement Speaker 2012, Diversity Journal “Women Worth Watching”, Key Women in Energy – Global Award, YWCA Woman of Pro-fessional Excellence

Education: CWRU Law Degree, Miami University BS in Business Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reactor Course for Utility Executives, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management Director Development Program, Harvard Business School


Retired Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Regulatory Affairs and Chief Legal Officer

FirstEnergy Corp.Cell: [email protected]

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Senior Vice President, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer

MetroHealth2500 MetroHealth Drive Cleveland, OH 44109Phone: 216.778.7425Cell: [email protected]@gmail.com

Cheryl Forino Wahl

Cheryl Forino Wahl is the Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer for MetroHealth. She was previously Chief Compliance Officer for EnvisionRx, a national, full-service pharmacy benefit management (PBM) company. EnvisionRx and its subsidiaries also offers mail-order and specialty pharmacy services; infertility discount drug program; a claims adjudication software platform; and a national Medicare Part D prescription drug plan through Envision Insurance Company. Cheryl is responsible for the overall development, implementation and ongoing operation of an enterprise-wide comprehensive compliance program, including providing educational initiatives, investigating allegations of misconduct, conducting monitoring activities and advising all levels of the organization on compliance matters. Prior to joining EnvisionRx, Cheryl was the Chief Compliance Officer at University Hospitals where she led the organization to recognition as a World’s Most Ethical Company by Ethisphere Institute three out of four years. Cheryl has served on numerous boards and currently serves as a Director of Gilmour Academy and St. Martin de Porres High School. She serves as an advisor to the Health Law Certification Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Cheryl was recognized in 2013 as a Top Ethics and Compliance Officer by Ethisphere Institute and in 2004 by the YWCA as a recipient of the Woman of Professional Excellence Award. Cheryl is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the Health Care Compliance Association. She is also a member of the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2012. She received her B.A. degree with honors from Colgate University, her Master’s Degree in Medical Ethics and her law degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Cheryl resides in Chagrin Falls with her two boys A.J and Jack.

Industry: Health Care, Insurance


Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Saint Martin dePorres High School, Gilm-our Academy, Southwyck Lake Homeowner’s Association

Vounteer/Community Involvement: Leadership Cleveland Class of 2012

Awards/Honors: Top Ethics and Compliance Officer Award by Ethisphere Institute 2013, YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence 2004

Education: BA - Colgate University, JD & MA in Medical Ethics - University of Pittsburgh


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President & CEOCleveland FoodBank15500 South Waterloo RoadCleveland, OH 44110Phone: 216.738.2064Cell: [email protected]

Kristin Warzocha

Kristin Warzocha is the President and CEO for the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, Northeast Ohio’s largest hunger relief organization. The Food Bank relies on community support to fulfill its mission of ensuring that everyone in our communities has the nutritious food they need every day. She directs the organization’s efforts to provide nutritious food and support to more than 700 member agencies and programs that serve hungry Northeast Ohioans in six counties, and champion the organization’s mission. Warzocha assumed her new duties in November, 2014. She succeeds Anne Goodman, the Food Bank’s President and CEO since 1999. Warzocha has been with the Food Bank since 2000 and was responsible for engaging the general public in the organization’s work. She served most recently as vice president of external affairs, overseeing fundraising, communications, advocacy, SNAP outreach and volunteer resources. Warzocha managed the Food Bank’s capital campaign, which raised more than $10 million to construct a new state of the art community food distribution center. She was also a member of the management team that helped facilitate the mergers of the Food Bank with Food Rescue of Northeast Ohio in 2001 and with the Greater Cleveland Committee on Hunger in 2003. The Greater Cleveland Food Bank received the 2013 Mary Ruth Herbers SNAP Outreach Excellence in Food Banking Award from Feeding America, the nation’s food bank network, for outstanding service. In 2006, it was named Food Bank of the Year by Feeding America. Also in 2006, it received the Organization Innovation Award from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University.Kristin is a graduate of John Carroll University and she lives in Lakewood with her husband, Christian, and daughters, Samantha and Ryan. She is a proud graduate of the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2010.


Functional Specialty: General Management, Advertising/PR, Fundraising

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Ohio Association of Food Banks, Local FEMA / ESFP Board, Children’s Hunger Alliance, ALS Association, Cleveland Chapter, Catholic Commission on Community Action, In Counsel With Women

Vounteer/Community Involvement: Bridge Builders, Leadership Cleveland Class of 2010, Lakewood Catholic Academy Advancement Committee, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

Awards/Honors: Crain’s “Forty Under 40”

Education: John Carroll University, Bachelor of Science in Communications


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Retired PartnerCalfee Halter & Griswold LLPHome address:29450 Edgedale RoadPepper Pike, OH 44124Phone: [email protected]

Marcia Wexberg

Marcia J. Wexberg was a partner, then Of Counsel and is now retired from Calfee Halter & Griswold where she was the chair of the firm’s Estate and Succession Planning group, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and the founding chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. In her professional capacity, she helped clients analyze and develop sophisticated estate plans and dealt with cutting edge planning tools for high net worth individuals and families. Marcia joined Calfee as a partner in 1990 having previously been a partner in a Philadelphia law firm, and was named to the Executive Committee in 2003. She holds a B.A. from Miami University, a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and an LL.M. in Taxation from Temple University. As a way to recruit and retain valuable talent at Calfee, Marcia created the Lifestyle Resources program, giving our people “the gift of time” providing meals, childcare, everyday errands, technology support at home and wellness programming at work. A frequent author and lecturer, Marcia has received many prestigious honors. Marcia and her husband, Ken Singer live in Pepper Pike. They have one son, Daniel, and a new “daughter” (in-law), Emily Fisher.

Industry: Law Functional Specialty: LawCurrent and Past Non-Profit Board Affiliations: In Counsel With Women, The Benjamin Rose Institute, The Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Books@Work, The Cleveland Advisory Board of Facing History and Ourselves, Fairmount Temple, Hawken School, The Cleveland Museum of Art’s Planned Giving Council, The Montefiore Foundation, The City Club of Cleveland Forum.Volunteer/Community Involvement: Founding chair of the Diamond Advisory Group of University Hospitals; Founding chair of the Professional Advisory Com-mittee of the Jewish Community Federation, co-chair of The Women Managing Money Education Project of the Women’s Community Foundation of ClevelandAwards/Honors: 2015 Crain’s Cleveland Business “Northeast Ohio’s Most Con-nected”, Athena Award 2014 Winner, Cleveland Heights High School Distinguished Alumni & Hall of Fame 2013; named as a Women of Note finalist by Crain’s Cleve-land Business 2011; Estate Planning Council of Cleveland’s 2008 Distinguished Estate Planner of the Year; YWCA Woman of Achievement; Diamond Advisory Group of University Hospitals 2007 Distinguished Advisor Award; Northern Ohio Live 2007 “Rainmaker” Award; Leadership Cleveland Class of 1998 and class president, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Best Lawyers in America in trusts and estates law, Ohio Super LawyerEducation: BA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Miami University; JD, Univer-sity of Pennsylvania Law School; LLM in Taxation, Temple UniversityICWW Member Since: 2007

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President Margaret W. Wong & Associates3150 Chester AvenueMWW BuildingCleveland, OH 44114-4617Phone: [email protected]

Margaret Wong

Margaret Wong has built Margaret W. Wong & Associates Co., L.P.A. into a law firm nationally and internationally renowned for its knowledge and expertise in immigration and nationality law. Ms. Wong is a civic leader who educates and inspires others. She served as the first Asian-American president of the Cleveland Chapter of the Federal Bar Association . The Ohio Supreme Court appointed her a charter member of the Continuing Legal Education Commission for attorneys. She is also a life member of both the Eighth Judicial Court and the Federal Sixth Circuit Court. Because of her personal experience as an immigrant, Margaret combines qualities Americans admire: an immigrant’s work ethic, an entrepreneur’s drive, a keen sense of resourcefulness, and the utmost compassion for those in need. In 1950, Margaret was born in the former British Colony of Hong Kong. Months earlier, her Chinese parents fled the political repression and civil war caused by the Communist takeover of China. In the late 1960’s she came to the United States on a student visa, with little money and big dreams. She worked as a waitress to pay her way through college and law school. In light of a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, she became one of the first non-U.S. citizens licensed to practice law in New York and Ohio. She is now a U.S. citizen. She founded Margaret W. Wong and Associates with one desk and no assistant. Her practice now includes more than 45 staff members. Her clients come from every country around the world and every walk of life. She is known for her speed, quality, honesty and persistence. Margaret W. Wong has offices in Cleveland, Columbus, New York, Atlanta and Detroit. She is admitted for practice in Ohio, New York, the District of Columbia and Michigan.

Industry: LawFunctional Specialty: LawAwards/Honors: Chapter Activity Award, charter member of the Continuing Legal Education Commission for Attorneys, Life Member of the Eighth Judicial District Court and the Federal Sixth Circuit CourtEducation: Western Illinois University, State University of New York, University at Buffalo Law SchoolFounding Member

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Jacqueline Woods

Jacqueline Woods is the retired President of ATT Ohio. She was the first woman to be president of a major public util-ity company where she oversaw the transformation from a regulated utility to a consumer driven competitive commu-nication company. Currently Jackie serves on 3 corporate boards of directors, volunteers in her community, and does consulting in executive coaching, media and government re-lations, and crisis communication. Woods serves as a direc-tor of the Timken Company, The Anderson’s Inc., and School Specialty. She is a former director of OfficeMax. Ms. Woods is a supporter of higher education and was appointed by the Ohio Governor to the board of trustees of Kent State Uni-versity. She is the current chair of the board. She is also a trustee of Muskingum University, her alma mater, where she received a degree in psychology and communications and has an executive masters degree in business from the Kel-logg School at Northwestern University. She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration from Cleveland State University. Jackie believes in community service and giving back. She has served on over 20 civic and non-profit boards. She is chair emeritus of the Greater Cleveland Chap-ter of the American Red Cross and the Great Lakes Science Center and the former chair of the board of The Cleveland Foundation. Currently she is a trustee of University Hospi-tals Case Medical Center and the Cleveland Bluecoats. She resides in Solon, Ohio and Naples, Florida with her husband Jack. She has 2 married daughters and 3 grandchildren.

Industry: Technology

Functional Specialty: Advertising/PR, Fundraising, General Management

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: University Hospitals, Playhouse Square Center, Chair - Kent State University

Awards/Honors: 2007 Rainmaker Award, League of Women Voters Belle Sherwin Award, National Conference Humanitarian Award, John W. Hill Memo-rial Award, 2008 Shaker Heights High School Hall of Fame, 2008 YWCA Lifetime Achievement Award, 2009 Athena Award, 2010 Northeast Ohio Inside Business Hall of Fame

Education: Muskingum College

Founding Member

Retired PresidentAT&T37110 Wexford DriveSolon, OH 44139Phone: 440.914.0117Cell: [email protected]

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Realtor/Travel Consultant Sonoran Properties/Travel Leaders/

AWOT34165 North 71 WayScottsdale, Arizona 85266Phone: [email protected]

Sandra Zabinski

Sandy Zabinski works with Sonoran Properties, a real estate company located in North Scottsdale and covering the Valley of the Sun but with focus on the areas of North Scottsdale, Carefree, Troon, and Desert Mountain areas. Sandy stays involved with the travel industry through an independent sales and consulting relationship Travel Leaders. She was the Senior Sales Director for Continental Airlines prior to her retirement from her airline career of 25 years in 2001. Her career as Senior Sales Director included the sales and mar-keting responsibilities for the startup of the Cleveland hub and covering the feed markets for the Midwest Region of the airline. Sandy stays involved in educational classes through the Northern Arizona University partnership program with Scottsdale Community College where she has earned two degrees. Her career has included top management positions within the airline industry, meeting and event planning in-dustry, catering and hospitality industry and currently resi-dential real estate. She continues to mentor several women in the integration of their professional and personal lives; continues to work toward finishing a couple novels – one about her youngest son, Steve, who struggled with men-tal illness and addiction prior to taking his life in 2009 and another about the building of a hospitality business. She also continues to seek opportunities to speak about Steve’s struggle with mental illness and addiction to help others with the same challenges. Sandy enjoys travel to explore new ar-eas and revisit loved areas of the world. She stays involved in real estate organizations as well as travel organizations. She lives in North Scottsdale, Arizona enjoying the moun-tains, sunsets, yoga, Pilates, walking and weight classes and entertains often to stay connected to friends, neighbors, cli-ents and family. Her priorities in life are family and her dog, Odie and maintaining a peaceful balance in all things of life!

Industry: Real Estate and Travel

Functional Specialty: Real Estate, travel, mental illness/addiction, event/meet-ing planning

Current Non-Profit Board Affiliations: Scottsdale Association of Realtors

Volunteer/Community Involvement: Foothills Food Bank, Animal Rescue

Awards/Honors: 2011Top Producer Brokerage

Education: AGEC Scottsdale Community College, Realtors License - Arizona

Founding Member

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Chief Nurse ExecutiveAllegheny Health NetworkPittsburgh, PA Cell: [email protected]

Claire Zangerle

Claire Zangerle is the Chief Nurse Executive at Allegheny Health Network (AHN) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is responsible for nursing practice across the integrated delivery healthcare system serving 29 counties in Pennsylvania and portions of Ohio, New York, and West Virginia. Dr. Zangerle leads 4,000+ nurses in the network. Previously, she served as Chief Executive Officer of the Visiting Nurse Association of Ohio and in various capacities at the Cleveland Clinic, including Chief Nursing Officer and Chair of the Nursing Institute, Director of Quality and Accreditation, and Director of Preventive Cardiology. She began her nursing career at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston in cardiothoracic surgery and trauma and while in nursing school, she was a nursing assistant in the coronary care unit at The Methodist Hospital in Houston. Dr. Zangerle maintains homes in Pittsburgh and Cleveland (Pepper Pike) with her husband, Adam Zangerle, General Counsel at STERIS Corporation. She has two sons, Jamie Young, a second year law student at Case Western Reserve School of Law and Joey Young, a senior at Miami of Ohio.

Industry: Health CareFunctional Specialty: Nursing LeadershipCurrent Non-Profit Board Affiliations: American Hospital Association; Nursing Management Editorial Board; Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania Board; Penn-sylvania Organization of Nurse Executives; President, SW Pennsylvania Orga-nization of Nurse Executives; Robert Morris College of Nursing Advisory Board; United Way Pittsburgh Women’s Leadership CouncilVolunteer/Community Involvement: Mayfield Methodist Church Strategic Com-mittee; Leadership Cleveland Class of 2010Awards/Honors: Certified as and Advanced Nurse Executive; Pittsburgh Busi-ness Times Women of Influence, 2018; Allegheny Health Network Inaugural Chief Nurse Executive, 2018; Smart 50 Award, 2015; Kent State University Col-lege of Nursing Distinguished Alumni Award, 2015; Crain’s Cleveland Business Women of Note, 2009; Nurse Leader Award, Southpointe Hospital, 2007; Ohio Association of Advanced Nurse Practitioners Nurse Leader Award, 2005Education: Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology, Texas A&M University; Associate Degree of Nursing, Houston Baptist University; Masters of Business Administration, Lake Erie College; Master of Science in Nursing, Kent State Uni-versity; Doctor of Nursing Practice, Texas Christian UniversityICWW Member Since: 2009

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President & FounderZieleniec HR [email protected]: [email protected]

Nan ZieleniecNan helps executives translate their strategic vision into HR solutions that meet their business objectives. Through her deep experience over the last 30 plus years, Nan has touched every facet of HR. Prior to launching her consulting practice in 2013, Nan served as the chief HR executive for two publicly traded companies: DDR Corporation and Associated Estates Realty Corporation. Nan’s experience spans public, private and private equity-backed companies across many industries including commercial real estate, construction, distribution, financial services, legal, manufacturing, multi-family housing, telecommunications and the non-profit sector. Nan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational communication from Ohio University and a Master of Science in business, human resources & labor relations from the University of Cincinnati. She is an active member of several professional organizations including the Society for Human Resource Management, In Counsel with Women, and Executive Women’s Leadership Forum. She also serves on the Board of Towards Employment. Nan has served as a board member for a variety of non-profit agencies, including the Center for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, the Cleveland Jewish News, the Anti-Defamation League and North Coast Community Homes. She is the former Chair of the Beachwood Civil Service Commission.

Industry: Consulting


Awards/Honors: 2009 YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence

Education: BS - Ohio University, Master of Science in Business - University of Cincinnati


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The Acho Group Acho, Jackie.............................................5

Adaptive Knowledge Institute Bluso, Linda.............................................20

Affinity Resources LLC Davie, Diane.............................................46

Aisling Reise LLC Miller, Janet.............................................115

A.L. Falls Advisors, LLC Falls, Alison............................................56

Allegheny Health Network Zangerle, Claire.....................................176

Aon Risk Solutions Bell, Jennifer...........................................15

Asurint Clore, Connie...........................................37

Beck Aluminum Corporation Robertson, Jean....................................136

Benesch, Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff Mehalko, Megan....................................112

Bober Markey Fedorovich Sullivan, Karyn......................................158

Boeing, Inc. Lovett, Gena..........................................104

Bright Side, Inc. Smith, Donna Rae.................................151

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BrownFlynn Ltd. Flynn, Margaret.......................................60

CA Latham Corp Latham, Carol........................................101

Calfee Halter & Griswold LLP Schulz, Cindy........................................147 Vergilii, Jennifer....................................167

Career & Human Resources Consultants Miller, Claire A. Scott............................114

Cleveland Clinic Cheverine, Carolyn.................................36 Hancock, Kelly........................................78

Cleveland Development Advisors Ittu, Yvette...............................................88

Cleveland FoodBank Warzocha, Kristin.................................171

The Cleveland Foundation Potter, Rosanne....................................127

Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association McMahon, Rebecca Ruppert................111 Cleveland Metroparks Ronayne, Natalie...................................138

Cleveland Rape Crisis Center Miller, Sondra.........................................116

CLS Consulting Steeb, Cindy..........................................153


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College Now Greater Cleveland Friedman, Lee..............................................65

The Community Builders Brown, Terri Hamilton.................................27

The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod Oliver, Lisa..................................................121

Cornerstone Fund Coyne, Maria................................................42

Creekside Financial Advisors LLC Cohen, Nan..................................................38

Cuyahoga Community College Rosacco, Claire..........................................139 O’Bryan, Megan.........................................120 Stineman, Shirley......................................155

Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Price, Elaine...............................................129

Dealer Tire Marcotte, Jill..............................................107 Stull, Cindy................................................157

Deloitte Tax LLP Chambers, Fiona.........................................34

Diebold Nixdorf Jackson, Mozelle..........................................89

DigitalC Baunach, Dorothy........................................13

Dix & Eaton Rose, Lisa...................................................140


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Dominion Resources Bomar, Anne.............................................23

Eaton Deacon, Laurie..........................................47 Elkins, Mary Kim.......................................54 Severs, Deborah......................................148

Enlight Advisors Fulford, Amy..............................................67

EY Boland, Julie..............................................22 Hunt, Lisa...................................................87

Executive Arrangements, Inc. Judd, Margaret..........................................92

Fairmount Santrol Deckard, Jenniffer.....................................48 Fairport Asset Management, LLC. Drake, Emily...............................................53 Ettinger, Heather........................................55

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Steinbrick, Susan......................................154

FedEx Custom Critical Addicott, Virginia.......................................8

France Strategic Partners LLC France, Gina..............................................62

Giffen & Kaminski LLC Kaminski, Kerin Lyn.................................93

Global Corporate College Reading, Denise........................................133


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GOJO Industries Jaros, Carey.............................................90 McCoy, Jessica......................................110

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Thompson, Laura..................................161

Gries Consulting Gries, Lynn-Ann.....................................74

Gries Financial Fine, Lauren Rich...................................58 Gries, Sally..............................................75

Heinen’s Fine Foods Correnti, Mary Ann.................................40

Howard & O’Brien Associates Howard, Lee Ann....................................85

Huntington Bank Tutkovics, Julie....................................163 Jewish Federation of Cleveland Rudin-Luria, Erika................................143

The J.M. Smucker Company Sabin, Julia...........................................144

Joan U. Allgood Co. Allgood, Joan.........................................10

Jones Day Carkhuff, Denise....................................31


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Kaufman Container Company Melton, Karen.......................................113

The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Mavec, Ellen Stirn...............................109

KeyBank Brady, Amy ............................................24 Manigault, Kim.....................................106 Mooney, Beth.......................................118 Kleinhenz & Associates, Ltd. Kleinhenz, Karen...................................98

Lorain Community College Ballinger, Marcia...................................12

MAHARRIS Group Harris, Mattie.........................................81

McDonald Hopkins Beasley, Teresa Metcalf........................14

McKinsey & Company Hansen, Maia.........................................79

McMaster-Carr Rourke, Traci.......................................141

Medical Mutual Golovan, Kathy......................................71 Hogben, Andrea.....................................84 Larkins, Steffany..................................100 Meritor Boise, April Miller..................................21


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Margaret W. Wong & Associates Wong, Margaret.......................................173

Metro Health Wahl, Cheryl............................................170

Moen US Phyfer, Cheri............................................124 MTD Products Hlay, Jean.................................................83 The Music Settlement Presti, Geralyn........................................128

Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency Gallucci, Grace.........................................68 OM Group Sachs, Valerie Gentile.............................146

Open Doors Academy Grassi, Annemarie....................................73

Parker Hannifin Corporation Davenport, Robin.....................................45 Parmentier, Jennifer...............................122

People’s BankCorp Crotty, Cindy............................................43

Perot Museum of Nature & Science Abraham-Silver, Linda..............................4

PetroChoice Lubrication Solutions Mastin, Celeste.......................................108


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Playhouse Square Foundation Vernaci, Gina............................................168

PNC Bank Adams, Kristen Baird..................................6 PolyOne Corporation Kunkle, Lisa................................................99 Private Company Consultants Hamrle, Jane...............................................77 Private Trust Company Bryant, Bethany..........................................28

Providence House Leek-Nelson, Natalie................................103 Qualitrol Rae, Linda.................................................130

Rita J. Brauneck, LLC Brauneck, Rita............................................26

The Riverside Company Roberts, Peggy.........................................135

Rivr Media Haslam, Dee...............................................82

Rockwell Automation Van Zeeland, Sharon...............................165

Saint Joseph Academy Corrigan-Davis, Mary Ann......................... 41

Saint Luke’s Foundation Goodman, Anne.........................................72


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Say Yes Cleveland Downing, Diane.........................................52

Sherwin-Williams Varley, Victoria..........................................166

Smithers Oasis Kilbride, Robin...........................................96

Sonoran Properties Zabinski, Sandra......................................175

Southwest Water Carroll, Rita................................................32

Squire, Patton Boggs Connell, Michele........................................39

Staffing Solutions Enterprises Inc. Calta, Carmella..........................................30

Summit Academy Management Danforth, Barbara......................................44

Synergy Marketing Strategy & Research Inc. Talton, Rachel..........................................160

Thompson Hine LLP Friedman, Heidi.........................................64 Read, Deborah........................................132 Smyers, Robyn Minter............................152 Striefsky, Linda.......................................156

Throne Lacrosse Kane, Linda...............................................94

Towards Employment Rizika, Jill................................................134


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Turner Construction Company Sweeney, Karen A...........................................159 Ulmer & Berne LLP Chappell, Inajo Davis.......................................35 Shlonsky, Patty...............................................150

The Unify Project Jordan, Sharon Sobol.....................................91

United Way of Greater Cleveland Forbes-Fields, Helen......................................61

University Circle, Inc. Berry, Debbie...................................................17

University of Florida Paton, Nancy..................................................123

University Hospitals Health Systems, Inc. Adan, Francoise........................................7 Bishop, Sherri..........................................18 Bixenstine, Kim.......................................19 DePompei, Patti.......................................49 Gartland, Heidi.........................................69 University of Massachusetts Medical School/ UMass Memorial Health Care System Plummer, Deborah.................................126

Ursuline College DeVinne, Christine..................................50

VA Healthcare System NEOhio Fuehrer, Susan.......................................66

Van Auken Akins Architects LLC Akins, Jill..................................................9


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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Bragg, Caprice........................................25

Vitamix Corporation Berg, Jodi................................................16

Vocon, Inc. Donley, Deborah.....................................51

Willis Towers Watson Hubben, Kate..........................................86

WKYC Byrnes, Micki..........................................29

Your HR Partner LLC & Harmony Horsing Sacha, Regina.......................................145

YWCA of Cleveland Mitchell, Margaret..................................117

Zieleniec Consulting Zieleniec, Nan.........................................177


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Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing Byrnes, Micki...............................................29 Flynn, Margie...............................................60 Paton, Nancy..............................................123 Rose, Lisa..................................................140 Talton, Rachel............................................160 Tutkovics, Julie.........................................163

Architecture & Design Akins, Jill.......................................................9 Donley, Deborah..........................................51

Automotive Marcotte, Jill...............................................107 Stull, Cindy.................................................157

Biomedical Baunach, Dorothy.......................................13

Business Services Clore, Connie...............................................37

Construction Mastin, Celeste..........................................108 Sweeney, Karen A.....................................159

Consulting/Professional Services - Human Resources Brauneck, Rita.............................................26 Calta, Carmella............................................30 Davie, Diane................................................46 Howard, Lee Ann.................................... ....85 Miller, Claire Scott..................................... 114 Sacha, Regina...........................................145 Zieleniec, Nan............................................177

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Consulting/Professional Services - Other Acho, Jackie...............................................5 Allgood, Joan............................................10 Bluso, Linda..............................................20 Falls, Alison..............................................56 Fine, Lauren Rich.....................................58 Flynn, Margaret........................................60 France, Gina.............................................62 Fulford, Amy.............................................67 Gries, Lynn-Ann.......................................74 Hamrle, Jane.............................................77 Hansen, Maia............................................79 Harlan, Ann...............................................80 Hunt, Lisa..................................................87 Judd, Margaret.........................................92 Kane, Linda...............................................94 Latham, Carol.........................................101 Miller, Janet.............................................115 Reading, Denise.....................................133 Schulz, Cindy..........................................147 Smith, Donna Rae..................................151 Steeb, Cindy...........................................153 Sullivan, Karyn.......................................158 Talton, Rachel........................................160 Education Ballinger, Marcia......................................12 Corrigan-Davis, Mary Ann.......................41 Danforth, Barbara....................................44 DeVinne, Christine...................................50 Downing, Diane........................................52 Grassi, Annemarie...................................73 O’Bryan, Megan.....................................120 Paton, Nancy..........................................123


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Consulting/Professional Services - Other Acho, Jackie...............................................5 Allgood, Joan............................................10 Bluso, Linda..............................................20 Falls, Alison..............................................56 Fine, Lauren Rich.....................................58 Flynn, Margaret........................................60 France, Gina.............................................62 Fulford, Amy.............................................67 Gries, Lynn-Ann.......................................74 Hamrle, Jane.............................................77 Hansen, Maia............................................79 Harlan, Ann...............................................80 Hunt, Lisa..................................................87 Judd, Margaret.........................................92 Kane, Linda...............................................94 Latham, Carol.........................................101 Miller, Janet.............................................115 Reading, Denise.....................................133 Schulz, Cindy..........................................147 Smith, Donna Rae..................................151 Steeb, Cindy...........................................153 Sullivan, Karyn.......................................158 Talton, Rachel........................................160 Education Ballinger, Marcia......................................12 Corrigan-Davis, Mary Ann.......................41 Danforth, Barbara....................................44 DeVinne, Christine...................................50 Downing, Diane........................................52 Grassi, Annemarie...................................73 O’Bryan, Megan.....................................120 Paton, Nancy..........................................123

Plummer, Deborah...................................126 Rosacco, Claire.......................................139 Stineman, Shirley...................................155

Financial Services - Accounting Boland, Julie.............................................22 Chambers, Fiona......................................34 Elkins, Mary Kim.......................................54 Hunt, Lisa..................................................87 Steinbrick, Susan...................................154

Financial Services - Advisory Bryant, Bethany........................................28 Cohen, Nan ...............................................37 Coyne, Maria.............................................42 Drake, Emily .............................................53 Ettinger, Heather ......................................55 Fine, Lauren Rich.....................................58 Gries, Sally................................................75 Kleinhenz, Karen ......................................98 Manigault, Kim.........................................106 Roberts, Peggy........................................135 Financial Services - Banking Adams, Kristen Baird................................6 Brady, Amy................................................24 Crotty, Cindy.............................................43 Mooney, Beth .........................................118 Oliver, Lisa J. ..........................................121

Government Fuehrer, Susan.........................................66 Gallucci, Grace........................................68 Jordan, Sharon Sobol.............................91 Price, Elaine...........................................129


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Health Care Adan, Francoise........................................7 Bishop, Sherri..........................................18 Bixenstine, Kim........................................19 DePompei, Patti.......................................49 Forbes-Fields, Helen...............................61 Fuehrer, Susan.........................................66 Gartland, Heidi.........................................69 Hancock, Kelly.........................................78 Plummer, Deborah.................................126 Wahl, Cheryl...........................................170 Zangerle, Claire......................................176

Insurance Bell, Jennifer ............................................15 Golovan, Kathy.........................................71 Hogben, Andrea.......................................84 Hubben, Kate............................................86 Larkins, Steffany.....................................100 Law Beasley, Teresa Metcalf...........................14 Boise, April Miller.....................................21 Carkhuff, Denise.......................................31 Chappell, Inajo Davis ...............................35 Connell, Michele......................................39 Friedman, Heidi........................................64 Kaminski, Kerin Lyn ................................93 McMahon, Rebecca................................111 Mehalko, Megan......................................112 Read, Deborah .......................................132 Robertson, Jean .....................................136 Shlonsky, Patty.......................................150 Smyers, Robyn Minter...........................152


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Health Care Adan, Francoise........................................7 Bishop, Sherri..........................................18 Bixenstine, Kim........................................19 DePompei, Patti.......................................49 Forbes-Fields, Helen...............................61 Fuehrer, Susan.........................................66 Gartland, Heidi.........................................69 Hancock, Kelly.........................................78 Plummer, Deborah.................................126 Wahl, Cheryl...........................................170 Zangerle, Claire......................................176

Insurance Bell, Jennifer ............................................15 Golovan, Kathy.........................................71 Hogben, Andrea.......................................84 Hubben, Kate............................................86 Larkins, Steffany.....................................100 Law Beasley, Teresa Metcalf...........................14 Boise, April Miller.....................................21 Carkhuff, Denise.......................................31 Chappell, Inajo Davis ...............................35 Connell, Michele......................................39 Friedman, Heidi........................................64 Kaminski, Kerin Lyn ................................93 McMahon, Rebecca................................111 Mehalko, Megan......................................112 Read, Deborah .......................................132 Robertson, Jean .....................................136 Shlonsky, Patty.......................................150 Smyers, Robyn Minter...........................152

Striefsky, Linda......................................156 Vergilii, Jennifer.....................................167 Manufacturing/Distribution Berg, Jodi..................................................16 Carroll, Rita...............................................32 Davenport, Robin .....................................45 Deacon, Laurie..........................................47 Deckard, Jenniffer....................................48 Elkins, Mary Kim.......................................54 Hlay, Jean..................................................83 Jaros, Carey..............................................90 Kilbride, Robin..........................................96 Kitchen, Barbara Bissett..........................97 Kunkle, Lisa..............................................99 Lovett, Gena.............................................104 Mastin, Celeste.........................................108 McCoy, Jessica........................................110 Melton, Karen...........................................113 Parmentier, Jennifer................................122 Phyfer, Cheri............................................124 Rae, Linda................................................130 Rourke, Traci...........................................141 Sabin, Julia..............................................144 Severs, Deborah.....................................148 Thompson, Laura...................................161 Van Zeeland, Sharon..............................165 Varley, Victoria........................................166

Media Byrnes, Micki............................................29 Haslam, Dee..............................................82


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Non-Profit Abraham-Silver, Linda..............................4 Bragg, Caprice..........................................25 Forbes-Fields, Helen................................61 Friedman, Lee ..........................................65 Goodman, Anne .......................................72 Grassi, Annemarie....................................73 Leek-Nelson, Natalie..............................103 Mavec, Ellen Stirn..................................109 Miller, Sondra..........................................116 Mitchell, Margaret...................................117 Potter, Rosanne......................................127 Presti, Geralyn........................................128 Rizika, Jill................................................134 Ronayne, Natalie....................................138 Rudin-Luria, Erika..................................143 Warzocha, Kristin...................................171 Real Estate Berry, Debbie...........................................17 Brown, Terri Hamilton.............................27 Ittu, Yvette................................................88 Zabinski, Sandra....................................175

Retail Correnti, Mary Ann...................................40 Technology Rae, Linda..............................................130

Theatre Management Vernaci, Gina..........................................168

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Transportation Addicott, Virginia.......................................8 Gallucci, Grace..........................................68 Harris, Mattie.............................................81 Stull, Cindy..............................................157

Utility Bomar, Anne..............................................23

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