FY27 Officers
Kip Bollin (Chair)
Partner in Charge, Cleveland, Thompson Hine LLP
John P. Beer (Treasurer)
Market Leader, PNC Private Bank
FY26 Members
David Akers
Executive Vice President, Equalis Group
Dr. Scott Allen
Leadership Management Consultant, Winding River Consulting
Cathy Belk
President & CEO, Deaconess Foundation
Debbie Berry
Chief of Staff for Integrated Development, Cuyahoga County
Antony Bonavita
Executive Vice President, Rock Entertainment Group
Kate Borders
President, University Circle Inc.
India Birdsong Terry
General Manager & CEO, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Fiona Chambers
Managing Partner, Deloitte
Loren Chylla
Vice President of Marketing, Medical Mutual
Ken Couls
Assurance Services Partner, PwC
Robin J. Davenport
VP Corporate Finance (retired), Parker Hannifin Corporation
Rob Falls
President & CEO, Falls Communication
Blaine Griffin
Council President & Ward 6 Councilman, Cleveland City Council
Chris Halapy
President, Shook Construction
Art C. Hall III
Firm Administrative Partner; Partner-in-Charge (Cleveland), Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Dr. Kelly Hancock
Chief Caregiver Officer, Cleveland Clinic
Chris Keim
Managing Partner, Frantz Ward LLP
Phil Kerber
Senior Vice President, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Joe Kohmann
Chief Operating Officer, Westfield
Dr. Christopher Kuhar
Executive Director, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Brian Lane
President and CEO, WellLink Health Alliance
Debbie Lewis
Nonprofit Executive
Ginger F. Mlakar
Senior VP, Philanthropic Strategy & General Counsel, Cleveland Foundation
Elizabeth Newman
Chief Administrative Officer and Chief HR Officer, CBIZ
Laura Passerallo
Vice President, Regional Marketing & Communications, Fifth Third Bank
LaRese Purnell
Managing Partner, Cleveland Consulting
Kimberly Pustulka
Partner, Jones Day
Sandra Reid
Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications and Strategic Planning, The Davey Tree Expert Company
Rebecca Ruppert McMahon
President and CEO, Cleveland Leadership Center
Michele Schrock
Private Bank Regional Director (retired), Huntington Bank
Dr. Michele Scott Taylor
President & CEO, College Now Greater Cleveland
Dr. Dalithia Smith
Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Oatey Co.
Joe Smucny
VP & Partner, Centric Consulting
Dr. Nigamanth Sridhar
Provost & SVP of Academic Affairs, Cleveland State University
Beth Sweeney
President, Ratliff & Co.
Damian Thomas
Market Principal, Cleveland, Office Revolution
Felton Thomas, Jr.
Executive Director & CEO, Cleveland Public Library
Brittany Wampler
Kaplan
James L. Waters
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, KeyCorp
Emeritus Board Members
Marc Byrnes
Managing Director, Byrnes Advisors, LLC
William Caster
GFP Private Wealth & Carleton McKenna
Richard C. Fedorovich
Executive Chairman, Bober Markey Fedorovich
Thomas Hopkins
SVP, Human Resources (retired), The Sherwin-Williams Company
Ira Kaplan
Executive Chairman, Benesch
Lawrence E. Oscar
Business Practice Area Co-Chair & Former Managing Partner, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Tom Stevens
Vice Chair & Chief Administrative Officer (retired), KeyBank
Eddie Taylor
President & CEO, Taylor Oswald, LLC