The full Council meets quarterly throughout the year. All members of the Council are also required to serve on a committee, which provides opportunities for relationship building and teamwork with alumni from all Cleveland Leadership Center (CLC) programs. Committees include:
- Recruitment
This committee focuses on friend-raising for CLC, designing and implementing activities that support recruitment of new individuals to CLC programs. This groups helps organize and host annual Open House events for CLC. - Engagement
This committee creates opportunities for CLC alumni across programs to connect with each other through activities such as service days, happy hours, coffee chats, and additional networking experiences. They have coordinated the CLC Alumni Holiday Happy Hour and exclusive events for CLC members.
FY27 Chair
Brittany Wampler
Kaplan (ALI 2021)
FY27 Members
Lauren Bajda
(CLI 2025)
Heidi Barham
Reserve Care (CLI 2025)
Katy Baumbach
OhioGuidestone (CBB 2025)
Marci Blue
Enterprise Community Partners (CBB 2026)
Anna Brandt
The MetroHealth System (CBB 2023)
LaRaun Clayton
Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana (Champions 2026, ALI 2025)
Lisa Codispoti
Cleveland Museum of Art (LC2 2023, LC 2022)
Cory Cottrill
Swagelok (CBB 2024)
Ralph Dise
Dise & Company (retired) (LC 2023)
Julie Eccleston
Rocket Mortgage (CBB 2026)
Jennifer Ehrhardt Robock
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation (CBB 2026, CLI 2015)
Joe Faulhaber
College Now Greater Cleveland (CBB 2021)
Kimberly Gillan-Shafron
Cleveland State University (CLI 2015)
Alexandria Halmbacher
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (CBB 2022)
Akil Hameed
FASS Real Estate Services (LC 2023)
Phyllis Harris
LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland (ALI 2022, LC2 2020, LC 2019)
Laura Hnat
Trust for Public Land (CLI 2016)
Arielle Jackson
Thompson Hine LLP (OBC 2024)
Joseph LaPlaca
Huntington Private Bank (CBB 2023, CLI 2018)
Kelsey McMillan
Oatey Co. (CBB 2025)
Sondra Miller
Growth Opportunity Partners (LC2 2017, LC 2016, CLI 2011, CBB 2008)
Melanie Myers
Unison Risk Advisors (Champions 2026, CBB 2025, CLI 2021)
Jason Nedley
Nedley Management & Consulting (CBB 2018)
Kimberly Prince
Medical Mutual of Ohio (CBB 2023)
Jayson Richardson
Cleveland Builds (CBB 2026)
Nicole Rounick
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio (CBB 2026, CLI 2020)
Emily Scheffler
DiGeronimo Companies (OBC 2023)
Teresa Struble
Maloney + Novotny LLC (CBB 2025, CLI 2020)
Missy Toms
MedWish Med Works (CBB 2008)
Kittie Warshawsky
(LC 2020)
Mitch Wasserman
Hunger Network (CLI 2010)
Ryan Zapolski
Smile Train (CBB 2024)
Matt Zone
Western Reserve Land Conservancy (ALI 2026, LC 2007)
Adam Zuccaro
TWIST Creative, Inc. (LC 2025)