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:

  • Cultivation
    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.
  • Next-Gen Leadership Development
    This committee has the opportunity to work with CLC staff on the enhancement and engagement of CLC’s next-gen leadership programming, which includes Look Up To Cleveland (high school students) and Campus Cleveland (college students).
  • Alumni 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.

FY24 Officers

Debbie Lewis (Chair)

Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio (CLI 2017)

Julie Weagraff (Vice-Chair)

Girl Scouts of North East Ohio (LC 2024, CLI 2018)

FY24 Members

Ruth Barnum

Apex Dermatology & Skin Surgery Center (CLI 2022)

Anna Brandt

MetroHealth (CBB 2023)

Jen Brasdovich

Destination Cleveland (CLI 2022)

Bailey Capelle

College Now Greater Cleveland (CBB 2021)

Michael DeAloia

Evergreen Podcasts (CBB 2007)

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)

Laura Hnat

Trust for Public Land (CLI 2016)

Joseph LaPlaca

PNC Private Bank (CBB 2023, CLI 2018)

Jason Nedley

Nedley Management (CBB 2018)

Katy Nozar

Young Entrepreneur Institute at University School (CLI 2023)

Kimberly Prince

Medical Mutual (CBB 2023)

Ruth Rachel Przybojewski

Enbridge Gas Ohio (CBB 2019)

Nicole Rounick

Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio (CLI 2020)

Emily Scheffler

Vocon (OBC 2023)

Teresa Struble

Maloney + Novotny LLC (CBB 2025, CLI 2020)

Colette Taylor

Akron Civic Theatre (CBB 2004)

Missy Toms

(CBB 2008)

Thomas Tyrrell

Great Lakes Biomimicry (ALI 2020, LC 1988)

Brittany Wampler

Kaplan (ALI 2021)

Mitch Wasserman

The Wasserman Consulting Group (CLI 2010)

Rachel Wojtkun

Grant Thornton LLP (CBB 2023, CLI 2020)

Ryan Zapolski

Smile Train (CBB 2024)