News & Updates

The Cleveland Leadership Center was proud to partner with the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland on The Innovation Mission, a fellowship that supports local experts with groundbreaking ideas to break the cycle of poverty. Since Fall 2017, five fellows have developed their ideas and created programs to implement in Cleveland and potentially scale nationwide….

The Cleveland Leadership Center was proud to partner with the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland on The Innovation Mission, a fellowship that supports local experts with groundbreaking ideas to break the cycle of poverty. Since Fall 2017, five fellows have developed their ideas and created programs to implement in Cleveland and potentially scale nationwide….

The Cleveland International Hall of Fame’s (CIHF) 2019 class includes two Leadership Cleveland alumni, Akram Boutros (LC 2015) and Richard Fleischman (LC 1984). They were two of only six inductees selected from hundreds of nominees. Established in 2010 by clevelandpeople.com, CIHF recognizes “those who have made long lasting contributions to Cleveland’s cultural diversity and heritage.”…

Ginger Mlakar (LC2 2015, LC 2014, CLC Board) has been named 2019 Distinguished Estate Planner by the Estate Planning Council of Cleveland. According to the Council’s website, the award honors, “an individual for outstanding contributions within the multi-disciplinary field of estate planning … Recipients also reflect the goals for which the council was organized: to…

More than half of Cleveland.com‘s “most influential women of Greater Cleveland” are alumni of CLC programs. Kristen Baird Adams (LC 2010) Sari Feldman (LC 2004) Marica Fudge (LC 1995) Grace Gallucci (LC 2015) Phyllis Harris (LC 2019, CEBC 2013) Heather Lennox (LC 2017) Beth Mooney (LC 2008) Kristen Morris (LC 2015) Kristin Warzocha (LC 2010)…