civic engagement

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine recently appointed Ron Soeder (LC2 2013, LC 2012), President & CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland, to ServeOhio, the Ohio Commission on Service and Volunteerism. The appointment is a two-year term that will run through April 2022. ServeOhio’s mission is to strengthen Ohio communities through AmeriCorps and volunteer engagement…

Technology, nonprofit pitches also recognized at Accelerate   CLEVELAND – A project to teach etiquette and other life skills to youth was voted the winning civic pitch by the audience Thursday night, February 27, at Accelerate: Citizens Make Change, an annual competition presented by the Cleveland Leadership Center with support from Citizens Bank. Jowan Smith,…

The Center for Community Solutions announced four new Board members earlier this week, three of which are CLC alumni. Kevin McDaniel (LC 2019), Heather Stoll (LC 2017), and Tracy Strobel (LC 2015) join ten other leaders to serve the more than 100-yr-old think tank that focuses on solutions to health, social and economic issues. See…

Michael Obi (LC 2016), Larry Oscar (LC 2009), and Michelle Tomallo (LC2 2018, LC 2017) recently joined the Greater Cleveland Partnership Equity & Inclusion division’s advisory board. According to the GCP website, the division, “has been working since 2001 to close the racial disparities in jobs, income and wealth, by growing businesses owned by people…

The Better Business Bureau Serving Greater Cleveland recently elected Kevin Adelstein (LC 2017) as a director. According to an article published by the Cleveland Jewish News, where Adelstein serves as publisher and CEO, he was one of seven directors elected to a three-year term and six directors elected to one-year terms. See the full article…