2008/2009 OFFICERS

Chair – Thomas J. Strauss – Summa Health System
Vice Chair, Finance – James J. Coats – Brockman, Coats, Gedelian & Co.
Vice Chair, Entrepreneurship – Roger D. Emerson – Emerson, Thomson & Bennett, LLC
Vice Chair, Business Development – Charles E. Jones – FirstEnergy Corp.
Vice Chair, Small Business – Dennis A. Kleidon – Kleidon & Associates
Vice Chair, Marketing – Charles L. Sinclair – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Vice Chair, Workforce Development – Karen L. Talbott – Visiting Nurse Service & Affiliates
Vice Chair, Advocacy – Jeffery A. Walters – CBIZ/Mayer Hoffman McCann

Immediate Past Chair – Thomas E. Tulodzieski – KeyBank NA


2008/2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Virginia Albanese, FedEx Custom Critical
Elizabeth Z. Bartz, State and Federal Communications
Alan J. Bleyer, Akron General Health System
Nicholas V. Browning, FirstMerit Bank, NA
Theresa Carter, OMNOVA Foundation
James Castrigano, Fifth Third Bank
James J. Coats, Brockman, Coats & Gedelian & Co.
William H. Considine, Akron Children’s Hospital
Timothy A. Dimoff, SACS Consulting & Investigative Services
Edward T. Eliopoulos, Ernst & Young, LLP
Roger D. Emerson, Emerson, Thomson & Bennett LLP
Richard C. Fedorovich, Bober, Markey, Fedorovich & Co.
William Ginter, Akron Legacy Real Estate Development LLC
Mark Gore, Firestone Country Club
Jay Griffith, Advanced Elastomer Systems LP
Bruce A. Jentner, Jentner Financial Group
Charles E. Jones, FirstEnergy Corp.
Joseph S. Kanfer, GOJO Industries, Inc.
Dennis A. Kleidon, Kleidon & Associates
Thomas G. Knoll, Stark & Knoll Co., LPA
Robert W. Malone, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP
Andrea Mathewson, Akron Beacon Journal
Philip H. Maynard, ASW Global
Jeffrey A. Murphy, Dominion East Ohio
Vivian Neal, Knight Foundation
James P. Nilsen, Albrecht, Inc.
Mike Pruitt, Mike Pruitt Honda
Tia Ramlow, GreatWork! Employment Service
Willard Roderick, Summa Health System Barberton Hospital
James L. Ruhlin, The Ruhlin Company
David Schipper, The Schipper Group
Charles L. Sinclair, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Glenn Stephens, G. Stephens Inc.
Thomas J. Strauss, Summa Health System
Karen L. Talbott, Visiting Nurse Service & Affiliates
Donzell Taylor, Welty Building Company, Ltd.
Kevin O. Thompson, National City Bank
Andre Thornton, ASW Global
Theodore F. Walter, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Jeffery Walters, CBIZ/Mayer Hoffman McCann
Karl Warnke, The Davey Tree Expert Company
Bernett Williams, Akron Urban League
Margaret Williams, AT&T
Brad Wright, Roetzel & Andress


EX-OFFICIO
Jody Bacon, Akron Community Foundation
Daniel C. Colantone, Greater Akron Chamber
Charles W. Keiper, II, Portage County, Ohio
Frederick J. Krum, Akron-Canton Airport
Dr. Lester Lefton, Kent State University
Dr. Lois Margaret Nora, NEOUCOM
Donald L. Plusquellic, City of Akron
Dr. Luis M. Proenza, The University of Akron
Russell Pry, Executive, Summit County, Ohio
John Shulan, Shulan’s Fairlawn Jewelers Inc.
Sharon A. Ray, Medina County, Ohio


EX-OFFICIO YOUNG PROFESSIONAL GROUP REPRESENTATIVES

Heather Davis, Young Professionals of Akron
Eustacia Netzel, TorchBearers
Michele Tomer, Akron Jaycees
Andrea Wlaszyn, ArtCetera


LIFE TRUSTEES

Anthony Alexander
Nickolas P. Andreeff
William C. Becker*
David L. Brennan
Richard B. Buchholzer*
Michael J. Connor
Richard C. Fedorovich
Howard L. Flood
Ann Lane Gates
Bill E. Giermann
Ronald D. Glosser
Anthony N. Gorant
Barbara Hiney
William G. Hulbert
Donald Misheff
Alan L. Ockene*
Robert P. Reffner
Lawrence E. Saulino
Sterling G. Sechrist*
D. Lee Tobler
Thomas E. Tulodzieski


*Deceased