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2011 Executive Committee & Board of Directors

2011 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair - Virginia C. Albanese, President & CEO, FedEx Custom Critical
Immediate Past-Chair - Thomas J. Strauss, President & CEO, Summa Health System
Chair-Elect - Charles E. Jones, Jr., Senior Vice President and President, FirstEnergy Utilities
Vice Chair, Finance - David A. Brockman, CPA, Managing Director, BCG & Company
Vice Chair, Chamber Services - S. Theresa Carter, President, OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
Vice Chair, Talent - J. Michael Kolk, Partner-in-Charge - Private Client Services, Cohen & Company, CPAs
Vice Chair, Resource Development - Jeffrey A. Murphy, Managing Director, Commercial Operations, Dominion East Ohio
Vice Chair, At-Large - James P. Nilsen, President & Treasurer, Albrecht, Inc.
Vice Chair, Small Business Council - John L. Shulan, President & CEO, Shulan's Fairlawn Jewelers, Inc.
Vice Chair, At-Large - Charles L. Sinclair, Senior Vice President, Global Communications, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Vice Chair, Economic Development - Steven Strah, Vice President of Distribution Support, FirstEnergy Corp.
Vice Chair, Government Affairs - Jeffery A. Walters, Managing Director, CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann
Vice Chair, At-Large - Bradley A. Wright, Parter-in-Charge, Akron Office, Roetzel & Andress, LPA
Daniel C. Colantone, President & CEO, Greater Akron Chamber


2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Virginia C. Albanese, President & CEO, FedEx Custom Critical
Elizabeth Z. Bartz, President and CEO, State and Federal Communications Inc.
David A. Brockman, CPA, Managing Director, BCG & Company
Nicholas V. Browning, PresidentCEO Akron Region, FirstMerit Bank NA
S. Theresa Carter, President, OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
William H. Considine, President & CEO, Akron Children's Hospital
Edward T. Eliopoulos, Partner, Assurance Services, Ernst & Young, LLP
Roger D. Emerson, Partner, Emerson, Thomson & Bennett, LLC
Richard C. Fedorovich, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner, Bober Markey Fedorovich
William J. Ginter, Principal, Akron Legacy Real Estate Development, LLC
Louise J. Gissendaner, Akron City President, Director of Community Development, Fifth Third Bank
Mark A. Goldfarb, Managing Director, SS&G Financial Services, Inc.
Robert W. Handlos, Vice President, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations Center for Research & Technology
Jeffrey T. Heintz, Managing Partner, Brouse McDowell
Bruce A. Jentner, President, Jentner Financial Group
Charles E. Jones, Jr., Senior Vice President and President, FirstEnergy Utilities
Dennis A. Kleidon, President/CEO, Kleidon & Associates
Thomas G. Knoll, Principal, Stark & Knoll Co., LPA
J. Michael Kolk, Partner-in-Charge - Cohen & Company, CPAs
Scott Levin, CFO & Chief Administrative Vice President, GOJO Industries, Inc.
Robert W. Malone, Chairman of Business Practice Group, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP
Andrea C. Mathewson, Publisher, Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com
Philip H. Maynard, Chairman, ASW Properties, Ltd.
Vincent McCorkle, FACHE, Akron General Health System
Jeffrey A. Murphy, Managing Director, Commercial Operations, Dominion East Ohio
James P. Nilsen, President & Treasurer, Albrecht, Inc.
Gordy Opitz, President, ComDoc, Inc.
Tia M. Ramlow, President, GreatWork! Employment Services
James L. Ruhlin, President, The Ruhlin Company
David J. Schipper, Owner and President, The Schipper Group
William C. Shivers, President, Akron/Canton Region, Huntington Bank
John L. Shulan, President, Shulan's Fairlawn Jewelers, Inc.
Charles L. Sinclair, Senior Vice President, Global Communications, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Steven Strah, Vice President of Distribution Support, FirstEnergy Corp.
Karen L. Talbott, President, Visiting Nurse Service and Affiliates
Donzell S. Taylor, President & CEO, Welty Building Company Ltd.
Kevin O. Thompson, Regional, President Akron/Canton/Wooster Area, PNC Bank
Andre Thornton, President & CEO, ASW Global, LLC
Theodore F. Walter, President, Akron/Canton/Youngstown, Fifth Third
Jeffery A Walters, Managing Director, CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann
Karl J. Warnke, Chairman, President & CEO, The Davey Tree Expert Company
Bernett L. Williams, Vice President, Akron Childrens Hospital
Margaret E. Williams, Director-External Affairs, AT&T Ohio
Michael G. Wojno, Founder and Owner, Wojno Development, LLC
Bradley A. Wright, Partner-in-Charge - Akron Office, Roetzel & Andress, LPA


EX-OFFICIOS
Daniel C. Colantone, Greater Akron Chamber
Robert Filipiak, Cascade Capital Corporation
Dr. Jay A. Gershen, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM)
Lisa M. Knapp, Downtown Akron Partnership (YP representative for ArtCetera)
Dr. Lester A. Lefton, Kent State University
Richard B. McQueen, Akron-Canton Airport
Matthew McCallum, HFA (YP representative for Torchbearers)
Christopher McKnight, First Communications (YP representative for Jaycees)
John T. Petures, Jr., Akron Community Foundation
Mayor Donald L. Plusquellic, City of Akron
Dr. Luis M. Proenza, The University of Akron
County Executive Russell M. Pry, Summit County
Robert W. Thorne, SS&G (YP representative for Young Professionals of Akron)


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 T. Misheff
Alan L. Ockene*
Robert P. Reffner
Lawrence E. Saulino
Sterling G. Sechrist*
D. Lee Tobler
Thomas E. Tulodzieski


*Deceased