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2010-2011 Executive Committee & Board of Directors

2010-2011 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair - Virginia C. Albanese, President & CEO, FedEx Custom Critical
Past-Chair - Thomas J. Strauss, President & CEO, Summa Health System
Vice Chair Chamber Services - S. Theresa Carter, President, OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
Vice Chair Finance Audit Committee - J Michael Kolk, Partner in Charge - Tax, Cohen & Company, CPAs
Vice Chair Economic Development - Charles E. Jones, Senior VP - Energy Delivery and Customer Service, FirstEnergy Corp.
Vice Chair Small Business Council - John L. Shulan, President & CEO, Shulan's Fairlawn Jewelers, Inc.


2010 – 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, President & CEO Akron Region, FirstMerit Bank NA
S. Theresa Carter, President, OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
William H. Considine, President & CEO, Akron Children's Hospital
Timothy A. Dimoff, CEO/President, SACS Consulting & Investigative Services
Edward 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 Handlos, Vice President, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
Jeffrey T. Heintz, Managing Partner, Brouse McDowell
Bruce A. Jentner, President, Jentner Financial Group
Charles E. Jones, Jr., Senior VP - Energy Delivery and Customer Service, FirstEnergy Corp.
Dennis A. Kleidon, President/CEO, Kleidon & Associates
Thomas G. Knoll, Principal, Stark & Knoll Co., LPA
J. Michael Kolk, Partner in Charge - Tax, Cohen & Company, CPAs
Robert W. Malone, Chairman, Business Practice Group, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP
Andrea C. Mathewson, Publisher, Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com
Philip H. Maynard, Chairman, ASW Properties, Ltd.
Jeff Murphy, Managing Director, Commercial Operations, Dominion East Ohio
Vivian Celeste Neal, Program Director, Akron, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
James P. Nilsen, President & Treasurer, Albrecht, Incorporated
Donald L. Plusquellic, Mayor, City of Akron
Tia M. Ramlow, President, GreatWork! Employment Services
Michael E. Rindler, Senior Advisor & Interim CEO, Akron General Medical Center
Marcella Kanfer Rolnick, Vice Chair, GOJO Industries, Inc.
James L. Ruhlin, President, The Ruhlin Company
David Schipper, Owner and President, The Schipper Group
John L. Shulan, President, Shulan's Fairlawn Jewelers, Inc.
Charles L. Sinclair, Sr VP Global Communications, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Thomas J. Strauss, President & CEO, Summa Health System
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
Thomas E. Tulodzieski, President, KeyBank
Theodore F. Walter, President Akron/Canton/Youngstown Region, CHASE
Jeffery A Walters, Managing Director, CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann
Karl J. Warnke, Chairman, President & CEO, The Davey Tree Expert Company
Bernett L. Williams, President and CEO, Akron Urban League
Margaret E. Williams, Director-External Affairs, AT&T
Michael G. Wojno, Founder and Owner, Wojno Development, LLC
Bradley A. Wright, Partner-in-Charge - Akron Office, Roetzel & Andress, LPA
Vin Zachariah, Regional VP of Operations, Time Warner Cable


EX-OFFICIOS
Richard C. France, Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch
Ex-Officio, representing Cascade Capital Corporation
Dr. Jay A. Gershen, President, NEOUCOM
Ex-Officio, representing NEOUCOM
Charles W. Keiper, II, Commissioner, Portage County
Ex-Officio, representing Portage County
Dr. Lester A. Lefton, President, Kent State University
Ex-Officio, representing Kent State University
Meghan MacDonald, State Farm
Ex-Officio, representing YP-Torchbearers
Josh Martin, Senior Business Analyst, FirstEnergy Corp.
Ex-Officio, representing YP-ArtCetera
Richard B. McQueen, President & CEO, Akron-Canton Airport
Ex-Officio, representing Akron-Canton Airport
John Petures, President & CEO, Akron Community Foundation
Ex-Officio, representing Akron Community Foundation
Donald L. Plusquellic, Mayor, City of Akron
Ex-Officio, representing City of Akron
Dr. Luis M. Proenza, President
Ex-Officio, representing The University of Akron
Russell M. Pry, Summit County Executive
Ex-Officio, representing Summit County
Sharon A. Ray, Commissioner, Medina County
Ex-Officio, representing Medina County
John L. Shulan, President CEO, Shulan’s Fairlawn Jewelers, Inc.
Ex-Officio, representing Small Business
Michelle Tomer, Attorney at Law
Ex-Officio, representing YP-Akron Jaycees

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