OUR BOARD
BVU is governed by a board of directors comprised of business and community leaders who provide their professional expertise and leadership to achieve the mission of engaging businesses and nonprofits to work together to strengthen the NEO Community.
OFFICERS
Deborah Z. Read
Chair
Managing Partner, Thompson Hine
Richard C. Fedorovich
Vice Chair
Executive Chairman, Bober Markey Fedorovich
Kathy Golovan
Vice Chair
Chief Operations Officer, Westfield Insurance
Bill Priemer
Immediate Past Chair
President & CEO, Hyland Software
David C. Fulton
Board Treasurer
President & CEO, Clearstead Advisors, LLC
Chris Swift
Board Secretary
Partner, Baker Hostetler LLP
Richard W. Pogue, Esq.
Chair Emeritus
Advisor, Jones Day
Elizabeth Voudouris
President & CEO
Business Volunteers Unlimited
DIRECTORS
Richard J. Batyko
Chief Marketing Officer
YMCA of Greater Cleveland
Tom Bernot
President, and Chief Operating Officer
Falls Communications
Brent Blouch
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Customer Solutions
Swagelok
Zackery Carroll
VP of Finance
CBIZ
Michael A. Cogan
President & CEO, Ohio
Northern Trust Bank
Severine De Wagheneire
Managing Director
Accenture, LLP
Tracy Dowe
City President, Middle Market Team Leader Fifth Third Bank
Brian Fishel
Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
KeyCorp
Joe Frolik
Senior VP, Communications, Government & Community Relations
MetroHealth
Heidi L. Gartland
Chief, Government & Community Relations Officer
University Hospitals
Danielle Gisondo
Office Managing Partner
Marcum
Art Hall
Firm Administrative Partner and Cleveland Partner-in-Charge
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Brian A. Hurtuk
Managing Director
Colliers International
Jessica Jung
Executive Vice President, Managing Director, Property & Casualty
Oswald Companies
David M. Kall
Managing Member, Cleveland Office
McDonald Hopkins
Steve Kessen
Chief Executive Officer
Fathom
Christine Kohls
Principal
Raising Results LLC
Detlef Krost
Chief Technical Officer
Nestle USA
Kathy Rothenberg James
Health Center Director
City of Cleveland, Department of Public Health
Carolina Masri
Community Leader
Ben Mathews
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Megan L. Mehalko
Partner
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff, LLP
Marc B. Merklin
Partner
Brouse McDowell
Steve Millard
President and CEO
Greater Akron Chamber
Charles Modlin
Physician
MetroHealth
James K. Mylen
Office Managing Partner
KPMG, LLP
Ketan K. Patel
EVP, Secretary and General Counsel
Forest City Realty Trust, Inc.
Susan Puflea
President
The Writer’s Studio
LaRese Purnell
Managing Partner
CLE Consulting Firm
Donald J. Richards
Partner (Retired)
Accenture, LLP
John W. Rodgers
Partner
Ernst & Young
Lisa Rose
President
Dix & Eaton
Harpreet Saluja
Sr. VP, Corporate Development & Planning
Eaton Corporation
John Saada
Partner-in-Charge
Jones Day, Cleveland Office
Glen Shumate
Executive Vice President
Construction Employers Association
Ryan J. Spisak
Business Banking Marketing Manager, SVP Ohio & NW PA Market
PNC Bank
Brian Taylor
Sr. VP, Sales and Marketing
Sherwin Williams
Matthew Tenerowicz
Managing Partner
Cleveland Office, Baker Hostetler
Ben Vinson
Provost and Executive Vice President
Case Western Reserve University
Thomas A. Waltermire
Chairman of the Board
Vadxx Energy
Lynne Winings
Community Volunteer
Ebony L. Yeboah-Amankwah
Vice President, Ethics, Compliance & ERM
Signet Jewelers
Minority Pipeline Initiative Task Force
Randell McShepard
RPM International, Inc.
Chairman
April Miller Boise
Eaton
Michael Bowen
Calfee
Gregory Brown
PolicyBridge
Paul Clark
PNC (retired)
Nicole Crews
Swagelok
Blaine Griffin
Cleveland City Council
Vaughn P. Johnson
Cuyahoga County
Steve Millard
Greater Akron Chamber
Dr. Charles Modlin
The MetroHealth System
Marcia Moreno
Young Latino Network
Victor Ruiz
Esperanza, Inc.
Sharon Sobol Jordan
Unify Labs
Elizabeth Voudouris
BVU
Michael White
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation