GREATER AKRON
Virginia Albanese, president and CEO, FedEx Custom Critical
Anthony J. Alexander, president and CEO, FirstEnergy Corp.
William Batchelder, speaker of the Ohio House
Rob Briggs, chairman, Knight Foundation
Daniel Colantone, president and CEO, Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce
William Considine, president and CEO, Akron Children’s Hospital
Frank Douglas, president and CEO, Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron
Jay Gershen, president, Northeast Ohio Medical University
NEW!
Gershen has strengthened NEOMED’s research ambitions and regional relationships, partnering with Cleveland State University to train urban doctors in Cleveland.
Paul Greig, chairman and president and CEO, FirstMerit Corp.
Eric Johnson, executive director, University Park Alliance
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In less than two years on the job, Johnson has put forth an ambitious plan to remake the neighborhoods around the University of Akron, and he’s landed developer KUD International to make some of the projects happen.
Joe Kanfer, CEO and chairman, GOJO Industries
Richard Kramer, chairman, president and CEO, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Lester Lefton, president, Kent State University
Christine Amer Mayer, president, GAR Foundation
Don Plusquellic, mayor, Akron
Luis Proenza, president, The University of Akron
Russ Pry, Summit County executive
Tom Strauss, president and CEO, Summa Health System
Frank Sullivan, CEO and chairman, RPM International
Betty Sutton, U.S. representative
Mary Taylor, lieutenant governor, Ohio
Ward J. “Tim” Timken Jr., chairman, The Timken Co.
CUYAHOGA COUNTY
David Abbott, executive director, The George Gund Foundation
Monte Ahuja, former chairman, president and CEO, Transtar Industries
Rebecca Bagley, president and CEO, NorTech
Ronald Berkman, president, Cleveland State University
Marc Byrnes, chairman & CEO, Oswald Companies
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The well-connected Byrnes ran the United Way campaign effectively as co-chair in 2008 and 2009, expanding his contacts among top CEOs.
Rick Chiricosta, president and CEO, Medical Mutual of Ohio
Paul Clark, regional president for Northern Ohio, PNC
Lonnie Coleman, president and CEO, Coleman Spohn Corp.
Christopher Connor, chairman and CEO, The Sherwin-Williams Co.
Delos “Toby” Cosgrove, president and CEO, Cleveland Clinic
Alexander “Sandy” Cutler, chairman and CEO, Eaton Corp.
Terrance C.Z. Egger, publisher, president and CEO, The Plain Dealer
Art Falco, president and CEO, PlayhouseSquare Foundation
Umberto Fedeli, president and CEO, The Fedeli Group
Ed FitzGerald, Cuyahoga County executive
Lee Friedman, CEO, College Now Greater Cleveland
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A shrewd networker with connections from her previous jobs at local nonprofits, Friedman got 15 college presidents to sign onto College Now’s higher education compact, meant to help Clevelanders attend and graduate from college.
William Friedman, president and CEO, Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
Marcia Fudge, U.S. representative
Lyle Ganske, Cleveland office partner-in-charge, Jones Day
Dan Gilbert, owner, Cleveland Cavaliers; chairman, Quicken Loans Inc.; principal, Rock Gaming
David Gilbert, president and CEO, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission; president, Positively Cleveland
Eric Gordon, CEO, Cleveland Metropolitan School District
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Even before moving up to the CEO’s job, Gordon was influential as an architect of the district’s transformation plan. He’s still a force for change, trying to improve kids’ and schools’ performance and pushing for merit pay and seniority rules changes for teachers while trying to balance a shrinking budget.
Brian Hall, CEO and chairman, Innogistics
Kenneth Hardy, president and CEO, Bonnie Speed Logistics
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Hardy is becoming a key bridge between the African-American business community and other corporate leaders as co-chair of the Greater Cleveland Partnership’s Commission on Economic Inclusion.
Frank Jackson, mayor, Cleveland
Ray Leach, CEO, JumpStart Inc.
Steve Millard, president and executive director, Council of Smaller Enterprises
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COSE already represents 15,000 businesses, but Millard is expanding its reach by partnering with suburban chambers of commerce.
Sam Miller, co-chairman emeritus, Forest City Enterprises
A. Malachi Mixon III, chairman, Invacare
Beth Mooney, chairman and CEO, KeyCorp
Fred Nance, partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland; general counsel, Cleveland Browns
Sandra Pianalto, president and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Richard Pogue, senior advisor, Jones Day
Albert Ratner, co-chairman emeritus, Forest City Enterprises
Charles Ratner, chairman, Forest City Enterprises
Ronn Richard, president and CEO, The Cleveland Foundation
Joseph Roman, president and CEO, Greater Cleveland Partnership
Chris Ronayne, president, University Circle Inc.
Baiju Shah, president and CEO, BioEnterprise
Bob Smith, president and CEO, Spero-Smith Investment Advisers
Ricky Smith, director, Cleveland department of port control
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Keeping Cleveland Hopkins International Airport as a hub has grown in urgency after the Continental-United merger. Smith is playing a key role with his new master plan to modernize the airport and his success at reducing airlines’ cost of operating at Hopkins.
Barbara Snyder, president, Case Western Reserve University
Terry Stewart, president and CEO, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Michael Symon, owner and chef, Lola and Lolita
Jerry Sue Thornton, president, Cuyahoga Community College
Nina Turner, Ohio state senator
Dan Walsh, president, Greater Cleveland region, Huntington Bank
Thomas Waltermire, CEO, Team NEO
Scott Wolstein, president, Wolstein Group
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Call it a comeback, or call his financing an unconventional hodgepodge, but Scott Wolstein is about to remake the downtown riverfront with the Flats East Bank project.
Thomas Zenty III, CEO, University Hospitals
LAKE COUNTY
Morris Beverage Jr., president, Lakeland Community College
Jim Brown Sr., president, Classic Auto Group
James Hambrick, chairman, president and CEO, Lubrizol
Steven LaTourette, U.S. representative
Cynthia Moore-Hardy, president and CEO, Lake Health
Daniel Troy, Lake County commissioner
LORAIN COUNTY
Sherrod Brown, U.S. senator
Roy Church, president, Lorain County Community College
Jim Cordes, Lorain County administrator
Frank DeTillio, president, Lorain County Chamber of Commerce
Kevin Flanigan, president, General Plug and Manufacturing Co.
Ted Kalo, Lorain County commissioner
Dan Klimas, president and CEO, Lorain National Bank
Ed Oley, president and CEO, Mercy Regional Medical Center
Donald Sheldon, president and CEO, EMH Regional Healthcare System
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A physician-administrator, Sheldon is seeking to strengthen EMH by sharing services with Cuyahoga County hospitals while getting involved in some of Lorain County’s top civic boards.
Kenton Thompson, regional president, First Place Bank
MAHONING VALLEY
Anthony Cafaro Jr., co-president, The Cafaro Co.
Jim Cossler, CEO and chief evangelist, Youngstown Business Incubator
Sam Covelli, owner and operator, Covelli Enterprises
Denise DeBartolo York, chairperson, The DeBartolo Corp.
Tom Fleming, president, Aim NationaLease
Thomas Humphries, president and CEO, Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce
Joel Mastervich, president and COO, V&M Star
Anthony Payiavlas, president, AVI Foodsystems Inc.
John Pogue, partner, Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell
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A driving force behind the new Tech Belt Energy Innovation Center, Pogue is heavily involved in Mahoning Valley civic efforts. “You hear his name almost every week,” says a Youngstowner.
Tim Ryan, U.S. representative
Gordon Wean, chairman, Raymond John Wean Foundation
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He’s made the foundation that bears his family name a force for change in the Mahoning Valley, seeding initiatives from community gardens and tree-planting to neighborhood development organizations.
Bruce Zoldan, president and CEO, B.J. Alan Co.