Board of Directors​

The active engagement and leadership of senior business executives are central to the GCP’s credibility and success. Consideration is given to ensure that the GCP Board represents the diversity that is present in Greater Cleveland. 

Chair

Paul Dolan
Owner and CEO
Cleveland Guardians

Treasurer

Michael E. Stanek
Co-owner and CFO
Hunt Imaging

Secretary

Eddie Taylor Jr. 
President 
Taylor Oswald 

Directors

Craig Arnold
Chairman and CEO
Eaton

Brent D. Ballard 
Managing Partner 
Calfee, Halter & Griswold

Michael Baston
President
Cuyahoga Community College

Chris Bellamy
President
Cohen & Company

Rudy Bentlage
Executive Director-Market Executive
JP Morgan Chase Bank

Fernando Bertero
CEO
Fully Promoted

Laura Bloomberg
President
Cleveland State University

Claude Booker
President
Simply Southern Sides

Brandon Carrus
Managing Partner, Cleveland
McKinsey & Company

James Cavoli
President and Chief Operating Officer
Swagelok

Scott Chaikin 
Executive Chairman
Dix & Eaton 

Lonnie Coleman
Chairman, Owner & President
Coleman Spohn

Michele Connell
Global Managing Partner
Squire Patton Boggs

Bill Cosgrove
President & CEO
Union Home Mortgage

Severine De Wagheneire
Managing Director
Accenture

Jeroen Diderich
Vice President and General Manager, North America
Avery Dennison

Tim Dimoff 
President and CEO
SACS Consulting & Investigative Services

Debbie Donley
Founder and Principal
Vocon Design

Andrew Eich
President & CEO
Covia

Patrick Espinosa
Managing Partner
Sus Abogados Latinos –
Law Firm

Taylor Evans
President
Rust Belt Recruiting

Karen Fanger
President
K&D Properties

Hiroyuki Fujita
Chairman
Canon Healthcare USA

Alex Gertsburg
Managing Partner
Gertsburg Licata

Steven C. Glass
President and CEO
Medical Mutual

Lourenco Goncalves
President and CEO
Cleveland-Cliffs

Christopher Gorman
Chairman, CEO, and President
KeyCorp

Stanley Gorom, III
CEO & Managing Partner
Hahn Loeser & Parks

Adam Graves
President, Pizza & Snacking Division
Nestlé

Sally Gries
Founder and Non-Executive Chairperson
Gries Financial Partners 

Jerry Grisko
President & CEO
CBIZ

Brad Harmon
Midwest Regional President
Advance Local

Dee Haslam
CEO
Haslam Sports Group

David Heller
Managing Member
The NRP Group

Chris Howse
President and CEO
Howse Solutions

Kevin Johnson
Managing Partner
NexGen Interactive

Margaret Judd
President
Executive Arrangements

Elizabeth B. Juliano 
Founder and CEO
Litigation Management 

Eric Kaler
President
Case Western Reserve University

James Kenyon*
Director
NASA Glenn Research Center

Ariane Kirkpatrick
CEO and President
The AKA Team

Bob Klonk
CEO & Chairman
Oswald Companies

Len Komoroski 
Senior Advisor, Rock Entertainment Group

Ed Largent III
President, CEO & Board Chair
The Westfield Group

Robert Littman
Northeast Ohio Managing Partner
BDO USA

Jason Lucarelli
CEO
MinuteMen Staffing Services

John MacIntosh
Partner, Market Development
KPMG

Jim Malz
President, Ohio and Midwest Regional Executive
Citizens Bank

Anthony Manna
Chairman and Founder
M7 Holdings

Christopher Mapes 
Chairman, President and CEO 
Lincoln Electric Holdings

Jeneen Marziani
Senior Vice President
Ohio Market President
Bank of America

Bonnie Matthew 
President and Owner 
Food for Thought Catering

Cliff Megerian
CEO
University Hospitals Health System

Jill Dietrich Mellon
Executive Director and CEO
VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System

Kyle Merrill
Vice President – Cleveland Business Gilbane Building

Loretta J. Mester*
President and CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Tomislav Mihaljevic
CEO and President
Cleveland Clinic

Joe Morford
Managing Partner
Tucker Ellis

John Morikis
Chairman, President and CEO
The Sherwin-Williams Company

Scott Mueller 
Chief Executive Officer and President
Dealer Tire 

Gregg Muresan
Managing Partner
PwC

Heidi Murphy
Principal and Vice President of Finance
Warwick Communications

Sundaram Nagarajan
President and CEO
Nordson

Tim Opsitnick
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Technology Concepts and Design

Pat Pastore
Regional President
PNC Financial Services Group

Bob Patterson
President and CEO
Avient

Cheryl Perez
CEO
Benefit Innovations Group

CeCe President
Owner
Presidential Consultants

Deborah Z. Read 
Managing Partner 
Thompson Hine

Monte Repasky
Cleveland Office Managing Partner
Ernst & Young

Neal Restivo
CEO
Oatey

Sean Richardson
Regional President
Huntington National Bank

John Saada, Jr.
Partner-in-Charge, Cleveland Office
Jones Day

Eric Schnur
Senior Advisor
The Lubrizol Corporation
Past Chair, Greater Cleveland Partnership

Vijay Shankar
President & CEO
Kichler Lighting

Malisse Sinito
Owner
Savour Hospitality Group

Mark Smucker
President and CEO
The J.M. Smucker Company

Airica Steed*
President & CEO
MetroHealth

Frank C. Sullivan 
Chairman and CEO 
RPM International 

Tameka Taylor
President
Compass Consulting
Services

Toby Thomas
President and CEO 
Kinetico

Adrian Thompson
Co-Partner-in-Charge and Chief Diversity Officer
Taft Stettinius & Hollister

Michelle Tomallo
Chief People Officer & Co-Founder
FIT Technologies 

Jugal K. Vijayvargiya
President and CEO
Materion

Tony Weber
CEO
Goldfarb Weber Creative Media 

Paul Wellener
Managing Principal, Cleveland
Deloitte

Daniel Weekley
President, General Manager
Dominion Energy Ohio

Vanessa Whiting
CEO
AES Management Corporation

Thomas L. Williams
Executive Chairman
Parker Hannifin

John G. Young
Owner
Speed Exterminating

*Board Observer