GREENLEAF FAMILY CENTER - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director of Prevention and Community Services
April Brewer received her BASW degree from the University of Akron and has been a Licensed Social Worker since 1988. She has been employed by Greenleaf Family Center (formerly Family Services of Summit County) since 1990. The majority of those years were spent in a variety of roles with the Teenage Parent Program, providing community-based services to pregnant and parenting adolescents. April received her Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist certification in 2018 and is currently the Director of Prevention and Community Services for Greenleaf, supervising several prevention and community-based programs.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
Job Titles:
- Director of Behavioral Health
Caleb Kunkel has been with Greenleaf Family Center since February 2015. Prior to becoming the Director of Behavioral Health, Caleb worked for the agency as Internship Coordinator, Treatment Team Supervisor, Training Coordinator, and Outpatient Behavioral Health Counselor. Before joining Greenleaf, Caleb also worked in the jail/corrections field. Caleb is a Licensed Supervising Clinical Counselor and earned his M. Ed in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Kent State University. He has also enjoyed the opportunity to teach as Adjunct Professor at KSU since 2018.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
Daniel grew up in Portage County and attended James A Garfield Schools. He is a 2008 Graduate of The University of Akron with a bachelor's degree in Middle Level Education. After graduation, Daniel taught for three years, before shifting his focus to suicide prevention. Since 2011, he has presented suicide prevention curriculum to thousands of youth and adults throughout Summit County. He holds certifications as an Ohio Certified Prevention Specialist Assistant (OCPSA), a Master Trainer for the S.O.S. Signs of Suicide Curriculum, and a Gatekeeper Trainer for both Q.P.R. and Working Minds. Daniel is a member of the Summit County Suicide Prevention Coalition, serving as the Chair of the Education Sub-Committee. He currently lives in Barberton with his wife and their two children.
Job Titles:
- Attorney
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Secretary
- Secretary of the Executive Committee
Dan Glass is an attorney with Thompson Hine LLP and focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, and general corporate matters. Dan is a lifelong Akron resident, holds a JD from the University of Akron School of Law, and has spent his entire professional career working in Northeast Ohio. Dan and his wife, Chelsea, live in Highland Square with their three dogs and frequent the Summit Metro Parks and Cuyahoga Valley National Park both for fitness and to enjoy the quiet moments in nature.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Member of Crossroads Advisory Committee
Dawn joined Greenleaf in April 2013 as the President and CEO. She is very passionate about her career. Before Greenleaf, Dawn was the Executive Director of Community AIDS Network Akron Pride Initiative (CANAPI), Crossroads Administrator, Summit County Juvenile Court (2003-2008), and the Oriana House, Inc. (1996-2003).
Dawn is extremeley involved with the community. Among many other community affilations, Dawn is a member of Crossroads Advisory Committee, Summit County Juvenile Court, the Child Fatality Review Committee, the Psychiatric Intake Response Center (PIRC) Advisory Committee, and the Summit Lake Opportunity Center Advisory Committee.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- President
- President of the Executive Committee
Jennifer is currently Intellectual Property Counsel at The Sherwin Williams Company and was previously an associate at Brouse McDowell in Akron. Prior to practicing law, Jennifer was a chemist at Sherwin Williams. Jennifer holds a J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, an M.B.A. from Cleveland State University, a M.S. in Polymer Science from the University of Akron, and a B.S. in Combined Science from Youngstown State University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
Joan is a lifelong Akronite and is dedicated to her community through public service. She joined Greenleaf in September 2022, and currently oversees family serving programs including: KISSS/ARMI, Family Success Network and Moms and Babies First. Prior to joining Greenleaf, she worked as Community Relations Manager at Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority managing their non-profit subsidiary Building for Tomorrow. Joan also served as Executive Director at Interfaith Caregivers and as Academic and Employment Administrator at Oriana House, Inc. for 17 years.
Joan maintained her Adult Education teaching license for 12 years with a Career Development endorsement, was certified to deliver evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy groups, and maintains a lifetime certification in Bridges out of Poverty. She received her bachelor's degree from Kent State University and master's degree from the University of Akron.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- President Elect
Laura brings an expertise of over 14 years of fundraising experience. She is currently employed at Akron Children's Hospital Foundation as a Major Gift Officer. Prior to this position, she was employed at United Way of Summit County managing a portfolio of businesses for workplace campaigns. Over her career, Laura has been actively involved in the community giving back through volunteerism, personal giving and leadership through board and committee service to numerous organizations such as the Kiwanis Club of Akron and Akron Roundtable, Habitat for Humanity, American Red Cross, Heart to Heart, WITAN, and Greenleaf Family Services. She is working toward her MBA and resides in Akron.
Leslie Redd joined Greenleaf Family Center on October 31, 2018. Prior to that she spent 21 years at Baby 1st Network, a statewide non-profit agency. She held various positions throughout her career and became the Executive Director in 2009, a position she held until the agency moved to Toledo in June of 2018.
Leslie brings with her experience in fundraising, grant writing and reporting, event planning and marketing. She is passionate about the mission of Greenleaf and the people they serve through their various programs and services.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Treasurer
- Treasurer of the Executive Committee
- CEO of Val - Mark Consulting
Mark is the CEO of Val-Mark Consulting which he founded in 2017. Val-Mark provides healthcare M&A and revenue cycle advisory services primarily to private equity clients. For the 30 years prior to Val-Mark, he held CFO and COO roles at healthcare service companies including Cole Vision, Pearle Vision, DentalCare Partners, Hospitalists Management Group, Emergency Medicine Physicians, MESA Emergency Medicine and Aris Radiology. Mark started his career as a CPA with PWC. Mark is a graduate of Leadership Akron NEXT Class #8. He is an investor in North Coast Ventures Funds III and IV, where he serves on the investment steering and portfolio support committees and is a member of the Angel Capital Association. He is an entrepreneur mentor in the Burton D. Morgan Mentoring Program at Jumpstart. Mark is a graduate of Loyola University of Chicago.
Job Titles:
- Director of Operational Support
Stacy joined Greenleaf in January of 2009. Prior to becoming Director of Operational Support in 2022, she held a number of positions throughout her years at the agency, including Finance Manager, Financial Services for Families, Accounts Coordinator and Office Administration.
Job Titles:
- Family Success Network Manager
Tabitha has a Bachelor's Degree from Tiffin University in criminal justice and focused on studying forensic psychology and addictions counseling. She has experience working with the child welfare system and addiction/recovery services.
For the past 4.5 years she has worked at Cuyahoga County Children Services as a sexual abuse intake investigator and was part of the multidisciplinary team for Canopy Child Advocacy Center. She completed forensic interviews with the children between the ages of 4 to 18 and children with disabilities.
She is also completing a clinical internship at a private practice where she utilized multiple modalities to help address trauma and other mental health diagnoses.
She will be graduating from Case Western University in the Spring of 2023 with her Master's in Social Work and have a certification in Trauma Informed Care.
She is passionate about helping families and their children and wants families to succeed in all aspects of their lives.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Executive Committee