VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES - Key Persons


Andrew Teague McCollister

Job Titles:
  • Controller

Bettyann S. Helms

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Life Trustee

Daniel LaBianca - COO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations

Dennis Raab

Job Titles:
  • Community Volunteer
  • Director

Diane Roberto

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director, Horizon Montessori School

Donald Gries

Job Titles:
  • Community Volunteer
  • Director

Frank H. Porter

Job Titles:
  • Community Volunteer
  • Director

James B. Griswold

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Life Trustee

James R. Jaye

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair - Development

Jeffrey L. Kapp

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Partner, Jones Day

Jessica Hardesty

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development

John C. Krueger

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair - Compensation & Management

Joseph G. DuBois

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Chief Financial Officer, Oswald Companies

Katie A. Allender

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Laura M. Lamb - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
Laura joined VGS as Vocational Evaluator & Benefits Analysis in 1998. She was promoted to Manager of Work Evaluation in 2001, adding Training Services to her responsibilities in 2003. Laura became the Division Director of Vocational Preparation Services in 2006, and Vice President of Vocational Preparation in 2014.

Lauren Haley - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Director

Liz Gillmore - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board

Matthew J. Kemmann

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director - Strategic Planning & Analytics, University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Parker Hannifin

Job Titles:
  • Audit Manager

Pat C. Brownell

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Life Trustee

Phillip A. Kuri

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair - Governance

Phillip Carino - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • General Counsel
  • Secretary
  • Vice President, Legal

Polly Bruch White

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Life Trustee

Sally Cutler

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Life Trustee

Sebastien Glinzler

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Vice President, J.P. Morgan

Stephen F. Kirk

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Executive in Residence, Cleveland State University

Susie M. Barragate - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • President
  • President & CEO of VGS
Susie was appointed as the President & CEO of VGS in September of 2018. Susie has served with VGS for more than 22 years. She joined Vocational Guidance Services in 1996 as the Human Resources Coordinator and in 1999 became the agency's Human Resources Director.

Thomas E. Hopkins

Job Titles:
  • Honorary Life Trustee

Thomas Petredis

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair - Finance

William G. Caster

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • President, Gries Financial Partners