RAINBOW - Key Persons

Amy L. Foti

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Arthur F. Anton

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Member of the UH Board of Directors
Chairman of the Board of University Hospitals, 2019 - Present / Retired President and Chief Executive Officer Swagelok

Art Anton served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Swagelok Company, from 2017 until his retirement on December 31, 2019. Mr. Anton previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2004-2017, President and Chief Operating Officer from 2001-2004, Executive Vice President from 2000-2001, and Chief Financial Officer from 1998-2000 of Swagelok. Prior to joining Swagelok in 1998, Mr. Anton was a Partner of Ernst & Young. Art is currently a director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, Olympic Steel (Lead Director), Diebold Nixdorf and SunCoke Energy and is a member of the Union Home Mortgage advisory board (Chair). He was also appointed as a director of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018 where he chairs the Finance Committee and is a former director of Forest City Realty Trust from 2010-2018. Art has a bachelor's degree in Economics from the City University of New York-Brooklyn College and an MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western Reserve University.

Betsy Vuillemot

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Carran Gannaway

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Catherine Herrick Levy

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Cesare R.G. Mainardi

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Member of the UH Board of Directors
Business Strategy Author, Professor

Cesare R. Mainardi is a business strategy author, professor, and the former Chief Executive Officer of global management consultancy Booz & Company. He is the principal architect of an intuitive and highly effective approach to corporate strategy known as Capabilities-Driven Strategy. He has coauthored three books on the subject, all published by Harvard Business Review Press: Strategy That Works: How Winning Companies Close the Strategy-to-Execution Gap (2016), The Essential Advantage: How to Win with a Capabilities-Driven Strategy (2010), and Cut Costs and Grow Stronger (2009). He has authored many articles on management and strategy in leading global publications and is a member of The Wall Street Journal's experts panel of industry and thought leaders. Mr. Mainardi held many senior leadership positions with Booz Allen Hamilton and Booz & Company during his 30 years as a management consultant. At Booz Allen he spearheaded a major turnaround, enabling a successful sale of the government business to the Carlyle Group for $2.54 billion and the spin-off of the global commercial business in 2008. He was elected global CEO of that enterprise in April 2012 and served in the role until July 2015. As CEO he crafted a bold strategy to create the world's leading strategy-to-execution firm by combining with PwC. The deal was completed in April 2014 and marked a milestone in the evolution of the professional services industry. He is a longstanding Adjunct Professor of Strategy at the Kellogg School of Management. Mr. Mainardi attended Northwestern University and earned a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering, a Master's degree in manufacturing engineering, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.

Christine Semarjian

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Christopher M. Gorman - CEO, Chairman, President

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Chairman
Chief Executive Officer
Member of the UH Board of Directors
President
Role of Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of KeyCorp

Christopher M. Gorman assumed the role of Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of KeyCorp on May 1, 2020, bringing more than 30 years of financial services experience to his role. In September 2019, Chris was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of KeyCorp, and was named Chairman and CEO of KeyBank, N.A. in 2012. Previously, Chris was Vice-Chairman and President of Banking where he was responsible for KeyCorp's businesses. Chris was responsible for leading Key's integration of First Niagara Financial Group, which was the largest acquisition in Key's 190-year history. Prior to that, Chris served as the President of Key Corporate Bank, which was comprised of KeyBank Real Estate Capital, Enterprise Commercial Payments, Key Equipment Finance and KeyBanc Capital Markets. Earlier in his career, Chris led KeyBanc Capital Markets and held various leadership roles at McDonald Investments, a registered broker-dealer acquired by KeyCorp in 1998. Chris serves on the Board of Directors of The Bank Policy Institute and is member of the BITS Committee, technology policy division of the Bank Policy Institute. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of The Clearing House and serves as a board member of Business Roundtable, Ohio Business Roundtable, Greater Cleveland Partnership, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Previously, Chris was a member of the Sisters of Charity Health Systems Board of Directors, the Cleveland Institute of Music and The Zoological Society of Cleveland. He is the past Chairman of Business Volunteers Unlimited and past Chairman of the KeyCorp United Way Services Campaign, and served as President of the KeyBank Foundation. Chris received a bachelor's degree in finance from Miami University in 1983 and is a member of the Board of Visitors of Miami University's Farmer School of Business.

Cliff A. Megerian - CEO

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Chief Executive Officer
Member of the UH Board of Directors
Chief Executive Officer of University Hospital
Ex - Officio Member
Professor

Cliff A. Megerian, MD, FACS, is Chief Executive Officer of University Hospitals (UH), a comprehensive health system with annual revenues of $5.2 billion, 23 hospitals (including 5 joint ventures), more than 50 health centers and outpatient facilities, and over 200 physician offices located throughout 16 counties. He assumed this position in February 2021. Prior to that, Dr. Megerian served as the system's President, a position he was appointed to in December 2019. Previously, Dr. Megerian served as President, University Hospitals Physician Network and System Institutes, where he was charged with managing the clinical integration strategies, policies and practice guidelines for more than 2,500 UH employed physicians as well as the operations and infrastructure for 14 UH system institutes. These clinical care institutes bring highly trained sub-specialists together from multiple disciplines to collaborate on the best treatment for patients -- promoting uniform, standard care protocols and the sharing of best practices. Prior to that role, Dr. Megerian served as President, University Hospitals Physician Services, where he raised physician productivity to its highest level and significantly increased physician engagement and research funding. UH's physician network includes the fulltime academic medical practice at UH Cleveland Medical Center and UH's community-based, multi-specialty physician network throughout Northeast Ohio. Dr. Megerian is also a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine where he was Chair from 2012-2018 and held the Julius McCall Professorship at CWRU, as well as the Richard and Patricia Pogue endowed Chair in Auditory Surgery and Hearing Sciences at University Hospitals. As a surgeon, Dr. Megerian co-founded UH's Cochlear implant program and he and his team have performed over 1,500 cochlear implant surgeries, making it one of the largest programs in the country. He joined UH in 2002. Upon arriving in Cleveland he also served on the physician staffs of the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veteran Affairs Medical Center and Metro Health System Medical Center. Prior to UH, Dr. Megerian served as Director of Otology and Neurotology at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, where he also served as Director of Residency Training, Medical Director, Cochlear Implantation Program, and Co-Director, Center for Skull Base Diseases. He also served on the medical staff of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Boston Medical Center. Dr. Megerian' s clinical career has been devoted to the management of hearing loss, chronic ear disease, cholesteatoma, otosclerosis, vertigo, and other otology and neurotolgy issues. He is also an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of acoustic neuroma. He has published over 130 peer-reviewed manuscripts and abstracts and has served as visiting professor at numerous medical schools and institutions throughout the world. His research interests in the pathogenesis of Meniere's disease have been funded by a number of agencies including the NIH and DRF. He sits on the Editorial Board of key journals in his field and has been selected by the FDA to serve as a consultant in the regulation of Ear, Nose and Throat Devices. He has been appointed by the American Academy of Otolaryngology to represent the Academy on the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCHI). Dr. Megerian is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School and completed a residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at University Hospitals of Cleveland and at Case Western Reserve University. He completed a research and clinical fellowship in otology and neurotology at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. In 2009 he completed a certificate program in health care management at Weatherhead School of Business at Case Western Reserve University. In 2017, Dr. Megerian was elected for a six-year term on the American Hospital Association's Regional Policy Board. He was recently elected to the board of the Ohio Hospital Association. Dr. Megerian and his wife Lynne Sheffler Megerian, MD reside in Shaker Heights. They have three adult children.

Colleen G. Abdalian

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Collette A. Laisure

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Craig Arnold - CEO, Chairman

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CEO
Chairman
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer / Eaton Corp.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eaton

Craig Arnold is chairman and chief executive officer of Eaton, a power management company. Craig became chairman and CEO on June 1, 2016. He was appointed a member of the company's board of directors and named Eaton's president and chief operating officer on September 1, 2015. Formerly, Craig served as vice chairman and chief operating officer of the company's Industrial Sector from February 2009 to August 2015. Craig joined Eaton in 2000 as senior vice president and group executive of the Fluid Power Group. He previously worked at General Electric Company, where he had served as corporate vice president and president, GE Lighting Services Ltd., since 1999. There he led the company's lighting business in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India. Craig started his career with General Electric in 1983 and later served as corporate vice president and president of GE Plastics, Greater China, and then of GE Appliances, Asia, from 1997 to 1999. Craig earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from California State University, San Bernardino, and a master's degree in business administration from Pepperdine University. Currently, Craig serves on the boards of directors of Medtronic, Inc. and University Hospitals Health System, Cleveland. He is a member of The Business Council and was recently named to the board of directors of the Business Roundtable, where he also serves on the group's Special Committee for Racial Equity and Justice. In addition, Craig sits on the boards of Greater Cleveland Partnership and the United Way of Greater Cleveland and is a member of the advisory board of The Salvation Army of Greater Cleveland.

Cynthia G. Resch

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Danielle L. Klonk

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Danielle Weiner

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Darya Jeffreys Klammer

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Dee Bagwell Haslam - CEO

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Chief Executive Officer
Vice Chair

Dr. Joseph F. Sabik III

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Member of the UH Board of Directors
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Role of Chair of Department of Surgery

Dr. Joseph F. Sabik III was appointed to the role of Chair of Department of Surgery at University Hospitals in 2016. Prior to joining University Hospitals, he served as the Chairman of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Director of the Cardiothoracic Residency Training Program in the Sydell and Arnold Miller Heart & Vascular Institute.

Eddie Taylor

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Member of the UH Board of Directors
President of Taylor Oswald

Mr. Taylor is a graduate of Allegheny College and completed the Executive MBA Program at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management. Eddie Taylor, Jr. is President of Taylor Oswald, a venture between Oswald Companies and Mr. Taylor. Oswald Companies is one of the nation's largest and most respected insurance brokerage firms. He was a co-founder of Collaborent Group, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in the development and execution of group purchasing programs. Eddie was the founder of Integrated Consulting Services, Ltd., a privately held, third-party administrator for workers' compensation and has previously owned or operated companies in a variety of industries including warehousing and distribution. Eddie was the Founding Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Cleveland Leadership Center and is a former Board Chair for the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the American Red Cross. He also serves as a board member for the Greater Cleveland Partnership, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, College Now Greater Cleveland, Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, Ursuline College, Akron Zoological Park, and Burton D. Morgan Foundation. Additionally, he serves on the President's Visiting Committee for Case Western Reserve University. He is a past Chair of the Commission on Economic Inclusion, the immediate past Chair of The Presidents' Council, LLC. and also a past Board Chair of Allegheny College.

Elizabeth Denton Spencer

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Elizabeth M. Barry

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Eric D. Hargan

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Member of the UH Board of Directors
Retired Deputy Secretary / Department of Health

Eric D. Hargan served as the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 2017 to 2021; he also served as Acting Secretary for several months in 2017-2018. HHS is the largest department in the federal government and has an annual budget in excess of $1.3 trillion and over 80,000 employees across 26 divisions. As Deputy Secretary, he oversaw the development and approval of all HHS, CMS, and FDA regulations and significant guidances; as well as the day-to-day operations and management of the department, and led policy and strategy development. From 2003 to 2007, Mr. Hargan also served at HHS in a variety of capacities, including holding the position of Acting Deputy Secretary. He served on the Board of Operation Warp Speed, starting in Spring of 2020, helping to develop the project and coordinate HHS agencies. Worked with multiple public and private sector entities to facilitate efforts across the entire endeavor, both vaccines and therapeutics. Coordinated and signed document for the first major Warp Speed project. Also in response to the pandemic, in March 2020, he launched the $175 billion Provider Relief Fund, overseeing it until July 2020. Convened HHS-White House team; coordinated with HRSA to administer, and United Health Group to service, fund's operations, resulting in $26 billion in relief sent to providers in under two weeks from passage of the CARES Act. In the area of regulatory reform, he coordinated the comprehensive HHS telehealth response in 2020, including simultaneous regulatory reforms among three HHS agencies: CMS on reimbursement; OCR on HIPAA standards for communications; and OIG on regulatory waivers, enabling telehealth to grow by a factor of over a thousand in a few months. From 2017 to 2021, initiated, sponsored, and led four agencies in the Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care, a four-agency project to reform regulations to enable better coordinated care, including reforms to the Anti-Kickback Statute (by OIG); the Physician Self-Referral Statute (or "Stark law") (CMS); HIPAA (OCR); and 42 CFR Part 2 (SAMHSA) regulations. In the area of innovation, he coordinated and led the successful launch of the interoperability rule by the HHS Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (establishing national standards and prohibiting information blocking, among other things). In 2018-2019, initiated, sponsored and led the Innovation and Investment Summit, a first-of-its-kind summit dedicated to bringing together top investors and innovators in U.S. healthcare with Federal healthcare leadership. In the area of public health, he convened and led the Federal Quality Summit in 2019 with national leaders on healthcare quality from for-profit and non-profit sectors. Prepared National Health Quality Roadmap, which spelled out the pathway for further reform, announced in May 2020, and laid the groundwork for finalizing Roadmap reforms. Led rural health initiative within HHS in 2019-2020: reforms in telehealth expansion; rural broadband; new reimbursement model for rural health; and a large number of other initiatives across the Department. Served as Commissioner on the WHO's High-Level Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases (2018-2019). Convened work stream integrating public-private partnerships for the first time into WHO recommendations for non-communicable diseases. He received his B.A. cum laude from Harvard University, and his J.D. from Columbia University Law School, where he was Senior Editor of the Columbia Law Review. In between tours of duty at HHS, Mr. Hargan was a law partner in healthcare regulation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and government relations. He taught at Loyola Law School in Chicago, focusing on administrative law and healthcare regulations. Mr. Hargan was born and raised in Mounds, Illinois, a small town of approximately 800 located in southernmost Illinois. He currently lives in Virginia with his wife and their two sons.

Erin Connor Reif

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Gail Weinberger Stein

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Harold V. Jones

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Member of the UH Board of Directors
Executive Vice President, Eaton Business System
Executive Vice President, Eaton Business System and Sustainability for Eaton

Harold V. Jones is executive vice president, Eaton Business System and Sustainability for Eaton, a global power management company. In this role, Harold is responsible for EBS, which enables Eaton to operate its businesses and functions in a common way. This involves leading the strategy and deployment of EBS across the enterprise, spanning all businesses and nearly 100,000 employees worldwide. He is also responsible for leading corporate sustainability activities. In both capacities, Harold provides thought leadership and promotes excellence. He also leads the company's Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety, Global Security, and Continuous Improvement functions. Harold joined Eaton in 2011 from GE Aviation, then a $20 billion operating unit of GE, where he led the global EHS function, serving as general manager. Harold held various leadership roles of increasing responsibility at GE, including Six Sigma Master Black Belt supporting the Structures Center of Excellence, and manager of EHS for all manufacturing and service operations. Prior to GE Aviation, Harold led the GE Healthcare EHS program. And before joining GE, he held positions in environmental engineering consulting. Harold also taught civil engineering at Marquette University. Harold holds a Ph.D., MS and BS degrees in civil engineering from Marquette University, and is a licensed professional engineer.

Haslam Sports - Chairman

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Chairman

Jenniffer D. Deckard

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Member of the UH Board of Directors
President and Chief Executive Officer of Covia Holdings Corporation

Jenniffer D. Deckard has been president and chief executive officer of Covia Holdings Corporation, a leading provider of minerals and materials solutions for the industrial and energy markets, since 2018. She served on the company's board of directors until 2019. Previously, she was president, chief executive officer and director of Fairmount Santrol Holdings Inc. from 2013-2018, when Fairmount Santrol and Unimin Corporation merged to form Covia. Prior to that, Deckard held the titles of president from 2011-2013, vice president of finance and chief financial officer from 1999-2011, corporate controller from 1996-1999 and accounting manager from 1994-1996. Jenniffer serves on the boards of RPM International, Inc. and the EDWINS Foundation, and has previously served on the boards of the Cleveland Foundation, The First Tee of Cleveland, and the Fairmount Santrol Foundation, as well as on the Visiting Committee for Case Western's Weatherhead School of Management. Jenniffer holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Tulsa and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.

Jerry Kelsheimer

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Member of the UH Board of Directors
President / Medic Management Group
President at Medic Management Group

Jerry Kelsheimer serves as President at Medic Management Group, where he oversees the executive team, daily company operations, and overarching business strategy. MMG is a healthcare management services organization offering cutting-edge business and technology solutions for a variety of system and provider group needs including a breadth of consulting and advisory competencies, revenue cycle management, and complete practice management. He joined Medic Management Group as a principal investor in 2018. Prior to his current role, Jerry served as Managing Director and Principal at Exodus Capital Partners, where he assisted privately owned companies and their shareholders in development of business strategies and capital structure solutions. His career experiences also included senior corporate leadership roles as Region Chairman, Fifth Third Bank, Northeastern Ohio; President and CEO, Fifth Third Bank, Northeastern Ohio; and President, Northern Ohio Region, Huntington National Bank. Jerry presently serves on the board of directors of RLG Group / Rudolph Libbe Company. He also spent time as director or trustee of organizations including Foundation Software, Inc., Greater Cleveland Partnership, Destination Cleveland, Cleveland Development Advisers, Cuyahoga Community College, Tri C Foundation, and United Way of Greater Cleveland. Jerry earned his Bachelor of Science in finance from Indiana University and is a graduate of the Huntington Executive Leadership Program at Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University.

Joel Adelman - CEO, President

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Chief Executive Officer
Member of the UH Board of Directors
President
President & CEO of Ad
President of Young Presidents' Organization

Joel Adelman is President & CEO of AdCap Management, where he draws from his experience as an "entrepreneur serving entrepreneurs" to fund viable, established companies with operating circumstances that don't meet the strict requirements of conventional lending. Mr. Adelman founded Advance Partners in April 1998 to bring funding, technology and advisory services to thousands of under served small businesses in the staffing market. In two decades, the company has grown to over 170 employees and lent over $15 billion in working capital. In 2015, he sold Advance Partners to Paychex Inc. in a move that allowed the company to further expand without compromising its mission, structure and culture. After leading a successful transition as a senior executive, he stepped down to broaden his investments through AdCap Management. Joel has served as President of Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) and has served on several boards and committees in addition to University Hospitals, including Cleveland Museum of Art, Hawken School, and Park Synagogue. Joel has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Northwood University.

John Antonucci

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Member of the UH Board of Directors
Chairman / Superior Beverage Group
Executive Chairman of the Superior Beverage Group

John Antonucci is the Executive Chairman of the Superior Beverage Group, a fourth generation company which was founded as the Superior Wholesale Grocery Company in 1922. The company ventured into the wholesale beer and wine industry after the Great Depression. After almost a century the company has expanded from its Youngstown, Ohio origin to become one of the largest beverage distributors in the nation and a leader in the industry; with a distribution footprint that includes Ohio, Colorado and Texas. John was a founder and the Managing General Partner of the Colorado Rockies professional baseball team, where he served as the organization's inaugural Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He also served on Major League Baseball's Realignment Committee. John is an alumnus of The Ohio State University and has served on a multitude of charitable and philanthropic boards over the course of his 45 year tenure in business.

John G. Morikis - CEO, Chairman

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Chairman
Chief Executive Officer
Vice Chair

Kim Cunningham Hood

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Kimberlee Monaghan

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Kristin A. Gibbs

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Linda M. Kane

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Lisa Richardson

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Lynn S. Miggins

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Member of the UH Board of Directors
Chairman of the UH Elyria Medical Center
President and Majority Owner / KS Associates

Lynn Miggins is the Chair of the UH Elyria Medical Center and Comprehensive Health Care of Ohio Boards of Directors. She is the National Director, past President and a Board Member of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Ohio; Chair of the University of Akron Women in Engineering Advisory Council; serves as a council member; and is past President and member of the Vermillion Rotary Club and is currently serving as Chair of the Vermillion Rotary Charitable Fund, Inc. Board of Trustees. Lynn has been consistently recognized for her business accomplishments. In 2016, she received a Leadership Award from WTS Northeast Ohio. She is the recipient of the 2015 Outstanding Civil Engineer of the Year Award from the Cleveland Section of American Society of Civil Engineers. In 2013, she received a "Women of Achievement" award from the Elyria YWCA for her leadership and professional accomplishments. In 2012, she was inducted into the Cleveland Engineering Society Hall of Fame - the highest award given to an individual by the Society. She has also been named one of the Top Ten Women Business Owners in Northeast Ohio by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and was included among Crain's Cleveland Business magazine's Women of Note. Lynn earned a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Dayton and a Master of Business Administration from Baldwin Wallace College.

Lynne Marcus Cohen

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Member of the Board of Trustees

M. Ann Harlan

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Member of the UH Board of Directors
Retired Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary / the J.M. Smucker Company

M. Steven Potash - CEO, President

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Chief Executive Officer
Member of the UH Board of Directors
President
President and Chief Executive Officer of over

Steve Potash is President and Chief Executive Officer of OverDrive, a company he founded in 1986. He also serves on its Board of Directors. Under his leadership, OverDrive has become the leading digital reading platform for ebooks, audiobooks and other digital media for libraries, schools, government agencies, corporate learning centers and colleges and universities worldwide. Under his leadership, OverDrive became a Certified B Corp and mission-based company whose vision is a "World Enlightened by Reading". The Steve & Loree Potash Family Foundation funds literacy programs through www.believeinreading.org. While practicing law, prior to starting OverDrive, he also served as Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General, served as an acting Municipal Judge, and authored technology columns for the American Bar Association Journal. He was admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court in 2019. Steve has a bachelor's degree in journalism from The Ohio State University and earned his J.D. at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

Maegan Ruhlman Cross

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Maria Russo Young

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Manager

Marisa Darden

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Mary Hanna Khouri

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Member of the Board of Trustees

Michele L. Connell

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Member of the UH Board of Directors
Board Member of the United Way of Greater Cleveland
Managing Partner of the Squire Patton Bogg 's Cleveland

Michele is a board member of the United Way of Greater Cleveland and University Circle, Inc. Michele is in the leadership of DirectWomen, a national nonprofit that works to increase the representation of women lawyers on corporate boards, and is a member of In Counsel with Women. She is a member of the Board of Directors of BVU: The Center for Nonprofit Excellence, and serves on the visiting committee for Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the Squire Patton Boggs Foundation, which promotes the role of public service and pro bono work in the practice of law and the development of public policy. Michele Connell serves as managing partner of the Squire Patton Bogg's Cleveland office and is a partner in the firm's Corporate Practice. She is also a member of the firm's Latin America Executive Committee, with particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions in Brazil. She focuses her practice on international mergers and acquisitions, compliance and securities law matters, and corporate governance practices. Michele has completed transactions in more than 20 countries and routinely manages teams of professionals across the globe. Before attending law school, she was a foreign service officer with the US Department of State, serving as a diplomat in Warsaw, Poland and Tegucigalpa, Honduras. She has received the Meritorious Honor Award from the US government for her service.