2010 GCP 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. Click here to read our Board of Directors Resolution on Diversity and Inclusion. Our Board is composed of CEOs of small, mid-sized and large companies in the Cleveland Plus region, as well as executives who lead our major health care, educational, real estate development, and venture capital organizations.

Chairman
William F. Christopher
President
Alcoa Engineered Products & Solutions
 Vice Chair
Christopher M. Connor
Chairman and CEO
The Sherwin-Williams Company		 Vice Chair
Sandra Pianalto
President and CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Corporate Secretary
Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton
President
Cuyahoga Community College
Treasurer
Robert C. Smith
President and CEO
Spero-Smith Investment Advisers, Inc.

  • Arthur F. Anton, president and chief executive officer, Swagelok Company, Inc.
  • Brent D. Ballard, managing partner, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
  • Cedric D. Beckett, president and CEO, Strong Tool Company
  • Ronald M. Berkman, Ph.D., president, Cleveland State University 
  • Alexandria Johnson Boone, president and chief executive officer, GAP Communications Group
  • Edward P. Campbell, chairman and chief executive officer, Nordson Corporation
  • Joseph A. Carrabba, president and chief executive officer, Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.
  • Scott Chaikin, chairman and chief executive officer, Dix & Eaton, Inc.
  • Sharlene Ramos Chesnes, board chair and executive vice president, InterChez Logistics Systems 
  • Richard Chiricosta, president and CEO, Medical Mutual of Ohio 
  • Paul Clark, regional president, PNC Bank, Northern Ohio 
  • Delos M. Cosgrove, M.D., president and chief executive officer, Cleveland Clinic
  • Jeanne Halladay Coughlin, president, The Coughlin Group, Inc.
  • Alexander M. Cutler, chairman and chief executive officer, Eaton Corporation
  • Paul J. Dolan, president, Cleveland Indians Baseball Club, Inc.
  • Terrance C.Z. Egger, publisher and president, The Plain Dealer Publishing Company
  • Terry Fedor, general manager, ArcelorMittal  Cleveland
  • Jose C. Feliciano, chairman, Hispanic Roundtable of Cleveland
  • Lyle G. Ganske, partner-in-charge, Cleveland office, Jones Day
  • Eduardo Gonzalez, president, Ferrous Metal Processing Company 
  • James L. Hambrick, chairman, president and chief executive officer, The Lubrizol Corporation
  • Howard W. Hanna IV, president, Howard Hanna Ohio
  • Marlene Herman, owner, AAMCO Transmissions
  • Richard J. Hipple, chairman, president and CEO, Brush Engineered Materials, Inc. 
  • David J. Hooker, managing partner, Thompson Hine LLP
  • David Huller, president, ICAP Enterprises LLC
  • Jennie S. Hwang, Ph.D., D.Sc., chief executive officer, H-Technologies, Inc.
  • James D. Ireland III, managing partner, Early Stage Partners, LP
  • Richard A. Johnson, publisher and chairman, Kaleidoscope Magazine
  • Elizabeth B. Juliano, president, Litigation Management, Inc.
  • R. Steven Kestner, executive partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • James F. Kirsch, chairman, president and CEO, Ferro Corporation 
  • Daryl Z. Laisure, president and chief executive officer, ZIN Technologies, Inc.
  • Louis J. Licata, president, Licata & Toerek
  • Joe Lopez, president, New Era Builders, Inc.
  • Kenneth E. Marblestone, president, Charter One Bank, Ohio
  • Joel D. Marx, president, Medical Service Company
  • Stephanie McHenry, president, ShoreBank Cleveland
  • Henry L. Meyer III, chairman and CEO, KeyCorp
  • Donald T. Misheff, Northeast Ohio managing partner, Ernst & Young LLP
  • Katherine McKinney Mlakar, chairman, The Millcraft Group 
  • Scott Mueller, CEO, Dealer Tire
  • Patrick S. Mullin, managing partner, Deloitte
  • Frederick R. Nance, regional managing partner, Squire Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
  • Dominic L. Ozanne, president and chief executive officer, Ozanne Construction Co., Inc.
  • Thomas C. Pelto, president, AT &T Ohio
  • Michael B. Petras, president and CEO, GE Lighting
  • Alfred M. Rankin Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer, NACCO Industries, Inc.
  • Charles A. Ratner, president and chief executive officer, Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
  • Tim Reynolds, president, Tribute, Inc.
  • Rion Safier, co-owner and Managing Director, CoreFocal, Inc.
  • Barbara R. Snyder, president, Case Western Reserve University
  • Carol A. Staiger, owner, Vantage Point Marketing Consultants
  • Samuel A. Steinhouse, president, SPS Partners LLC
  • John M. Stropki, chairman, president and chief executive officer, The Lincoln Electric Company
  • Frank C. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer, RPM International Inc.
  • Eddie Taylor, Jr., co-owner, Collaborent Group, LTD
  • Sharon Toerek, counsel, Licata and Tourek 
  • Andre Thornton, chairman and chief executive officer, ASW GLOBAL
  • Eric Tolbert, owner, Eric Tolbert & Associates, A Financial Advisory Practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
  • Kurt C. Treu, market president, U.S. Bank Cleveland
  • Eric Von Hendrix, president and chief executive officer, MWV Pinnacle Management Company
  • Donald E. Washkewicz, chairman and chief executive officer, Parker Hannifin Corporation
  • Zev Weiss, chairman and chief executive officer, American Greetings Corporation
  • Steven J. Williams, president and chief executive officer, Elsons International
  • Scott A. Wolstein, chairman and chief executive officer, Developers Diversified Realty Corporation
  • Thomas F. Zenty III, president and chief executive officer, University Hospitals
  • Rear Admiral Peter V. Neffenger, commander, Ninth Coast Guard District*
     *Federal Installation Liaison