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, and venture capital organizations.

Chair
Christopher M. Connor
Chairman and CEO
The Sherwin-Williams Company

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

  • Brent D. Ballard, managing partner, Calfee 
  • Andrew G. Bennett, young professionals representative, Engage! Cleveland**
  • Jodi L. Berg, president, Vitamix Corporation
  • Ronald M. Berkman, Ph.D., president, Cleveland State University
  • Alexandria Johnson Boone, president and chief executive officer, GAP Communications Group
  • Isaac C. Brooks, Jr., managing director, THE PARTNERSHIP
  • 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 chief executive officer, Medical Mutual of Ohio
  • William F. Christopher, president and chief executive officer, Lakeview Consulting Enterprises 
  • Paul Clark, regional president, PNC Bank 
  • Lonnie Coleman, chairman, president and owner, Coleman Spohn Corporation
  • Delos M. Cosgrove, M.D., president and chief executive officer, Cleveland Clinic
  • Jeanne Halladay Coughlin, president, The Coughlin Group, Inc.
  • Allen L. Crowley, Jr., AIC, partner, COR Services 
  • Alexander M. Cutler, chairman and chief executive officer, Eaton
  • James M. Dickey, chief operating officer, North America; managing director, Cleveland office, Accenture
  • Paul J. Dolan, chairman and chief executive officer, Cleveland Indians Baseball Club, Inc.
  • Terrance C.Z. Egger, publisher and president, The Plain Dealer Publishing Company
  • Roxanne Kaufman Elliot, founder and president, ProLaureate
  • Jose C. Feliciano, chairman, Hispanic Roundtable of Cleveland
  • John J. Ferchill, chairman and chief executive officer, The Ferchill Group
  • Darrin W. Fleming, managing diretor, Stratavant
  • James Free, director, NASA Glenn Research Center* 
  • Lyle G. Ganske,  partner-in-charge, Midwest Region, Jones Day
  • Eduardo Gonzalez, president and CEO, Ferragon Corporation 
  • James L. Hambrick, chairman, president and chief executive officer, The Lubrizol Corporation
  • Howard W. Hanna IV, president, Howard Hanna Ohio
  • Maia Hansen, managing director, Cleveland office, McKinsey & Company 
  • Richard J. Hipple, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Materion 
  • David L. Huller, president, ICAP Enterprises LLC
  • James D. Ireland III, managing partner, Capital One Partners, LLC
  • Elizabeth B. Juliano, president, Litigation Management, Inc.
  • Sister Judith Ann Karam, CSA, president and CEO, Sisters of Charity Health System** 
  • R. Steven Kestner, executive partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • Len Komoroski, president, Cavaliers/Quicken Loans Arena
  • Evan Koppel, regional sales director, Midwest Division, United Airlines 
  • Daryl Z. Laisure, president and chief executive officer, ZIN Technologies, Inc.
  • Lisa Logan, vice president, Logan Clutch Corporation
  • Joe Lopez, president and chief executive officer, Aster Elements, Inc.
  • Kenneth E. Marblestone, president, Charter One Bank, Ohio
  • Henry L. Meyer III, retired chairman and chief executive officer, KeyCorp
  • Katherine McKinney Mlakar, chairman, The Millcraft Group
  • Beth E. Mooney, chairman and CEO, KeyCorp
  • Bernie Moreno, president, Collection Auto Group 
  • Scott Mueller, chief executive officer, Dealer Tire
  • Tim D. Myers, president, Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products
  • Frederick R. Nance, regional managing partner, Squire Sanders
  • Stephen D. Newlin, chairman, president and chief executive officer, PolyOne Corporation 
  • Rear Admiral Michael N. Parks, commander, Ninth Coast Guard District* 
  • Mark F. Perkins, president and CEO, McTech Corporation 
  • Sandra Pianalto, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland** 
  • Charles A. Ratner, chairman, Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
  • Deborah Z. Read, managing partner, Thompson Hine LLP 
  • Tim Reynolds, president, Tribute, Inc.
  • Walter M. Rosebrough, Jr., president and CEO, STERIS Corporation
  • Deborah Rutledge, chief operating officer, The Rutledge Group 
  • Rion Safier, managing director, CoreFocal, Inc.
  • Barbara R. Snyder, president, Case Western Reserve University
  • John M. Stropki, chairman, president and chief executive officer, The Lincoln Electric Company
  • Frank C. Sullivan, chairman and chief executive officer, RPM International Inc.
  • C. Lee Thomas, managing partner, Cleveland office, Ernst & Young LLP
  • Victoria Tifft, president and chief executive officer, Clinical Research Management, Inc.
  • Sharon L. Toerek, partner, Licata and Toerek 
  • Eric Tolbert, owner, Eric Tolbert & Associates, A Financial Advisory Practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
  • Kurt C. Treu, market president, U.S. Bank Cleveland
  • Daniel P. Walsh, Jr., president, Cleveland region, Huntington National Bank 
  • Zev Weiss, chairman and chief executive officer, American Greetings Corporation
  • Steven J. Williams, president and chief executive officer, Elsons International
  • Thomas F. Zenty III, chief executive officer, University Hospitals

  *Federal Installation Liaison
**Other nonvoting member