2011 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.

Chairman
William F. Christopher
President and CEO
Lakeview Consulting Enterprises
 Vice 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.

  • Andrew G. Bennett, young professionals representative, Cleveland ConneXion**
  • Ronald M. Berkman, Ph.D., president, Cleveland State University
  • Anne E. Bomar, senior vice president and general manager, Dominion East Ohio
  • Alexandria Johnson Boone, president and chief executive officer, GAP Communications Group
  • Erik C.M. Bouts, chief executive officer, Akzo Nobel Paints LLC
  • 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 
  • 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 Corporation
  • James M. Dickey, partner, Accenture
  • Paul J. Dolan, chairman and chief executive officers, Cleveland Indians Baseball Club, Inc.
  • Terrance C.Z. Egger, publisher and president, The Plain Dealer Publishing Company
  • Jose C. Feliciano, chairman, Hispanic Roundtable of Cleveland
  • John J. Ferchill, chairman and chief executive officer, The Ferchill Group 
  • Lyle G. Ganske, Midwest managing partner, 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
  • Richard J. Hipple, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Materion 
  • David J. Hooker, managing partner, Thompson Hine LLP
  • David L. Huller, president, ICAP Enterprises LLC
  • James D. Ireland III, managing partner, Early Stage Partners, LP
  • Richard A. Johnson, publisher and chairman, Kaleidoscope Magazine Publishing Company
  • Elizabeth B. Juliano, president, Litigation Management, Inc.
  • R. Steven Kestner, executive partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • James F. Kirsch, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Ferro Corporation
  • Len Komoroski, president, Cavaliers/Quicken Loans Arena 
  • 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.
  • Ramon Lugo III, director, NASA Glenn Research Center*
  • Kenneth E. Marblestone, president, Charter One Bank, Ohio
  • Jay Mazelsky, senior vice president and general manager, Phillips Medical Systems 
  • Henry L. Meyer III, retired chairman and chief executive officer, KeyCorp
  • Donald T. Misheff, Northeast Ohio managing partner, Ernst & Young LLP
  • Katherine McKinney Mlakar, chairman, The Millcraft Group
  • Beth E. Mooney, chairman and CEO, KeyCorp 
  • Mark J. Moran, president and chief executive officer, The MetroHealth System**
  • Scott Mueller, chief executive officer, Dealer Tire
  • Patrick S. Mullin, managing partner, Deloitte
  • Frederick R. Nance, regional managing partner, Squire Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
  • Stephen D. Newlin, chairman, president and chief executive officer, PolyOne Corporation 
  • Rear Admiral Michael N. Parks, commander, Ninth Coast Guard District* 
  • Thomas C. Pelto, president, AT &T Ohio
  • Sandra Pianalto, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland 
  • Charles A. Ratner, chairman, Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
  • Tim Reynolds, president, Tribute, Inc.
  • Rion Safier, managing director, CoreFocal, Inc.
  • Barbara R. Snyder, president, Case Western Reserve University
  • Carol A. Staiger, owner, VANTAGE POINT Enterprises
  • 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.
  • Andre Thornton, chairman and chief executive officer, ASW GLOBAL
  • 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
  • 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
  • Thomas F. Zenty III, chief executive officer, University Hospitals

  *Federal Installation Liaison
**Other nonvoting member