Commission on Economic Inclusion


Commission on Economic InclusionCreated in December 2000, the Commission on Economic Inclusion, a program of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, is a broad-based coalition of more than 100 Northeast Ohio employers who are committed to making the region’s diversity a source of economic strength. Our members, listed below, have a combined workforce of close to 200,000 individuals in Northeast Ohio and more than 575,000 employees throughout the U.S. The Commission serves as a catalyst for advancing economic inclusion in the Northeast Ohio business community. Our key objective is to achieve demonstrated successes that lead to positive, measurable outcomes including:

  • Increases in board, senior management, workforce and supplier diversity among our members that include Northeast Ohio public-sector entities, private-sector companies and nonprofit organizations
  • Increases in the total revenue, value, size, and number of employees for minority-owned businesses

Diversity Professionals Group Cultural Competency Conference

 The Commission on Economic Inclusion’s Diversity Professionals Group is holding a half-day conference, “Cultural Competence: A Differentiating Factor in Today’s Workplace,” on Wed., Aug. 19 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Corporate College East, 4400 Richmond Road in Warrensville Heights. The program includes keynote speaker Tyrone Stoudemire, global director of diversity and inclusion, Hewitt Associates, a prominent HR consulting and outsourcing company and breakout sessions on practical cultural competency tools to address racial, gender, LGBT and employees with disabilities issues.

 Who should attend:

  • Human resources professionals
  • Operations directors and managers
  • Other professionals charged with achieving diversity and inclusion goals within their organizations

For more information, please download the invitation. Click here to register.


Learn more about the Commission

 E-mail Deborah Bridwell, senior director of inclusion initiatives, or call (216) 592-2345.

Our Members

  • Akron Children's Hospital
  • Akron General Health System
  • American Greetings Corporation
  • American Red Cross, Greater Cleveland Chapter
  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
  • Baldwin-Wallace College
  • Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan and Aronoff, LLP
  • Bonnie Speed Delivery, Inc.
  • Buckley King
  • Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Cavaliers Holding, LLC
  • City of Cleveland
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • The Cleveland Foundation
  • Cleveland Indians Baseball Club, Inc. 
  • Cleveland Metropolitan School District
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • The Cleveland Orchestra
  • The Cleveland Play House
  • Cleveland Public Library
  • Cleveland State University
  • Coleman Spohn Corporation 
  • Cuyahoga Community College
  • Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners
  • Cuyahoga County Public Library
  • Developers Diversified Realty Corporation
  • The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio, Inc.
  • Dix & Eaton, Inc.
  • Doan Pyramid Electric LLC
  • Dominion East Ohio
  • Eaton Corporation
  • Edward Howard
  • EMH Regional Healthcare System
  • Energizer Global Technology Center
  • Ernst & Young LLP
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
  • Fifth Third Bank, Northeastern Ohio
  • FirstEnergy Corp.
  • First Merit Bank, Cleveland Region
  • Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
  • Frantz Ward L.L.P.
  • Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
  • Great Lakes Science Center
  • Great Lakes Theater Festival 
  • Greater Cleveland Partnership
  • Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
  • The Albert M. Higley Construction Company
  • Hiram College
  • Huntington National Bank
  • Industrial Transport, Inc.
  • InfoCision Management Company
  • Invacare Corporation
  • John Carroll University
  • Jones Day
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Ohio
  • KeyCorp
  • Lake Health
  • Lakeland Community College
  • LifeBanc
  • The Lubrizol Corporation
  • Marcus Thomas LLC
  • Marous Brothers Construction
  • Medical Mutual of Ohio
  • The MetroHealth System
  • Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
  • Myers Industries, Inc.
  • NASA John H. Glenn Research Center
  • National City Corporation
  • Nordson Corporation
  • Northest Ohio Electric LLC
  • Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
  • Olympic Steel, Inc.
  • Ozanne Construction Co., Inc.
  • Parker Hannifin Corporation
  • Playhouse Square Foundation 
  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • Roadway Express
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc.
  • RPM International (Tremco and DayGlo)
  • The Sherwin-Williams Company
  • ShoreBank, Cleveland Region
  • Spero-Smith Investment Advisors, Inc.
  • Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
  • St. Vincent Charity Hospital 
  • Summa Health System
  • Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
  • Thompson Hine LLP
  • Time Warner Cable of Northeast Ohio
  • TLC Springwater LLC
  • U. S. Bank
  • Ulmer & Berne LLP
  • United Church of Christ
  • United Way of Greater Cleveland
  • University Circle Inc.
  • University Hospitals
  • The University of Akron
  • Vertex Computer Systems
  • Visiting Nurse Association 
  • Wal-Mart, Region #198
  • Welty Construction Company
  • WEWS NewsChannel 5
  • WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream
  • YWCA of Greater Cleveland
  • ZIN Technologies

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