Commission Leadership


  

The Commission is led by Co-chairs Lyle Ganske, Midwest managing partner, Jones Day, and Kenneth Hardy, president and CEO, Bonnie Speed Logistics™. Andrew Jackson, executive director of the Commission and a senior vice president of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, provides staff leadership.  More than 100 volunteers from the Northeast Ohio business community serve on the Commission’s Advisory Board and its five committees. In addition to the Commission co-chairs, the Advisory Board is composed of committee chairs and 10 members-at-large.  

MBE DEVELOPMENT

Minority Business Growth/Access to Capital Committee Co-chairs

  • Paul Clark, regional president, PNC Bank
  • Lonnie Coleman, chairman, president, and owner, Coleman Spohn Corp.

Certification Enablement Committee Co-chairs

  • Thomas E. Hopkins, senior vice president, human resources, The Sherwin-Williams Co.
  • Renee Singleton, president and CEO, Singleton & Partners, Inc. 

MEMBER DEVELOPMENT 

Membership Impact Committee Co-chairs

  • Ed Hills, chief operating officer, The MetroHealth System 
  • Charles A. Ratner, chairman, Forest City Enterprises, Inc.

Member Products and Services Committee Co-chairs

  • Cheri Webb, senior vice president, human resources, Huntington Bank
  • Anthony Stallion, M.D., FACS, FAAP, Staff Surgeon, The Children's Hospital, & Chair, Diversity Council, Cleveland Clinic

NOMINATING & OVERSIGHT


 

Nominating and Governance Co-chairs

  • Constance Haqq, director, administration and external affairs, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District 
  • Gareth Vaughan, president, The Albert M. Higley Co.

  AT-LARGE MEMBERS:

  • Christopher M. Connor, chairman and CEO, The Sherwin-Williams Co.
  • Jose C. Feliciano, chairman, Hispanic Business Roundtable
  • Brian E. Hall, chairman and CEO, Innogistics LLC
  • Dennis Lafferty, executive-in-residence, Cleveland State University
  • Henry L. Meyer III, chairman and CEO, KeyCorp (retired)
  • Richard W. Pogue, senior advisor, Jones Day
  • Ronald B. Richard, president, Cleveland Foundation
  • Alan D. Rosskamm, CEO, Breakthrough Charter Schools
  • David W. Whitehead, vice president & corporate secretary FirstEnergy Corp. (retired)