Commission Leadership


  

The Commission is led by Co-chairs Lyle Ganske, partner-in-charge, Cleveland office, 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, president, 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

  • Steven A. Minter, executive-in-residence, Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
  • Charles A. Ratner, president and CEO, Forest City Enterprises, Inc.

Member Products and Services Committee Co-chairs

  • Pat Ross Ferry, employee relations manager, American Greetings Corporation
  • Anthony Stallion, M.D., FACS, FAAP, Staff Surgeon, The Children's Hospital, & Chair, Diversity Council, Cleveland Clinic

NOMINATING & OVERSIGHT


 

Nominating and Governance Co-chairs

  • Sari Feldman, executive director, Cuyahoga County Public Library
  • Carlos Fuentes, director, minority business attraction, Team NEO

  AT-LARGE MEMBERS:

  • Christopher M. Connor, chairman and CEO, The Sherwin-Williams Co.
  • Jose Feliciano, chairman, Hispanic Business Roundtable
  • Donet Graves, partner-in-charge, Buckley King LPA
  • Brian E. Hall, chairman and CEO, Industrial Transport, Inc.
  • Henry L. Meyer III, chairman and CEO, KeyCorp
  • Stephanic McHenry, president, ShoreBank, Cleveland region
  • Ronald B. Richard, president, Cleveland Foundation
  • Alan D. Rosskamm, CEO, Breakthrough Charter Schools
  • Gareth Vaughn, president, The Albert M. Higley Construction Company
  • David W. Whitehead, vice president & corporate secretary (retired), FirstEnergy Corp.