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 GCP, provides staff leadership.  More than 100 volunteers from the Northeast Ohio Business Community serve on the Commission’s Advisory Board and its seven committees. In addition to the Commission co-chairs, the Advisory Board is composed of committee chairs and four members-at-large:  

MBE DEVELOPMENT

Access to Capital and Bonding Committee Co-chairs

  • David Janus, President, First Merit Bank, Northeastern Ohio Region
  • Stephanie McHenry, President, ShoreBank Cleveland

Certification Enablement Committee Co-chairs

  • Donet D. Graves, Partner, Buckley King
  • Charles Stephenson, President, The Albert M. Higley Construction Co.

Minority Business Growth Committee Co-chairs

  • Paul Clark, President, Northern Ohio, National City Corporation
  • Lonnie Coleman, President, Coleman Spohn Corporation

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, Cleveland Clinic

COMMUNICATIONS

 Marketing Communications Committee Co-chairs

  • Kathy Obert, Chairman and CEO, Edward Howard
  • Renee Singleton, President and CEO, Singleton & Partners, Ltd.

 

GOVERNANCE


 

Nominating and Governance Co-chairs

  • Sari Feldman, Director, Cuyahoga County Public Library
  • Jose C. Feliciano, Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP

  AT-LARGE MEMBERS:

  • Henry L. Meyer III, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KeyCorp
  • Ronald B. Richard, President, The Cleveland Foundation
  • Alan D. Rosskamm, Partner, Caneel Partners
  • David W. Whitehead, retired Vice President & Corporate Secretary, FirstEnergy