Greater Cleveland Partnership Board elects new director

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Cleveland, Ohio—The Greater Cleveland Partnership Board of Directors today elected Sharlene Ramos Chesnes, who is board chair and executive vice president of business development for InterChez Logistics Systems, as a new member. InterChez Logistics is a full-service contract logistics and consulting company that uses technology-driven solutions to integrate and simplify complex logistics operations. In her position, Ms. Chesnes provides day-to-day leadership over broad-reaching initiatives to improve how the company serves its customers.

“We’re very pleased to welcome Ms. Chesnes to our Board,” said GCP Board Chair Henry L. Meyer III, who is chairman and CEO of KeyCorp. “She brings with her a long history of civic involvement, and we look forward to her input into helping the GCP Board shape and advance the organization’s economic development agenda.”

A graduate of Kent State University, Ms. Chesnes has held senior-level positions in both the nonprofit and for-profit business sectors where she developed and implemented project and program development protocols to ensure performance consistency and accountability at all organizational levels. Her civic involvement includes the International Language Needs Roadmap Design Team, the John Carroll University Entrepreneurs Association at the Muldoon Center, the Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee (MBEIC) and the board of Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center. She also is a member of the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2008.

Ms. Chesnes has received numerous awards and honors including the Governors Famous Hispanic Award, the People to People Leadership Award, Kent State’s W.R.A. Achievement Award and the 2008 Hispanic Business Association/Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for Ohio Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year.

As an association of business members, the Greater Cleveland Partnership mobilizes private-sector leadership, expertise and resources to create jobs and leverage investment to improve the economic vitality of the region.

 

 

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