Board of Directors

OFFICERS and EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT

Fritz Berckmueller        
Partner
Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP

VICE PRESIDENT

Trey Bennett
Partner
Stark & Knoll Co., L.P.A.

SECRETARY

Ronald L. Kahn
Retired Partner
Ulmer & Berne, LLP

TREASURER

Nick Fanous
CPA
Newman & Co. CPAs

CHAIR, EXECUTIVE

Fritz Berckmueller
Partner
Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP

CHAIR, GOVERNANCE

Michael Novak
Founder and Managing Director
Wellspring Financial Advisors

CHAIR, AUDIT

Kevin Ryan
Chief Audit Executive
Key Bank

MEMBERS

Sanjay Ahuja, MD
Clinical Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital

Trina Bediako
President
New Horizons Baking Co

Jeff Hord, M.D
Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Akron Children’s Hospital

Judy Hubbard
Senior Director of Operations
Athersys

Tom Locke
President, Tomtreyco, Inc.;
Owner/Operator, McDonald’s

Michelle Marks, DO
Medical Director
Cleveland Clinic Children’s

Kim McFarlane
Assistant Director Partner, Tax & Benefit Services
Jones Day

Kevin Myeroff
President & Chief Executive Officer
NCA Financial Planners

GREATER AKRON/CANTON COMMUNITY TRUSTEES

CHAIR

Jeananne Chadsey        
Principal
Chadsey Consulting, LLC

Beth Carr
VP Patient Services/Associate Chief Nursing Officer
Akron Children’s Hospital

Trish Dillinger
Senior Manager
Ernst & Young US LLP

Lin Gentile
Retired, VP Construction and Support Services
Akron Children’s Hospital

Todd Nicholas
Vice President
The Commercial & Savings Bank