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
Shareholder
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
CHAIR, FINANCE
Nick Fanous
Shareholder
Newman & Co. CPAs
MEMBERS
Sanjay Ahuja, MD
Clinical Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Trina Bediako
CEO
New Horizons Baking Co
Jeff Hord, M.D
Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Akron Children’s Hospital
Cate Donovan
VP of Marketing, Industrial Wood Coatings Division
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Tom Locke
President, Tomtreyco, Inc.;
Owner/Operator, McDonald’s
Michelle Marks, DO
Medical Director
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
GREATER AKRON/CANTON COMMUNITY TRUSTEES
CHAIR
Jeananne Chadsey
Deputy Chief of Staff
Ohio Secretary of State
Beth Carr
VP Patient Services/Associate Chief Nursing Officer
Akron Children’s Hospital
Lin Gentile
Retired, VP Construction and Support Services
Akron Children’s Hospital
Rhonda Larimore
Chief Human Resources Officer
Akron Children’s Hospital
Todd Nicholas
Vice President
The Commercial & Savings Bank
CHAIR, FACILITIES &
OPERATIONS
Tom Charek
Owner
Charek Development
CHAIR, FUND
DEVELOPMENT
Barry Hollis
Senior Vice President
PNC Bank, N.A.
CHAIR, MARKETING &
COMMUNICATIONS
Janis Worley
Finance and Operations Manager
First Congregational Church of Akron
CHAIR, HR Task Force
Marguerite Walz
HR Consultant
CHAIR, INVESTMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
Kevin Myeroff
CEO
NCA Financial Planners
CHAIR, GREATER CLEVELAND
COMMUNITY TRUSTEES
Salvatore Mileti
Partner
Ernst & Young, LLP
CHAIR, GREATER AKRON/CANTON
COMMUNITY TRUSTEES
Jeananne Chadsey
Deputy Chief of Staff
Ohio Secretary of State
Kim McFarlane
Assistant Director Partner, Tax & Benefit Services
Jones Day
John Perdue
Owner/Operator
McDonald’s
Craig Richmond
Executive VP, CFO
The MetroHealth System
Keith Strauss
President
Sales Concepts, Inc.
Kristin Susick
Supervisor, Corporate Responsibility
First Energy Corp.
John Williams
Deputy Executive Director/COO
Alpha Phi Alpha Homes
Amie O’Neill
Retired
Harun Rashid
VP and Chief Information Officer
Akron Children’s Hospital
Sharri Roper Comerniskly
Senior VP and Executive Coach
General Electric
Anita Sears
Travel Advisor/Co-Owner
Tipping, Sears & Assoc.-Dream Vacations
Mike Soful
Retired, CPA
Andrea Wlaszyn
Director of Business Engagement
BVU, Akron
