Board of Directors
Executive Committee

President
Adrian D. Thompson, Esq.
Taft/

Vice President
Ann S. Bergen, Esq.
Law Offices of Ann S. Bergen Co., LPA

Vice President
Richard D. Petrulis, Esq.
Key Bank National Association

Secretary/Treasurer
Karen L. Giffen, Esq.
Giffen & Kaminski LLC

Board of Directors
Members

Ilah M. Adkins, Esq.
Charter One Bank
President Emeritus

Mark S. Bennett, Esq.
U.S. Attorney’s Office

Ann S. Bergen, Esq.
Law Offices of Ann S. Bergen Co., LPA

Carolyn Dennis
Community Representative
nominated by The City of Cleveland’s J.F.K. Recreation Center

Frank R. DeSantis, Esq.
Thompson Hine LLP

Karen L. Giffen, Esq.
Giffen & Kaminski LLC

Vanetta Jamison
Community Representative
nominated by Beech Brook

Kathleen M. Kordeleski, Esq.
ABB, Inc.

Barbara Leadbetter
Community Representative
nominated by MetroHealth’s Center for Community Health

John Q. Lewis, Esq.
Tucker Ellis & West LLPRebecca Ruppert McMahon, Esq.
Cuyahoga Community College

Heather Nicastro
Community Representative
nominated by The Arc of Greater Cleveland

Richard D. Panza, Esq.
Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista
President Emeritus

Richard D. Petrulis, Esq.
Key Bank National Association

Betsy Rader, Esq.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Congressman Louis Stokes, Esq.
Squire Sanders & Dempsey

Adrian D. Thompson, Esq.
Taft/

Tim Walters
Community Representative
nominated by Merrick House

Michelle Wilkerson-Guerry
Community Representative
nominated by the NEO Coalition for the Homeless

Ida R. Williams
Community Representative for Lorain County
nominated by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lorain County

Rebecca L. Wojtko
Community Representative for Lorain County
nominated by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lorain County

Executive Staff

Colleen M. Cotter, Esq.
Executive Director

Tom Mlakar, Esq.
Deputy Director of Advocacy

Bettina Kaplan
Director of Finance & Administrative Operations

Garrick E. Lipscomb
Director of Information Technology

Melanie A. Shakarian, Esq.
Director of Development & Communications