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Board and Executive Team
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
President
Karen L. Giffen, Esq.
Giffen & Kaminski LLC
Vice President
Matthew Nakon, Esq.
Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista
Vice President
Gladys Reed
Community Representative
nominated by Cleveland Tenants Organization
Vice President
Michael N. Ungar, Esq.
Ulmer & Berne LLP
Secretary/Treasurer
Philip S. Fastenau, Ph.D.
University Hospitals
Board of Directors
Members
Carolyn Butler
Community Representative
nominated by the American Sickle Cell Anemia Association
Leonard Castle
Community Representative
nominated by the Malachi Center
Jillian Charles, Esq.
Eaton Corporation
Steven Dettelbach, Esq.
BakerHostetler
Andre Dowdy
Community Representative
nominated by the VA Medical Center
Philip S. Fastenau, Ph.D.
University Hospitals
Stephen M. Fazio, Esq.
Squire Patton Boggs
Nathan Genovese, Esq.
Community Representative
Nominated by The Arc of Greater Cleveland
Karen L. Giffen, Esq.
Giffen & Kaminski LLC
Delores Gray
Community Representative
nominated by Promise Neighborhood
Patrick Haggerty, Esq.
Frantz Ward
Vanetta Jamison
Community Representative
nominated by Beech Brook
Ronald V. Johnson, Esq.
Key Bank National Association
Marcia Leavy
Community Representative
nominated by Cleveland’s Neighborhood Leadership Institute
Jonathan Leiken, Esq.
Diebold Nixdorf
Rita Maimbourg, Esq.
Tucker Ellis LLP
Hugh McKay, Esq.
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
Edward W. Moore, Esq.
RPM International
Matthew Nakon, Esq.
Wickens Herzer Panza
Aaron O’Brien, Esq.
Gladys B. Reed
Community Representative
nominated by Cleveland Tenants Organization
Barbara Roman, Esq.
Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis
Mary Jane Trapp, Esq.
Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan LPA
Michael N. Ungar, Esq.
Ulmer & Berne LLP
Brenda Wells
Community Representative
Nominated by American Sickle Cell Anemia Association
Executive Staff
Colleen M. Cotter, Esq.
Executive Director
Tom Mlakar, Esq.
Deputy Director for Advocacy
Bettina Kaplan
Director of Finance & Administrative Operations
Melanie A. Shakarian, Esq.
Director of Development & Communications
