OUR BOARD

BVU is governed by a board of directors comprised of business and community leaders who provide their professional expertise and leadership to achieve the mission of engaging businesses and nonprofits to work together to strengthen the NEO Community.

OFFICERS

Richard C. Fedorovich

Chair
Executive Chairman – Bober Markey Fedorovich

 

Deborah Z. Read

Immediate Past Chair
Partner – Thompson Hine LLP

 

Richard W. Pogue

Chair Emeritus
Advisor – Jones Day

Kathy Golovan

Vice Chair
Chief Operations Officer – Westfield Insurance

Ebony L. Yeboah-Amankwah

Vice Chair

Vice President, Ethics, Compliance & ERM – Signet Jewelers

 

David M. Kall

Secretary

Managing Member – Cleveland Office – McDonald Hopkins

David C. Fulton

Treasurer
President & CEO – Clearstead Advisors, LLC

 

Elizabeth H. Voudouris

President & CEO
Business Volunteers Unlimited

DIRECTORS

Richard J. Batyko

Chief Marketing Officer
YMCA of Greater Cleveland

Tom Bernot

President & COO
Falls & Co.

Brent Blouch

Chief Operating Officer
Swagelok

Zackery Carroll

Divisional CFO, VP of Finance
CBIZ, Inc.

Severine De Wagheneire

Cleveland Office Managing Director
Accenture LLP

Tracy Dowe

City President, Middle Market Team Leader
Fifth Third Bank

Joe Frolik

Senior VP, Communications, Government & Community Relations
MetroHealth

Heidi L. Gartland

Vice President, Government & Community Relations
University Hospitals

Danielle Gisondo

Regional Managing Partner – Ohio and Michigan
Marcum

Arthur C. Hall III

Firm Administrative Partner & Cleveland Partner-in-Charge
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

Jessica Jung

President
Oswald Companies

Christine Kohls

Principal
Raising Results LLC

Carolina Masri Hijaz

Consultant and Former Executive Director
MedWish International

Ben Mathews

Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company

Quentin McCorvey

President
Paradigm Institutional Investments

Megan L. Mehalko

Co-Chair, Corporate & Securities Practice Group; Member, Executive Committee
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff

Marc B. Merklin

Partner
Brouse McDowell

Steve Millard

President and CEO
Greater Akron Chamber

Charles Modlin

Vice President, Chief Health Equity Officer, Urologist
MetroHealth

James K. Mylen

Office Managing Partner
KPMG, LLP

Nikki Odom

Senior Director of DE&I and Community Affairs
Nestlé USA

Bill Priemer

President & CEO (Retired)
Hyland Software, Inc.

LaRese Purnell

Managing Partner
CLE Consulting Firm

Donald J. Richards

Partner (Retired)
Accenture LLP 

Lisa Rose

President
Dix & Eaton

Kathy Rothenberg James

Health Center Director
City of Cleveland, Department of Public Health

 

Harpreet Saluja

Sr. VP, Corporate Development & Planning
Eaton Corporation

John M. Saada, Jr.

Partner-in-Charge
Jones Day, Cleveland Office

Glen Shumate

Executive Vice President
Construction Employers Association

Ryan J. Spisak

Senior Vice President
Small Business Banking Sales Manager
First National Bank

Christopher J. Swift

Partner (Retired)
Baker Hostetler LLP

Matthew Tenerowicz

Managing Partner, Cleveland Office
Baker Hostetler LLP

Thomas A. Waltermire

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Retired)
Avient Corporation

Mark Williams

Managing Partner
Manchester Partners

Neil Weiss

Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Civic Relations
Cleveland Guardians

Mark Williams

Managing Partner
Manchester Partners

Lynne Winings

President (Retired)
GBX Group, LLC