Leadership & Staff

Leadership

• Natalie A. Leek

  President & Chief Executive Officer

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  Natalie A. Leek has 25 years of experience in non-profit and corporate environments. She has been a Teacher, PR/Marketing professional, Admissions, and Development Director in the non-profit sector as well as a Marketing, Business Development and E-Commerce Director in regional and national corporate technology companies. Natalie accepted the role of CEO and President for Providence House, a non-profit crisis nursery for infants and children in 2001. Since assuming that role at Ohio’s first licensed crisis nursery, Natalie has worked diligently to improve the organization’s operations, programming, development, and community outreach efforts and in 2012 successfully completed a $3 million capital campaign for expansion of the Crisis Nursery Campus.

Programming

• Ashley Stock, LISW-S, ACTRP

  Director of Programming & Clinical Operations

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• Nora Conway, MSW, LSW, CTRP

  Family Services Manager

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• Erin George, LISW-S, CTRP

  Family Services Manager

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• Kim Hereford

  Nursery Operations Manager

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• Dani Lachina, MSSA, LSW

  Community Services Manager

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• Kendra Sowards, MSW, LSW, CTRP

  Intake Coordinator

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• Deborah Hitchcock, LISW-S, CDCA

  Compliance & Quality Manager

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External Relations

• Kaitlyn Lionti

  Marketing Manager

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• Kate Malone

  Government Relations & Public Policy Advisor

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• Selena Vazquez

  Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator

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• Amy Bahre

  Donor Engagement Coordinator

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• Katie Goodman

  Grants Coordinator

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Finance

• Kristen Kollar

  Chief Financial Officer

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• Margaret Bayliss

  Accountant

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Operations

• Michelle Walsh

  Operations and Strategy Director

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• Amy Mills

  Center for Crisis Nurseries Manager & Exec. Asst.

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• Vanessa Vazquez

  Facilities Coordinator

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• Laprise Johnson

  Office Assistant

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Human Resources

• Michael Gamble

  Human Resources Director

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• Cherelle Houston-Porter

  Human Resources Generalist

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• J'Tala Henry

  Human Resources Generalist

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Board of Directors

Executive Officers

• Gregory D. Rush, Chair & Executive Committee Chair

  Senior Vice President, CFO, Cleveland Browns

• *Jane M. Cronin, Chair Emeritus & Governance Committee Chair

  Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller, The Sherwin-Williams Company

• Timothy K. Flanagan, Vice Chair

  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, GrafTech

• Jeffrey A. Robinson, Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair

  Audit Partner, Grant Thornton LLP

• Paul T. Kostyack, Counsel, Secretary, & Business Innovation and Strategy Committee Chair

  Deputy General Counsel, University Hospitals Health System, Inc.

Committee Chairs

• Karen R. Dolan, Giving Hope to the PHuture Campaign Chair

  Community Volunteer

• Katherine L. Lehtinen, External Relations Committee Co-Chair

  Vice President, Brand and Digital Marketing, Oatey Co.

Directors

• Warren Blazy

  Senior Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle

• Matt Coberly

  Director of Global Security, Eaton Corporation

• Chris Conti

  Partner, Founder, Lancor Partners, LLC

• Dabney Conwell

  Executive Director & Vice President, Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging

• Jeffrey C. Douglas

  National Head of Sales and Client Experience, KeyBank

• Huda Farunia

  Vice President, Human Resources, Asurint

• Dolores P. Garcia

  Partner & Vice Chair, Business Litigation Group, Ulmer Berne LLP

• Adam R. Jacobs

  Senior Director, Investments, The Hartzmark Group of Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

• Anna Kanaris

  Executive Vice President, Sales, Associated Materials

• Joseph P. Lukac

  Partner, Ernst and Young

• Jennifer Masterson

  Executive Vice President Retail Lending Services - Default Servicing, PNC

• Ryan P. McKean

  Financial Planner, Turning Point Wealth

• Yolanda McWilliams

  Director, Governance, Risk, & Compliance, Hyland Software Inc.

• Mike Mooney

  Vice President, Customer Service Group, The Albert M. Higley Company

• Tendai Mukeredzi

  Manager, Medicare Advantage Product Strategy, Medical Mutual

• Tori Nook

  Principal, Anchor Cleveland

• Vilmarie Pérez

  Connections Care Manager, Positive Education Program

• Eileen Schreiber Radis

  Partner, Deloitte

• Andrew Rutherford

  Senior Vice President, Middle Market Relationship Manager, Truist Financial Corporation

• Angela K. Stojkov

  Vice President, Tax, Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.

• Twyla Turner

  Fundraising Consultant, Enlightened Solutions

• J. Chaz Weber

  Partner, Tucker Ellis LLP

• Karla R. Wludyga

  Vice President of Organizational Development, PRADCO

Legacy Council

• William Aamoth

  President, Aamoth Capital Holdings, LLC

• Joseph Bauer

  Founder, Bauer Advising, LLC

• *Edward Bell

  President, Gries Financial

• *Duane F. Bishop, Jr.

  Chief Operating Officer, EVP Real Estate

• Terrance K. Donley

  Chairman, Donley’s Inc.

• Evelyn Croft Faulkner

  Retired/Fundraising Consultant

• Sally Gries

  Chairperson, Gries Financial, LLC

• Thomas M. Laird

  Executive VP, Gilbane Building Company

• Lolita McDavid, M.D.

  Medical Director, Child Advocacy & Protection, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital

• *Paul M. O’Connor

  President, Advanced Controls Incorporated

• Rena Olshansky

  Consultant, Rainmaker/Reignmaker

• *Jeffrey K. Orloff

  President/Managing Director, Consulting, ReCreation LLC

• Susan M. Palmer

  Sr. Account Manager, Medtronic

• *Dominic V. Perry

  Director of Wealth Transfer Planning, St. Clair Advisors LLC

• Robert J. Roe

  Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.

• *Gareth D. Vaughan

  President & CEO, The Albert M. Higley Company

Honorary Lifetime Members

• Suzanne Christ

• William Christ

• Sr. Nancy Conway, CSJ

• *John Doherty

• +Robert Dorfmeyer

• +Stanley Kerka

• Sandy Kish Jordan

• *Greg Klein

• +Bettie Perry

• *Charles E. Taylor, PhD

* past president
+ deceased