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-Willis

  Nursery Operations Manager

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• Dani Lachina, MSSA, LSW

  Community Services Manager

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• Deborah Hitchcock, LISW-S, CDCA

  Compliance & Quality Manager

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External Relations

• Kaitlyn Lionti

  Marketing & Communication Director

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• Kate Malone

  Government & Foundation Relations Director

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• Colleen Wilson

  Events & Partnerships Manager

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• Corbyn Martz

  Grants Specialist

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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 Manager

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Human Resources

• Michael Gamble

  Human Resources Director

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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 & External Relations Committee Chair

  Senior Vice President, Enterprise Finance, The Sherwin-Williams Company

• Timothy K. Flanagan, Vice Chair

  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, GrafTech

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

  Deputy General Counsel, University Hospitals Health System, Inc.

• Joseph P. Lukac, Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair

  Partner, Ernst and Young

Committee Chairs

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

  Community Volunteer

• Angela K. Stojkov, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee Chair

  Vice President, Tax, Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.

Directors

• Warren Blazy

  Senior Vice President, CBRE

• Thomas Butchko

  Partner, Commercial & Public Finance Practice Group, Thompson Hine LLP

• Melissa Caples

  Managing Director, American Interiors

• 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

• 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.

• Cyril KanagaRaj

  Vice President, Private Client Group, Boenning & Scattergood

• Anna Kanaris

  Executive Vice President, Sales, Associated Materials

• Katherine L. Lehtinen

  Vice President, Brand and Digital Marketing, Oatey Co.

• Huda Leininger

  Vice President, Human Resources, Asurint

• 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

• Susan Oguche

  Executive Vice President & Chief Communication Officer, Cleveland Cavaliers

• Vilmarie Pérez

  Connections Care Manager, Positive Education Program

• Jeffrey A. Robinson

  Audit Partner, Grant Thornton LLP

• Andrew Rutherford

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

• Ryan Sowers

  Commercial Client Executive, Hylant

• Twyla Turner

  Fundraising Consultant, Enlightened Solutions

• 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