2022-2023 Signature Class
Dawn Ahner
SVP, Chief Financial Officer
Summa Health
Gia Bell
Chief Administrative Officer
Minority Behavioral Health Group
Mitch Kritzell
Executive Director, Business Readiness
Bridgestone Americas
Todd Mesek
Chief Marketing Officer
Cleveland Museum of Art
Todd Bertsch
Owner/President
Evolve Marketing
Adam Besenyodi
Project Manager, Vice President
PNC Bank
Jeanine Black
Chief Marketing Officer
Bounce Innovation Hub
Lucas Blower
Attorney
Brouse McDowell
Mar-quetta Boddie
Executive Director
Summit County Continuum of Care
Steven Bossart
VP of Business Development and Marketing
Coleman Health Services
Albert Bragg, Jr., Ph.D.
Executive Director
Alpha Phi Alpha Homes, Inc.
Ron Cable
Administrative and Presiding Judge
Akron Municipal Court
Abby Morgan
COO Direction Home Aging & Disabilities
Chris Niekamp
Shareholder
Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC
Linda Nowak
Senior Vice President, Business Banking Market Manager
Huntington Bank
Cathryn O’Malley
Chief Operating Officer
United Way Summit and Medina
Ollie Pannell
VP, Compliance & Regulated Services
FirstEnergy Corp.
Tiffany Peters
Director of Finance
Barberton Community Foundation
Katherine Raymond
Owner/President
Raymond Dental Group
Angelique Rogers
Manager - Client Accounting Services Pease & Associates CPAs
Kara Cea
Executive Director/Founder
ArtSparks
Tiffany Roper
Chief Executive Officer OH SNAP Photo Lab, LLC
Justin Chenault
Executive Director
North Hill Community Development Corporation
Stephannie Garrett
CFO, Battered Women’s Shelter and Rape Crisis Center of Summit and Medina Counties
Dallas Grundy
Chief Financial Officer University of Akron
Brian Harding
Deputy Chief Akron Police Department
Tyron Hoisten
Marketing & Communications Specialist Summit County Land Bank
Greta Johnson
Director of Communications, Assistant Chief of Staff, PIO Summit County Executive
Laura Kish
Global Analytics IT Director The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Jessica Korzhiletskiy
Director, Risk Management Energy Harbor Corp
Titus Sheers, M.D.
DIO & Chairman, Medical Education & Health Sciences Cleveland Clinic Akron General
Kenneth Smith
Educational Coach I AM Possible Enterprise
David Supelak
Signing Director CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Rachel Tecca
Assistant Superintendent/Chief of Schools Akron Public Schools
Andrew Twardzik
Partner EY
Gert Wilms
Chief of Staff City of Akron
Jason Winkler
President Summit Construction Company
Heather Wuensch
Director of Community Benefit, Advocacy & Outreach Akron Children's Hospital
Patricia Wyatt
Vice President & Executive Program Director North Hill Community House
Director, Upward Bound Math and Science and FAME Programs Stark State College
