Cleveland Council on World Affairs

Board Leadership

Chair of the Board
STEPHEN J. PETRAS, Jr.
Partner & Head of International Department
Baker & Hostetler, LLP

Vice-Chairs:
DEBORAH E. MORIN, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Center for Educational Leadership
Cleveland State University 

STEPHEN J. ONG
Vice President
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

FAREED SIDDIQ
Senior Vice President – Investments
Smith Barney, Inc.

Secretary
RICHARD P. EASTBURN
Financial Advisor
UBS

Treasurer
MICHAEL BELLARDINE
Global Trade & Int’l Business Group
KeyBank

Directors
RAJ AGGARWAL, Ph.D.

Professor of Business & Finance
College of Business Administration
University of Akron

CHRISTOPHER BLAKE
Partner & Chair of Int'l Pratice Group
Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

TANA N. CARNEY
Civic Volunteer

MARY ANN CONN-BRODY
Civic Volunteer 

THE HONORABLE CHARLES DUNBAR
Former President, Cleveland Council on World Affairs
Department of International Relations
Boston University

HOWARD B. EDELSTEIN

Edelstein Financial Corp.

RICHARD L. GREINER
Former Owner & President
Dodd Camera

IRIS A. HARVIE
Chair, Ohio Women's Committee of Blossom Music Center

DONALD F. HASTINGS
Chairman Emeritus
The Lincoln Electric Company

BARBARA HAWKINS
Civic Leader
Former President, League of Women Voters

JOHN A. HELLMAN
President
Creative Development

GARY R. JOHNSON
President & CEO
Thin Battery Technologies, Inc.

PRADIP KAMAT
President
INDUS International Inc.

WAEL KHOURY, M.D.
Head of Cardiology
Marymount Hospital

MANJIT S. KHUBAN
Vice President, Financial Advisor
KeyBank Private

ROY F. KNAPP, JR.
President
CONSULTECH, Inc.

REBECCA KOPP
Attorney
PorterWright LLP

EDITH K. LAUER
Chairman Emeritus
Hungarian American Coalition

ALEX MACHASKEE
Publisher, The Plain Dealer (retired)
Alex Machaskee & Associates, Inc.

VALARIE Mc CALL
Chief of Government Affairs
City of Cleveland/Office of the Mayor 

NEIL Mc CARTHY
Senior Executive Vice President
Ashtabula Rubber Company

GERALD MEYER
Senior Director, Business Development
Greater Cleveland Partnership

MICHAEL E. MILLER
Regional/Hub Director, U.S. Commercial Service
U.S. Department of Commerce

RHONDA A. MILLER
Manager, Global Ethics Education & Training
Eaton Corporation

DONALD W. MORRISON
Corporate Attorney (retired)

KEVIN O’DONNELL
Managing Director
O’Donnell & Associates

STEPHEN P. OWENDOFF
Partner
Hahn, Loeser & Parks

HENRY PRECHT

Former President
Cleveland Council on World Affairs

MICHAEL SALKIND
President
Business Tech Network

SUSAN A. SASVARI
Director, Pyramid Legacy Society
Cleveland Clinic

ROBERT F. SCHERER, Ph.D.
Dean & Professor of Management
CSU/Nance College of Business Administration

CRAIG H. SCHURR
Senior Vice President
Manager, International Banking Division
National City Bank

JOHN (JACK) SHERWIN, Jr.
President
Mid-Continental Ventures, Inc.

GEORGE SIEVILA
Civic Volunteer

DIANNE L. SMITH
Civic Volunteer

AMBASSADOR EMORY C. SWANK
President Emeritus
Cleveland Council on World Affairs

SETH C. TAFT
Jones Day

JERRY J. TORMA
Director of Compensation and International Human Relations
Nordson Corporation

MARY WAGLEY GALETI
Vice-Chair
The Tecovas Foundation

PAUL R. WILLIAMS
Associate Professor
Cleveland State University/CASAL Department

ROSE A. ZITIELLO
Department of Community Development
City of Cleveland