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