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Richard “Duke” Jankura
Interim CEO
Ray Leach
Founding CEO
Teleangé Thomas
Chief Operating and Relationship Officer
Jerry Frantz
President, JumpStart Ventures
Karen Adame
Chief Financial Officer
Corey James
Chief Equity, Outreach and Initiatives Officer
John Grace
Chief People & Culture Officer
Lorne Novick
Chief Services Officer
Kimalon Dixon
Chief of Staff
Hardik Desai
Managing Partner, Investing
Matthew Miller
Managing Partner, Portfolio
Alejandra Escobar
Senior Associate, Human Resources
Alison King
Director, Burton D. Morgan Mentoring Program
Andrea Bender
Marketing Manager, Events & Logistics
Bethany George
Partner, Investments
Brittany Hurt
IT Systems Analyst
Camille Heard
Entrepreneur-In-Residence
Cara Perez
Manager, Advancement Operations
Carli Calapa
Sr. Manager, Talent Recruitment
Christopher Smith
Director, Preferred Partnerships
Dan Brown
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Stark County
Dana Allender
Entrepreneur-In-Residence
Danielle Morris
Sr. Director, Revenue & Compliance Management
Devin Bates
Outreach and Curriculum Manager, Verizon Learning Centers
Drew Nanda
Data Analyst
Emily Ferline-Shreve
Director, IT and Data Systems
Eric Amanfoh
Vice President, Finance
Feowyn Mackinnon
Director, Verizon Learning Centers, Curriculum & Education
Freddie Coffey
Director, Digital Marketing
George Mehok
Venture Partner, Corporate Venture Services
Griselda Flores
Manager, Accounting
Haley Burk
Director, Network Management
Jaclyn Williams
Sr. Analyst, Market Research
Jennifer Palla
Executive Administrator
Jennifer Rowen
Senior Manager, Mentoring Programs and Educational Services
Jeri Shelton
Sr. Manager, Salesforce Administration
Jody Potts-Leiher
Sr. Manager, Fund Administration
José Colón
Sr. Manager, Latino/Hispanic Services
Josh Borstein
Investment Associate
Kaleigh Gallagher
Vice President, Tech Services and Network Management
Ke’Lani Hall
Venture Analyst
Kelly Testa
Marketing Coordinator
Kenny Farrar
Sr. Associate, Small Business Deal Flow
Kenya Fike, MBA
Advancement, Data & Accounts Manager
Kevin Mendelsohn
Senior Venture Partner, Healthcare
Kim Herold
Sr. Associate, Human Resources
Larissa Corraide da Silva
Manager, Data Analytics
Laura Beans Sika
Advancement, Communications Manager
Lauren Smith-Petta
Director, Educational Services
Manny Larcher
Investing, Deal Flow Analyst
Mary Paxton
Senior Director, Advancement
Matt Riehl
Director of Government Relations
Matteo Nee
Venture Analyst, Life Sciences and Healthcare
Mery Sanchez
Latino/Hispanic Deal Flow Analyst
Michele Hicks
Sr. Director, Human Resources
Nadine Nana
Venture Partner, CMO-In-Residence
Nicki Hubbard
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Nilda Medina-Gonzalez
Office Administrator
Patrycja Ajdukiewicz
Senior Director, Small Business Services & Capital
Phelan Spence
Sr. Associate, Financial Analysis
Rachna Lather
Ventures and Investing Marketing Manager
Raykwon Woodruff
Accounting Analyst
Rayne Elder
Analyst, Small Business Deal Flow
Robert Sallade
System Support Analyst
Roy Hodge
Director, Entrepreneurial Services & Outreach
Sarah Pavlik
Content Coordinator
Shanelle Johnson
Sr. Associate, Small Business Deal Flow
Vicki McDonald
Director, Communications and Media Relations
Will Stabler
Tech Deal Flow Associate
Zeenat Nadvi
Venture Analyst
Jeanne Coughlin
JumpStart Board Chair / The Coughlin Group, Inc.
Barbara Paynter
JumpStart Vice-Chair / President, Paynter Communications
Jose Vasquez
JumpStart Vice-Chair / President & CEO, Quéz Media
Kate Asbeck
JumpStart Vice-Chair
Thomas Hopkins
JumpStart Vice-Chair
Ann Hamilton
Executive Director, Government Relations, Cleveland Clinic
Anthony Campana
Managing Partner, Campana Capital
Bill Seelbach
Senior Managing Director at FODIS & Senior Advisor at The Riverside Company
Brian Hall
Owner and CEO of JIT Services, LLC
Carol Caruso
President, Caruso Public Affairs
Cheryl Perez
CEO, Cheryl C Perez Brands
Cindy Torres Essell
Chief Human Resources Officer, Heinen’s
C. Todd Green
Deborah Yue
Owner, Law Office of Deborah Yue
Drew Purcell
Business Leader, Progressive Insurance
Eric Fiala
Head of Corporate Responsibility, KeyBank
Gerrick Doss
Jean-Claude Kihn
John Pigott
John Rudd
Managing Director, NA Ventures & Acquisitions Lead, Technology Services Group at Accenture
J. Michael Oakes, PhD
Senior Vice President for Research and Technology Management, Case Western Reserve University
Karim Botros
Managing Partner, Echo Health Advisors
Kipum Lee
Vice President, Innovation & Product Strategy, University Hospitals
Larry Fulton
Owner, LEFCO Worthington and Hanlon Composites
Larry Goodman
Former Owner, Goodman Beverage Co., Inc.
Mark Samolczyk
President and CEO, Stark Community Foundation
Odell Coleman, Jr.
Principal, ColemanWick
Sharon Toerek
Principal, Toerek Law
Afif Ghannoum
CEO, BIOHM Health
Avani Doshi
Principal, A. Doshi LLC
Bill Gaussa
Head of Architecture and Technologies, Philips
Brian Bloom
Senior Vice President, Falls Communications
Brian Gale
Board Member and Investor
Cathy Lippert
Founder & Chief Practitioner, ProdOptic, LLC
Collin Boetger
Ecosystem Executive
Courtney Gras
Startup Community Lead, Amazon Web Services
Dale Mesnick
Principal, PromiseTwo (NEOACQ Holdings)
Dan Hartnett
Executive Coach
David Lupyan
President, Lupyan & Associates
Dennis Clemmer
Business Executive
Dragan Dugandzic
Owner, Onmitek Labs
Gerald Hetrick
CEO, Bezlio
Gopal Nadkarni,
Associate Professor, University of Akron
Hal Yaeger
Managing Director and Co-Founder, CXO Advisory Group
Harjas Sidhu
Senior Vice President, Analytics and Portfolio Management, PNC
Jack Harley
Co-Founder & Co-President, First Power Group LLC
Jean-Claude Kihn
Business Executive
Jennie Zamberlan
Founder and President, Avantia Inc.
Jim Harris
President, Plug and Play Partners
Jim LeMay
Business Executive
Jim Stifler
Economic Development Director, City of Hudson
John Kundtz
Angel Investor | Business Development Advisor | Non-Executive Director | Podcast Host for "The Disruptor" | Sales Executive
Judi Feniger
Business Executive
Justin Kalvitz
President, Spatula Consulting
Karen Allport
President, Karen Allport Consulting, Inc.
Kristie Beck
CEO, Proformex
Mark Hoersten
Business Executive
Mark Krosse
Business Executive
Mark Molnar
Investor, Entrepreneur
Mark Valentine
CEO, Val-Mark Consulting
Matt Portner
Senior Vice President – Strategic Partnerships and Client Experience, ASCEND
Michael Goldberg
Executive Director and Associate VP, Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship at CWRU
Michael Neumann
Managing Member, Dedicated Operations Consulting LLC
Mike Burke
Director, Rudolph Libbe
Nikki DiFilippo
President and CMO, Via Vera Group
Patrick Russo
CEO, OnStation
Paul Stupay
Chief Strategist, GrowLogic LLC
Ravi Marwaha
Managing Director, International Business Consultants of America
Rob Bordonaro
Business Executive
Scott Oldham
Partner with Hahn, Loeser & Parks
Shannon Lyons
Chief Operating Officer, BetterMedics
Steven Shin
Business Executive
Taylor Aronhalt
Healthcare Innovation Advisor
Todd Thompson
Business Consultant
Tom Furnas
Managing Director, Inglewood Associates LLC
William Cooper
Owner, Cooper Legal Group, LLC
Brian Alquist
Founder, 1Direction Inc.
Claude Kennard
CEO, Metal Alloy Reclaimers
David Hegenbarth
President, Federal Gear and Machine
Dyan Sutton
Creative Thinker/Designer, Creative Ideas Matter
Jill Cavano
Owner, Scranton Associates
Juan Carlos Gamarra
Project Controls Analyst, NV5
Ken Fanger
President, On Technology Partners
Kim Thomas
Owner, Christopher Amira Studio and Academy
Kirby Freeman
Business Consultant
Marvin Montgomery
Founder, The Sales Doctor
Melanie Keys
Founder & Director, The MAK Fashion Group
Montrie Rucker-Adams
Chief Visibility Officer, Visibility Marketing Inc.
Phil Stella
Executive Coach