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Ray Leach
Chief Executive Officer
Cathy Belk
President
Jerry Frantz
Senior Managing Partner, Entrepreneurial Services & Investing
Lamont Mackley
Chief Inclusion & Outreach Officer
Karen Adame
Managing Partner, Operations
Kendra Gardiner
Chief of Staff
Ocie Irons
Senior Partner, Northwest Ohio
Rem Harris
Senior Partner, Investing
Kara Carter
Senior Partner, Corporate and Community Relations
Laura Desmond
Senior Partner, Advancement
Duke Jankura
Senior Partner, Finance
Gayle Pekkola
Senior Partner, Marketing and Communications
Lorne Novick
Senior Partner, Services & Deal Flow Management
Pat Grospiron
Senior Partner, Network Management
Jon Grimm
Senior Venture Partner
Matthew Miller
Senior Venture Partner, Healthcare
Adam Salon
Partner, Entrepreneurial Services
Allison Zupan
Project Assistant
Amy Haschak
Entrepreneurial Network Manager
Anne Richie
Venture Partner
Ashley Alber
Associate, Investing
Ben Keller
Principal, IT
Bill Nemeth
Director, Burton D. Morgan Mentoring Program
Carli Calapa
Recruiter, Entrepreneurial Talent
Chris Riddle
Systems Analyst and Network Administrator
Christopher Smith
Senior Deal Flow Manager
Dan Aerni
Director, Entrepreneurial Talent
Danielle Morris
Partner, Revenue Management and Compliance
Dave Thomas
Talent Analyst
Dean Koch
Venture Partner
Deb Grale
Process Improvement Lead
Eric Amanfoh
Controller
Erin Slater
Business Development Associate
Freddie Coffey
Senior Manager, Digital Marketing
Gabrielle Warshay
Deal Flow Analyst
Gloria Ware
Director, KeyBank Center for Technology, Innovation and Inclusive Growth
Greg Carlin
Lead Venture Partner
Hardik Desai
Partner, Investing
Haley Burk
Manager, Advancement
Heather Hall
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Jaclyn Sommers
Market Research Analyst
Jason-David Evans
Marketing and Events Specialist
Jennifer Palla
Executive Administrator
Jennifer Rowen
Program Manager, Entrepreneurial Mentoring
Jeri Shelton
Report Analyst & Salesforce Administrator
Jody Potts-Hayes
Senior Staff Accountant
John Opdycke
Venture Partner
Joshua Borstein
Investment Associate
Kenneth Clarke
Director of Strategic Innovation Initiatives
Kenny Farrar
Deal Flow Associate
Kevin Berner
Venture Partner
Kim Herold
Payroll & Benefits Specialist
Lee Poseidon
Venture Partner
Linda Hale
Canton Innovation District Community Manager
Liz Crowe
Data Analytics Manager
Margaret Stanowicki
Administrative Assistant
Mariëlla van der Sluijs
Data Analyst
Mason Milani
Graphic Designer
Matteo Nee
Venture Analyst
Michael Quinn
Advancement Associate
Nick Worner
Senior Manager, Communications
Nicole Sims
Partner, Inclusion Initiatives
Phelan Spence
Senior Accounting Associate
Roberta Duarte
Project Manager, Core City
Robert Sallade
Systems Support Technician
Roy Hodge
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Northwest Ohio
Sara Zaccardelli
Emerging Talent Network Program Associate
Sarah Trusz
Marketing Associate
Shanelle Johnson
Deal Flow Associate
Tamika Otis
Director, KeyBank Business Boost & Build Program powered by JumpStart
Twyla Turner
Event and Marketing Traffic Manager
Vicki McDonald
Communications Manager
Zerrine Bailey
Emerging Talent Network Leader
Gary Shamis
JumpStart Board Chair / Principal, Winding River Consulting
Ellen Burts-Cooper
JumpStart Vice Chair / Senior Managing Partner, Improve Consulting and Training Group
Patrick Pastore
JumpStart Vice Chair / EVP/Market Leader-Northern Ohio, Corporate Banking Group PNC Bank
Jeanne Coughlin
JumpStart Vice Chair / The Coughlin Group, Inc.
William Seelbach
Board Chair Emeritus / Senior Advisor, The Riverside Company
Anthony Campana
President and Chief Operating Officer, Campana Capital
Barbara Paynter
President, Paynter Communications
Brian Hall
Owner and CEO of JIT Services, LLC
Carol Caruso
President, Caruso Public Affairs
Darrell McNair
President/CEO, MVP Plastics Corporation
Don Graves
Head of Corporate Responsibility & Community Relations at KeyBank
Jay Goyal
President, Goyal Industries
JJ DiGeronimo
President, Tech Savvy Women
Jose Vasquez
President & CEO, Quéz Media
Joseph Jankowski
Associate Vice President, Technology Management, Case Western Reserve University
Karim Botros
Managing Partner, Echo Health Advisors
Kate Asbeck
Larry Goodman
Former Owner, Goodman Beverage Co., Inc.
Lee Nielsen
Owner, The Nielsen Group
Leonard Young
Founder & President, Leonard D. Young Co., LLC
Mark Samolczyk
President and CEO, Stark Community Foundation
Michael Regelski
Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Electrical Sector - Eaton
Sharon Toerek
Principal, Toerek Law
Stephen McHale
Founder, Explorys, an IBM company
Steve Fry
Principal, SRF Consulting
Thomas Hopkins
William Hartmann
Retired Chief Risk Officer, KeyCorp
Kate Volzer
Chair
Christina Sanders
Jack Dolan
Analyst, Cleveland Indians
Jaclyn Inglis
Jacob Sheridan
Jarrett Nobles
Luis Cabrera
Liz Todia
Marques Martin
Oge Anoliefo
Parag Jagdale
Rakesh Guha
Sharmaine Givens
Selina Marie Pagán
Tom Brew
Alan Strauss
Founder, Sales Concepts, Inc.
Amy Hammond
Product Manager, Supply Chain, OEConnection
Anurag Khanna
Founding Partner, Panacea Global Partners
Bill Mooney
Business Executive
Bob Aber
Founder & Principal Consultant, Aber Advisors
Bob Gray
President, Gray Consulting Services
Brad Long
VP Global Supply Chain and Sourcing, nVent
Brent Brumbaugh
Principal Architect – Emerging Technologies, Verizon Enterprise Solutions
Brian Bloom
Senior Vice President, Falls Communications
Brian Gale
President, I.D. Images
Brian Zollar
Director of Business Development, Guardian Technologies
Caroline Barni
CMO, Tech Elevator
Cathy Lippert
Founder & Chief Practitioner, ProdOptic, LLC
Chad Bittner
Marketing Manager, Medical Mutual
Chris Tjotjos
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Promithia
Craig Petz
Senior Manager, Value Based Solutions LLC
Dale Mesnick
Principal, PromiseTwo (NEOACQ Holdings)
Dan Craft
Chief Operating Officer, Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center
Dan Hartnett
Vice President Global Strategic Accounts, Rexnord Corporation
Dan Kellogg
Managing Director & Co-Founder, Crystal Venture Funds
Dan Rose
Angel Investor, Board Member, Entrepreneur and I-Corps Ohio Instructor
Dana Allender
Founder & Chief Revenue Strategist, SUN
David Lupyan
President, Lupyan & Associates
Dave Petno
Vice President, Employee Benefits Consultant, USI Insurance Services
Dragan Dugandzic
Owner, Onmitek Labs
Ed Rivalsky
Healthcare Executive
Eric Schwarz
Certified Exit Planning Advisor - Senior Director, BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Fehmida Kapadia
President, KapaMed Consulting
Gary Wakeford
Sales Executive
George Snider
Civic Volunteer and Retired CEO
Giselle Bardwell
Chief Marketing Officer & Business Operations Maven, KIWI Creative
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
Heidi Grosowsky
Project Manager, Darko Inc.
Jack Harley
Co-Founder & Co-President, First Power Group LLC
Jay Freund
Managing Director, Stratford-Cambridge Group
Jean-Claude Kihn
Business Executive
Jeff Moore
President and CEO, Value Based Solutions, LLC
Jennie Zamberlan
President & CEO, Avantia, Inc.
Jim Gilbride
Area President, FocusCFO
Jim Stifler
Economic Development Director, City of Hudson
John Gevisser
VP of Business Development - Vitality
John Kundtz
Associate Partner, Sr. Global Business Development Executive, Sales Manager, IBM
Jon Cocco
CEO & Owner, Feedall Automation
Judi Feninger
Business Executive
Kathryn Motiska
Principal Consultant, Financial Management Consulting
Kyle Reissner
Digital Product & Marketing Leader
Linda Bluso
President, Linda L. Bluso, LLC
Marc Rosen
President, The Vector Group
Mark Hartel
Technology Innovation Advisor
Mark Hoersten
Business Executive
Mark Kasinec
President & Founder, ChainRing Advisors
Mark Molnar
Investor, Entrepreneur
Mark Teague
Chief Financial Officer, BioMotiv
Mark Valentine
CEO, Val-Mark Consulting
Mary Partin
Consultant, Centric Consulting
Matthew Iorio, MSE, MBA
Manager, Clinical Affairs, Neuros Medical, Inc.
Michael Claxton
Business Executive
Michael Goldberg
Assistant Professor, Weatherhead School of Management, CWRU
Michael Neumann
Chief Operating and Financial Officer
Mike Burke
Director, Rudolph Libbe
Nikki DiFilippo
President and CMO, Via Vera Group
Ofer Pinhasi
VP Product Management, MaxQ-Al
Patrick Russo
CEO, PROJiTECH
Paul Stupay
Chief Strategist, GrowLogic LLC
Peter Chung
Senior Associate, Cyprium Partners
Ralph Cutcher
Owner, Brick House Partners, LLC
Ray DeAngelis
Regional Provider Relations, Promedica Health System
Rita Brauneck
Executive Coach
Rob Matousek
Director/GMM - eCommerce, American Greetings
Rob Reznick
VP of Finance and Corporate Development, Flashpoint
Robert Stein
President, RBS & Associates
Ryan Dietrich
Owner, Finance Jack
Scot Adkins
Chief Operating Officer, Traxium LLC
Scott Oldham
Partner with Hahn, Loeser & Parks
Scot Rourke
Chief Information and Transformation Officer, Cuyahoga County
Scott Stephens
IoT Solutions Sales Executive, Siemens
Taesun Cha
Vice President & Controller, Kent Displays
Terry Ginley
Director Of Analytics, Velosio
Tim Austin
VP Sales, Group Management Services Inc.
Tim Hansen
CEO, CleanerFood, LLC
Todd Thompson
General Manager, RRD Marketing Solutions
Tom Barrett
CEO, 7Signal
Tom Furnas
Managing Director, Inglewood Associates LLC
William Cooper
Owner, Cooper Legal Group, LLC
Alex Michaels
CEO & “Cleveland Cinema Czar," Prelude2Cinema Inc.
Claude Kennard
CEO, Metal Alloy Reclaimers
Collette Laisure
Chief Family Officer, Civic Activist
Dyan Sutton
Creative Thinker/Designer, Creative Ideas Matter
Erica Lipscomb
Senior Vice President of Asset Management, Nirvana Analytics
George Williams
Career Coach, Business Counselor, Marketing Agent, PFS Investment Advisor
Joe Hemphill
Insurance Executive
Kim Thomas
Owner, Christopher Amira Studio and Academy
Larry Fulton
Owner, LEFCO Worthington and Hanlon Composites
Melanie Keys
Founder & Director, The MAK Fashion Group
Phil Stella
Executive Coach