Board of Directors
Greater Akron Chamber 2019-2020 Board of Directors
Bill Albrecht
Regional Vice-President, LOCALiQ & Akron Beacon Journal
Ken Babby
Owner & CEO Akron RubberDucks
Elizabeth Z. Bartz
President and CEO State and Federal Communications
Samuel L. Belcher
Senior Vice President & President FirstEnergy Utilities
Julie Brandle
President, Metis Construction Services, LLC
Nicholas V. Browning
President Akron Region, Huntington Bank
Timothy M. Burke
President Eastern Ohio Market, KeyBank, NA
Whitt Butler
Akron Office, Managing Partner Ernst & Young, LLP
Nicholas Buzzelli
Senior Vice President, Commercial Middle Market Team Leader Fifth Third Bank
Ren Camacho
CEO and President Akron- Canton Airport
S. Theresa Carter
President Synthomer Foundation
Steven M. Charles
Vice President, Product Development
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operation
Shon Christy
Founder and President Shon Christy Social Media
Laura B. Culp
Partner/Tax Services Sikich, LLP
Cliff T. Deveny, MD
President & CEO Summa Health
Todd Diacon, PhD
President
Kent State University
Romona Davis
Vice President, Senior SBA Business Development Officer
Huntington Bank
Steven A. Dimengo
Partner, Buckingham, Doolittle&BurroughsLLC
Dawn Distler
Executive Director METRO Regional Transit Authority
Laura P. Duda
Senior Vice President Global Communications
The Goodyear Rubber & Tire Company
Phillip R. Duryea
Market Executive, Akron and EastOhioRegionMiddleMarket Banking JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A./
J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC
Martin Hilovsky
CEO EnviroScience
Ella R. Hochstetler
Director, Business Development and Strategic Partnerships Dominion Energy
Daniel Horrigan
Mayor, City of Akron
David W. James
Superintendent Akron Public Schools
Para M. Jones, PhD
President, Stark State College
Joseph S. Kanfer
Chairman & Venturer GOJO Industries, Inc.
J. Michael Kolk
Partner-in-Charge – Akron Office Cohen & Company
Darrin Kotecki
President GPD Group
John K. Krajewski
Managing Partner Stark & Knoll Co., LPA
Mark Krohn
Chairman Focal Point Social Media
Doug Kuczynski
Regional Vice President, Akron & North Central Region
Medical Mutual
Jolene Lane
Chief Diversity Officer The University of Akron
John Langell MD, PhD
President Northeast Ohio Medical University
Robert Littman
Ohio Managing Partner BDO, USA
Steven L. Marks
CEO – Retired
Main Street Gourmet
Marc B. Merklin
Managing Partner Brouse McDowell
Steve Millard
President & CEO Greater Akron Chamber
Melissa Monaco
Vice President, Americas Communication
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Compan
Jim Mullen
President & CEO United Way of Summit County
LaTonya Myers
Executive HR Director Excel HR Consulting
Samuel Myers
Director of Analytics
Area Wide Protection
Young Professionals of Akron Representative
Lucia M. Pileggi
Private Banking Executive, Eastern Ohio Market
KeyBank, NA
Pastor Eugene Norris, II
CEO Fame Fathers
Jon Park
CEO & Chairman Westfield Bank
Joseph Paul
Executive VP and Chief Financial Officer The Davey Tree Expert Company
John T. Petures, Jr
President & CEO Akron Community Foundation
Dennis Pijor
President – Retired SummaCare
Parker Platt
District Sales Manager/SVP Citizens Bank
Ernie Pouttu
President & CEO Harwick Standard Distribution Corp.
Tia M. Ramlow
President GreatWork! Employment Services
Christopher J. Richardson
CEO AxessPointe Community Health Centers, Inc.
James L. Rhulin
President, The Ruhlin Company
Jennifer Savitski, MD, FACOG
Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Cleveland Clinic Akron General
David J. Schipper
President & CEO The Schipper Group
Steven Schmidt, PhD
Vice President for Research Northeast Ohio Medical University
Ilene Shapiro
County Executive County of Summit
Steven E. Strah
SVP & CFO FirstEnergy Corp.
Donzell S. Taylor
President & CEO Welty Building Company, Ltd.
Kevin O. Thompson
Regional President – Retired
PNC Bank
André Thornton, Sr.
President & CEO ASW Global, LLC
Grace Wakulchik
President & CEO Akron Children’s Hospital
Jeffery A. Walters
Managing Director CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann
Liz Watson
Chief Marketing Officer Crum & Forster Pet Insurance
Bernett L. Williams
VicePresident, External Relations Akron Children’s Hospital
Bradley A. Wright
Partner-in-Charge Ohio Roetzel & Andress