Board of Directors

The Cleveland Council on World Affairs wishes to thank our distinguished Board of Directors for the 2008-2009 program year:

Chair of the Board    
Alex Machaskee
Publisher, The Plain Dealer (retired)
Alex Machaskee & Associates, Inc.
   
     
Vice Chairs    
Gary R. Johnson
President & CEO
Thin Battery Technologies, Inc.
  Michael G. Meissner
Partner
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP
     
Stephen J. Petras, Jr.
Partner & Head of International Department
Baker & Hostetler, LLP
   
     
Secretary   Treasurer
Deborah E. Morin, Ph.D.
Executive Director,
First Ring Leadership Academy
College of Education
Cleveland State University
  Stephen J. Ong
Vice President
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
     
     
Board of Directors    
Raj Aggarwal, Ph.D.
College of Business Administration
Office of the Dean
University of Akron
  Michael D. Bellardine
Director, Senior Vice President
Global Trade & Int'l Payment Services
KeyBank
     
Tana N. Carney
Civic Volunteer
  Ambassador Wat T. Cluverius
Past President & CEO
Cleveland Council on World Affairs
     
Mary Ann Conn-Brody   Patricia Jansen Doyle
Strategic Analyst and Planner
     
The Honorable Charles Dunbar
Former President,
Cleveland Council on World Affairs
Warburg Professor of Intl. Relations
Department of Political Science, Simmons College
  Richard P. Eastburn
Financial Advisor
UBS
     
Howard B. Edelstein
Edelstein Financial Group
  Linda A. Grandstaff
Executive Vice-President and Chief BSA Officer
Risk Management Group
Keybank
     
Richard 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 Woman Voters
     
John A. Hellman   Jennie S. Hwang, Ph.D.
President & CEO
H-Technologies, Inc.
     
Pradip Kamat
President
INDUS International, Inc.
  Wael Khoury, M.D.
Vice President of Medical Affairs
Marymount Hospital
     
Manjit S. Khuban
V.P. Financial Advisor
Key Bank Private
  Rebecca Kopp
Attorney
Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista Co.
     
Edith Lauer
Chairman Emeritus
Hungarian American Coalition
  Evelyn Maroon, Ph.D.
Co-chair of the International Visitors Committee
     
Valarie McCall
Chief of Government Affairs
Office of the Mayor
City of Cleveland
  Gerald Meyer
Senior Director, Business Development
Greater Cleveland Partnership
     
Michael E. Miller
Regional/Hub Director, U.S. Commercial Services
U.S. Department of Commerce, USEAC
  Donald W. Morrison
Corporate Attorney (retired)
     
Kevin O'Donnell
Managing Director
O’Donnell & Associates
  Stephen P. Owendoff
Partner
Hahn, Loeser & Parks LLP
     
Beatrice Pace   Andrew Passen
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Forest City Enterprises
     
Henry Precht
Former President
Cleveland Council on World Affairs
  Michael Salkind
President
Business Tech Network
     
Susan A. Sasvari
Director, Pyramid Legacy Society
Cleveland Clinic
  Craig H. Schurr
Senior Vice President
Manager, International Banking Division
National City Bank
     
Joanne Rand Schwartz, Ph.D.
Dean Emeritus, College of Education
Kent State University
  Jack Sherwin
President
Mid-Continent Ventures, Inc.
     
Glen Shumate
President
Call & Post
  Fareed Siddiq
Senior Vice President
Wealth Management, CFP
     
George Sievila   Dianne L. Smith
     
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
  Paul A. Unger
Senior Advisor
The Unger Co
     
Paul R. Williams
Associate Professor
Cleveland State University
  Rose A. Zitiello
Department of Community Develop
City of Cleveland