Partners for a Strong Region

An inclusive and diverse steering committee

Dynamic leaders defining our future

CPAC has a board of trustees of community leaders who reflect the diverse characteristics of our region’s public, private and arts and culture sectors. The board of trustees meets quarterly to guide the implementation of plans, address policy issues and make planning recommendations.

2009-2010 Board of Trustees

Tim Mueller, chair, CPAC Board of Trustees, president, PHYlogy

Linda Abraham-Silver, secretary, executive director and president,

Great Lakes Science Center
Harriet Applegate, executive secretary, North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor

Thomas V. Chema, member-at-large, president, Hiram College

Jan Culver, director, wealth advisory services, Key Bank, NA

Robert E. Eckardt, senior vice president for programs and evaluation, The Cleveland Foundation

Gary Hanson, executive director, The Cleveland Orchestra

Sheryl L. Hoffman, director of government relations, major and planned gifts, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Charles W. Keiper II, commissioner, Portage County
Dennis M. Lafferty, director of office operations and client/civic relations, Jones Day

Peter Lawson Jones, commissioner, Cuyahoga County
Steve Millard, treasurer, president and executive director, Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE)

Greg Peckham, executive director, Cleveland Public Art

John W. Ryan, state director, US Senator Sherrod Brown
Mary Samide, commissioner, Geauga County
Terrence Spivey, artistic director, Karamu House

Karin Stone, vice chair, marketing consultant

Advisors

Kathleen Cerveny, director, evaluation and institutional learning, The Cleveland Foundation

Deena Epstein, senior program officer, The George Gund Foundation