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.

2011-2012 Board of Trustees

Jan Culver, chair, chief fiduciary officer and director of trust, Key Bank, NA

Linda Abraham-Silver, president and CEO, Great Lakes Science Center
Harriet Applegate, executive secretary, North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor

Thomas Chema, treasurer, president, Hiram College

Patricia Cirillo, president, Cypress Research Group

Robert E. Eckardt, executive vice president, The Cleveland Foundation

Gary Hanson, executive director, The Cleveland Orchestra

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

Dennis M. Lafferty, executive-in-residence, Division of University Advancement, Cleveland State University

Steve Millard, vice chair, president and executive director, Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE)

Tim Mueller, chair emeritus, vice chairman, Phylogy

Greg Peckham, managing director, LAND Studio

Santina Protopapa, executive director, Progressive Arts Alliance

Julian Rogers, councilman, district 10, Cuyahoga County

John W. Ryan, senior advisor, We Are Ohio

Tony Sias, artistic director, Cleveland School of the Arts
Terrence Spivey, member-at-large, artistic director, Karamu House

Karin Stone, secretary, principal, Stone Strategy Group, LLC

Advisors

Kathleen Cerveny, director, institutional learning and arts initiatives, The Cleveland Foundation

Deena Epstein, senior program officer, The George Gund Foundation

Kathy Hallissey, director of community responsive grantmaking, The Cleveland Foundation