Meet Our Team
Staff
Contact Us
Values-in-Action Foundation
6700 Beta Dr. Ste. 120
Mayfield, Ohio 44143
440.463.6205
Stuart Muszynski
Co-Founder, President & CEO
stuartm@viafdn.org
Meet Stuart
VIA Program Facilitators:
​
Sandi Averyheart
Vanessa Collier
Pamela V. Craig​
Akeesha Curry
Judy Daniels
Leslie Gilchrist
Erika Hester
Linda J. Jones
Linda Kwarciany
Beverly Lloyd
Patricia “Darby” Marbury
Shirley McKinney
Board Leadership
​
Mike Gibbons
Board Chairman
Brown Gibbons Lang & Company
Meet Mike
Stewart Kohl
Advisory Board Chairman
The Riverside Company
Meet Stewart
​
Alan Ross
Board Chairman Emeritus
Meyers, Roman, Friedberg & Lewis
Meet Alan
​
Scott Phillips
Treasurer
Plante Moran
Meet Scott
​
Sam Thomas III, Esq.
Secretary
Sam Thomas III, Esq. & Associates
Raj Aggarwal, PhD, CFA
Academic & Executive Leader
​
Dr. Carl Allamby
Cleveland Clinic Akron General
​
Drew Barnholtz
Attorney
Mary Champa
University Hospitals
Meet Mary
Dan Charney
Direct Recruiters
Meet Dan
Alec Davidson
McDonald Hopkins
​
Hon. Francine Goldberg
Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Judge
​
Venera Foti Izant
Cetera Investors
​
John Karkosiak
Swagelok
Meet John
​
David Knight
Advance Ohio
Meet David
​
Mayor Ed Kraus
City of Solon
​
Ray Leach
JumpStart, Inc.
Howard Lewis
Family Heritage Life Insurance Company
​
Steven Muszynski
Splash Financial​
Joshua Sanders
Calfee
Harvey Siegel
Coit Cleaning & Restoration Services
​
Sam Vawters
Bedford Public Schools
​
Chuck Whitehill
C.W.E. Corp
​
Associate Board
​
Klevis Bakiaj, Co-Chair
Tremco Incorporated
​
Michael H. Gibbons, Co-Chair
Frantz Ward
​
Lifetime Directors
Dave Beten
Past Chair
​
Patrick Carney, CPA
Past Treasurer
​
Tim Dimoff
Past Chair
​
Ken Lanci
Past Chair
​
Stuart Muszynski
CEO & President
​
Alan Ross
Chairman Emeritus
​
Ratanjit Sondhe
Past Chair
In Memoriam*
​
Edward Davidson*
Past Chair
Arnold Pinkney*
Past Chair
​
Alan Schonberg*
Past Chair
Alvin Siegal*
Past Chair
Honorary Chairs
Rob Briggs
Advisory Board Chairman Emeritus,
Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP
​
Christopher Connor
Retired, The Sherwin-Williams Company
​
Michael Merriman
Resilience Capital Partners
​
Murlan J. Murphy, Jr.
Murphy Family Foundation
​
Bob Reitman
Riverbend Advisors
​
Advisory Board
Stewart Kohl
Advisory Board Chairman
The Riverside Company
Meet Stewart
​
Bruce H. Akers
Retired, KeyBank
​
Pat Auletta
Retired, KeyBank
​
Jim Bennett
Jim Bennett Group
​
Mike Benson
IMC Wealth Management
​
Michael Benz
Ciuni & Panichi
​
Nate Berger, MD
CWRU School of Medicine
​
David Bowen
Richard L. Bowen & Associates, Inc.
​
Fran Broda
Nordstrom
​
Tim Brown
New Horizons Baking Company
​
Roy Buchinsky
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center
​
Doug Bugie
Antal International Network
John Butte
Kent State University
​
Jamie Callender
Callender Legal Group
​
Gina Camiola
The Sherwin-Williams Company
​
Tom Chema
Retired, Hiram College
​
William F. Christopher
Retired, ALCOA
​
Rev. Courtney Clayton-Jenkins
South Euclid United Church of Christ
​
Gary Distelhorst
Lorain Community College
Rob Durham
HKM Direct Market Communications
​
* Aaron Feuerstein
Malden Mills
​
Kathryn Gambatese
Community Leader
​
Samir Gautam
Caritas Wealth Mgmt.
​
* vic gelb
Victor Gelb, Inc.
​
Dan Geller
Fish Furniture
​
Tony George
The George Group
​
David Goldberg
Edgerton Investments
​
Merle S. Gorden
Community Leader
​
Matt Greenberg
Bedford Nissan
Lauren Hanna
Blue Technologies
​
Aaron Handler
Embassy Healthcare
​
* Gordon Heffern
Society National Bank
​
Susan Hennenberg
Howard Hanna
​
Pamela Marshall Holmes
Cleveland Clinic
​
Dean Ilijasic
Long & Short of It
​
Terence Isakov, M.D.
Family Physicians
​
David Jacobstein
Retired, DDR
​
Larry Kadis
Federal Equipment Company
​
* Jack Kahl
Jack Kahl & Associates
​
Joe Kanfer
GOJO, Inc.
​
Steve Kaplan
Education Funding Corp.
​
Sr. Judith Ann Karam, CSA
Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine
​
Jerry Kelsheimer
Medic Management
​
Richard Koblentz, Esq.
Koblentz & Penvose
​
Peter Lawson Jones
Community Leader
​
Jonathan Leebow
Majestic Steel USA, Inc.
​
Gary Lippe
Community Leader
​
* Sam Miller
Forest City
​
Bob Minchak
Business Leader
Ellen Moreau
The Sherwin-Williams Company
​
* Gene Novak
Community Leader
​
* Bishop Anthony Pilla
Bishop of Cleveland
​
Guy Pipitone
Retired, First Energy
​
David Quolke
Cleveland Teachers Union
​
John Rampe
Torque Transmission
Ronald Ratner
RMS Investments
​
Jayson Rogers
WAR Management
​
Clark Rose
Retired, RCF Group
​
Allen Ryan
Covelli Enterprises
​
Peter Rzepka
Transcon, Inc.
​
Burton Saltzman
Dave's Markets
​
Sudarshan Sathe
New Concepts, Inc.
​
Michael Schwartz, Ph.D.
Retired, Cleveland State University
​
Dan Simon, MD
University Hospitals
​
Warren Sklar
Renner, Otto, Boiselle & Sklar
​
Kelly Slattery
Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan
Sr. Diana Stano
Retired, Ursuline College
​
Rabbi Zachary Truboff
Cedar Road Synagogue
* Hon. Stephanie Tubbs Jones
U.S. Rep. (Ohio)
Hon. Jose Villanueva
Retired, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
​
Dan Walsh, Jr.
CityMark Capital
​
Armond Waxman
Waxman Industries
​
Chuck Whitehill
Retired, Ashley Furniture
​
* Marc Wyse
Wyse Advertising
​
* Bennett Yanowitz, Esq.
Kahn Kleinman
​
​
* In Memoriam
Believe to Achieve Initiative Co-Chairs
Carole F. Hoover
HooverMilstein
​
Charles Jordan, Jr.
Charles Jordan & Co.
​
Reverend Dr. Otis Moss Jr.
Retired, Olivet
​
Michael Siegal
Olympic Steel
In Memoriam*
Gordon Heffern*
Purple America Advisory Board Leadership
Patricia Frost-Brooks
National Co-Chair
​
John Wilson
National Co-Chair
Christopher Connor
Advisory Co-Chair
​
Alan Hassenfeld
Advisory Co-Chair
​
Frank Savage
Advisory Co-Chair