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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