Board of Directors + Advisory Council

Team NEO is a joint venture of larger regional chambers of Northeast Ohio

  • Greater Akron Chamber
  • The Greater Cleveland Partnership
  • Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber
  • Stark Development Board
  • Team Lorain County
  • Medina County Economic Development Council
  • Growth Partnership for Ashtabula County

For information on partners, including Board of Trustees, Advisory Council and Funders, see below:

Board of Trustees

  • Virginia C. Albanese, President & CEO: FedEx Custom Critical
  • Anthony J. Alexander, President & CEO: FirstEnergy Corp.  (Vice Chairman)
  • Rick Chiricosta, President & CEO: Medical Mutual of Ohio
  • William F. Christopher, President & CEO: Lakeview Consulting Enterprises
  • Dr. Roy A. Church, President: Lorain Co. Community College (LCCC)
  • Paul Clark, Regional President, Northern Ohio: PNC (Vice Chairman)
  • Lonnie Coleman, President & CEO: Coleman Spohn Corporation
  • Christopher M. Connor, Chairman & CEO: The Sherwin-Williams Company  (Immediate Past Chairman)
  • Jeanne Coughlin, President: The Coughlin Group Inc.
  • Dr. Achilles A. Demetriou, Chief Operating Officer: University Hospitals
  • Mark S. Fleiner, CEO: Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems (US) Inc.
  • Steven C. Glass, Chief Financial Officer: The Cleveland Clinic
  • David S. Goodman, Managing Partner-Cleveland: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (US) LLP
  • Paul G. Greig, Chairman, President & CEO: FirstMerit Corp
  • Charles E. Jones, Sr. Vice President & President: FirstEnergy Utilities/FirstEnergy Corp.
  • Robert Joyce, Executive Chair: Westfield Group
  • Daniel E. Klimas, President & CEO: Lorain National Bank (Secretary)
  • Steven R. Lewis, President &CEO: First Place Financial Corporation  (Treasurer)
  • Joseph Lopez, President: Aster Elements Inc.
  • Kevin M. McMullen, Chairman and CEO: OMNOVA Solutions Inc.
  • Henry L. Meyer III, Retired Chairman & CEO:  KeyCorp
  • Donald T. Misheff
  • Thomas Murphy
  • Timothy M. Reynolds, President: Tribute, Inc.
  • Edward J. Roth III, Chairman, President & CEO: Aultman Hospital
  • Robert C. Smith, President & CEO: Spero-Smith Investment Advisers, Inc.
  • Thomas J. Strauss, President & CEO: Summa Health System
  • Ward J. “Tim” Timken, Jr., Chairman - Board of Directors: The Timken Company  (Chairman)
  • Thomas A. Waltermire, CEO: Team NEO
  • Mark J. Williams, Exec. VP & Dir. Corp. Strategic Planning: KeyCorp

Special Trustees

  • Rebecca O. Bagley, President & CEO: NorTech
  • Daniel E. Berry, President & CEO: MAGNET
  • Daniel C. Colantone, President & CEO: Greater Akron Chamber
  • Thomas M. Humphries, President: Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber
  • Ray Leach, CEO: JumpStart
  • Steve Morey, President & CEO: Team Lorain County
  • Stephen L. Paquette, President: Stark Development Board
  • Joseph D. Roman, President & CEO: Greater Cleveland Partnership
  • Baiju R. Shah, President & CEO: BioEnterprise

Senior Advisory Council

  • Michael J. Baird, CEO: HumanArc
  • Paul Bishop, Chairman : H-P Products, Inc.
  • Ted Boyd, Chairman: First Communications
  • William Considine, CEO: Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron
  • Maureen Cromling, Chairman :Ross Environmental Services, Inc.
  • Tom Fleming, President: AIM NationalLease
  • Jay A. Gershen DDS PhD, President: Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED)
  • Lud Huck, Chair: Wayne Growth Partnership
  • Beth Mooney, CEO: KeyCorp
  • Richard W. Pogue, Advisor: Jones Day
  • Luis Proenza, President: University of Akron
  • Robert P. Reffner, Vice President, Legal: FirstEnergy Corp.
  • Alan R. Schonberg, Chairman Emeritus: Management Recruiters International  

Supported By

Team NEO is supported by the Fund for Our Economic Future, The Cleveland Foundation, FirstEnergy, Timken Foundation, Charter One Foundation, PNC, The Cleveland Plus Marketing Alliance, Greater Cleveland Partnership, Greater Akron Chamber, Stark Development Board, Team Lorain County, Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber, Ashtabula Growth Partnership, Medina Economic Development Corporation and Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE).