Board of Directors

Alex Leslie, Board Chair
Strategic Initiatives Manager, MyCom Cleveland

Annie Zaleski, Vice Chair
Writer/Author

Kari Mirkin, MNO, Secretary
Senior Advisor, Grants Plus

Andy Trares, Treasurer
Deputy Director, May Dugan Center

Lisa B. Rosenthal, CFA, Past Chair
Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch

Cicely Philpot 
Special Education Program Manager, Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Manuel A. Alvarado M, MBA 
Global strategic marketing and commercial operations

Joanie Berger 
Director of Retention at The Centers for Families and Children

Nick Barich  
Business Development Consultant, US Bank

Suneeta M. Mutter  
Finance Manager, Sherwin Williams

Ben Forman 
Marketing Manager, Lubrizol Corporation

Charniece Holmes  
Coordinator of Family School Program, Family Connections

Claire McBroom  
Assistant Director of Development Programs, Cleveland Clinic Philanthropy Institute

Leslie Myrick  
Retired Public School Administrator

Mary B. Roberts 
Project Leader, Inclusion and Diversity, Eaton

Stephen J. Werber
Professor of Law Emeritus, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University