Board of Directors

The Gathering Place Board of Directors is made of dedicated professionals with a wealth of experience in finance, development, sales, marketing, legal services, and more. They drive community impact through volunteerism while raising awareness and funds to ensure our mission and the needs of our participants are met.
 

OFFICERS

Mike Barnes, Chair
General Manager, ASG, a Division of Jergens Inc.

Julie Gurney, First Vice Chair
Director of Practice & Industry Initiatives, Benesch

Susan Karas, Second Vice Chair
Principle, Susan Karas and Associates

Guy Fabe, Treasurer
Vice President Treasurer, Parker Hannifin

Lisa Morrison, Secretary
Asset Based Lending Business Development Officer, Huntington National Bank

Mike Toth, Immediate Past Chair
President, Westfield Bank

BOARD MEMBERS

• Eric Baumgartner: President, Twenty-Six Two Consulting
• Ron Boynar: Certified Benefits Consultant, Oswald Companies
• Melissa Childress: President, City of Hope Atlanta
• Doug England: CFO, The Riverside Company
• Ned Grossman: Community Representative
• Preyonda Howell: Vice President, Treasury Management Advisor, People’s Bank
• Kendall Kash: Associate, Baker & Hostetler, LLP
• Craig Lindsley: Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Sherwin-Williams
• Quinton Massey: Director of Sales, Reynolds Consumer Products Inc.
• Rabbi Melinda Mersack: Director, jHub
• Adam Miller: Vice President, On-Air Talent Strategy, TEGNA
• Frances Mills: Health Commissioner, Cleveland Department of Public Health
• Lori Parsons: Vice President of Human Resources, Curbline
• Kevin Samuels: Partner, Jones Day
• Karen Lipman Steiger: Community Representative
• Sanford Weinberg: Community Representative
   

LIFE MEMBERS

• Sandy Borrelli
• Cheryl Davis
• Cynthia Greenberg*
• Nancy Harrington
• Ron Harrington
• Emily Martin
• David Ostro
• Margo Roth
• Ernie Siegler*
• Margie Wheeler

*In loving memory

FOUNDER

Eileen Saffran