Board of Trustees

Officers

  • Chair
    Amy G. Brady*
     
  • President & CEO
    Gina M. Vernaci*
     
  • Vice Chair, Advancement
    Rick Buoncore*
     
  • Vice Chair, Education
    Margaret M. Judd*
     
  • Vice Chair, Finance
    Mark D. Ross*
     
  • Vice Chair, Government Affairs
    Paul J. Dolan*
  • Vice Chair, Nominating and Governance
    Brent D. Ballard*
  • Vice Chair, Real Estate Development
    Neil C. Weinberger*
  • Vice Chair, Sales and Marketing
    Sara Ellen Stashower*
  • Co-Vice Chairs, Strategic Planning
    Kurt C. Treu*
    Jim Merlino*
     
  • Secretary Treasurer
    Heather Lennox*

Board Members

  • Terry Adelman
  • Thomas W. Adler*
  • Himanshu Amin
  • Warren E. Anderson*
  • Gina Beredo
  • Paul H. Carleton
  • Scott Chaikin*
  • John G. Chapman, Sr.*
  • Chris Connor*
  • David S. Goodman*
  • James D. Graham
  • Lawrence H. Hatch
  • Amy C. Held
  • A.J. Hyland
  • David C. Jacobs*
  • Alex Johnson
  • Louis G. Joseph
  • Edward J. Largent
  • Heath Monesmith
  • Jon H. Outcalt*
  • James R. Pender
  • Rajiv K. Prasad
  • James A. Ratner*
  • Sean Richardson
  • Harlan Sands
  • Luci Schey
  • William R. Seelbach
  • David B. Sewell
  • Daniel I. Simon, MD
  • Doug Spiker
  • K.K. Sullivan*
  • Leila L. Vespoli
  • Dominic A. Visconsi
  • Daniel P. Walsh, Jr.
  • Denise G. Wells
  • Debra A. Wert
  • Jeffrey J. Wild
  • Darrell A. Young

Trustees for Life

  • Oliver C. Henkel, Jr.
  • William B. Lawrence
  • Julien L. McCall
  • Rena Olshansky
  • Victor J. Scaravilli
  • Lawrence J. Wilker
  • James B. Wolf, Jr.

National Trustee

  • Thomas C. Stevens
  • Mort Weisberg

Ex-Officio

  • Frank Jackson
    Mayor
  • Kevin J. Kelley
    Council President

  • Armond Budish
    Cuyahoga County Executive

Co-Chairs, Playhouse Square Partners

  • Rebecca Fishman
  • Anne Fleming

Chairs Emeritus

  • Oliver C. Henkel, Jr.
    1971 - July 1980
     
  • John F. Lewis
    July 1980 - June 1985
     
  • Julien L. McCall
    June 1985 - July 1988
     
  • Forrest D. Hayes
    July 1988 - June 1991
     
  • Glenn R. Brown
    July 1991 - June 1996
     
  • Jon H. Outcalt
    July 1996 - June 2000
     
  • Henry F. Eaton
    June 2000 - February 2003
     
  • K.K. Sullivan
    February 2003 - June 2006
     
  • Tom Adler
    July 2006 - June 2009
     
  • Tom Stevens
    July 2009 - June 2013
     
  • David Goodman
    July 2013 - June 2016
     
  • Jim Ratner
    July 2016 - June 2019

*Executive Committee

Page Last Updated: July 1, 2021