Being on the Board

Board of trustee members tend to be a cozy bunch — “I’ll join your board if you’ll join mine.” That’s not necessarily a bad thing. The more we understand how others work, play and live in Greater Cleveland — and the more we respect those differences — the better chance we have
of getting things done. That means a stronger, brighter future for our communities.
Cross-pollination is very common, as the most effective influencers tend to cluster. But occasionally, a company or institution may only have a single member sitting on one power board.   

Here is a partial list of businesses, nonprofits and others that currently have individuals sitting on some of the most prestigious and influential boards in town:

ARTS/ CULTURE/EDUCATON

Artists Archives of the Western Reserve

Cleveland Cultural Gardens

Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland Institute of Music

Cleveland History Center

Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Cleveland Orchestra

Cleveland Public Library

Holden Forests and Gardens

MOCA Cleveland

Lake View Cemetery

Musical Arts Association

Sculpture Center

The Music Settlement

CORPORATE

Anderson-DuBose Co.

Avient Corp.

Bonnie Speed Delivery

Covelli Enterprises

Covia Corp.

Dominion Energy Ohio

Easton Corp.

FirstEnergy 

GE Lighting/Savant

GOJO Partners

Invacare Corp.

J.M. Smucker Co.

Lincoln Electric

Lubrizol Corp.

Materion Corp.

NASA Glenn Research Center

Nestle USA

Oswald Cos.

Oatey Co.

Park Corp.

Park Place Technologies

PPG Industries

Rich Products Corp.

Speed Exterminating Co.

Steris

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

TransDigm Group

Vadxx Energy

Vitamix Corp.

EDUCATON

Case Western Reserve University

Center for Arts Inspired Learning

Cleveland State University

Cleveland Teachers Union

Cuyahoga Community College

Hawken School

Open Doors Academy

GOVERNMENT

City of Cleveland

Cuyahoga County

Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

HEALTH/MEDICAL
AND RELATED SERVICES

Centers for Dialysis Care

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center

Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority

Cleveland Sight Center

Darden Restaurants

Deaconess Foundation

Medical Examiner’s Office

MetroHealth System

Magnolia Clubhouse

Ronald McDonald House

Sotera Health LLC

Transplant House of Cleveland

University Hospitals  

NONPROFITS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Cleveland Food Bank

Esperanza Inc.

ideastream

ioby Cleveland

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation

North Shore Federation of Labor AFL/CIO

Ohio Environmental Council

United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland

United Way of Cleveland

University Circle Inc.

YWCA Greater Cleveland

PROFESSIONAL

(LAW, INSURANCE, FINANCIAL,
INVESTORS, MEDIA, PUBLIC
RELATIONS/ADVERTISING)

Accenture

Adcom Group

AES Management Corp.

AmTrust Financial

Ancora  

ArcelorMittal USA (Cleveland-Cliffs)

BakerHostetler

Bangtail Partners LLC

Bank of America

Benesch

Bober Markey Fedorovich and Co.

Brouse McDowell

Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

Carnegie Cos.

Citizens Bank

Citymark Capital

Ciuni and Panichi

Clearstead Advisors LLC

Cohen Rosenthal & Kramer

Compass Consulting Services

Deloitte

Delta Systems Inc.

Dix and Eaton

Ernst & Young

Fathom

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Fifth Third Bank

FIT Technologies

Frantz Ward LLP

Grant Thornton LLP

Goldfarb Weber Creative Media

Gorton and Co.

Heidrick and Struggles

Howard & O’Brien Executive Search

Huntington National Bank

JIF Investment

Jones Day

JP Morgan Chase Bank

KeyCorp

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz

Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

Lucky Stars Partners

MAGNET

Mallard Investments

Medical Mutual

Millstein Capital Group

North Coast Ventures

Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates

NRP Enterprises LLC

Parker Hannifin Corp.

PNC Bank

Porter Wright Morris and Arthur LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Primus Capital Partners

Quicken Loans

RMS Investment Group

Squire Patton Boggs LLP

thunder::tech

Thomas and Co.

Tucker Ellis LLP

Union Home Mortgage

Wegman, Hessler and Vanderburg

Weinburg Partners

Westfield

WKYC

Zion LLC

REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION AND HOUSING

Albert M. Higley Co.

Colliers International

Forest City Enterprises

Four Gables Management

GBX Group LLC

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Housing of Ohio

McDonald Hopkins

Paran Management

SPORTS AND RECREATION

Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Cavaliers and Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

Cleveland Indians