Directors / Advisor
Directors
- Lee A. Chilcote, Managing Partner, The Chilcote Law Firm
- Joseph Majewski, Former President & CEO, ChromaScape
- D. Kirk Neiswander, Founder and President Emeritus, EDGE Powered by MAGNET
- David O’Halloran, Sr., President, Manufacturing Futures
- Sanjay Singh, Executive Chairman, Mace Security International
Founders
- William E. Conway, Chairman of the Board (Retired), Fairmount Minerals/Covia
- R. Douglas Cowan, Chairman & CEO (Deceased), The Davey Tree Expert Company
- Thomas Cristal, Partner (Retired), Files, Cristal & McFarlane
- Seth Harris, Chairman (Retired), Brand Development
- Walter E. Kalberer, Founder & President (Deceased), WEK Industries
- Jeffrey Lucier, Chairman, STACK Media
- Michael J. Merriman, Partner, Resilience Capital Partners
- P. Charles Miller, Chairman (Retired), Duramax Marine
- A. Malachi Mixon III, Chairman & CEO (Deceased), Invacare Corporation
- Brian F. Murphy, Partner, JTM Investments
- William, B. Summers, Jr., CEO (Retired), McDonald Investments
- Steve Walling, Former Chairman (Retired), Plasticolors
Advisors
- Dr. Raj Aggarwal, Professor/Dean of Business School (retired), The University of Akron
- Kumar Arora, CEO, Arora Ventures
- Jane Haag Bergman, Partner, CircleKey LLC
- Peter Broer, President & CEO, Lumitex
- Tobin Buckner, Principal, Buckner Ventures
- Brian FitzGerald, President, Falcon Industries
- Dr. Alexa Fox, Assistant Professor of Marketing, The University of Akron
- Melissa Gorris, Marketing Leader, Compass Wire Cloth
- Cameron Holmes, Project Manager, Applied Industrial Technology
- John Kreft, Director of Engineering and New Product Development, Gebauer Company
- Rex Mason, CEO (Retired), Root Candles / A.I. Root Company
- Salvatore J. Miraglia, Jr., President – Steel (Retired), The Timken Company
- Rebecca Morgan, President, Fulcrum ConsultingWorks
- Linda M. Olejko, Principal, Client Strategist,, BNY Mellon Wealth Management
- Dr. Simon Peck, Associate Professor, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
- Linda Rae, General Manager, GE Digital
- Tia Ramlow, President, Great Work! Employment Services
- Norma Rist, President, Norma J. Rist CEO Consulting
- Robert Schultek, Managing Principal, Grolistic
- Chris Schmitt, CEO, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- Ben Yost, General Manager, Yost Foods