Board and Trustees
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio, Inc. is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors with representation from hospital partners, McDonald’s Owner/Operators, and stakeholders from throughout Northeast Ohio. Groups of Community Trustees and Advisors from Greater Cleveland and Greater Akron/Canton/Mahoning Valley provide input on regional initiatives.
Board of Directors
Officers and Executive Committee
President
Fritz Berckmueller
Partner
Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP
Vice President
Trey Bennett
Partner
Stark & Knoll Co., L.P.A.
Secretary
Ronald L. Kahn
Retired Partner
Ulmer & Berne, LLP
Treasurer / Chair, Finance
Nick Fanous
Shareholder
Newman & Co. CPAs
Chair, Audit
Kevin Ryan
Chief Audit Executive
KeyBank
Chair, Facilities
Tom Charek
President
Welty Development
Chair, Fund Development
Barry Hollis
Senior Vice President
PNC Bank, N.A.
Chair, Governance
Michael Novak
Managing Director
Wellspring Financial Advisors, LLC
Chair, HR Task Force
Marguerite Walz
Principal/Advisor
CoreConnections Partners, LLC
Chair, Investment
Don Grassi
Financial Advisor
Chair, Marketing & Communications
Cate Donovan
VP of Marketing, Industrial Wood Coatings Division
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Chair, McDonald’s Advisory
Tom Locke
President, Tomtreyco, Inc.
Owner/Operator, McDonald’s
Chair, Programs
Michelle Marks, D.O.
Medical Director
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Chair, Greater Cleveland Community Trustees
Salvatore Mileti
Partner
Ernst & Young, LLP
Chair, Greater Akron/Canton Community Trustees
Jeananne Chadsey
Deputy Chief of Staff
Ohio Secretary of State
Members
Amy Ansel
Owner/Operator, McDonald’s
NCT Enterprises LTD
Trina Bediako
CEO
New Horizons Baking Co.
Rachel Egler, M.D.
Director, Outpatient Services
Angie Fowler Adolescent and
Young Adult Cancer Center
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s
Jeff Hord, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Akron Children’s Hospital
Allyson Kidik
Chief Audit Executive
KeyBank
Mark Lerner
Senior Advisor and President Emeritus
GOJO Industries, Inc.
Kim McFarlane
Assistant Director Partner, Tax & Benefit Services
Jones Day
Kevin Myeroff
CEO
NCA Financial Planners
John Perdue
Owner/Operator
McDonald’s
CeCe President
VP Partnership Development
Presidential Consultants, Inc.
Craig Richmond
Executive VP, CFO
The MetroHealth System
Kristin Susick
Supervisor, Corporate Responsibility
First Energy Corp.
John Williams
Consultant
Jenelle Wolfe
Director, International Tax Strategy
Eaton Corporation
Janis Worley
Finance and Operations Manager
First Congregational Church of Akron
Greater Cleveland Community Trustees
Chair
Salvatore Mileti
Partner
Ernst & Young
Nominating
Christopher Clegg
Sr. VP & Commercial Banking Team Leader
F.N.B. Corporation
Trustees
Vice Chair
Donna Rhodes
VP of HR & Organizational Effectiveness
COTSWORKS, LLC
Secretary
Meredith Danko
Pulmonary Department Administrator
Cleveland Clinic
Bill Ambrogio
Senior Associate
Wellspring Financial Advisors, LLC
Michael Brennan
Vice President/Senior Advisor
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Mary Ann Dragon
Director of Nursing, NICU/NICU Stepdown, Patient & Family Services
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital & MacDonald Women’s Hospital
Charlotte Elek
Product Manager
Progressive Insurance
Pat Gable
Partner, Audit Services
Grant Thornton
Jerrald Goodloe
Family Support Specialist
Team Lead
SAY YES CLEVELAND
Harsha Kapur
Executive VP-Head of Business Risk, Controls & Shared Services
KeyBank
Mickey Kozlovich
President
Kozlovich Enterprises, Inc.
Dan Lorber
VP, Assistant Controller
Signet Jewelers
Eric Metzung
Senior Director of Funds Management
SITE Centers Corp.
James Neville
Architect
Neville SB
Jennifer Noble
Counsel-Employee Benefits
Ford Motor Company
Leah Sardiga
Consulting Actuary
Oswald Companies
Mike Scanlan
Assistant VP, Marketing & Communication
John Carroll University
Brian Shenk
Marketing Director, Brand, Channel & Segment
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Mary Beth Thoburn
Chief Nursing Officer
Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital
Michael Vehovec
VP & Corporate Controller
University Hospitals
Kathy Seitz Watson
Partner
Frankel, Schickler & Seitz, LLP
Greater Akron/Canton/Mahoning Valley Community Trustees
Chair
Jeananne Chadsey
Deputy Chief of Staff
Ohio Secretary of State
Nominating
Andrea Wlaszyn
Director of Business Engagement
BVU, Akron
Trustees
Vice Chair
Amie O’Neill
Retired
Secretary
Sharri Roper-Comernisky
HR VP and Executive Coach
GE Lighting, a Savant Company
Nathan Heinzerling, MD
Pediatric Surgeon
Akron Children’s Hospital
John Jacola
Reliability Specialist Manager
Marathon Petroleum
Rhonda Larimore
Chief Human Resources Officer
Akron Children’s Hospital
Laurice Moore
Akron Children’s Hospital Women’s Board
Jason Petrik
Chief Financial Officer
Energy Harbor Corp.
Harun Rashid
VP and Chief Information Officer
Akron Children’s Hospital
Amy Tenney
Assistant Corporate Controller
Diebold Nixdorf