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, Greater Akron/Canton, and 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
Nick Fanous
Shareholder
Newman & Co. CPAs
Chair, Executive
Fritz Berckmueller
Partner
Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP
Chair, Governance
Michael Novak
Managing Director
Wellspring Financial Advisors
Chair, Audit
Kevin Ryan
Chief Audit Executive
KeyBank
Chair, Finance
Nick Fanous
Shareholder
Newman & Co. CPAs
Chair, Facilities & Operations
Tom Charek
Owner
Charek Development
Chair, Fund Development
Barry Hollis
Senior Vice President
PNC Bank, N.A.
Chair, HR Task Force
Marguerite Walz
HR Consultant
Chair, Marketing & Communications
Janis Worley
Finance and Operations Manager
First Congregational Church of Akron
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
Sanjay Ahuja, MD
Professor and Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Trina Bediako
CEO
New Horizons Baking Co.
Cate Donovan
VP Marketing, Industrial Wood Coatings Division
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Jeff Hord, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Akron Children’s Hospital
Tom Locke
President, Tomtreyco, Inc.;
Owner/Operator, McDonald’s
Michelle Marks, D.O.
Medical Director
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Kim McFarlane
Assistant Director Partner, Tax & Benefit Services
Jones Day
Kevin Myeroff
CEO
NCA Financial Planners
John Perdue
Owner/Operator
McDonald’s
Craig Richmond
Executive VP, CFO
The MetroHealth System
Keith Strauss
President
Sales Concepts, Inc.
Kristin Susick
Supervisor, Corporate Responsibility
First Energy Corp.
John Williams
Deputy Executive Director/COO
Alpha Phi Alpha Homes
Greater Cleveland Community Trustees
Chair
Salvatore Mileti
Partner
Ernst & Young
Trustees
Ron Ambrogio
Ohio Regional President
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Michael Brennan
Vice President/Senior Advisor
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Rita Cavanaugh
National Sales Manager
WKYC Media
Christopher Clegg
Sr. VP & Commercial Banking Team Leader
F.N.B. Corporation
Greg Coutris
Owner/Operator
McDonald’s
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
Don Grassi
Financial Advisor
Harsha Kapur
Executive VP-Head of Business Risk, Controls & Shared Services
KeyBank
Mickey Kozlovich
President
Kozlovich Enterprises, Inc.
Daniel Lorber
VP, Assistant Controller
Signet Jewelers
Eric Metzung
Senior Director of Funds Management
SITE Centers Corp.
James Neville
Principal
RDL Architects
Jennifer Noble
Associate Attorney
Calfee, Halter & Griswold
Meredith Rachek
Project Manager
Cleveland Clinic
Donna Rhodes
VP of HR & Organizational Effectiveness
COTSWORKS, LLC
Leah Sardiga
Consulting Actuary
Oswald Companies
Mike Scanlon
Assistant VP, Marketing & Communication
John Carroll University
Brian Shenk
Marketing Director, Brand, Channel & Segment
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Denise Speer
Director, Women and Children’s Services
Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital
April Thompson
Owner
Wild Thymez Personal Chef Service
Michael Vehovec
VP & Corporate Controller
University Hospitals
John Wargo
Senior VP, Web Banking
Quicken Loans
Kathy Seitz Watson
Partner
Frankel, Schickler & Seitz, LLP
Greater Akron/Canton Community Trustees
Chair
Jeananne Chadsey
Deputy Chief of Staff
Ohio Secretary of State
Trustees
Kyle Bittner
Treasury Management Regional Manager-Senior VP
Huntington National Bank
Beth Carr
VP Patient Services/Associate Chief Nursing Officer
Akron Children’s Hospital
Lin Gentile
Retired, VP Construction and Support Services
Akron Children’s Hospital
Rhonda Larimore
Chief Human Resources Officer
Akron Children’s Hospital
Todd Nicolas
Vice President
The Commercial & Savings Bank
Amie O’Neill
Retired
Harun Rashid
VP and Chief Information Officer
Akron Children’s Hospital
Sharri Roper Comerniskly
Senior VP and Executive Coach
General Electric
Anita Ferris Sears
Travel Advisor/Co-Owner
Tipping, Sears & Assoc.-Dream Vacations
Mike Soful
Retired, CPA
Andrea Wlaszyn
Director of Business Engagement
BVU, Akron