Our Board
BVU is governed by a board of directors comprised of business and community leaders who provide their professional expertise and leadership to achieve the mission of linking businesses and nonprofits to foster excellence in the nonprofit sector.
- Roy A. Church, Ph.D.
- BVU Board President
- President
- Lorain County Community College
- Lyle G. Ganske, Esq.
- Immediate Past Chair
- Partner-in-Charge
- Jones Day
- Donald H. Messinger, Esq.
- Board Secretary
- Partner
- Thompson Hine LLP
- Richard W. Pogue, Esq.
- Chair Emeritus
- Advisor
- Jones Day
- Gregory J. Skoda, CPA
- Board Treasurer
- Chairman
- Skoda Minotti
- Cynthia H. Andrews
- Senior Location Executive
- IBM Corporation
- Sylvie A. Bon
- Vice President, Distributor Support
- Swagelok Company
- Holly Buffinton
- Executive Vice President
- PNC Bank
- Joseph A. Carrabba
- Chairman, President & CEO
- Cliffs Natural Resources
- Michael A. Cogan
- President & CEO, Ohio
- Northern Trust Bank
- Ralph M. Della Ratta, Jr.
- Founder & Managing Director
- Western Reserve Partners LLC
- Stephen C. Ellis, Esq.
- Managing Partner
- Tucker Ellis & West LLP
- Susan Goldberg
- Editor
- The Plain Dealer
- David S. Goodman, Esq.
- Partner
- Squire, Sanders & Dempsy LLP
- Christopher Gorman
- President
- Keybanc Capital Markets
- Carl J. Grassi, Esq.
- President
- McDonald Hopkins LLC
- Sean P. Hennessy
- Senior Vice President- Finance & CFO
- The Sherwin-Williams Company
- James M. Hill, Esq.
- Managing Partner
- Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, LLP
- Andrew Jackson
- Senior Vice President
- Greater Cleveland Partnership
- William R. Joseph, Esq.
- Partner
- Weston Hurd LLP
- Jeffrey L. Korach
- President
- The Tremco Group
- Joseph C. Krysh
- Executive Vice President
- Medical Mutual of Ohio
- Joseph M. LaGuardia
- Executive Vice President
- Advocare Incorporated
- Dennis Lehman
- Executive Vice President of Business
- The Cleveland Indians
- Bruce A. Loessin
- Senior Vice President for University Relations & Development
- Case Western Reserve University
- John MacIntosh
- Managing Partner
- KPMG
- Adrian Maldonado
- President
- Logik Construction Inc.
- Michael V. Marn
- Partner
- McKinsey & Company
- Randell McShepard
- Vice President, Public Affairs
- RPM International, Inc.
- Patricia W. Nobili
- Executive Director
- Achievement Centers for Children
- Nancy Paton
- Senior VP of Marketing & Communications
- University Hospitals
- Geralyn M. Presti, Esq.
- General Counsel, Senior Vice President & Secretary
- Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
- Kip Reader, Esq.
- Managing Partner
- Ulmer & Berne LLP
- Donald J. Richards
- Partner
- Accenture
- William Ruschhaupt, M.D.
- Chairman, Global Patient Services
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- James J. Sanfilippo
- Partner
- Grant Thornton LLP
- Michael E. Steele
- Vice President of Finance & Planning, Fluid Power Group
- Eaton Corporation
- Richard P. Stovsky
- Market Managing Partner
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Christopher J. Swift, Esq.
- Partner
- Baker Hostetler LLP
- Eddie Taylor, Jr.
- President & CEO
- Beverage Dispensing Solutions
- Michael E. Ventling
- Vice Chair & N. Central Managing Partner
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Deborah Vesy
- President & CEO
- Deaconess Community Foundation
- Thomas A. Waltermire
- CEO
- Team NEO
- Chas Withers
- President
- Dix & Eaton
