Cleveland Council on World Affairs
Board of Directors
FY 2011-2012
Officers:
Chair
STEPHEN J. PETRAS, Jr.
Partner & Head of International Department
Baker & Hostetler, LLP
Vice-Chairs:
DEBORAH E. MORIN
Executive Director, Center for Educational Leadership
Cleveland State University
STEPHEN J. ONG
Vice President
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
FAREED SIDDIQ
Senior Vice President - Investments
Smith Barney, Inc.
Secretary
RICHARD P. EASTBURN
Vice President
UBS
Assistant Secretary
JOHN A. HELLMAN
President
Creative Development
Treasurer
GEORGE P. FARRAGHER
Managing Director
Forensic Financial Investigation Practice
BBP Partners LLC
Directors:
RAJ AGGARWAL, Ph.D.
Professor of Business & Finance
College of Business Administration
University of Akron
ALLYSON S. BACH
Attorney
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP
CHRISTOPHER BLAKE
Partner & Chair of International Practice Group
Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
J. DONALD CAIRNS
Attorney
Spieth, Bell, McCurdy, Nowell
TANA N. CARNEY
Civic Volunteer
MARY ANN CONN-BRODY
Civic Volunteer
AMBASSADOR CHARLES DUNBAR
Former President, Cleveland Council on World Affairs
Department of International Relations
Boston University
HOWARD B. EDELSTEIN
Edelstein Financial Corp.
MICHAEL ELLIS
Partner
Porter Wright
SEDA ERGUN
Environmental Project Manager
URS Corporation
BETTY FARMER
Senior Development Officer for Clinical Funding
University Hospital
JUDI FENIGER
Executive Director
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
DAVID FLESHLER
Associate Provost for International Affairs
Case Western Reserve University
MARY WAGLEY GALITI
Vice Chair
The Tecovas Foundation
RICHARD L. GREINER
Former Owner & President
Dodd Camera
DONALD F. HASTINGS
Chairman Emeritus
The Lincoln Electric Company
BARBARA HAWKINS
Civic Leader
Former President, League of Women Voters
THOMAS L. JELEPIS
Broker
The BEC Group
GARY R. JOHNSON
President & CEO
Thin Battery Technologies, Inc.
PRADIP KAMAT
President
INDUS International Inc.
WAEL KHOURY, M.D.
Head of Cardiology
Marymount Hospital
MANJIT S. KHUBAN
Vice President, Private Banker
FirstMerit Bank
REBECCA KOPP
Attorney
PorterWright
ALEX MACHASKEE
Publisher, The Plain Dealer (retired)
Alex Machaskee & Associates, Inc.
VALARIE McCALL
Chief of Government Affairs
City of Cleveland/Office of the Mayor
NEIL McCARTHY
Senior Executive Vice President
Ashtabula Rubber Company
MICHAEL G. MEISSNER
Partner
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP
GERALD MEYER
Sr. Dir., Business Development (retired)
Greater Cleveland Partnership
RHONDA A. MILLER
Manager, Global Ethics Education & Training
Eaton Corporation
TODD J. MORGANO
Senior Vice President/Director of Public Relations
Marcus Thomas LLC
DONALD W. MORRISON
Corporate Attorney (retired)
KEVIN O’DONNELL
Managing Director
O’Donnell & Associates
AMBASSADOR JOHN D. ONG
B. F. Goodrich (Chairman Emeritus)
U. S. Ambassador to Norway (2002-2005)
LT. COLONEL ERIC PATTERSON
Director of Veterans Affairs & International Services
John Carol University
HENRY PRECHT
Former President
Cleveland Council on World Affairs
DAVID W. ROWAN
Chief Legal Officer 7 Secretary
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
MICHAEL SALKIND
President
Business Tech Network
SUSAN A. SASVARI
Director, Development, Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic
ROBERT F. SCHERER, Ph.D.
Dean & Professor of Management
Ahuja College of Business, CSU
JOHN (JACK) SHERWIN, Jr.
President
Mid-Continental Ventures, Inc.
GEORGE SIEVILA
Civic Volunteer
DIANNE L. SMITH
Civic Volunteer
SETH C. TAFT
Jones Day (retired)
AMBASSADOR WILLIAM R. TIMKEN, JR.
Timken Family Partnership
U. S. Ambassador to Germany (2005-208)
PAUL R. WILLIAMS
Associate Professor
Cleveland State University/CASAL Department
ROSE A. ZITIELLO
Department of Community Development
City of Cleveland