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Board Officers

President: David M. Dusek
Retired Travel Manager, Lubrizol Inc.

Vice President: Ann Levin
 Attorney

Secretary: Frederick Lautzenheiser
Archivist, Cleveland Clinic; Musician & Choir Director, Classical Sacred Music

Treasurer: Mary Anne Garvey
Retired Lawyer

Board Members

Dr. Margaret Carlson
Producing Artistic Director of Ohio Contemporary Ballet and former dancer with Cleveland Ballet

Laura Cleveland
Entrepreneur and Business Owner

James D. Graham
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Cleveland Cliffs

Leslie Kaufman
Realtor, Hannah Howard

Leah MacRaild
Senior Development Officer, University Hospitals

Joanne Morscher
Ballet Teacher, Cleveland City Dance
Former Artistic Director RSB and Royal Youth Ballet, Member of UNESCO and International Dance Council

Deborah L. Neale
President, Neale and Associates, Government & Public Relations, Mayor Lakeline

Patrica Persico
Senior Director of Corporate Communications, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.

Richard Rinehart Jr.
NASA Glenn Contractor for DB Consulting; Electronic Music Composer; President of Cleveland Chamber Symphony

Robert M. Shwab
Corporate Arbitration

Charles Sheehe, III
Project Manager, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Hema Steele
Senior Counsel at Conn Maciel Carey, LLP

Anna Soskic
Project Manager, Lubrizol Inc.

Dora Rae Vactor
CEO, Cleveland Dance Movement & Secretary of International Association of Blacks in Dance

Past Board Presidents

President: Hema Steele
Senior Counsel at Conn Maciel Carey, LLP

Robert M. Shwab, Past President
Corporate Arbitration

David M. Dusek, Past President
Retired Travel Manager, Lubrizol Inc.

James P. Farley, Past President
President & CEO, JP Farley Corporation

Jeri E. Chaikin, Past President
Chief Administrative Officer for Shaker Heights

Ann Ennis, Past President
Arts Patron; Retired School Teacher, Laurel School; Former Esther Williams Synchronized Swimmer

David R. Pierce, Past President (Deceased)