Board of Directors

2025 Board of Directors

Kristen Swinehart, President - The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Heather Pariso, Vice-President - Crystal Clinic

Katie Mayes, Treasurer; Chair- Finance Committee - Sikich

Kendra McMichael, Secretary - FirstEnergy Corp.

Don Conrad, Board Member -Huntington Bank

Carol Crabtree, Board Member - Akron Canton Regional Food Bank

Christy Erb, Board Member - CliftonLarsonAllen

Linda Diefendorff, Board Member - Brio Performance Solutions

Brian Harnak Espq., Board Member - County of Summit

Tie’rra Holman, Board Member - CLE Consulting Firm

Henry Johnson Jr., Board Member - Leadership Akron

Darrin Kotecki, Board Member - GPD Group

Andy Little, Board Member - Spartan Enterprises

Katie Mayes, Board Member - Sikich

Albert Jerome Moss, Board Member - Guys and Gals Community Partnership

Dr. Deborah Plate, Board Member - CCAG

Heather Pollock, Board Member - University of Akron

Debra Shifrin, Board Member - Liner Legal

Danielle Tassone, Board Member - Signet

Nikki Viar, Board Member - The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Angela Cooper, Committee Member, Resident Advocacy Committee - Faith in Action

Amy Driscoll, Committee Member, Human Resources - Symetra

Blake Housel, Committee Member, Resident Advocacy Committee - The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Jodi Glitzenstein, Committee Member, Human Resources - Oriana House, Inc.

Karyn Bobkoff Katz, Ph.D., Committee Member, Resident Advocacy Committee - University of Akron (Retired)

Marcy Venarge, Committee Member, NOM - APV Engineered Coatings