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David Abbott became Executive Director of The Gund Foundation in 2003. Prior to joining the Foundation, he served as president of University Circle Incorporated, Executive Director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Executive Director of the Cleveland Bicentennial Commission. Together with the Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation helped the CMSD launch the Office of New and Innovative Schools, championed the 2008 "Schools that are Making a Difference" project, provided support for the Humanware/Hardware Audit and assisted with programming for the Developing Leadership Capacity initiative.
Veteran journalist and broadcaster Leon Bibb currently anchors Live on Five at WEWS-TV 5, Cleveland’s ABC affiliate, where he has worked since 1995. Mr. Bibb’s unique talent for storytelling has made him one of the most respected journalists and anchors in our community. He has supported numerous CMSD initiatives and was the featured speaker at the 2007 Army of Believers luncheon and the 2007 Opening Day Convocation.
Gregory Boyd is the founder and president of Results Engineering, an industry leader in implementing Electronic Document Management and Workflow Automation solutions. Mr. Boyd's support of the CMSD includes donation of software and the creation of internships for CMSD students.
Chairman and Founder Quicken Loans, Inc.
Robert Gillespie,
Chairman Emeritus and former CEO of KeyCorp, is
widely-recognized as a business leader whose vision helped
mold today's modern financial services industry. Mr.
Gillespie, chair of The Vision Council and Chair of City Year,
provided the CMSD with City Year Cleveland Ambassadors and
supported mentoring and tutoring initiatives for students
in grades K-8 and high school.
Kenneth Lanci is the president of Consolidated Graphics Group,
Inc. (CGG), graphic arts production company. Mr. Lanci's
support of the CMSD includes providing internships for CMSD
students interested in careers in the graphic arts field. In
2007, Mr. Lanci brought the Give the Gift of Sight Foundation
to Cleveland, which provides free eye exams and eyeglasses to
many CMSD students.
Daniel McCarthy is the Founding Senior Principal of
Cleveland law firm McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., LPA.,
and a man of historic significance in the Cleveland schools.
He was appointed to oversee desegregation after the 1976
Federal desegregation order and continues his support today as
the leader of a project to create an education center within
the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court system.
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Former State Senator C.J.
Prentiss' focus on urban education has benefited numerous
students in the Cleveland schools. As Governor Ted
Strickland’s Special Representative for an initiative aimed at
increasing graduation rates, she secured additional support
for ninth graders in the Cleveland Metropolitan School
District through the governor's Closing the Achievement Gap
initiative.
Robert Rawson, Jr. is a partner in the Jones Day law firm and
Chairman of the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education, a
consortium of 26 educational institutions working to enlarge
their impact in the region.
Rawson’s
long-standing support of the CMSD includes serving as past Chairman
of the Cleveland Initiative for Education, which marshaled
private aid and resources for the District. He also helped
develop a leadership program and the Principal Leadership
Institute.
Ronn Richard is the President & CEO of The Cleveland Foundation, bringing to Cleveland and its communities experience gained from more than 26 years of key executive positions in government, corporate and nonprofit organizations. Together with the George Gund Foundation, the Cleveland Foundation helped the CMSD launch the Office of New and Innovative Schools, championed the 2008 “Schools that are Making a Difference” project, provided support for the Humanware/Hardware Audit and assisted with programming for the Developing Leadership Capacity initiative.
Brindza McIntyre & Seed LLP Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Holt McDougal Riverside Publishing
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Robert P. Madison International, Inc National City OBM OHGR Team runzheimer International
Squire Sanders
ALCOA Results Engineering Call & Post Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP thehumanfund
Associated Business Products Calfee, Halter & Griswold, LLP Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland Teachers Union Cuyahoga Community College Cynthia J. Kline James H. Hewitt, LPA
Local 407 Plumbers Local No. 55 Preferred Meal Systems Roetzel & Andress Stephen and Amanda Morris ($2,000) The Illuminating Company Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Thank You to All of the Many One-Star General Sponsors
Candy donated by The Candy Lady
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David
Abbott
Leon D. Bibb
Gregory S. Boyd
Daniel Gilbert
Robert W. Gillespie
Kenneth Lanci
Daniel R. McCarthy
Michael B. Petras, Jr.
C.J. Prentiss
Robert H. Rawson, Jr.
Ronald (Ronn) B. Richard