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Transdigm Group Inc. commits more than $1M to support programs at CSU

September 09, 2024

[image:1] Cleveland State University (CSU) proudly announces a transformative gift commitment from TransDigm Group Inc. of over $1M to support...

Today’s students will one day join a talent pool and workforce that includes thousands of CSU graduates who have been influencing and advancing society’s collective good for the better part of 50 years.

Destigmatizing postpartum depression

It was only when Eugenia Sweet’s coworkers suggested that she was suffering from postpartum depression that she sought help....

Your support helps alleviate the pressures that can cause some of our students to simply give up, only a few short steps away from obtaining a college degree.

Facing the unimaginable, she yet flourishes

A couple years ago, Maci Nestlerode’s father suffered a spinal cord injury, leaving him in a wheelchair. “I never expected...

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Board of Directors

Officers

Karen White, Chair
Senior Vice President, Community Relations & Corporate Initiatives
Key Bank

Sarah C. Flannery, Secretary
Partner
Thompson Hine LLP

Jeffrey A. Vavruska, Treasurer, JD 1986, BBA 1983
Chief Tax Officer
The Lubrizol Corporation

Karen White
Senior Vice President, Community Relations & Corporate Initiatives
KeyBank

Michael Klein, Vice Chair, MBA 1991
Partner
Ciuni & Panichi, Inc.

Directors

Janet L. Kramer, MBA 1983
President (retired)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Ohio Buckeye Chapter

Anthony S. Bakale, CPA, BBA 1982
Partner, Tax Services Group
Cohen & Company

Theresa Carter
President
OMNOVA Solutions Foundation

Lonzo "Lonnie" Coleman
President and CEO
Coleman Spohn Corporation

James T. Deiotte, MBA 1984, BAA 1980
Executive Director
Master of Professional Accountancy Program, Rady School of Management

Daniel Fashimpaur, BA 1991, MBA 2005
Global Controller and Treasurer
Momentive Quartz

Brian Gevry, BA 1990
CEO/Chief Investment Officer
Boyd Watterson Asset Management

David Gunning II
Member, Co-Chair
National Real Estate Practice, McDonald Hopkins

Richard A. Janus, MA 1977
Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer (retired)
Victory Capital Management Inc.

Gerald "Jerry" Jarzabek
Senior Vice President
Baird

Michael Jeans
President and CEO
Growth Opportunity Partners, Inc.

James Kandrac, BBA 1983
President and Founder
UCG Technologies (1987), Contract Guardian, Inc. (2018)

Ariane Kirkpatrick, BA 2010
President
AKA Team

Michael Klein
Partner
Ciuni & Panichi, Inc.

Carolyn Rains, MBA 1996
Senior Relationship Manager, Investment Solutions
PNC

Thomas E. Hopkins, MA 1982
Corporate Officer and Senior Vice President, Human Resources (retired)
The Sherwin-Williams Company

Nancy Berardinelli-Krantz, JD 2002
SVP & General Counsel
Grainger, Inc.

Amy Kaplan
Retired VP-External Affairs
Jewish Federation

Mark Lantz, MA 1990
Founder & Partner, Executive Creative Director
Factory Detroit Inc.

Nancy Mendez
President and CEO
Starting Point

Alan Nevel, BA 1996
SVP, Chief Diversity and HR Office
MetroHealth System

Thomas O'Toole, BA 1979, MA 1987
Executive Director, Program for Data Analytics
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Sandra Williams , MA 1985
President and CEO
Starting Point

Thomas Robenault
Partner
Robenalt Law Fir

Ex-Officios

David Reynolds
Chairman, Senior VP
Board of Trustees, KeyCorp

Dr. Laura Bloomberg
President
Cleveland State University

James Brazytis
Senior Marketing Manager
Avery Dennison

Director for Life

Ronald M. Berkman, Ph.D.
President Emeritus and University Professor
Cleveland State University

Thomas Adler
Chairman
Playhouse Square Real Estate Services

Emeritus Directors

Richard A. Barone
Chairman Emeritus
Ancora

Anand "Bill" Julka, MS 1974
President
Ohio Collaborative

S. Lee Kohrman, Esq.
Partner
Kohrman Jackson & Krantz, P.L.L.

Steven W. Percy, JD 1979
CEO (retired)
BP America

Jack Boyle, MA 2002
Senior Fellow
, Cleveland State University, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs

Timothy Cosgrove, BA 1983, JD 1987
Partner
Squire Patton Boggs, LLP

Linda Kane, BBA 1979
(retired) Senior Vice President, Treasurer
Forest City Enterprises, Inc.

Stephen Kirk , MBA 1979, Hon. DBA 2007
Executive in Residence
Cleveland State University

Nancy McCann
President
John P. Murphy Foundation & Kulas Foundation

Robert Rawson, Hon. JD 2016
Partner
Jones Day

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