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CSU Foundation Board of Directors

Thank you to the following individuals who volunteer their time, talent and service as members of the Cleveland State University Foundation Board of Directors.

OFFICERS

Nancy W. McCann, Chair
Timothy J. Cosgrove, Vice Chair
Steven W. Percy, Treasurer
Linda M. Kane, Secretary 

DIRECTORS

Anthony S. Bakale
Ronald M. Berkman, Ph.D.
John J. Boyle III
Dwayne Bray Sr.
Richard J. Buoncore
Jerome Davis
Diane M. Downing
G. William Evarts
Daniel Fashimpaur
Terrence Fergus
Sarah C. Flannery
Richard Fleischman
Sally Florkiewicz
Myles Gallagher
Leah S. Gary
Zachary Green
Matthew K. Hlavin
Cornelia C. Hodgson
Thomas E. Hopkins
Andrew Jackson
Richard A. Janus
Kenneth P. Jayjack
Katherine Jennings
Ariane Kirkpatrick
Thomas J. Kuluris
Joseph J. Levanduski
Bracy Lewis
James C. Mastandrea
John J. Matejka
Steven A. Minter
Bernardo Moreno
Michael Niederst
Thomas O’Toole
Robert H. Rawson, Jr.
Daria L. Roebuck
Enid B. Rosenberg
Robert J. Rosing
Joseph M. Shafran
Terry L. Silver
Jeffery J. Weaver

DIRECTOR FOR LIFE

Michael Schwartz, Ph.D. 

EMERITUS DIRECTORS

Richard A. Barone
Annette G. Butler
Anand Julka
S. Lee Kohrman
Morton Q. Levin 

OFFICERS, NON-DIRECTORS

Berinthia R. LeVine, Executive Director
John N. Petrus, CPA, Assistant Treasurer
Bridget C. Sukys, Associate Director 

VISITING COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES

David G. Cole
Rebecca Bompiedi
Jeffrey M. Davis
David J. Fornari
Vickie Johnson
Robert Love
John McCann
Mary Lou Stricklin 

FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE

Mark Holtzblatt, Ph.D.

STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE

Malek Khawam

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