Our Board
BVU is governed by a board of directors comprised of business and community leaders who provide their professional expertise and leadership to achieve the mission of linking businesses and nonprofits to foster excellence in the nonprofit sector.
- Roy A. Church, Ph.D.
- Immediate Past Chair
- President
- Lorain County Community College
- Lyle G. Ganske, Esq.
- Immediate Past Chair
- Partner-in-Charge
- Jones Day
- David S. Goodman, Esq.
- Chair
- Partner
- Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP
- Christopher Gorman
- Vice Chair
- Vice President
- Keybank N.A.
- Carl J. Grassi, Esq.
- President
- McDonald Hopkins LLC
- Bruce A. Loessin
- Senior Vice President for University Relations & Development
- Case Western Reserve University
- John MacIntosh
- Managing Partner
- KPMG
- Randell McShepard
- Vice Chair
- Vice President, Public Affairs
- RPM International, Inc.
- Donald H. Messinger, Esq.
- Board Secretary
- Partner
- Thompson Hine LLP
- Richard W. Pogue, Esq.
- Chair Emeritus
- Advisor
- Jones Day
- Geralyn M. Presti, Esq.
- General Counsel, Senior Vice President & Secretary
- Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
- Gregory J. Skoda, CPA
- Board Treasurer
- Chairman
- Skoda Minotti
- Richard P. Stovsky
- U.S. Private Company Services Leader
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Deborah Vesy
- President & CEO
- Deaconess Community Foundation
- Chas Withers
- President
- Dix & Eaton
- Sylvie A. Bon
- Vice President, Distributor Support
- Swagelok Company
- Holly Buffinton
- Executive Vice President
- PNC Bank
- Michael A. Cogan
- President & CEO, Ohio
- Northern Trust Bank
- Heidi L. Gartland
- Vice President, Government Relations
- University Hospitals, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
- David G. Goodall
- Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Banking Officer
- FirstMerit Corporation
- Maia Hansen
- Partner
- McKinsey & Company
- Sean P. Hennessy
- Senior Vice President- Finance & CFO
- The Sherwin-Williams Company
- Andrew Jackson
- Senior Vice President
- Greater Cleveland Partnership
- William R. Joseph, Esq.
- Partner
- Weston Hurd LLP
- Ira C. Kaplan
- Managing Partner
- Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
- Joseph M. LaGuardia
- Vice President of Marketing, Sales and Business Development
- Kaiser Permanente
- Kevin S. Lauterjung
- Executive Vice President, Managed Care
- Medical Mutual
- Dennis Lehman
- Executive Vice President of Business
- The Cleveland Indians
- Joseph J. Morford
- Managing Partner
- Tucker Ellis
- Patricia W. Nobili
- Executive Director
- Achievement Centers for Children
- Kip Reader, Esq.
- Managing Partner
- Ulmer & Berne LLP
- Donald J. Richards
- Partner
- Accenture
- William Ruschhaupt, M.D.
- Chairman, Global Patient Services
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Michael E. Steele
- Vice President of Finance & Planning, Fluid Power Group
- Eaton Corporation
- Christopher J. Swift, Esq.
- Partner
- Baker Hostetler LLP
- Eddie Taylor, Jr.
- Practice Leader
- Oswald Companies
- Lorraine Vega
- Senior Vice President
- KeyBank Foundation
- Thomas A. Waltermire
- CEO
- Team NEO
