Foundation Board
BOARD OFFICERS
CEO
Vice President, Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement
Kent State University
Chair
President
The James Franklin Group, LLC
Treasurer and Chair, Committee on Finance
President and Managing Partner
Long, Cook & Samsa, Inc.
Chair-Elect and Chair, Committee on Investments
Senior Vice President, Managing Director
PNC Institutional Asset Management
Immediate Past Chair
Principal (retired)
Hirtle, Callaghan & Company
Secretary
Executive Vice President
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Assistant Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer
Kent State University Foundation
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Virginia Addicott, โ85, MBA โ95
President & CEO (retired)
FedEx Custom Critical
Raj Aggarwal, MBA โ70, DBA โ80
Retired Visiting Research Scholar
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Lawrence R. Armstrong, โ80, BARC โ80
Chairman
Ware Malcomb
Roxia Boykin โ71
Vice President of Community Benefit and Diversity (retired)
Summa Health System
Gary L. Brahler, โ89
First Vice President - Investments
Morgan Stanley
Heather Cerbone, โ90
Senior VP Product Design and Development
Ralph Lauren Corporation
Vicki Haywood Doe, Ph.D. โ09
President
Vicki Doe Fitness
Timothy D. Eippert, โ92
CEO
Stratus
John R. Elliot, โ70
Owner
Commercial Holdings, LLC
Alexander Evans, โ14, M.B.A. โ15, M.GISc โ19
Alumni Board Representative
Epidemiologist
Franklin County Public Health
Barry E. Fetterman, โ74, MBA โ76
Principal/Portfolio Manager (retired)
Sirach Capital Management Inc.
Richard J. Frenchie, MBA, LFACHE
President, The Frenchie Group
Affiliated Partner Leadership Excellence Health Care Advisory Network
Andrea Gauding, โ87
Alumni Board Representative
Vice President and CFO
Insurance Board
Valerie Patton George, โ06
Chair, Committee on Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement
CEO
Simply Beauty Group
Kenneth M. Grunley, โ76
CEO
Grunley Construction Co.
Cathy D. Hemming, โ70
Founder
Cathy D. Hemming Literary Agency LLC
Candice A. Hughes, โ70, M.Ed. โ72, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of School Psychology
Adjunct Faculty, International Psychology Department
The Chicago School of Professional Psychologyโโโโ
Nora Conway Jacobs, โ73
Senior Vice President, Crisis Communications
Hennes Communications
Richard G. Krumel, โ71
Chair, Committee on Governance
President (Retired)
Searchwise, Inc.
Steffany Matticola Larkins, โ92
Chair, Committee on Audit
President, Employee Benefits Division
Unison Risk Advisors
Dale A. Leppo, โ74
Chairman of the Board (retired)
Leppo Group
Mark Lucas, โ83
Lean Manufacturing Manager
General Motors
Stephen M. Milkovich, โ93
President and Owner
Construction Mechanics Inc.
Christian R. Palich, โ09
Representative, Kent State Board of Trustees
Vice President of Government and External Affairs
Eagle Specialty Materials LLC
Robert G. Risman
Chair, Subcommittee for the KSU Hotel & Conference Center
President and CEO
Burton Carol Management LLC
Owen Ross
Student Representative
CIO
The Golden Flash Asset Management Group
Robert E. Ross, โ70
Director, Private Asset Management (retired)
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Diana P. Strongosky, โ88
Senior Vice President, Global Innovation
Sherwin-Williams Company
Carla Thigpen
Student Representative
President
Kent Student Ambassadors
Daniel A. Wolfe, โ82
Vice President; General Manager, Aircraft Captain
Aviation Business Center, Nationwide Insurance
UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVES
Todd A. Diacon, Ph.D.
President
Scott McKinney, โ97, M.P.A. โ13
Assistant Vice President, Donor and Volunteer Engagement
Diane Petrella, D.M.A.
Dean, College of the Arts
EMERITI REPRESENTATIVES
Roger K. Derr, โ58, MBA โ63
Executive Vice President and COO (retired)
Ametek Inc.
Cecile M. Draime, โ58
Owner (retired)
CD Interiors Unlimited
Linda Allard, โ62, KHHL โ91
Design Director (retired)
Ellen Tracy
Roe Green, โ80
Theatrical Stage Director (retired)
Self-Employed
Mel Mellis, โ68
President (retired)
Real Estate Group, Bartlett & Co.
Ronald A. Pizzuti, โ62
Chairman and CEO
The Pizzuti Companies
