Our Volunteers

Minds Matter of Cleveland is managed exclusively by volunteers – we don’t have a single paid staff member. Our team is comprised of 140 young professionals who represent 50 different companies in Northeast Ohio, including The Sherwin-Williams Company, KeyBank, Rosetta, PNC, Ernst & Young and many more.

Fifteen of our volunteers received awards from President Barack Obama. Cumulatively, our teammates spent more than 10,000 hours volunteering last year.

Executive Team

Chad Arthur Hartup – President – UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Justin Dailey – Executive Vice President – PNC

Steve Butler – Chair, Operations Committee – Westfield Insurance

Dolores “Lola” Garcia Prignitz – Chair, Programs Committee – Jones Day

Brent Shelley – Dean of Academics – Frantz Ward

Allison Kolodziej – Volunteers – Falls Communications

Danielle LoGrasso – Finance – Avery Dennison

Jon Briggs – Fundraising – KeyBank

Margie Stahl – Public Relations/ Marketing – Rosetta Inc.

Lauren Trego – Technology – Rosetta

Val Sadid – Events – Rosetta

Aaron O’Brien – Student Affairs – Baker Hostetler

Matthew Koepke – Summer Programs – KeyBank

Giraud Payen – Alumni – KeyBank

Nichelle McCall – National Board Liaison – Community Strategies Consulting, LLC.

Board Members

Sam Gerace – Chair – Veritix

Phil Bessler — Director — Baldwin-Wallace College

Justin Dailey — Treasurer — PNC

Robert Falls — Director — Falls Communications

Joe Hatina — Legal Counsel – Jones Day

Peter Kelly — Director — Baldwin-Wallace College

Joe Prada — Director — Meyer Distributing Companyr

Victor Ruiz — Director — Esperanza

Dolores “Lola” Garcia Prignitz — Secretary — Jones Day

Rickey Shyne — Director — NASA

Suzanne Trihas — Director — Metro Health Hospital

Derran Wimer — Director — Berea City School District

Joel Baxter — Director — The Sherwin-Williams Company

Jon Briggs — Committee Member — KeyBank

Ex-Officio Board Members

Michael Lagoni – Founder – Amazon