ACG Cleveland’s 2018-19 officers and board directors, listed below, include members from many different professional fields, including private equity, banking, corporate, legal, accounting, communications, and other professional services.
Executive Officers
President – Dale Vernon, Bernstein
President-Elect – John Grabner, Hylant Group
Innovation Executive Chair – Rebecca White, Kenan Advantage Group, Inc.
Marquee Events Executive Chair – Thomas Welsh, Calfee
Programming Executive Chair – Jeffrey Fickes, Vorys
Brand Executive Chair – Brad Kostka, Roop & Co.
Governance Executive Chair – Peter Shelton, Benesch
Secretary – M. Joan McCarthy, MJM Services
Immediate Past President – Brian Kelly, PwC
Board of Directors
Charles Aquino, Western Reserve Partners/Citizens
Kevin Bader, MCM Capital Partners
Tricia Balser, CIBC
Mark Brandt, Northern Trust
Michael Ferkovic, BDO USA
Bryan Fialkowski, JP Morgan Chase
Sarah Gregg, Partners Environmental Consulting
Beth Haas, Cyprium Investment Partners
Chris Hogan, KeyBanc Capital Markets
Megan Horvath, Resilience Capital Partners
Jonathan Ives, SCG Partners
John Kramer, RPM International Inc.
Brian Leonard, Edgewater Capital Partners
Tom Libeg, Grant Thornton
Martin McCormick, Huntington Mezzanine Finance Group
Jay Moroscak, Aon Risk Solutions
Kevin Murphy, Deloitte
Wes Perry, ADP
Jim Rice, Ernst & Young
Matthew Roberts, Copper Run
Jeff Schwab, Oswald Companies
Cheryl Strom, The Riverside Company
Theodore Wagner, Bober Markey Fedorovich
William Watkins, Harris Williams & Co.