Positive Education Program is governed by a Board of Directors whose professional expertise helps the agency fulfill its mission of supporting young people to overcome and thrive.

Directors generously offer their time, perspectives and resources to ensure PEP remains not only sustainable but thriving.

Executive Committee

Chair

Noreen Kilbane
Chief Administrative Officer
Hyland

Vice Chair

Holley Martens
Director
Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation

Treasurer

D. Keith Lockyer
Senior Vice President
PNC Private Bank

Secretary

Lisa Ramirez Shah, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Pediatric Psychology
MetroHealth System

At-Large Executive Committee Member

Mike Sheppard
Assistant Superintendent
Polaris Career Center

Directors


Brett J. Bailey
Senior Vice President
Huntington Bank

Michael Barnes, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Mayfield City Schools

Nancy Berardinelli-Krantz
Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Legal Officer
Eaton Corporation

Alyson Cameron
Development Project Manager
The NRP Group

Craig Cohen
President
TransCap

Lisa Farmer Cole
Chief of Schools
Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Brandon Ford
Chief Accelerator Director
Lubrizol Life Science

Julie A. Harris
Assistant General Counsel, Director
Novelis Corporation

Bob Mengerink, Ed.D.*
Superintendent
Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio

Deborah Plummer, Ph.D.
Founder / Executive Director
Getting to We, Inc.

Stephen Schroth
Executive Vice President, Enterprise Design Officer
KeyBank

Megan Spinos
Principal, Strategy Director
Vocon

Shaylor R. Steele
Partner
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Sara O’Neill Sullivan
William J. & Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation

Adrian Thompson
Partner-in-Charge / Chief Diversity Officer
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Heather Torok, MPH
Public Health &
Philanthropic Strategy Consultant

Dean R. Vomero
Managing Director
Applied Business Strategy LLC

Joan Zoltanski, MD
Chief Health Officer
University Hospitals Health System

* ex-officio