Board of Directors
The Lorain County Community College Foundation is governed by a board of directors. These dedicated volunteers lend us their professional expertise and talents as they guide the Foundation and assist in critical decision-making. Their efforts ensure that the Foundation continues to invest in the LCCC priorities that present the greatest opportunities for the College’s stakeholders.
OFFICERS
Phillip J. Baptiste, Chairman - Partner, Cohen & Company, Ltd.
Dr. Cathy Dietlin, Vice Chair - (Retired) Director, P-16 Council
James L. Miraldi, Vice Chair - Judge, Lorain County Court of Common Pleas
David L. Herzer, Secretary - Official Counsel, Wickens Herzer Panza
Greg Thaxton, Treasurer - (Retired) VP and CFO, Nordson Corporation
Philip J. Amos, Assistant Treasurer - President, Magis Advisory Group LLC
Dr. Marcia Ballinger, President - President, Lorain County Community College
Tracy Green, Vice President - Vice President, Strategic & Institutional Development, Lorain County Community College
DIRECTORS
Dr. Roy Church - President Emeritus, LCCC
Judge Joseph Cirigliano - (Retired) Judge/Attorney, Wickens Herzer Panza
Ronald A. Cocco - President, Clark & Post Architects, Inc.
Benjamin Cooke - Partner, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Jim Cordes - (Retired) Lorain County Administration
Jon Cromling - VP, Ross Environmental Services, Inc.
Jeff Desich - CEO, Equity Trust Company
Garis Distelhorst - Community Volunteer
Susanne Dotson - Community Volunteer
Gail Flanigan - Flanigan Industries
Kevin J. Flanigan - President, General Plug and Manufacturing Co., LCCC District Board of Trustees
Charlotte Gardiner - President, Mercy Health St. Joseph Hospital
Teresa Gardner - Community Volunteer
John C. Gaudry - (Retired) President, Rehabilitation Consultants
Dr. Marc Guay - Director, UH Center for Otolaryngology
Kent Hageman - Senior VP, Hageman/Masters Group, Morgan Stanley
Michelle Henes - Professor, Lorain County Community College
Robert F. Heinrich - Community Volunteer
Brian Hoagland - VP and Senior Sales Executive, The Oswald Company
John R. Hruska - (Retired) Parker Hannifin Corporation
Bill Hudnutt - President, Lorain County Printing & Publishing Co.
John Hunter - Mayor, Sheffield Village, LCCC District Board of Trustees
Gerald Innes - Community Volunteer, LCCC District Board of Trustees
James Jordan - Associate, Lorain County Community College
Dr. Rustom Khouri - President and CEO, Carnegie Management
Tim King - President, PEPCO
Donald P. Knechtges - President, Business Visions
Joseph McAleese - (Retired) Chairman, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems
Greg Mulach - Senior VP, Huntington Bank
Sundaram Nagarajan - President and CEO, Nordson Corporation
Kevin Nelson - President – Ohio Region, Northwest Bank
Donald Ortner - Owner, Associated Contractors, Inc., LCCC District Board of Trustees
Margarita Quinones - LCCC District Board of Trustees
Daniel Reaser, Sr. - President & CEO, Outdoor Product Innovations, Inc.
Dr. John W. Schaeffer - President, North Ohio Heart Center
Mark Seidel - (Retired) Group VP, Parker Hannifin Corporation
Dr. Donald Sheldon - (Retired) UH Hospitals
Michael Sherman - (Retired) Regional Representative, Ohio State Association of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry, LCCC District Board of Trustees
Mark Skellenger - Vice President, KS Associates
Barry Smith - VP Supply Chain and Procurement, Lincoln Electric Global Automation
Dr. Rebecca Starck - President, Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital
Bruce E. Stevens - President and CEO, Buckeye Community Bank
Gail Stumphauzer - Founder, Margeau’s Free To Be Project
Darryl Tucker - Managing Editor, The Morning Journal
Dale P. Yost - Vice President, Yost Construction
Jeffrey L. Zellers - Vice President, The Brewer-Garrett Company
Maria Ilvento Zolli - (Retired) Practice Administrator, Center for Vascular and Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Inc.
