2018 Officers & Board of Directors

Vivian Leggett, MSN, RN, NE-BC
President & Chair,
National Philanthropy Day
Aultman College -
Vice President, Community Engagement
vleggett@aultman.com

Vondea Sheaffer, MPA CFRE
President-Elect
The Village of St. Edward -
Vice President of Development
Vondea.Sheaffer@vased.org

Kristie Woods
Immediate Past President & Chair, Directorship
Refuge of Hope - Director of Community Relations
kwoods@refugeofhope.org

Sandy Turner, CFRE
Secretary
Early Childhood Resource Center - Development
STurner@Ecresourcecenter.org

Pam Valentine
Treasurer
Girl Scouts of North East Ohio - Director of Community Development
pvalentine@gsneo.org

Laura Jo Hawk
VP, Membership
laurajo.hawk@icloud.com

Paula Mastroianni
VP, Communications
Stark County District Library -
Director of Development
pmastroianni@starklibrary.org

Barb Mucci, CFRE
VP, Professional Development
The Aultman Foundation -
Chief Development Officer
barb.mucci@aultman.com

Marian Calvin
Chair, Government Relations
Salvation Army of Summit County - Director of Development
Marian.Calvin@USE.SalvationArmy.Org

Jo Ann Carpenter
Chair, BE the CAUSE
Refuge of Hope Ministries -
Director of Development
jcarpenter@refugeofhope.org

Mella Castner
Chair, Scholarships
Akron Rotary Camp -
Director of Development
mellac@akronymca.org

Deb Ferenc
Co-Chair, Finance
Breast Cancer Fund of Ohio -
Executive Director
deb@bcfohio.org

Carol Hawk
Co-Chair, Memberships
Pathway Caring For Children -
Community Engagement Director
chawk@pathwaycfc.org

Jackie Hemsworth
Co-Chair, BE the CAUSE
ACCESS, Inc. -
Director of Advancement
jhemsworth@access-shelter.org

Andrea Jeffers
Board Member
Coleman Professional Services - Developmnt Executive
andrea.jeffers@colemanservices.org

Julie Katz
Co-Chair, Diversity
Jewish Community Board of Akron - Campaign Director
Julie_Katz@jewishakron.org

Sara Lundenberger
Co-Chair, National Philanthropy Day
Dot Org Solutions, LLC -
Fundraising and Marketing Strategist
sara@dotorgsolutions.com

Wendy Merkert
Chair, Mentoring
National Inventors Hall of Fame, Inc. -
Manager, K-20 Fundraising
wmerkert@invent.org

Dawn Moeglin
Chair, Career Success Institute
VANTAGE Aging - Director of Community Engagement
dmoeglin@vantageaging.org

Angela Palomba
Co-Chair, Career Success Institute
First Tee of Canton -
Executive Director
apalomba@thefirstteecanton.org

Angela Perisic
Co-Chair, Communications
United Way of Greater Stark County - VP Resource Development
angela.perisic@uwstark.org

Brian Reitz
Co-Chair, Professional Development
Akron Community Foundation - Agency Endowment & Engagement Officer
breitz@akroncf.org

Tracy Schlemmer
Co-Chair, Scholarships
Summa Foundation -
Manager, Stewardship & Donor Relations
schlemmert@summahealth.org

Susan Schweitzer
Board Member
East Akron Neighborhood Development Corporation -
Director of Development & Communications
sschweitzer@eandc.org

Cynthia Sheeks
Chair, Diversity
University of Akron -
Director of Development
csheeks@uakron.edu