Partnership Members
BOARD MEMBERS
Tony Paglia – Chair
VP-Government Affairs,
Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber
Chuck Adkins
Director/Asst. Superintendent, Columbiana County Career & Technical Center
Adrian Anderson
Business Manager of Clinical Services, Humility of Mary Health Partners – St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center
Barbara Ewing
CIO, Youngstown Business Incubator
Nicole Ferraro
Principal, Packer Thomas
Michael Hanshaw
Superintendent, Trumbull County Educational Service Center
Dr. Charles Howell
Dean, Beeghly College of Education, Youngstown State University
David Hughes
President, Specialty Fab Inc.
Ron Iarussi
Superintendent, Mahoning County Educational Service Center
Dr. Laura Meeks
President, Eastern Gateway Community College
John Rubesich
Superintendent, Ashtabula Educational Service Center
Scott Schluick
Vice President/Investments, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc
Dr. Wanda Thomas
Regional College Dean and Associate Provost for KSU Systems Integration, Kent State University
Anna Marie Vaughn
Superintendent, Columbiana County Educational Service Center
John Wilson
Director, Turning Technology Foundation
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Margie Alexander
Council Coordinator, Family & Children First-Trumbull County
Rachilla Basista
Administrator, Family & Children First-Mahoning County
Kelly Bianco
President, Strategic Valuation Group
Dr. Jerome Brockway
Superintendent, Ashtabula County Technical and Career Center
Erica Brown
Executive Director, ACLD Learning Center
Patty Brozik
President, Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley
MaryBeth Bush
Secretary/Treasurer, H.A.P.P.Y. Homes
Rose Carter
Director, ACTION
Claudia Charity
Manager of Community Partnership, Youngstown City Schools
Dr. Roan Craig
Superintendent, Mahoning County Career and Technical Center
Don Crane
President, Western Reserve Building Trades
Kevin Deemer
Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Kent State University Ashtabula
Phil Dennison
Principal, Packer Thomas
Dr. Mary Lou DiPillo
Associate Dean, Beeghly College of Education, Youngstown State University
Matt Falter
Regional Workforce Director, JobsOhio
Mary Fiala
Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Diocese of Youngstown
Teresa Furniss
Executive Director, Tru-Mah-Col AEYC
Rob Green
Supervisor, Social Security Administration
Robert Hannon
President, United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley
Dr. Connie Hathorn
Superintendent, Youngstown City Schools
Douglas Hiscox
Deputy Superintendent of Academic Affairs, Youngstown City School District
Melissa LaManna
Project Director, Planned Parenthood
John LaPlante
Executive Director, ACCESS
Ken Lloyd
Executive Director, Community Solutions Association
Patrick Lowry
Director of Outreach/Special Projects, U.S. House of Representatives, 17th District
Sarah Lowry
Community Liaison, Office of Senator Sherrod Brown
Dr. Robert Marino, Jr.
Assistant Superintendent, Trumbull County Educational Service Center
Chris McCarty
Recruitment Supervisor, Humility of Mary Health Partners
Wayne McClain
Superintendent, Trumbull County Career and Technical Center
Ginny Pasha
Director of Community Investment, United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley
Ryan Pastore
Director of Client & Community Relations, The PNC Financial Services Group
Robin Patton
Area Manager, First Energy
Pamela Perrino
Early Childhood Advocate, Perrino Consulting
Ted Roberts
Attorney, Roth, Blair, Roberts, Strasfeld & Lodge
Stephen Rodabaugh
Associate Dean, College of S.T.E.M., Youngstown State University
David Sabine
Sr. VP and Sr. Trust Officer, Huntington Bank
Scott Shepherd
Owner, A & I Studio of Architecture and Interior Design
Donna Skaggs
Manager, Starting Point
Gary Soukenik
CEO, Seven Seventeen Credit Union
Jan Strasfeld
Executive Director, The Youngstown Foundation
Christina Wanat
Chief Administrator of Student Development, Eastern Gateway Community College

