Board of Directors Executive Committee
Joe Marinucci | Chairman of the Board
Jim Cavoli | Vice Chairman
President
Ed Bell | Development Committee Chair
Chairman & Sr. Managing Director, Wealth Management
Mayor Annette Blackwell | Policy Committee Co-Chair
Mayor
Matt Carroll | Policy Committee Co-Chair
Office of the Executive
Keith Libman | Finance Committee Chair
Partner
Mark Owens | Marketing Committee Chair
VP of Marketing & Communications, Team NEO & Honorary Consul of Ireland, Ohio
Albert Ratner
Founder
Megan Wilson | Governance Committee Chair
Sr. Director Government Advocacy
Board of Directors
Austin Davis
Senior Policy Advisor
Patrick Espinosa
Managing Partner
Patty Gaul
COO and General Counsel
Dr. John Holcomb
Interim Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Interim Dean, College of Graduate Studies
Colin Jennings
Partner
Sanjiv Kapur
Partner
JoAnn Kenyon
Realtor
Margarita Krncevic
Of Counsel Labor & Employment
Abbie Levin
Senior Vice President
Maya Lugasy
Attorney
Claudia O'Brien
Co-Owner
Amy Pausche
Director, Community Affairs
India Pierce Lee
Executive Vice President Chief Strategy Officer
Tatyana Pishnyak
Shareholder
Judge Dan Polster
Federal Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Girish Rao
Director Information Solutions
Robert Rosing
President and CEO
Chad Salahshour
CEO and President
John Scheatzle
Partner
Juliana Shepetiak
Director
Scott Skinner
Vice President of Development and Director of Public Policy
Kevin Smith
Associate Dean, External Relations
Dr. Mahesh Srinivasan
Professor and Executive Director for Global Engagement, College of Business
Dr. Airica Steed, Ed.D, MBA, RN, CSSMBB, FACHE, IASSC
CEO and President
Norman Steiner
Vice President of Business Development
Gareth Vaughan
President and CEO
Clifton Williams III
Director of Public Law
Emeritus Board Members
David Fleshler, JD
Vice Provost and Interim Executive Director, Siegal Lifelong Learning
Dr. Hiroyuki Fujita
Founder & CEO
Radhika Reddy
Partner
Baiju Shah
President & CEO
Daniel Walsh
CEO
Global Cleveland Staff
Joe CimpermanPresident & CEO
Joe Cimperman has served as the President & CEO of Global Cleveland since 2016. As an immigrant’s son, he grew up in a Slovenian-speaking home on East 74th Street in the St. Clair-Superior neighborhood of Cleveland. Cimperman is a German Marshall Fellow and is dedicated to growing our region’s economy by providing resources and opportunities to immigrant communities that benefit all of Northeast Ohio. He is a constant champion for organizations in Cuyahoga County serving our international community by advocating for financial, civic, and community support for immigrants settling in Northeast Ohio. Some of the many awards Cimperman and Global Cleveland have received over the years include the Temple Emanu El Tikkun Ha’Olam Award, LEDI International Life-Changer award, the Morton L. Mandel Leadership In Community Development award, Crains’ Cleveland Business Power 150 list, the 2023 Charles Eisenman Award for exceptional civic contributions, the Rotary Club of Cleveland’s International Service Award, and the Greater Cleveland Partnerships 2022 Best in Class and Hall of Fame awards for Board Diversity. He was integral in launching Ohio’s only Global Entrepreneur in Resident Program, which helps foreign-born entrepreneurs develop their companies and create jobs, right here at home.Cimperman sits on the boards of the Maltz Museum Board of Trustees, Joseph House, Computers Assisting People, and BorderLight International Theatre and Fringe Festival. Since 2016, Global Cleveland has aided in the naturalization of thousands of new Americans and elevated the conversation around incorporating immigrants into our workforce. Cimperman and Global Cleveland have helped make the invisible of our community visible with their programing, such as Global Rising, Sister Cities, Welcoming Week, Global Employer Summit, and many more. Joe Cimperman lives by the idea and ideal that we strengthen our city by welcoming our world.
