Jackie Hemsworth
Executive Director
Our Leadership
Karen Chancey
Director of Accounting & Operations
Rachel Valentine
Director of Resident Services
Brianne Neal
Director of Development
Karla Straus
Director of Human Resources
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Our 2025 Board of Directors
President
Kristen Swinehart
Customer Development Manager, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Secretary
Kendra McMichael
Mgr. Customer Service Performance, FirstEnergy Corp.
Director
Christy Erb
Principal, CliftonLarsonAllen
Director
Tie’rra Holman
Senior Accountant, CLE Consulting Firm
Director
Andy Little
Director
President/Owner, Brio Performance Solutions
Director of Operations, Spartan Enterprises
Director
Heather Pollock
Director
Senior Lecturer, Dept, of History, Classical Studies, University of Akron
Director
Nikki Viar
Linda Diefendorff
GM Commercial Category, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Vice-President
Heather Pariso
Surgical Nurse, Crystal Clinic
Director
Don Conrad
Banker, Huntington Bank
Director, Dept. of Law and Risk Management County of Summit
Henry Johnson Jr.
Program Facilitator, Leadership Akron
Director
Director
Attorney at Law, Liner Legal
Treasurer
Katie Mayes
Audit Manager, Not for Profit, Sikich
Director
Carol Crabtree
Vice-President of HR, Akron Canton Regional Food Bank
Director
Brian Harnak Esq.
Albert Jerome Moss
Executive Director/ Founder, Guys and Gals Community Partnership
Debra Shifrin
Director
Darrin Kotecki
President, GPD Group
Director
Dr. Deborah Plate
Clinical Assoc. Dir. Family Medicine, CCAG
Director
Danielle Tassone
Dir. of Learning & Performance Improvement, Signet
