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.
Christy Erb
Principal, CliftonLarsonAllen
Tie’rra Holman
Senior Accountant, CLE Consulting Firm
Andy Little
President/Owner, Brio Performance Solutions
Director of Operations, Spartan Enterprises
Heather Pollock
Senior Lecturer, Dept, of History, Classical Studies, University of Akron
Nikki Viar
Linda Diefendorff
GM Commercial Category, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Vice-President
Heather Pariso
Surgical Nurse, Crystal Clinic
Don Conrad
Banker, Huntington Bank
Director, Dept. of Law and Risk Management County of Summit
Henry Johnson Jr.
VP of Programs & Operations, Leadership Akron
Attorney at Law, Liner Legal
Treasurer
Katie Mayes
Audit Manager, Not for Profit, Sikich
Carol Crabtree
Vice-President of HR, Akron Canton Regional Food Bank
Brian Harnak Esq.
Albert Jerome Moss
Executive Director/ Founder, Guys and Gals Community Partnership
Debra Shifrin
Darrin Kotecki
President, GPD Group
Dr. Deborah Plate
Clinical Assoc. Dir. Family Medicine, CCAG
Danielle Tassone
Dir. of Learning & Performance Improvement, Signet
