Board & Staff

It takes a team of dedicated employees and more than a dozen volunteers from banks, corporations, non-profits and community organizations to help us build bridges to economic development and community revitalization.

These are the people that set our policies and priorities, provide fiduciary oversight and help maintain the integrity of our programs.

For more information, please contact us.

Board of Directors

• Jack Laverty, Chair, Columbia Gas of Ohio
• Randy Runyon, Vice Chair, Community Action Commission of Pike County
• Greg Kiger, Treasurer, KeyBank National Association
• Vicki Eaton Johnson, Secretary, Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation
• Catherine Cawthon, Fifth Third CDC
• Mary Burke Rivers, Over-the-Rhine Community Housing
• Bill Graves, Ohio Department of Development
• Carole Grimes, Community Representative
• Reginald Johnson, Huntington National Bank Community Development Corporation
• Jerry Katz, Huntington National Bank (Retired)
• Ben Kenny, WSOS Community Action Commission
• Phillip Smith, Youngstown Choice Homes
• Ryan Miller, Habitat for Humanity of Ohio
• Jayhue Murdock, Stark County Out of Poverty Partnerships
• D.R. Gossett, Ironton Lawrence County Community Action Agency

Guest Board Advisors

• Brenda Stier Anstine, Marketing Works, Inc.
• Erik Rickard, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
• Mark VanBenschoten, Rea & Associates

Staff

• James R. Klein, Chief Executive Officer
• Kim Coleman, Program Loan Officer
• Jennifer Deuber, Director of Communications
• Tamra Hall, Operations Officer
• Valerie Heiby, Director of Development 
• Jennifer Hunt, Administrative Assistant
• Suzette Johnson-Grant, Human Resources Manager
• Larrinda Lyles, Administrative Assistant
• Tim Marcum, Director of Information Technology
• Jon Moorehead, Program Loan Officer
• Julie Nichols, Director of Internal Auditing
• Ginny Payton, Program Assistant
• Amber Seitz, Research Assistant
• Moniqua Spencer, Chief Program Officer
• Amanda Sprague, Financial Manager
• Diana Turoff, Chief Financial Officer
• Candice Vacca, Internal Auditing Assistant
• Beverly Ward, Documents Manager