Programs
Program Speakers
Program Day Guest Speakers
Many community members are needed to volunteer their expertise to make the program days thought-provoking and informative. Below is a list of guests who have enhanced the experience for the current class so far. Leadership graduates are indicated by their class number in parenthesis.
22nd Class Stark County Day
Alan Andreani , Retired, Marlington Local Schools
Bill Bakan , Maize Valley Farm Market
Dennis Biery , President, Biery Cheese Company
Anna M. Capaldi (16th), Senior Tax Manager, Bruner-Cox LLP
Gordon Maupin , Director, The Wilderness Center
John Meeks , Consultant, Community Improvement Corporation, Jackson Township
Renee Powell , Owner, Clearview Golf Club
Tim Regula (3rd), Compliance Officer, Aultman Health Foundation
Sue Reid , Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition
Robert Sanderson , President, Massillon Chamber of Commerce
Margy Vogt , Local Historian
Jeff Zellers , K. W. Zellers & Sons
22nd Class Economic Development Day
David Bartley (12th), Executive Vice President, Ohio Gratings Inc
Trice M. Black, HR Director, Ohio Gratings Inc.
Brian Burrow , President, Campbell Oil Company
Steve Coon , President, Coon Restoration & Sealants, Inc.
Rick Haines , President, AultCare
Kevin Massey , Plant Manager, Hydrodec North American Holdings Inc.
Rick McQueen , President & CEO, Akron-Canton Airport
John O'Donnell, Ph.D , President, Stark State College
Stephen Paquette (5th), President & CEO, Stark Development Board
Stephen Perry , President, Pro Football Hall of Fame
John Patrick Picard , Architect, John Patrick Picard Architect, Inc.
Scott W. Smith , President, Shearer's Foods Incorporated
Jim Speakman , Chief of Staff, Patent Health
Robert Timken , , Cormony Development
Robert Torres , Development Director, City of Canton
Lorraine Washington , Vice President of Human Resources, Mercy Medical Center
Mike Williams , , Metropolitan Centre
22nd Class Human Services Day
Bobbi L. Beale (20th), Group Programs Director, Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health
Diane Dukat , Director of Information and Referral, United Way of Greater Stark County
Daniel Fuline , Executive Director, Community Services of Stark County
Lada Gibson-Shreve (18th), dean of General Studies, Stark State College
Thomas Haswell (18th), Director, Global IT Operations, Diebold, Inc.
Bernard Jesiolowski , Executive Director, Crisis Intervention Center, Inc.
Charles Odimgbe , Executive Director/CEO, SARTA
Betty M. Smith (19th), Executive Director, Multi-Development Services of Stark County
Thomas F. Turner, Vice President of Fund Development & Government Relations, Mercy Medical Center
22nd Class Asset Building Day
Richard F. Addis (19th), General Manager of Sales Development Initiatives, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Father Tom Bishop , St. Anthony's Church
Karen Feller (14th), Mission Outreach Coordinator, Mercy Medical Center
Marilyn Thomas Jones (3rd), Program Officer, Stark Community Foundation
Jeffery M. McMahan (16th), Account Supervisor, Innis Maggiore Group
Dan Thompson , Project Coordinator, Building Healthy Communities, Sisters of Charity Foundation
Jill Van Voorhis , Citizens Against American Landfill Expansion
Ken Weber , President & CEO, Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland & East Central Ohio, Inc.
22nd Class Education Day
Mark Black , Principal, Glen Oak High School, Plain Local Schools
Tom Bratten , Principal, Canton South High School
Rodney Conrad (10th), Elementary Teacher / Youtz Elementary, Canton City Schools
Marcia L. Cussen (15th), Director of Federal Programs, Canton City Schools
Richard L. Dinko (17th), Assistant Principal, Jackson High School
Corrine Doege , Director of Early Childhood Programs & Special Services, Stark County Educational Service Center
Samuel J. Dorto, Jr. (3rd), retired educator
Michelle D. Evans-Gardell , Superintendent, Canton City Schools
Terry Garner , Principal, Timken Senior High School
Don Gregoire , Principal, Perry High School
Pam Jackson , President, Canton Professional Educators Association
Rebecca Labowitz , Director, Career Tech, Canton City Schools
Douglas Marrah , Superintendent, Minerva Local Schools
Mary Elisabeth Medford (21st), Teacher, Canton City Schools
Larry Morgan , Superintendent, Stark County Educational Service Center
Valerie Pack , Principal, Early College High School, Canton City Schools
Tom Piccari , Principal, Arts Academy at Summit, Canton City Schools
Cynthia Smythe , Director, R.G.Drage Career Technical Center
22nd Class Cultural Diversity Day
Tawny Cowen-Zanders (21st), Corps Officer, The Salvation Army
Fred Goodnight , Artist
Joseph Jadick (6th), Application Development Consultant, Goodyear Tire & Rubber
M. Yusuf Salehi , CPST Worker - Community Connections, Community Services of Stark County
Kelli Scott , Workforce Planning & Diversity Coordinator, Aultman Health Foundation
Missy Shelton , Director of Human Resources, AultCare
21st Class Arts & Quality of Life Day
M. J. Albacete (1st), Executive Director, The Canton Museum of Art
Brennis Booth Jr. , Owner, 2nd April Galerie
Joshua Erichsen , Artistic Director, Players Guild Theatre
Robert J. Hankins , President & CEO, Arts in Stark
Maxine Hegnauer , Manager, Canton Civic Opera
David Kolinski-Schultz (19th), Product Support Engineering Specialist I, Diebold, Inc.
Laura Kolinski-Schultz , Artist, Canton Museum of Art
Jeff Neitzke , Director, Steel Band Program, Canton Symphony
Georgia Paxos , Executive Director, Palace Theatre
Jonathan Tisevich , Artist,
Todd Walburn , Owner, 2nd April Galerie
Linda Woit, Executive Director, American Heart Association
21st Justice Day
Frank Beane , Attorney,
Edwin H. Breyfogle , Attorney, Edwin H. Breyfogle Atorney at Law
Katie W. Chawla , Assistant Prosecutor, Stark County Prosecutor's Office
Frank Forchione , City Prosecutor, Canton Prosecutor's Office
Michael Howard (7th), , Stark County Family Court
Chris Huryn , President, Stark County Association for Justice, Tzangas, Plakas, Mannos, & Raies
Wayne Kyhos , President, Stark County Bar Association, Day Kettere
Jaime-Lyn Poh (19th), Staff Attorney, Community Legal Aid Services, Inc.
Cara Pyles , President, MK Land Title Company
Robert Roland (5th), Partner, Day Ketterer Ltd.
JoAnn M. Schlue, Manager Corporate & Foundation Gifts, Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank
Rod Schneider , Director, Stark Center, Multi County Juvenile Attention Center
21st Class Citizenship Day
Alan Andreani , , Alliance City Council,
Ronald C. Beltz , Councilman, Village of Hartville
Todd D. Bosley , Stark County Commissioner
Elizabeth Burick , Attorney, Elizabeth Burick Co., LPA
Anna M. Capaldi (16th), Perry Township Trustee
Christopher Goff (14th), Jackson Township Board of Education
Kristen Guardado , Plain Local Board of Education
Tracey Haley , Council Member, Village of East Canton
David J. Hersher , Massillon City Council
Susan Jagers , Community Advocate
Jennifer Keaton , Canton City Schools Board of Education
Nanci Miller , Coalition of Animal Concerns
W. Scott Oelslager , State Representative
Daryl L Revoldt , President, North Canton City council
JoAnn M. Schlue, Manager Corporate & Foundation Gifts, Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank
Chris Smith , Councilwoman, Fourth Ward,City of Canton
Thomas E. West (8th), Chief Executive Officer, A.B.L.E. Inc.
21st Class Closing Program
Joni Close, Senior Program Director, Sisters of Charity Foundation
Maria Heege, President & CEO, United Way of Greater Stark County
Kenton Oliver (16th), Executive Director, Stark County District Library
Tony Peldunas (17th), Sales and Development ManagerThe Workshops, Inc.
Randy Reed (19th), Assistant Manager & Licensed Title Agent, American Title Association Agency
Walt Stanislawski, Director and Executive Vice President, Paul and Carol David Foundation
Donald Sultzbach, Executive Director, Austin-Bailey Health & Wellnes Foundation
21st Class Graduation
keynote speaker
Richard Jusseaume, President, Walsh University
presentation of plaques
Trina Miller, Vice-Chair, Leadership Stark County Board of Trustees, Manager, Whit-Com Sales, Inc.