ABOUT US
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jennifer Dale Fox, Secretary
Vice President and Director of Client and Community Relations
Shana M. Lee, M.Ed
Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Parents and Family Engagement
Jared Pennington
Associate Dean of Heath and Sciences, Professor, College of Education and Health Sciences
Heather Wuensch
Director of Community Benefit, Advocacy and Outreach (External Affairs Department)
Director Emeritus
The following individuals served the Board of Directors when SEI was founded in January 1996:
- Ann Amer Brennan, Amer, Cunningham & Brennan
- Robert Briggs, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs
- David Burner, B.F. Goodrich
- Richard Chenoweth, GAR Foundation†
- Joseph Clapp, Roadway Services Inc.
- William Considine, Akron Children’s Hospital
- Jim Crutchfield, Akron Beacon Journal
- John Dotson, Akron Beacon Journal†
- Leonard Foster, County of Summit
- Barbara Hiney, Bookhound†
- David Jennings, Akron-Summit County Public Library
- Kevin Thomas, PNC Financial Services Group
- Robert Tieken, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- Kirstin S. Toth, K.S. Toth Associates
- John B. Yasinsky, GenCorp; OMNOVA
Founders of Summit Education Initiative
Previously known as Summit Education Partnership
- Jack Heckel, GENCORP
- Jody Bacon†, Akron Community Foundation
- Bill Considine, Akron Children’s Hospital
- Dr. Gabe Campbell, FCC of Akron
- Mark Clark, Ohio Edison
- Joe Coleman, INROADS NEO
- Dorthea Snyder, Hudson Local Schools
- David Eich, In the Company of Kids
- Paul Allison, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs
- Ann Lane Gates
- Stanley Gault, Goodyear Tire & Rubber
- Rebecca Ganyard, GenCorp
- Louise Gissendaner , First National Bank
- Barbra Hiney
- Kathryn Hunter, First Akron Corp
- Sidney Landskroner, Marketing Corp
- Nathan Light, Sterling
- Robert Mercer
- Robert Merweiler, Landmark Plastics
- John Ong, BFGoodrich
- Robert Reffner
- Dr. Bruce Rothman, ACMC
- F. William Steele, Steele Enterprises
- Joseph Stewart, Babok & Wilcox
- Dr. Robert Stone
- Charles Vehlow, Akron Child Guidance
- Mark Yanke, Yanke Bionics
- Chris Burhham, County of Summmit
- Richard Young, Akron Regional Development Board