The 29-member NorTech board reflects the diversity of technology-driven organizations in Northeast Ohio. Names in bold are members of the board’s Executive Committee. Board appointments are made annually.
Les C. Vinney
Chairman, NorTech
Philip Alexander
President & CEO
BrandMuscle
Dorothy C. Baunach
President & Chief Executive Officer
NorTech
Thomas I. Bradshaw
Chairman
Great Lake Pharmaceuticals
Vice Chairman, NorTech
Peter Broer
President & CEO
Lumitex
Jeanette G. Brown
Chair
Ohio Board of Regents and IdeaStream
Roy A. Church
President
Lorain County Community College
Roger D. Emerson
Patent Attorney
Emerson,
Thomson & Bennett, LLC
Michael S. Garvey
Chief Executive Officer
M7 Technologies
James D. Ireland, III
Managing Director
Early Stage Partners LP
Vice Chairman, NorTech
Joseph P. Keithley
Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer
Keithley Instruments, Inc.
Vice Chairman, NorTech
Daryl Z. Laisure
Chief Executive Officer
ZIN Technologies, Inc.
Lester A. Lefton
President
Kent State University
Timothy M. Reynolds
President
Tribute, Inc.
Dick Maggiore
President and CEO
Innis Maggiore
Garry L. Mrozek
Executive Vice President
National City Bank
Luis M. Proenza
President
The University of Akron
Denise Reading
President
Corporate College
Scott E. Rickert
President and Chief Executive Officer
NanoFilm Corporation
Kimberly D. Sanders
President and Chief Executive Officer
New Concepts Consulting, Inc.
Chris Schmid
Chairman
JumpStart, Inc.
Michael Schwartz
President
Cleveland State University
William (Bill) Seelbach
The Riverside Company
and the Fund for Our Economic Future
Donna Rae Smith
Founder
Bright Side, Inc.
Thomas J. Strauss
President and Chief Executive Officer
Summa Health System
Barbara Synder
President
Case Western Reserve University
Yannis P. Tsavalas
Vice President & CTO
Eaton Corporation
Thomas N. Tyrrell
Chairman and Managing Director
Glengary LLC
Raymond M. Voelker
Chief Information Officer
Progressive Casualty Insurance Company
Woodrow Whitlow, Ph.D.
Director
NASA Glenn Research Center
Emeritus
Glenn R. Brown
President
Generation Foundation
Bill R. Sanford
Chairman
Symark LLC
Thomas A. Waltermire
Chief Executive Officer
Team NEO
Secretary and Treasurer
Yevette Ittu
Chief Financial Officer
Greater Cleveland Partnership