NorTech Board of Directors – 2008

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