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.
Rebecca O. Bagley
President & Chief Executive Officer
NorTech
Ronald Berkman
President
Cleveland State University
Tim Biro
Managing Partner
Ohio Innovation Fund
Thomas I. Bradshaw
Chairman
Great Lake Pharmaceuticals
Vice Chairman, NorTech
Peter Broer
President & CEO
Lumitex
Jeanette G. Brown
Co-Chair
OhioCommunity
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
Albert Green
CEO
Kent Displays, Inc.
Jack Harley
President
First Power Group
James D. Ireland, III
Managing Director
Early Stage Partners LP
Vice Chairman, NorTech
Yevette Ittu
Chief Financial Officer
Greater Cleveland Partnership
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
Rodger McKain
VP Government Programs
Rolls Royce Fuel Cell Systems (U.S.) Inc.
Garry L. Mrozek
Executive Vice President
National City Bank, now part of PNC
Luis M. Proenza
President
The University of Akron
Timothy M. Reynolds
President
Tribute, Inc
Chris Schmid
Chairman
JumpStart, Inc.
Donna Rae Smith
Founder
Bright Side, Inc.
Thomas J. Strauss
President and Chief Executive Officer
Summa Health System
Barbara Snyder
President
Case Western Reserve University
Thomas N. Tyrrell
Managing Director
Collaborx
Les C. Vinney
Chairman, NorTech
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