Leadership & Board of Directors
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Our Leadership
Nick Browning
President & CEO
(330) 414-4363
Heather Cronin
Director of Human Resources and Administration
(234) 212-9729
Colleen Repie
Director of Marketing & Communications
(234) 212-9679
Kristin Branagan CPDT-KA
Director of Operations
(234) 212-9754
Melisa Kauffman DVM
Shelter Veterinarian
(234) 212-9891
Amber Gaugler
Manager of Happy Tails Thrift Shop
(330) 794-7826
Sheena Hanly
Volunteer Coordinator
(234) 212-9741
Amanda Novelli
Director of Development
(216) 213-1004
Board of Directors
Chair | Joleen Cicchinelli
The Huntington National Bank, Retired
Vice Chair | Katie Sutter
Excelsior Marking
Treasurer | Nicole Benden
Cohen & Co.
Secretary | Megan Bobula
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Board Members
Dawn Ahner
Summa Health
Matthew Blewitt
Maloney-Novotny, LLC
Marcel Clopton
Next Generation Construction
Steve Cox
Roetzel & Andress, LPA
Gary Gardner
Cedarwood Development, Inc.
Don Luscher
University Hospitals, Retired
Meghan Meeker
Cision
Lynda Nowak
Fifth Third Bank
Barb Reece
LexisNexis
Dan Reynolds
YMCA of Pawtucket Rhode Island
Kathy Romito Rainone
Western Reserve Hospital
Immediate Past Chair | Diane Treier
Akron Public Schools, Retired
Valerie Wawrin
D’Amico Wawrin & Company CPAs, LLC
Emeritus | Judge Mary F. Spicer
Summit County Court of Common Pleas, Retired
Emeritus | Judy Steiner
Banner Bank, Retired
Emeritus | Patrick Weschler
Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP