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Community Vision Council celebrates making a difference in Greater Cleveland
Community Vision Council (CVC) funders, volunteers and beneficiaries celebrated nearly five years of accomplishments at KeyBank recently. This group has taken the lead to work collaboratively in public/private partnerships on community-wide issues and build a health and human service infrastructure to improve the quality of life for all Greater Clevelanders. Their success includes leveraging the initial funding of $3 million each from United Way and The Cleveland Foundation to obtain an additional $11.5 million to fund initiatives. By focusing on specific issues in the areas of families and children, education and employment, health and seniors and backed by generous funders, the CVC has been able to make a difference in the community, said Robert W. Gillespie, Jr., Co-Chair with Steven A. Minter of the CVC.
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CVC co-chair Robert W. Gillespie, Jr., chairman emeritus, KeyCorp, presents a recognition award to Jerry Sue Thornton, Ph.D., president, Cuyahoga Community College.
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CVC volunteers (l-r) Jerry Sue Thornton, Ph.D.; William B. Summers, Jr., chairman, McDonald Investments; Robert S. Reitman, principal, Riverbend Advisors; Tim McCormack, former Cuyahoga County Commissioner; and J. Thomas Mullen, president and CEO, Catholic Charities Services. Thornton, McCormack and Mullen, along with Sandra Pianalto, president, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, were recognized for the service to the CVC.
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Robert Eckhardt, Ph.D., vice president, The Cleveland Foundation, chats with Patricia T. Horvath, executive director and CEO, HealthSpace of Cleveland
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Myron Robinson, president and CEO, Urban League of Greater Cleveland, and Ruby L. Terry, executive director, United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland
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Patricia T. Horvath, executive director and CEO, HealthSpace of Cleveland, and Elaine A, Borawski, Ph.D., Director, Center for Health Promotion Research, CWRU
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India Sumlin, 16, a CVC success story on adoption portrayed in a video, personally said her thanks to the CVC.
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United Way president and CEO Mike Benz greeted guests and was pinch-hitter for CVC co-chair Steven A. Minter, executive in residence, Cleveland State University
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Carol Rivchun, president, Youth Opportunities Unlimited; Myron Robinson, president and CEO, Urban League of Greater Cleveland;
and Robert W. Gillespie, Jr.
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Andrew A. Venable, Jr., director, Cleveland Public Library: Rick A. Kemm, director of development, Eliza Bryant Village; and Lois Goodman, president, Work and Family Consulting Group, Inc.
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Tammy Lorkovich, program director of Adopt Cuyahoga's Kids, Adoption Network, and Bernadette Kerrigan, vice president, Community Investment, United Way of Greater Cleveland
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