Board of Directors

Downtown Cleveland, Inc. Board

Karen Fanger, Chair / President & COO, K & D Group

Melissa Ferchill, Vice Chair / Principal, MCM Company, Inc.

Laura Bloomberg, Secretary / President, Cleveland State University

Eric Tolbert, Treasurer / Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial Services

Michael Baston / President & CEO, Cuyahoga Community College

India Birdsong Terry / CEO, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Thomas Coyne / Partner, National Real Estate Practice Group Leader, Thompson Hine LLP

Rob Falls / Chairman & CEO, Falls & Co.

Craig Hassall / President & CEO, Playhouse Square

Deb Janik / Senior Vice President of Business Development, Bedrock Cleveland

Teresa Metcalf Beasley / Member, Public Law Chair, McDonald Hopkins LLC

Jeff Patterson / President & CEO, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority

Doug Price III / CEO, K & D Group

Antonin Robert / President of Community Development, GBX Group

Jonathan Sandvick / President, Sandvick Architects

Frank Sinito / CEO, The Millennia Companies

Downtown Cleveland Alliance Board

Rob Falls, Chair / Chairman & CEO, Falls & Co.

Jonathan Sandvick, Vice Chair / President, Sandvick Architects

Jeff Patterson, Treasurer / President & CEO, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority

India Birdsong Terry, Secretary / CEO, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Karen Fanger, Immediate Past Chair / President & COO, K & D Group

Michael Baston / President & CEO, Cuyahoga Community College

Debbie Berry / Chief of Integrated Development, Cuyahoga County

Warren Blazy, III / Senior Vice President, CBRE 

Laura Bloomberg / President, Cleveland State University

Mera Cardenas / Executive Director, Canalway Partners

Will Dalman / Senior Managing Director, The Huntington National Bank

Melissa Ferchill / Principal, MCM Company, Inc.

Grace Gallucci / Executive Director & CEO, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency

Marcie Gilmore / Marketing Consultant, CRM Companies, Inc.

Kira Hennessey / Corporate Pitch Manager, Squire Patton Boggs

David Jenkins / COO, Haslam Sports Group

Jeremy Johnson / President & CEO, Assembly for the Arts

Ira Kaplan / Executive Chairman; Executive Committee Member, Benesch Law 

Brian Lane / President & CEO, The Center for Health Affairs 

Christine Nelson / Vice President of Project Management & Site Strategies, TeamNEO

Dominic Ozanne / President & CEO, Ozanne Construction Company

Aaron Pechota / Executive Vice President of Development, NRP Group

Bob Rosing / President & CEO, Dwellworks

Felton Thomas, Jr. / Executive Director & CEO, Cleveland Public Library 

Downtown Cleveland Improvement Corporation Board

Thomas Coyne, Chair / Partner, National Real Estate Practice Group Leader, Thompson Hine LLP

Doug Price III, Vice Chair / CEO, K & D Group

Deb Janik, Treasurer / Senior Vice President of Business Development, Bedrock Cleveland

Antonin Robert, Secretary / President of Community Development, GBX Group

Thomas Einhouse, Immediate Past Chair / Vice President of Facilities & Capital, Playhouse Square Real Estate Services

Michael Apt / President & CEO, Apt Development Group

TJ Asher / President of Acquisitions & Development, Weston Inc.

Joe Bobeck, Jr. / COO, Great Lakes Financial Group

Antony Bonavita / Executive Vice President, Chief Venue and Development Officer, Cleveland Cavaliers

Suzanne Asher Broadbent / Commercial Real Estate Director of Sales & Marketing, Weston Inc.

Mike Carney / Principal, The Landmark Companies

Roger Carran / Principal, Roger A Carran Real Estate

Jeff Epstein / Chief of Integrated Development, City of Cleveland

Jim Folk / Vice President of Ballpark Improvements, Cleveland Guardians

Damon Frangos / President, The Frangos Group

Robert George / CEO & Founder, Ethos Capital Partners

Blaine Griffin / President, Cleveland City Council

Brian Intihar / Principal, MBFC, LLC

Yvette Itu / Executive Vice President, Greater Cleveland Partnership

Joe Kassouf / Vice President, Prime Properties Ltd

Al Krist / President, Geis Properties Management LLC

Jason Phillips / Senior Vice President, PNC Bank

Rico Pietro / Principal, Cushman & Wakefield

Michael Sabracos / CEO, Alto Partners

Paul Shaia / Vice President, Shaia’s Parking and Victory Properties

Mike Sikora / Managing Partner, Sikora Law

The Downtown Cleveland Team

  • Michael Deemer

    President + CEO

  • Dave Blate

    Vice President of Finance + Administration

  • Drew Crawford

    Senior Director of Business Development

  • Ed Eckart, Jr.

    Senior Vice President of Operations

  • Curstyn Franklin

    Assistant to the Vice President of Finance & Administration

  • Hannah Gall

    Senior Director for Parks + Public Spaces

  • Audrey Gerlach

    Vice President of Economic Development + Chief of Staff

  • Felicia Jackson

    Programs and Activations Manager

  • Alex Kokolari

    North Coast Harbor Place Manager

  • Cameron LeClaire

    Senior Director for Accounting

  • Kelly Legan

    Director of Programs & Activations

  • TJ Lewis

    Creative Director

  • Julia Matter

    Director of Strategic Communications

  • Ian Meadows

    Place Programs and Social Media Manager

  • Mark Pugacz

    Special Improvement District Senior Manager

  • Sam Rocco

    Senior Director for Policy & Research

  • Jess Wallace

    Executive Assistant to the CEO

  • Olivia Willis

    Senior Director for Clean & Safe