Lunch with Leaders - Engage! Cleveland

Lunch

with Leaders

About Our

Lunch
With
Leaders

February 12, 2025

12:00-1:30 pm

Stillwater Place, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

If you’ve ever wondered how some of Cleveland’s top business and community leaders got to where they are today, then this event is for you.

Lunch with Leaders provides the opportunity to grab lunch and chat with our city’s top leaders and trailblazers representing diverse industries including accounting, banking, philanthropy, marketing, healthcare…and much more!

Seize the opportunity to learn from Cleveland’s leaders who are shaping the future of our industries!

**Attendees have the opportunity to speak with a few leaders in a small group setting.**

2024 Leaders

Kristen Baird Adams, Chief of Staff, PNC
Ryan Anderson, Founding Partner, Anderson|Biro Staffing
Hannah Belsito, Chief Experience Officer, Destination Cleveland
Patrice Blakemore, Senior Vice President of Equity & Inclusion, Greater Cleveland Partnership
Scott Chapin, President, Marcus Thomas LLC
Amanda Cole, Executive Director, Plexus LGBT and Allied Chamber of Commerce
Jenice Contreras, Chief Executive Officer, The Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development
Chrishawna Cunningham, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Union Home Mortgage
Arianna Ehmer, Chief Operating Officer, CBIZ
Allison Grealis, President & Founder, Women in Manufacturing
David Hertz, Chief of Staff, Oberlin College
Domonic Hopson, President & Chief Executive Officer, Neighborhood Family Practice
John Lang, Chief Operating Officer, Cleveland Public Library
Maria Stutsman Y Marquez, Associate Dean of Enrollment & Recruitment, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
Douglas McWilliams, Environmental Partner, Squire Patton Boggs
Lila Mills, Editor-in-Chief, Signal Cleveland
Charles Mullen, Chairman, Apple Growth Partners
Jeffery Patterson, Chief Executive Officer, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority
Ashley Shaw, Executive Director, MidTown Cleveland, Inc
Michelle Tomallo, Chief People Officer, FIT Technologies

our
past
participants

Dr. Kirsten Ellenbogen, President & CEO, Great Lakes Science Center
David Jenkins, Chief Operating Officer, Cleveland Browns
Alberta Lee, Vice President, Human Resources, Cleveland Cavaliers
Ronn Richard, President and CEO, The Cleveland Foundation
Rocco Whalen, Chef/Owner, Fahrenheit

"The true meaning of networking and building relationships"

Lunch with Leaders provides a platform to be introduced to people you would never meet otherwise. Each leader is so willing to help and get to know each individual person. It really shows the true meaning of networking and building relationships.

"It's a great combo, you don't want to miss out on it!"

Engage! Cleveland’s Lunch with Leaders continues to be the ideal, go-to event to meet and interact with both young professionals and our city’s chat with our city’s top leaders!