JA M E S
M.
DELANEY
RUSSELL.
R.
GIFFO RD
ADRIENNE
LASH
JO N ES
JAMES
V.
PATTO N
Appointed 1986 by the Mayor, City o f Cleveland; reappointed 1991
Appointed 1989 by the Trustees Committee; reappointed 1993
Appointed 1988 by the C hief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District o f Ohio
Appointed 1991 by the Presiding Judge, Probate Court o f Cuyahoga County
Jim Delaney, office managing partner of Deloitte & Touche, served as financial supervisor to the commission overseeing the City’s fiscal recovery. H e currently chairs the Mayor’s Operation Volunteer Effort and was selected in 1989 as the new chairperson of the Build-Up Greater Cleveland Policy Committee of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. H e serves on the boards o f the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, John Carroll University, The Salvation Army, and the Diocesan Inner-City School Fund. H e is vice president of Youth Opportunities Unlimited and board chair of Beaumont School. H e is past chairperson of Case W estern Reserve University’s Advisory Council for its five-year accountancy program and serves on the visiting committee of the W eatherhead School at CWRU.
Russell Gifford is president and chief executive officer of T he East Ohio Gas Company. A director of National City Bank, Bearings, Inc. and trustee of First Union Real Estate Investments, he is also active in community affairs, serving currently as chairperson of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association, as well as chairperson of N orth Coast Harbor, Inc. H e is a trustee of Cleveland Tomorrow, the Greater Cleveland Roundtable and University Hospitals of Cleveland, and serves on the boards of the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the American Red Cross, Baldwin-Wallace College, the Urban League of Greater Cleveland, the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland and Playhouse Square Foundation, and the advisory board of T he Salvation Army.
Adrienne Jones is an associate professor and departm ent chair in the Departm ent of AfricanAmerican Studies at Oberlin College and holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from Case Western Reserve University. She serves on the advisory council of T he Cleveland M useum of Art and has been active with the Young W om en’s Christian Association as vice president of its national board of directors (1976-82) and currendy as a member of the National YWCA Board of Trustees. She is also a trustee of Karamu House, a member of the Alumni Advisory Committee of the W omen’s Community Foundation, and a former board member of the Federation for Community Planning.
Jim Patton is a retired vice president o f Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio, and now serve: as a consultant in government relations, health policies, and business affairs. H e has served on the executive committee of the N ational Foundation of the March of Dimes, Cuyahoga County Division; the Cleveland Academy of M edicine’s Cost Containm ent Comm ittee on H ealth Education; as vice chairm an o f New Business Development for United Way Service and chairman of the City of W estlake’s Assess m ent Equalization Board. H e is a member of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. He has also served on the board of directors of the Cleveland Advertising Club, the advisory boarc of Catholic Social Services of Cuyahoga Count and as trustee of the American Cancer Society, Cuyahoga County Division.
D oris A . Evans, M .D .
DORIS
A.
EVANS,
Jerry V. Jarrett
Russell R . G ifford
M .D.
Appointed 1992 by the Trustees Committee Dr. Doris Evans is a pediatrician whose private practice emphasizes preventive health, and is an associate clinical professor of Pediatrics at Case W estern Reserve University. She is a staff physician at University Hospitals of Cleveland, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, and Meridia Hillcrest. T he former executive director of the Glenville H ealth Association, Dr. Evans is a past director of Ameritrust Corporation, Ameritrust Company National Association and Ameritrust Development Bank. Currently, she is a director of Society National Bank and a trustee of Cuyahoga Comm unity College, W VIZ Public Television, and The Salvation Army. A member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, N orthern Ohio Pediatric Society and Cleveland Medical Association, she is also a lifetime member o f the NAACP and an active member of Fairm ount Presbyterian Church.
JE R R Y
V.
Adrienne Lash Jones
JARRETT
Appointed 1988 by the President o f the Federation fo r Community Planning; reappointed 1993 Jerry Jarrett is retired chairman and chief executive officer of Ameritrust Company and its holding company, Ameritrust Corporation. H e is a director of Forest City Enterprises, Inc., and Developers Diversified Realty Corporation and chairs the board of Baldwin-Wallace College. H e is also treasurer of The Musical Arts Association, which operates The Cleveland Orchestra, and a trustee of the Cleveland Clinic Foundadon, the Holden Arboretum, and the Center for H um an Services. He chaired the 1986 United Way campaign which raised more than $47 million, and has served as chairperson of United Way Services, United Way Assembly, and T he Salvadon Army- H e serves on the National Advisory Board of The Salvation Army.
Lindsay Jordan M orgenthaler
LIN DSA Y J O R D A N M O R G E N T H A L E R
Janies V. Patton
CHARLES
Charles A. Ratn
A.
RATNER
Appointed 1984 by the Trustees Committee; reappointed 1989
Appointed 1992 by the Committee o f Five D istribution Committee Members
Lindsay M orgenthaler is a well-known civic leader who has organized several of Cleveland’s most successful benefits. She is currendy a trustee of Playhouse Square Foundation, Cleveland Ballet, and Lakewood Hospital, and honorary trustee of Case W estern Reserve University, as well as chairman of the School of Medicine’s capital campaign. She is also a longtime trustee of Pittsburgh’s Carnegie-Mellon University, where she currently vice-chairs the capital campaign. She serves on the Cleveland Bicentennial Commission and is a past president of the W om en’s City Club and the Great Lakes Theater Festival. She is also a graduate of Leadership Cleveland.
Charles Ratner is executive vice president of Forest City Enterprises. H e is a trustee of the Mandel Associated Foundations, Forest City Charitable Foundadon, N ational Foundation for Jewish Culture and the Jewish Education Service of N orth America. H e has also served as a trustee of United Way Services, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, and Haw ken School. Current he is active with the Jewish Comm unity Federation, of which he is former vice presiden and general chairman of the Jewish Welfare Fund Appeal. In addition, he serves as co-chaii of the Commission on Jewish Continuity.