Catharine Monroe Lewis Chairperson, Appointed 1994 by the Trustees Committee Cathy Lewis is a past chair of the board of Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital and a trustee of Baldwin-Wallace College, University Hospitals Health System, University Mednet, Qualchoice Health Plan and the Center for International Child Health. She served on the Citizens’ Committee on AIDS/HIV which devised Cleveland's strategy for AIDS prevention, education and service delivery and is chair of its successor organization, the AIDS Funding Collaborative. She is a graduate of Leadership Cleveland and recipient of the YWCA's 1992 Career Women of Achievement Award and the 1998 Creative Philanthropy Award from the Women's Community Foundation.
John Sherwin Jr. Vice Chairperson, appointed 1996 by the Trustees Committee Jack Sherwin, President of MidContinent Ventures Inc., is director of the Shorebanc Cleveland Corporation. He serves on the board of Brush Wellman Inc. and is a trustee of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, The Holden Arboretum, John Carroll University, the Great Lakes Science Center and Westminster School. He has a long involvement with The Cleveland Foundation serving as president of The Sherwick Fund, the nation's first supporting organization, created by his father in 1969.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE Cathy Monroe Lewis, Chairperson
The Board of Trustees and Distribution Committee governs the Foundation, establishes policy, sets priori ties and makes final grant decisions. All members are volunteers serving a maximum of 10 years. The Board appointment process ensures a broad range of views and knowledge. The Trustees Committee, comprised of one representative from each of the Foundation's trustee banks, appoints five members.
Trustees Committee William E. MacDonald III, National City Corporation Henry L. Meyer III, KeyCorp Clinton A. Sampson, Bank One, NA Bruce M. Kephart, FirstMerit Bank, NA Daniel E. Klimas, Huntington National Bank Public officials appoint five members: one member each is appointed by the chief judge, United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division; the presiding judge, Probate Court of Cuyahoga County; the chief justice, Court of Appeals for the Eighth Judicial District of Ohio; the mayor of Cleveland; and the presi dent of the Federation for Community Planning. The five “public” appointees choose one member.
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John Sherwin Jr., Vice Chairperson
James E. Bennett I
Doris A. Evans, M.D.
James E. Bennett III
Doris A. Evans, M.D.
Appointed 1994 by the Trustees Committee
Appointed 1992 by the Trustees Committee
Following 30 years at McKinsey & Company, in 1998 Jim Bennett joined KeyCorp as senior executive vice pres ident and in 2001 became president of EmployOn, a technology-based recruiting services company. At McKinsey he served as managing director for Canada, managing direc tor of the Cleveland/Pittsburgh Office Complex and as a member of the worldwide Shareholders Committee; at Key he headed retail banking and operational services. He is a trustee of Cleveland Today and United Way Services and is chairman of the Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation and of the Cleveland Initiative for Education. He holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a juris doctor degree from Harvard University Law School.
Dr. Doris Evans, a pediatrician whose private practice emphasizes preven tive health, is a professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University. The former executive director of the Glenville Health Association, she is a past director of Ameritrust Corporation, Ameritrust Company National Association and Ameritrust Development Bank. She is a director of KeyBank and a trustee of Cuyahoga Community College Foundation. A member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Northern Ohio Pediatric Society and Cleveland Medical Association, she is also a lifetime member of the NAACP and an active member of Fairmount Presbyterian Church. Dr. Evans holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and a doctorate in medicine from Case Western Reserve University.