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Business Advisory Councils
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland currently has nine Business Advisory Councils (BACs) and the Appalachia Oil and Gas Roundtable that provide timely information on business conditions to help our researchers identify emerging trends and to inform policymakers about the impact of monetary policy on the regional economy.
The BACs represent the following regions that cover the Fourth Federal Reserve District: northeastern Ohio, northwestern Ohio, the Shenango-Mahoning valley, northwestern Pennsylvania, southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia, central Ohio, the Dayton area, southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky, and eastern Kentucky. Additionally, the Bank’s Appalachia Oil and Gas Roundtable, which meets twice yearly, comprises energy company executives whose businesses operate in southeastern Ohio, eastern Kentucky, northern West Virginia, and southwestern Pennsylvania. Councilmembers are recruited annually and represent a cross-section of regional businesses, labor organizations, and economic-development organizations to ensure that data collected on the regional economy reflect the views of an array of stakeholders.
Members are identified through Bank- and community-sponsored events, referrals from current councilmembers and directors, civically engaged Bank employees, and regional outreach. Councilmembers are selected to serve a three-year term and may serve up to two terms.
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Download a complete PDF of the Appalachia Oil and Gas Roundtable
Responsibilities and Qualifications of Business Advisory Council Members
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s Business Advisory Councils comprise thought leaders from diverse businesses, economic-development organizations, and labor groups throughout the Fourth Federal Reserve District. Members provide data on current economic conditions from the perspective of their organizations, industries, and regions. In most cases, councils meet regularly with senior bank officials at locations in their respective regions. Councilmembers are also asked to participate in the Bank’s Survey of Regional Conditions and Expectations (SORCE), which informs the Beige Book. Information provided by councilmembers helps Federal Reserve officials keep their fingers on the pulse of the Fourth District’s economic environment and understand public perceptions of the Federal Reserve System and its actions.
Each councilmember is a senior leader within their organization and conversant about their firm and the broader industry or environment in which the firm operates. All members are active and engaged in their communities, and they understand and are able to articulate how economic conditions affect their regions and communities. Members are selected without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, or national origin.
Appalachia Oil and Gas Roundtable
James Curry
Managing ShareholderBabst Calland Attorneys at Law
Nick Deluliis
President and Chief Executive OfficerCNX Resources
Dennis Denger
President and Chief Executive OfficerRange Resources Corporation
Tim Dugan
President and Chief Executive OfficerOlympus Energy, LLC
Greg Floerke
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating OfficerMPLX GP, LLC
Brad Gray
President and Chief Financial OfficerDiversified Energy Company
Kathryn Klaber
Managing PartnerThe Klaber Group
Kyle Mork
President and Chief Executive OfficerGreylock Energy
Toby Rice
President and Chief Executive OfficerEQT Corporation
Cory Taylor
Vice President Commercial DevelopmentWilliams
Ray Walker
Chief Operating OfficerEncino Energy
Richard D. Weber
Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerPennEnergy Resources, LLC
Central OH
Tom Balzer
President and Chief Executive OfficerOhio Trucking Association
Derrick Clay
President and Chief Executive OfficerColumbus Chamber of Commerce
Darci Congrove
Managing PartnerGBQ Partners, LLC
Brent Crawford
Principal and OwnerCrawford Hoying
Joe Hayek
Chief Executive OfficerWorthington Enterprises
Anthony Iannarino
President and Chief Sales OfficerSolutions Staffing
Mark Kirkendall
Vice PresidentM/I Homes, Inc.
Mike Knisley
ConsultantRemington Road Group
John McWhorter
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating OfficerOhioHealth
Andy Meeting
Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting OfficerBath and Body Works
Leslie Milligan
Vice President, Operations, Edible OilsCargill
Dayton Area
Doug Barry
PresidentBarry Staff
Doug Compton
Market President, SW OhioCFBank
Tom Cronin
Vice President of Maintenance and Employee RelationsDayton Freight Lines, Inc.
Kent Dimbath
Chief Financial OfficerDorothy Lane Market
Benjamin Goodstein
Vice President and Chief Ambulatory OfficerDayton Children's Hospital
Jessica Jones
President and Chief Executive OfficerUniversal 1 Credit Union
Dan Kelly
PresidentBenjamin Steel Company
Chris Kershner
President and Chief Executive OfficerDayton Area Chamber of Commerce
Kunal Patel
Broker/OwnerGlasshouse Realty Group
Craig Seitz
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerCrown Equipment Corporation
Jason Volker
Senior Vice President of FinanceHeidelberg Distributing Company
Katie Ward
Chief Executive Officer and OwnerP&R Communications
Greg Wellinghoff
OwnerThe Keilson Dayton Company
Al Wofford
PresidentCDO Technologies
Eastern KY
Robert Edwards
Vice President and Chief Strategy and Government Affairs OfficerUniversity of Kentucky HealthCare
Eric Frankl
President and Chief Executive OfficerBlue Grass Airport
Jon Heffelfinger
Trailer Account ManagerHendrickson International
John Mahan
OwnerSodworks
Ouita Michel
OwnerHolly Hill Restaurant Group
Robert Quick
President and Chief Executive OfficerCommerce Lexington, Inc.
Mary Quinn Ramer
PresidentVisitLEX
Annita Rucker
Director Business DevelopmentQvell
Tate Russell
PresidentKentucky Eagle, Inc.
Greg Stacy
Executive Vice PresidentCentral Bank
Hunter Stout
Chief Financial OfficerKeeneland
Mary-Alicha Weldon
City President and Senior Commercial BankerFifth Third Bank
Elizabeth Woodward
Lexington Market LeaderDean Dorton
Northeast OH
Christopher Bast
Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Ops SupportThe Davey Tree Expert Company
Charlie W. Braun
PresidentCustom Rubber Corp.
Andrew Coleman
Managing DirectorCBRE
Sunil (Sunny) Daga
PresidentWrap-Tite, Inc.
Jack Diamond
Chief Executive OfficerBrennan Manna Diamond
Megan Fellinger
President and Chief Executive OfficerMorrison Products, Inc.
Jake Heinen
Operations/OwnershipHeinen’s Inc.
Carey Jaros
President and Chief Executive OfficerGOJO Industries Inc.
Terry Joyce
Business Manager, Building Laborers Union, Local 310Cleveland Building Construction Trades Council
Michael Keresman III
FounderCardinal Commerce Corporation
Douglas Lancashire
President and Chief Executive OfficerOsborn Engineering
Kirk Lintern
PresidentThe Lintern Corporation
Andrew Logan
President and Chief Executive OfficerLogan Clutch Corporation
Kevin Malinowski
Executive Managing DirectorColliers
Scott Mueller
Chief Executive OfficerDealer Tire
Baiju Shah
President & Chief Executive OfficerGreater Cleveland Partnership
André Thornton Jr.
Vice President, Corporate ServicesASW Global
Northwest OH
Michael Bauer
Chief Executive OfficerLibbey Glass, LLC
Eric Benington
Chief Financial OfficerRudolph Libbe Group
Paul Favorite
Chief Operating OfficerShumaker
Wendy Gramza
President and Chief Executive OfficerToledo Regional Chamber of Commerce
Jimmy Harmon
Chief Executive OfficerBennett Management Corp.
Michael Hoelter
Vice President, Corporate Controller and Investor RelationsThe Andersons
Michael Koralewski
Chief Supply Chain OfficerFirst Solar
Andy Stocking
President and Chief Executive OfficerPrinciple Business Enterprises
Dawn Weinhardt
Vice President of OperationsShores & Islands Ohio
Thomas Winston
President and Chief Executive OfficerToledo-Lucas County Port Authority
John Yark
PresidentYark Automotive
Northwest PA
Harold H. Bender
Chief Executive OfficerHardinger
Kyle Bohrer
OwnerUnishippers
Bradley Dinger
Chief Financial Officer, Northern Tier UPMCUPMC
Ralph Ford
ChancellorPenn State Behrend
Kyle Hinsdale
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer JTM Foods, LLC
Katie Jones
Regional PresidentERIE BANK
Bruce Kern II
PresidentCurtze Food Service
Cory Knight
PresidentErie Bronze and Aluminum, Co.
Brandon Mendoza
President and Chief Executive OfficerErie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership
Chuck Peters
Managing PartnerAltair Holdings LLC
Michael Raftis
Senior Vice President and Corporate TreasurerErie Insurance
Tricia Restifo
Chief Financial OfficerTroyer, Inc.
Tom Tupitza
PresidentKnox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C.
Frank Victor
Co-Chairman, PresidentFralo Industries
Peter Zaphiris
OwnerGreat Lakes Insurance Services
Shenango-Mahoning Valley
Guy Coviello
President and Chief Executive OfficerYoungstown Warren Regional Chamber
Rich Davis
Chief Financial OfficerEllwood Group
Corey Deible
Chief Financial OfficerPJ Dick- Trumbull-Lindy Paving
John Demmler
President and Chief Executive Officer717 Credit Union
Gordon Edwards
Chief Financial Officer, TreasurerAkron Children’s Hospital
David George
President and Chief Executive OfficerJoy Baking Group
Lew Kachulis
Chief Executive OfficerSynergy Com
Joe Koch Jr.
Vice PresidentJoe Koch Construction, Inc.
Frank Krieder
President, Northwest RegionFirst National Bank
Mark McClymonds
PresidentMcClymonds Supply & Transit Company
John Miles
Chief Executive OfficerSteelite International
Kathy Richardson
PresidentWestminster College
Dani Robbins
Chief Executive OfficerLake to River Economic Development
Allen Ryan
Director of Corporate AffairsCovelli Enterprises
Michael Walton
Chief Executive OfficerJamestown Coating Technologies
Rod Wilt
Executive DirectorPenn-Northwest Development Corporation
Southwest OH and Northern KY
Michelle Billings
2025 President of Ohio REALTORSColdwell Banker Realty
Karin Burns
Head of Marketing, Commercial Engines & ServicesGE Aerospace
Brendon Cull
President and Chief Executive OfficerCincinnati Regional Chamber
Greg Fischer
ChairFischer Homes
Kelly Flerlage
Chief Executive OfficerTDG Facilities LLC
Tadd Fowler
Senior Vice President-Treasurer and Global TaxesThe Procter & Gamble Company
Rich Graeter
President and Chief Executive OfficerGraeter's
Dil Gruffydd
Chief Financial OfficerCincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport
Dave Herche
ChairmanHBH Holdings, Inc.
Brian Hertzman
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerAmerican Financial Group, Inc.
Kevin Hughes
Regional Managing PrincipalCushman & Wakefield
Kimm Lauterbach
President and Chief Executive OfficerREDI Cincinnati
Lisa Sampson
Senior Vice PresidentPNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Barb Smith
PresidentJourney Steel, Inc.
Southwest PA and Northern WV
Jeff Broadhurst
Chair and Chief Executive OfficerEat'n Park Hospitality Group
Benjamin Bush
Vice President, Public AffairsAllegheny Conference on Community Development
Scott Everson
Chairman, President, and CEO of Unified BankUnited Bancorp, Inc
Steve Fink
Marketing DirectorParagon Homes, Inc.
F. Duffy Hanna
PresidentHoward Hanna Financial Services
Jennifer Kiger
Co-PresidentRiesbeck Food Markets, Inc.
Robert Y. Kopf
Vice President – Sales and MarketingUnited States Steel Corporation
Aaron Mimran
Regional Vice PresidentComcast Business
Patrick Sentner
Executive Vice PresidentColliers International
Joe Sheetz
Chairman of the BoardSheetz, Inc.
Elizabeth MacLeod Walls
PresidentWashington & Jefferson College
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