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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 quarterly 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
Mary Auch
Regional President, Central OhioPNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Tom Balzer
President and Chief Executive OfficerOhio Trucking Association
Darci Congrove
Managing DirectorGBQ Partners LLC
Derrick Clay
President and Chief Executive OfficerColumbus Chamber of Commerce
Joe Hayek
Chief Financial and Operations OfficerWorthington Enterprises, Inc.
Gale Hill
Franchise OwnerMcDonalds
Anthony Iannarino
President and Chief Sales OfficerSolutions Staffing
Mark Kirkendall
Vice PresidentM/I Homes, Inc.
Mike Knisley
Executive Secretary-TreasurerOhio State Building and Construction Trades Council
Kenny McDonald
PresidentOne Columbus
John McWhorter
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating OfficerOhio Health
Andy Meeting
Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting OfficerBath and Body Works
Billy Vickers
President and Chief Executive OfficerModular Assembly Innovations
Dayton Area
Doug Barry
PresidentBarry Staff
Doug Compton
Market President, SW OhioCF Bank
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
Greg Stout
Chief Executive and Chief Financial OfficerVoss Auto Network
Jason Volker
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 & Growth OfficerUniversity of Kentucky HealthCare
Jacob Enlow
Director of FinanceCastle and Key Distillery
Eric Frankl
Executive DirectorBlue Grass Airport
John Mahan
OwnerSodworks
Ouita Michel
OwnerHolly Hill Restaurant Group
Robert Quick
President and Chief Executive OfficerCommerce Lexington, Inc.
Mary Quinn Ramer
PresidentVisitLex
Annita Rucker
Business Development DirectorQvell
Tate Russell
PresidentKentucky Eagle, Inc.
Greg Stacy
Executive Vice PresidentCentral Bank
Richard Vincent
Executive Vice PresidentAssociated General Contractors of Kentucky
Allen Waugerman
President and Chief Executive OfficerLexmark
Mary-Alicha Weldon
City President and Commercial Banking Sales ManagerFifth Third
Northeast OH
Sunil (Sunny) Daga
PresidentWrap-Tite, Inc.
Jack Diamond
Chief Executive OfficerBrennan Manna Diamond
Terry Joyce
Business Manager, Building Laborers Union, Local 310Cleveland Building Construction Trades Council
Michael Keresman III
Founder, Chair, President, and Chief Executive OfficerCardinal Commerce Corporation
Andrew Logan
President and Chief Executive OfficerLogan Clutch Corporation
Kimberly Riley
ChairTeam NEO
Beth Weiner
Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerMarc Glassman, Inc. dba Marc’s
Northwest OH
Michael Bauer
Chief Executive OfficerLibbey Inc
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
Carl Anderson
Chief Financial OfficerReed Manufacturing Company
Pete Austin
Vice PresidentE. E. Austin & Son, Inc.
Harold H. Bender
Chief Executive OfficerHardinger
Kyle Bohrer
OwnerUnishippers
Jon DeArment
President and Chief Operations OfficerChannellock, Inc.
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
CEO and PresidentErie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership
Julie Pelkowski
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerErie Insurance
Chris N. Scott
Vice PresidentScott Enterprises
Tom Tupitza
PresidentKnox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C.
Peter Zaphiris
OwnerGreat Lakes Insurance Services
Shenango-Mahoning Valley
Ben Bush
Executive DirectorForward Lawrence Chamber & Economic Alliance
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
Tim Feeney
General ManagerZekelman Industries
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
Zachary Lenhart
Vice President of OperationsUPMC Horizon/Jameson
Mark McClymonds
PresidentMcClymonds Supply & Transit Company
Kathy Richardson
PresidentWestminster College
Allen Ryan
Director of Corporate AffairsCovelli Enterprises
Alexa Sweeney-Blackann
Interim President and Chief Executive OfficerLake to River Ohio
Rod Wilt
Executive DirectorPenn-Northwest Development Corporation
Southwest OH and Northern KY
Michelle Billings
Realtor and President of Cincinnati Areas Board of RealtorsColdwell Banker Realty
Karin Burns
Head of MarketingGE Aerospace
Brendon Cull
President and Chief Executive OfficerCincinnati USA Regional Chamber
Greg Fischer
ChairFischer Homes
Kelly Flerlage
Chief Executive OfficerTDG Facilities LLC
Tadd Fowler
Senior Vice President Procter Gamble Company The
Dil Gruffydd
Chief Financial OfficerCincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport
Dave Herche
ChairHBH Holdings, Inc.
Kevin Hughes
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.
Drew Spata
Vice President for Economics and ForecastingMacy's
Southwest PA and Northern WV
Jeff Broadhurst
President and CEOEat'n Park Hospitality Group
Scott Everson
Chairman, President, and CEO of Unified BankUnited Bancorp, Inc
Steve Fink
Marketing DirectorParagon Homes, Inc.
Andrea Karkhanis
Director Marketing ResearchVisit Pittsburgh
Jennifer Kiger
Co-PresidentRiesbeck Food Markets, Inc.
Robert Y. Kopf
Vice President – Sales and MarketingUnited States Steel Corporation
Jeremy Kronman
Vice ChairCBRE Pittsburgh
Aaron Mimran
Regional Vice PresidentComcast Business
Rama Subba Rao Mithipati
Executive Vice PresidentAquatech International
Patrick Sentner
Executive Vice PresidentColliers International
Joe Sheetz
Chairman of the BoardSheetz, Inc.
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Candidate Recommendations
Engagement is a key part of what we do at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. To recommend a candidate to serve on one of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's boards of directors, advisory councils, or other forms of engagement with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, complete and submit this form. Self-recommendations are also welcome.
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