Leadership, Boards, and Staff

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Cleveland Neighborhood Progress

Board of Directors

Board Leadership

Teresa Metcalf Beasley, Chair
McDonald Hopkins
Fred Bidwell, Vice Chair, Fund Development Committee Chair
FRONT International Cleveland
Ayonna Blue Donald, Vice Chair, CDC Advancement & Resilience Committee Chair
Enterprise Community Partners
Dr. Floun’say Caver, Treasurer, Finance & Audit Committee Chair
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells, Secretary
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

Board Members

David Eddy, VCC Board Chair
PNC Bank
Heidi Gartland
University Hospitals
Alyssa Hernandez
City of Cleveland
Jill Gordon
Cleveland State University
Andrew Jackson
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
Joe Jones
Cleveland City Council, Ward 1
Clark Khayat
KeyCorp
Sean McDermott, NVC Board Chair
Cleveland Metroparks
Emily Garr Pacetti
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Jeffrey K. Patterson
Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority
Lydia Pope
E & D Realty
Radhika Reddy
Ariel Ventures, LLC
Sean Richardson
Huntington Bank
Sergio Robles
Baldwin Wallace University
Marcela Rodriguez-Gonzalez
Cleveland Playhouse
Charles Slife
Cleveland City Council, Ward 17
Michael White
Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Foundation
Matt Zone, Governance Committee Chair
Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Staff

Leadership Team

Tania Menesse
President and Chief Executive Officer
tmenesse@clevelandnp.org
Dione Alexander
President, Village Capital Corporation
dalexander@clevelandnp.org
Briana Perry
Senior Vice President of Neighborhood Revitalization
bperry@clevelandnp.org
Jason Powers
Senior Vice President of CDC Advancement 
jpowers@clevelandnp.org
Mel Sanders
Chief Finance Officer
msanders@clevelandnp.org
Edward Stockhausen
Senior Vice President of Advocacy and External Relations
estockhausen@clevelandnp.org

Advocacy & External Relations

Edward Stockhausen
Senior Vice President of Advocacy and External Relations
estockhausen@clevelandnp.org
Josh Jones Forbes
Director of Marketing and Communications
jjonesforbes@clevelandnp.org
Kate Oney
Development Manager
koney@clevelandnp.org

CDC Advancement & Resilience

Jason Powers
Senior Vice President of CDC Advancement 
jpowers@clevelandnp.org
Melinda Gigante
Senior Director of CDC Advancement
mgigante@clevelandnp.org
Jody Bonhard
CDC Relationship Manager
jbonhard@clevelandnp.org
Rachel Williams
CDC Relationship Manager
rwilliams@clevelandnp.org
Lindsay Wheeler
Manager of Organizing and Community Engagement
lwheeler@clevelandnp.org

Neighborhood Revitalization

Briana Perry
Senior Vice President of Neighborhood Revitalization
bperry@clevelandnp.org
Ron Byrd
Director of Construction
rbyrd@clevelandnp.org
Melissa Cyphert
Lead Safe Construction Manager
mcyphert@clevelandnp.org
R. Abdul Dollar
Lead Safe Grant Director
rdollar@clevelandnp.org
Sheri Dozier
Vice President of Strategic Programs
sdozier@clevelandnp.org
Michael Elliott
Vice President of Neighborhood Economic Development
melliott@clevelandnp.org
Quinton Green
Real Estate Transactions Coordinator
qgreen@clevelandnp.org
KC Petraitis
Vice President of Real Estate
kpetraitis@clevelandnp.org
Tyia Powell
Lead Safe Operations Manager
tpowell@clevelandnp.org 
Cory Riordan
Neighborhood Investment Strategist
criordan@clevelandnp.org

Finance & Accounting

Mel Sanders
Chief Financial Officer
msanders@clevelandnp.org
Aida Colón
Senior Accountant and VCC Financial Administrator
acolon@clevelandnp.org
Diana Dawson
Accounts Payable Manager
ddawson@clevelandnp.org
Jenny Swanson
Senior Corporate Accountant and VCC Finance Manager
jswanson@clevelandnp.org


New Village Corporation

Board of Directors and Staff

Board of Directors

Officers

Sean McDermott – Cleveland Metroparks – Chairperson
Tania Mennesse – Cleveland Neighborhood Progress – Vice Chair
August Fluker – Fluker Consulting LLC – Treasurer
Dorivette Nolan – Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Association – Secretary

Members

Lisa Kious McGovern – Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets
Jason Phillips – PNC Bank
Jason Russell – Bedrock

Staff

Briana Perry
Senior Vice President of Neighborhood Revitalization
bperry@clevelandnp.org
KC Petraitis
Vice President of Real Estate
kpetraitis@clevelandnp.org
Doniella Ligon
Office Manager and Executive Assistant to the President and CEO
dligon@clevelandnp.org


Village Capital Corporation

Board of Directors and Staff

Board of Directors

Officers

David Eddy PNC Bank – Chair
Tania Menesse Cleveland Neighborhood Progress  Vice Chair
Emmanuel T. GloveBell Bank – Treasurer
Linda Warren  Secretary

Members

Sean Apicella – S & T Bank l Commercial Banking-Real Estate Finance
Victor Barbalota – The Cleveland Foundation
Joe Black – The Cleveland Foundation
Terry Coyne – Newmark
Keisha Gonzalez – The Cleveland Foundation
Yvette Ittu – Greater Cleveland Partnership
Peter Snavely Jr. – Snavely Group
Kayleigh M. Musil
 – Global Development Network Board Grow Director
Kyle J Kolesar – Key1 Community Development Lending
John Hairston III – Fifth Third Bank
Kandis Williams – LISC Cleveland | Local Initiative Support Corp.
Morton D. Stanfield, Jr. – Dollar Bank | Federal Savings Bank

Staff

Dione Alexander
President, Village Capital Corporation
dalexander@clevelandnp.org
Tory Coats
Loan Officer – Small Business Lending
tcoats@clevelandnp.org
Doniella Ligon
Portfolio Manager
dligon@clevelandnp.org
Jeremiah Triplett
Manager of Business Assistance
jtriplett@clevelandnp.org
Adam Trumbo
Senior Loan Officer
atrumbo@clevelandnp.org