Meet the Board Members
Board Officers
Michael Obi, Chair
CEO
Spectrum Global Solutions
Michael Obi is the President of UBIZ Venture Capital, a minority led access to capital firm for small business ventures in the Greater Cleveland market and CEO of Spectrum Global Holdings, an economic development strategy firm. He also serves as EVP, Economic Development at the Urban League of Greater Cleveland. Michael’s mission includes helping economic development organizations develop robust and inclusive entrepreneur initiatives to accelerate the growth of businesses and job creation in communities. In following with his passion that minorities should be more involved in entrepreneurship and job creation, Michael led the effort to establish the Entrepreneurship Center at the Urban League of Greater Cleveland in 2004. Michael earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting and M.B.A. in Finance from the University of North Florida’s Coggin School of Business in Jacksonville, Florida. He has held executive leadership positions with various banks and has spent a total of 17 years in the banking and financial services industry with in-depth expertise in accounting and finance, corporate banking, small business and retail banking, an unusual and unique combination for most bankers. Michael is active in the community where he serves on many economic development and human services boards.
Christopher Rininger, Vice Chair/Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer
Cleveland Construction
Jacqueline L. Dalton, 2nd Vice Chair
Assistant Vice President – Compliance
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
David Pamer, Secretary
Members
Ron Barber, Emeritus
President
RG Barber Consultants, CPA's
Michael Coyne
VP Commercial Lending
First National Bank
Bryan H. Falk
Partner
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Christopher G. Furey, MD
Associate Professor & Orthopaedic Director, Chief Surgeon
The Spine Institute of University Hospitals
Frank Gagliardi
Client Advisor
Bernstein Private Wealth Management
Tinisyha Holmes
Registered Nurse
Cleveland Clinic
Shaun Hughes
Senior Recruiter
Progressive Insurance
Nathan Hui
Senior Vice President, Medicare Advantage
Medical Mutual
Julie Jackson
Senior Director of Marketing
STERIS Endoscopy
Tom Jenkins
Director, Global Services
Hyland Software, Inc.
Angela Jiang
Director, Cyber, Risk and Reg
PwC
Wakita Johnson
Chief Operating Officer, Ohio Medicaid (Regional Vice President)
Humana Healthy Horizons in Ohio
Charles H. Joseph, III.
Parent of UCP Client/Retired
Joe Kwasny
Managing Director / SVP
Huntington Bank
John Manning
Director
Soar High Together
James Marra
Director of Business Development
Blue Point Capital Partners
Michael S. McMahon, Emeritus
Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions
KeyBanc Capital Markets
Tim Meaney
Managing Director
Opportunity Capital LLC
Mike O’Brien
Retired
John K. Pudelski
Global Technology Manager – Industrial Products
The Lubrizol Corporation
Pat Rios
Executive Director, Buildings + Design
Cleveland Clinic
Chelsea Smith
Legal Counsel – Litigation/Global Operations & Technology
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Ryan Sowers
Commercial Client Executive
Hylant
Becky Truelson
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
