Annual Meeting

Our 89th Annual Meeting was held Thursday, April 26 at Sheraton Suites in Cuyahoga Falls.

Thanks to our Immediate Past Board Chair Dave Brockman for all his service to our organization during his two year term, and welcome to our new board chair Thom Mandel. Coverage of the annual meeting - including video - can be found at Akron News Now.com http://www.akronnewsnow.com/news/itemdetail.asp?ID=4727§ion=community&subsection=generalcommunity

Special thanks to the six members of our Board of Trustees who are retiring after two consecutive terms:

Kenneth Beach of University Park Development Corporation

Alan Bleyer of Akron General Medical Center

James Crutchfield retired from the Akron Beacon Journal

Marc Merklin of Brouse McDowell, LLP

Sylvester Small, Akron Public Schools

Shari Whitfield of Robert Baird & Company.

The newly elected members and officers are as follows:

Nominated to a Full Term ending at the Annual Meeting in 2010:

Sandy Auburn of Auburn & Associates
Michael Caporale
Theresa Carter of OMNOVA Solutions Foundation
Don Carthorn of American Shipping & Packing Co.
Bill Crooks of United Steel Workers of America, Local #7
William Feth of AESCO Electronics
Stuart Glauberman of Malco Products
Donald Graham of Fifth Third Bank
Tom Harnden of Barberton Community Foundation

Diana Hogg of FirstMerit Corporation
David James Akron Public Schools
William Lowery of Annaco Inc.
Thomas Lubotsky of Akron General Partners

Bill Roderick of Barberton Citizens Hospital
Bruce Rowland of The Hagen Rowland Group
James Sneed of A. Schulman
Rev. Curtis T. Walker, Sr. of Wesley Temple AMEZ Church

Judge Annalisa Williams of Akron Municipal Court

Officers and Members of the Executive CommitteeAt Large Executive Committee Members

Eileen Burg
Michael Caporale
Richard Marsh of FirstEnergy
Charles H. Victor of Public Utilities Bureau, City of Akron
Pam Williams

Strategic Planning Chair

William Feth of AESCO Electronics

Development Fund Chair

Brian Thomas of AAA Akron Auto Club

Nominating Committee Chair

Tim Fitzwater

Public Policy Committee Chair

Frank Comunale of S.A. Comunale Co.

Community Investment Division Chair

Phil Cajka of Audio Technica, U.S.

Administration Committee Chair

Leonard Foster of County of Summit

2006 Campaign Chair

Thomas Strauss of Summa Health Systems

Secretary

Bill Roderick of Barberton City Hospital

Treasurer

Tim McEldowney of Cohen & Company

Past Board Chair

David A. Brockman of Brockman, Coats, Gedelian, & Company

Board Chair

Thom Mandel of Rubber City Radio Group

Several awards were presented at the meeting including the Distinguished Service Award, presented to Roger Read, the Lorry Vishnia Staff Excellence Award that was given to Kiren Bansal, and the Community Builder Award, which was given to Brian Thomas, President & CEO of AAA, Akron Auto Club.

For more information about United Way of Summit County and our Annual Meeting, visit our website at www.uwsummit.org.

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Our mission is to improve lives in our community by mobilizing community assets -- money, volunteers, and facilities. This means we work in partnership with our donors and with community agencies to help individuals and families achieve sustainable economic self sufficiency and the highest possible quality of life. Every person and family that we can help grow stronger makes Summit County a better place for all to live, work and raise a family!

Our organization has been in existence since 1918, and in those 89 years, we have raised and contributed more than $400 Million to those in need in our community. We are one of the more than 1,300 United Ways across the country and around the world, each with its own local governing board and bylaws.

Our coverage area is Summit County, Ohio, an urban county in the northeast part of the state with a population of more than 542,000 people. The county seat and largest city is Akron, home of the All-American Soap Box Derby, The National Inventors Hall of Fame, and much of the world's research on the science of Polymers.

For more information about United Way of Summit County, visit our website at http://www.uwsummit.org/.

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