Officers
PRESIDENT
James Brazytis ‘94 BA
Senior Marketing Communications Manager
Avery Dennison Corporation
PRESIDENT ELECT
Rick Wilson-Negron ‘04 MLRHR
Chief People Officer
Destination Cleveland
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Lauren Rudman ‘08 MLRHR
Senior Director of HR and Training
GNCO, Inc.
SECRETARY
Jeri Chaikin ‘77 MPA, ‘73 BA
Chief Administrative Officer
City of Shaker Heights
TREASURER
CO-CHAIR, FINANCE COMMITTEE
John Kane ‘12 MBA
Director, Family Wealth Advisor
Ancora Holdings Group
Associate Vice President, Alumni Relations & Corporate Engagement
Executive Director, CSU Alumni Association
Anne-Marie E. Connors
DIRECTORS AND CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES
Bilal Akram, ‘14 BA, ‘16 MA
CEO, Code Media Group LLC
and Retired Firefighter, City of Cleveland
George Allen ‘92 M.Ed
Area Executive Director-MI; Territories Midwest
St. Jude's Childeren's Hospital
CO-CHAIR, EVENTS COMMITTEE
Nolan Andersky ‘12 BBA
DE&I Marketing Leader, North America
Avery Dennison
Zakaria Benmerzouga, ‘14 BChE, ‘15, MS CHE, '22 MBA
Business Director, Food and Supplement Ingredients
AIDP, Inc
CO-CHAIR, FINANCE COMMITTEE
Dave Blate ‘18 BBA
Vice President of Finance and Administration
Downtown Cleveland, Inc.
Sharrona Burns ‘97 BBA
Vice President of Convention Sales and Services Operations
Destination Cleveland
Sara Continenza, ‘14 MPA, ‘14 Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Management
Founder/Executive Director, Food Strong
and Ward 3 Councilwoman, City of South Eucild
Alysha Ellis, ‘16 BA, ‘19 MBA
Co-Founder
FutureLAND
CO-CHAIR, GOVERNANCE AND NOMINATING
Charlotte Gouveia Neto ‘13 BBA
Manager Finance Transformation
PwC
Alexandra Granakis, ‘16 BSHS
Chief Operations Officer
Solidarity Health Network
Kiersten Green ‘15 BA
Manager, Group Sales
Cleveland Cavaliers
Manju Gupta ‘03 JD, ‘03 MBA
Counsel
Tucker Ellis LLP
Larry Heller ‘18 M.Ed, ‘16 BA, ‘15 BA & BSW
Outreach Coordinator
Northern Ohio Recovery Association
Dave Huiett ‘66 BS
Fenn College of Engineering
Chapter Representative, Greek Alumni
CO-CHAIR, GOVERNANCE & NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Tia Kline ’89 BBA
Learning and Development Coordinator
Medical Mutual of Ohio
CO-CHAIR, EVENTS COMMITTEE
Antoinette Kramer ‘11 MSN, ‘09 BS
Assistant Teaching Professor
Bowling Green State University
CHAIR, PHILANTHROPY AND CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Joseph Nicklos ‘91 M.Ed, ‘81 BA
Educational Consultant
Joe Nicklos Consulting
Sarah Olenik, ‘15 Chemical Dependency Counseling Certificate, ‘16 MSW
Executive Director/Owner
A New Day Lodi
Neil Patel, ‘01 MBA
Product Strategy, Pricing and Analytics Manager, First Vice President,
Flagstar Bank
Veranda Rodgers, ‘10 BBA
Executive Director
Pregnant with Possibilities Resource Center
Joseph Wickens, ‘14 MA
Collections and Exhibits Manager
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Ron Willner ‘12 M.Ed, ‘98 M.Ed, ‘90 BA
Vice President, Venue Operations
The Cleveland Orchestra
Executive Director, The Summer Institute &
Adjunct Professor, Sport & Entertainment Management
Cleveland State University
Ali Wilson, ‘06 BS
Recruiter
Nexus Engineering Group, LLC