Our People & Leadership
We’re here to help you help others, whether that be creating a lasting charitable legacy, pursuing funding for a special effort, applying for a scholarship or more. Together with The Dayton Foundation’s Governing Board, we’re eager to help you maximize your impact for the causes you care about most.
Here to help.
- Staff
- Executive Office
- Community Engagement
- Development and Donor Services
- Finance
- Marketing and Public Relations
- Operations/Human Resources
- Dayton-Montgomery County Scholarship Program, Montgomery County Ohio College Promise
- Del Mar Encore Fellows Initiative
- The Disability Foundation
- Physicians’ Charitable Foundation of the Miami Valley
- Governing Board
- Past Governing Board Members
- Committees
Executive Office
Community Engagement
Leads the team responsible for Community Engagement strategies, including grantmaking, impact initiatives and nonprofit services.
Barbra Stonerock
Vice President, Community Engagement
Responsible for a portfolio of grants and community initiatives, with a focus on equity and nonprofit services.
Tania Arseculeratne
Senior Community Engagement Officer
Responsible for supporting Community Engagement’s grantmaking and initiatives.
Hillary Borges
Community Engagement Assistant
Manages a portfolio of grants and community initiatives.
Karen Gruenberg
Community Engagement Program Officer
Responsible for leading the Dayton Workforce Coalition, including working with statewide coalitions of government, industry and academia partners to facilitate STEM opportunities.
Joe Sciabica
Executive Director, Dayton Workforce Coalition
Development and Donor Services
Responsible for the Foundation’s development strategies and cultivating relationships with donors and professional advisors.
Michelle L. Lovely, CFRE
Senior Vice President, Development and Donor Services
Leads the donor services and gift entry teams in assisting fund advisors with grantmaking and donors with gift contributions.
Jill Koorndyk
Vice President, Donor Services
Responsible for the Foundation’s advisory fund committees, including community and educational foundations and Committee-Advised Funds.
Lucy Baker
Donor Relations Officer
Responsible for overseeing the scholarship award process and assisting donors with their scholarship funds.
Michelle L. Brown
Director, Scholarship Services
Responsible for documenting donor intentions and establishing new charitable funds.
Kolita Hollins
Development Coordinator
Responsible for assisting nonprofit, corporate and unincorporated Charitable Checking AccountsSM and handling all designated and fundraising events.
Casey Hubbell
Donor Services and Fundraising Coordinator
Responsible for leading the development team and engaging donors and their advisors in fulfilling their or their clients’ philanthropic goals.
Nakia Lipscomb
Senior Director, Development
Responsible for individual and joint Charitable Checking Accounts.SM
Alma Matthews
Charitable Checking AccountSM Service Associate
Responsible for gift acknowledgments, gift data entry and assisting donors with Donor Express.
Alexis Norman
Donor Services Associate
Responsible for working with advisors, nonprofits and individuals to help them achieve their philanthropic goals in the most tax-wise manner.
Marianne Requarth
Director, Development
Responsible for helping students and donors navigate the Foundation’s scholarship award process.
Jessica Schreiber
Program Coordinator, Scholarship Services
Responsible for Family Foundation PlusSM funds and is the donor services team lead.
Amber Smith
Donor Services Team Lead
Responsible for processing check and credit card gifts, opening new Charitable Checking AccountsSM and processing grants for IRA-Designated Funds.
Kate Spencer
Donor Services Associate
Responsible for processing check and credit card gifts, opening new Charitable Checking AccountsSM and processing grants for IRA-Designated Funds.
Ann Marie Vanderburgh
Donor Services Associate
Finance
Responsible for directing the Foundation’s financial and accounting functions.
Steve Darnell
Vice President, Finance
Responsible for reconciling accounts in the Foundation’s investments and overseeing grants distributions and accounts payable.
Scott Asher
Senior Director, Accounting
Responsible for processing contributions, including acting as a liaison with stock brokers for stock trades.
Tracie Boshears
Senior Staff Accountant
Responsible for accounts payable, bank reconciliations and administrative duties.
Cassie Wheatcroft
Accountant
Marketing and Public Relations
Responsible for the Foundation’s strategic marketing strategies and leading the team responsible for all other communications.
Christine Smith
Vice President, Marketing and Public Relations
Responsible for managing the Foundation’s website and social media platforms, media relations and sharing the Foundation’s stories through video.
Soteria Brown
Senior Public Relations Officer
Responsible for developing and overseeing the Foundation’s publications, e-communications, advertising campaigns and other marketing materials.
Gina Sandoval
Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications
Responsible for supporting the needs of the Marketing and Public Relations team.
Brandon Sutherland
Marketing Associate
Operations/Human Resources
Responsible for initiating, coordinating and implementing all human resource and administrative systems, policies and procedures.
Amy Wagner
Senior Vice President, Operations
Responsible for strategic direction of technology, risk management and leading cross-departmental process improvement.
Krista Caley
Senior Director, Information Systems
Responsible for supporting the Operations/Human Resources and Finance departments
Kari Diemunsch
Administrative Assistant
Responsible for managing incoming calls, providing a welcoming and safe reception area and supporting the administrative needs of visitors and staff.
Regina Dixon
Receptionist and Administrative Assistant
Responsible for addressing day-to-day technology and operational needs.
Brandon Sorrell
IT Specialist
Responsible for recruitment, retention, benefits, compensation and employee relations.
Jeffrey Sypeck
Director, Human Resources
Dayton-Montgomery County Scholarship Program, Montgomery County Ohio College Promise
Responsible for overseeing the Dayton-Montgomery County Scholarship and Montgomery County Ohio College Promise organizations.
Patrick Gill, PhD
Executive Director
Responsible for coordinating day-to-day activities for the Dayton-Montgomery County Scholarship Program and Montgomery County Ohio College Promise Program.
Jenni Guanciale
Program Coordinator
Responsible for working with students and mentors in the Montgomery County Ohio College Promise program.
Kyra M. Robinson
Student Support Specialist
Del Mar Encore Fellows Initiative
Responsible for leading and fulfilling the mission of the Del Mar Encore Fellows Initiative.
Leigh Sempeles, JD
Senior Fellow, Del Mar Encore Fellows Initiative
Responsible for improving the quality of educational experiences for Black boys at Preschool Promise early childhood sites.
Debra Brathwaite, PhD
Miami Valley Urban League
Responsible for coordinating services for individuals with traumatic brain injuries.
Brett Hart
University of Dayton’s Brain Health Collective
Responsible for developing and implementing the Health Equity Activation Think Tank to improve health outcomes for underserved Daytonians.
Sharon Hawkins, MPA, MSN/Ed, RN
Fitz Center for Leadership in Community Fellow
Responsible for supporting people with disabilities, veterans, re-entry citizens, older adults and others to connect to companies in our region.
Wendy Hornung
Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education Fellow
Responsible for seeking new ways to serve vulnerable populations and focusing on Miami Valley’s innovative housing alternatives.
Leah Konicki
Miami Valley Housing Opportunities Fellow
Responsible for supporting Omega CDC’s Hope Zone Promise Neighborhood project by focusing on policy research and key partnerships.
Cathy Ponitz
Omega Community Development Corporation
The Disability Foundation
Responsible for leading and managing all aspects of The Disability Foundation under the direction of the Board of Trustees.
Greg Darling
Executive Director
Responsible for administrative support, including submitting all distribution requests for payment to the investment trustees.
Jenny Shinker
Administrative Assistant
Responsible for explaining procedures and requirements, as well as reviewing and approving distribution requests.
Amie Violette
Beneficiary Coordinator
Physicians’ Charitable Foundation of the Miami Valley
Responsible for leading and managing all aspects of the foundation under the direction of the Board of Trustees.
Gerri Sheehan, RN, BSN, MSA
Executive Director
Governing Board
Janice L. Culver, CPA, chair
retired chief fiduciary officer, KeyBank NA, Cleveland
Cassie B. Barlow, vice chair
president, Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education, and retired 88th Air Base Wing and Installation commander, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Rakesh Arora
CEO, CIC AMERICA Group of Companies
Thomas J. Becker
past CEO, Becker Electric Supply
George E. Forest
retired lieutenant colonel, United States Air Force, and director of logistics, Special Operations Forces Group
Art Harlan
director, Henny Penny Corporation
Lori Kershner
founder and president of LMK Advocacy
Valerie Lemmie
director of Exploratory Research, Charles F. Kettering Foundation
Alice O. McCollum
retired judge, Montgomery County Probate Court
David T. Miller
retired vice president of Finance and CFO, Dayton Children’s
L. Tony Ortiz
faculty emeritus, Wright State University
Alonzo Patterson III, MD
pediatrician, Kettering Health, Miami Valley Hospital, Primed Physicians and Dayton Children’s
Martha Shaker
president, Concept Rehab, Inc.
Josh Stucky
proprietor, Square One Salons & Spas
James M. Vaughn
vice president of Finance, Taylor Communications, Inc.
Past Governing Board Members
Charles F. Kettering 1921-25
D. Frank Garland 1921-28
William D. Chamberlin 1921-36
Francis J. McCormick 1921-38
Milton Stern 1921-43
John G. Lowe 1925-27
Donald A. Kohr 1927-58
Ezra M. Kuhns 1928-60
Harry B. Canby 1936-56
H. Beckman Ohmer 1939-41
Charles J. Brennan 1942-62
Jack R. Silverman 1945-46
Samuel L. Finn 1946-58
Edward L. Kohnle 1957-73
Milton H. Wagner 1958-71
David L. Rike 1961-78
William Kuntz 1962-73
Robert A. Stein 1972-73
John E. Moore, Sr. 1972-91
Louis S. Goldman 1973-82
Robert S. Oelman 1974-80
Charles W. Danis 1974-84
Frederick C. Smith 1979-89
Anne S. Greene 1980-90
Jesse Philips 1983-92
Richard F. Glennon, Sr. 1984-98
Lloyd E. Lewis, Jr. 1988-94
Burnell R. Roberts 1989-2000
Thomas J. Danis 1990-99
Charles Abramovitz 1990-01
John W. Berry, Sr. 1991-97
Charles S. Brown 1992-01
Douglas L. Hawthorne 1993-02
Robert S. Neff 1993-02
Caryl D. Philips 1993-02
Betsy B. Whitney 1993-02
Clayton L. Mathile 1994-96
Rajesh K. Soin 1994-01
Estus Smith 1994-02
Paula J. MacIlwaine 1994-04
David R. Holmes 1998-01
Thomas G. Breitenbach 1998-10
John N. Taylor, Jr. 1999-03
Judy D. McCormick 1999-08
Franz J. Hoge 2000-09
Fred C. Setzer, Jr. 2001-10
Laura B. Pannier 2002-06
Charles A. Jones 2002-11
Fred E. Weber 2002-11
Helen E. Jones-Kelley 2002-14
Leo E. Knight, Jr. 2003-07
Jamie King 2003-09
Douglas C. Scholz 2003-12
Richard W. Schwartz 2004-10
Gary L. LeRoy 2004-13
Jerome F. Tatar 2004-15
Ellen S. Ireland 2005-16
Vicki D. Pegg 2006-11
Colleen M. Ryan 2009-18
Craig J. Brown 2009-20
Charles G. Schroeder 2010-16
Anita J. Moore 2010-22
Ratna Palakodeti 2011-20
Maureen A. Lynch 2011-22
James R. Pancoast 2011-22
J. Norman Eckstein 2011-24
William L. Gillispie 2012-22
Lisa E. Hanauer 2012-22
Rick Omlor 2014-18
Marva Cosby 2015-24
Committees
Audit Committee
Art Harlan, chair ; Rakesh Arora, Craig J. Brown, Tom DeRoss, Karl Frydryk, David T. Miller, Samuel Oyebanjo, James M. Vaughn
Development Committee
Thomas J. Becker, chair ; Scott Behnken, Belinda Burns, Janice L. Culver, Allyson Danis, Mark S. Fornes, Jonathan Hale, Calvin Heard, Joshua Johnson, Stanley Katz, Brady Kress, Regis Lekan, Albert W. Leland, Robin McCall, Shaun P. Nicholson, Nancy Roberson, Vincent Russell, Frank Scott, Jeffrey Winwood
Executive Committee
Janice L. Culver, chair ; Cassie Barlow, Thomas J. Becker, George E. Forest, Art Harlan, David T. Miller, James M. Vaughn
Finance Committee
James M. Vaughn, chair ; Rakesh Arora, Craig J. Brown, Janice L. Culver, Art Harlan, William T. Lincoln, Alice McCollum, Edmund H. Moore, Arvin Nanda, Ratna K. Palakodeti, Chris Shafer, Joe Zehenny
Grants Committee
George E. Forest, chair ; Janice L. Culver, William L. Gillispie, Lisa E. Hanauer, Ellen Ireland, Valerie Lemmie, L. Tony Ortiz, Dr. Ratna Palakodeti, Geraldine Pegues, Kathy Rearick, Richard A. Schultze, Martha Shaker
Marketing & Public Relations Committee
Cassie B. Barlow, chair ; David E. Bowman, Janice L. Culver, John Farrell, Helen E. Jones-Kelley, Alexis Larsen, Gary L. LeRoy, Judy D. McCormick, Scott Murphy, Jamie Schade, Andrew Storar, Josh Stucky, Betsy B. Whitney, Laura Woeste