The Downtown Cleveland Team

  • Michael Deemer

    President + CEO

  • Dave Blate

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Audrey Gerlach

    Executive Vice President + Chief Operating Officer

  • Silvia Iorio

    Vice President of Economic Development

  • Nicole Carlton

    Vice President of Public Safety

  • Megan Carbone

    Senior Director of Investor Relations

  • Drew Crawford

    Senior Director of Planning

  • Curstyn Franklin

    Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer

  • Hannah Gall

    Senior Director for Parks + Public Spaces

  • Alex Kokolari

    North Coast Harbor Place Manager

  • Cameron LeClaire

    Senior Director for Accounting

  • Kelly Legan

    Director of Programs + Activations

  • TJ Lewis

    Creative Director

  • Julia Matter

    Director of Strategic Communications

  • Ian Meadows

    Social Media + Project Manager

  • Mark Pugacz

    Special Improvement District Senior Manager

  • Sam Rocco

    Senior Director for Policy + Research

  • Jess Wallace

    Executive Assistant to the CEO

  • Olivia Willis

    Senior Director for Clean + Safe

Board of Directors

Downtown Cleveland, Inc.

Doug Price III, Chair / CEO, K & D Group

Rob Falls, Vice Chair / Chairman & CEO, Falls & Co.

Antony Bonavita, Secretary / Executive Vice President, Chief Venue and Development Officer, Rock Entertainment Group | Cleveland Cavaliers

Jeff Patterson, Treasurer / President & CEO, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority

Karen Fanger, Immediate Past Chair / President & COO, K & D Group

Laura Bloomberg / President, Cleveland State University

Craig Hassall / President & CEO, Playhouse Square

Deb Janik / Senior Vice President of Business Development, Bedrock Cleveland

Nate Kelly / President, Playhouse Square Real Estate

Antonin Robert / President of Community Development, GBX Group

Jonathan Sandvick / President, Sandvick Architects

India Birdsong-Terry / CEO, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Eric Tolbert / Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial Services

Downtown Cleveland Alliance

Rob Falls, Chair / Chairman & CEO, Falls & Co.

Jonathan Sandvick, Vice Chair / President, Sandvick Architects

Jeff Patterson, Treasurer / President & CEO, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority

India Birdsong-Terry, Secretary / CEO, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority

Karen Fanger, Immediate Past Chair / President & COO, K & D Group

Michael Baston / President & CEO, Cuyahoga Community College

Debbie Berry / Chief of Integrated Development, Cuyahoga County

Warren Blazy, III / Senior Vice President, CBRE 

Laura Bloomberg / President, Cleveland State University

Mera Cardenas / Executive Director, Canalway Partners

Will Dalman / Senior Managing Director, The Huntington National Bank

Grace Gallucci / Executive Director & CEO, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency

Marcie Gilmore / Marketing Consultant, CRM Companies, Inc.

Kira Hennessey / Corporate Pitch Manager, Squire Patton Boggs

David Jenkins / COO, Haslam Sports Group

Jeremy Johnson / President & CEO, Assembly for the Arts

Ira Kaplan / Executive Chairman; Executive Committee Member, Benesch Law 

Brian Lane / President & CEO, WellLink

Christine Nelson / Vice President of Project Management & Site Strategies, TeamNEO

Matthew Nipper / Cleveland Market President, Fifth Third Bank

Dominic Ozanne / President & CEO, Ozanne Construction Company

Aaron Pechota / Executive Vice President of Development, NRP Group

Bob Rosing / President & CEO, Dwellworks

Felton Thomas, Jr. / Executive Director & CEO, Cleveland Public Library 

Downtown Cleveland Improvement Corporation

Doug Price III, Chair / CEO, K & D Group

Antonin Robert, Vice Chair / President of Community Development, GBX Group

Nate Kelly, Treasurer / President, Playhouse Square Real Estate

Antony Bonavita, Secretary / Executive Vice President, Chief Venue and Development Officer, Rock Entertainment Group | Cleveland Cavaliers

Thomas Coyne, Immediate Past Chair / Partner, National Real Estate Practice Group Leader, Thompson Hine LLP

TJ Asher / President of Acquisitions & Development, Weston Inc.

Mike Carney / Principal, The Landmark Companies

Roger Carran / Principal, Roger A Carran Real Estate

Caroline Dillabaugh / Director of Impact, Cleveland’s Fidelity Hotel

Damon Frangos / President, The Frangos Group

Robert George / CEO & Founder, Ethos Capital Partners

Mark Goldberg / SVP for Asset Management, Skyline Investments

Blaine Griffin / President, Cleveland City Council

Yvette Ittu / Executive Vice President, Greater Cleveland Partnership

Deb Janik / Senior Vice President of Business Development, Bedrock Cleveland

Dan Joy / Executive Vice President, The Davey Tree Expert Company

Joe Kassouf / Vice President, Prime Properties Ltd

Al Krist / President, Geis Properties Management LLC

Bhavin Patel / CEO, Green Harvest Capital

Jason Phillips / Senior Vice President, PNC Bank

Paul Shaia / Vice President, Shaia’s Parking and Victory Properties

Mike Sikora / Managing Partner, Sikora Law

Linda Sternheimer / Senior Vice President, Port of Cleveland

Eric Tolbert / Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial Services

Neil Weiss / EVP & Chief Information Officer & Civic Affairs, Cleveland Guardians