RITE facilitates regional collaboration first and foremost at the industry-level through its Regional Leadership Board. The Board currently includes leading CIOs, HR IT and other technology leaders from: regional companies; IT faculty and staff and from RITE higher education member institutions; and representatives from industry associations and workforce and economic development organizations.
The Regional Leadership Board serves as:
- The foundation for thought leadership, employer engagement, strategic labor market intelligence in IT workforce domain, and demand-driven workforce pilots and talent development programs.
- The accountable body for measuring and reporting IT talent development system improvements and outcomes through a new Regional Performance Dashboard.
- A collective voice for policy and new regional initiatives.
- A formal channel for new industry-sponsored investment.
2019-2021 RITE Regional Leadership Board
MEMBERS
Sam Babic
SVP, Chief Innovation Officer
Hyland
Sygi Berman
Human Capital Acquisition Manager – IT
The Sherwin Williams Company
Ken Liang
Director – IT, Cloud Infrastructure Services
Eaton Corporation
Charles Dull
Associate Dean
Cuyahoga Community College
John Flynn
Director of Talent Acquisition
MCPc
Katherine Golden
Chief Information Officer
OEC
Marcia Jones
Manager, Career Services, Experiential Education and Student Success
Lorain County Community College
Joe LaMantia
Managing Director
e-Ventus Corporation
Nicole Ponstingle McCaffrey
Chief Operating Officer, Partner, AI Translator
Pandata LLC
Alicia Stone
IT Director, SVP
KeyBank
Nigamanth Sridhar
Program Director at National Science Foundation (NSF) and Professor at Cleveland State University
Jodi Tims
Professor of the Practice, Director of Computer Science CA
Northeastern University, Khoury College of Computer Science
Rachelle Hippler
Associate Professor, Computer Science, Software Engineering
Baldwin Wallace University
Chansu Yu
Professor
Cleveland State University
Kelly Zelesnik
Dean, Engineering, Business and Information Technologies Division and the Nord Advanced Technologies Center
Lorain County Community College
STRATEGIC ALLIANCES REPRESENTATIVES
Northeast Ohio CyberConsortium (NEOCC)
Jeff Brancato
Executive Director
NEOCC
Tim Spiker
Director, Information Security
Case Western Reserve University
SIM Cleveland
Michael McGill
Vice President, Information Technology and Business Integration
Medical Service Company
LEAD STAFF TEAM
Courtney DeOreo
Executive Director, RITE / Sr. Director, Tech Talent, GCP
Greater Cleveland Partnership
Craig Platt
Managing Director of IT Sector Partnership
Greater Cleveland Partnership
Shana Marbury
General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Talent
Greater Cleveland Partnership
Doug Wegner
Executive in Residence
GCP Tech
In addition to the Executive Committee and requisite committees, the RITE Regional Leadership Board is linked to three specific engagement structures that leverage industry leadership and provide a formal framework for collaboration across a regional ecosystem of organizations. These include:
- RITE’s HR IT Roundtable
- RITE’s Regional Program Committee
- Regional Higher Education Consortium
Katherine Golden
Chair, Regional Leadership Board