Partnerships

RITE’S STRATEGIC & PROGRAM PARTNERS

As Northeast Ohio’s IT Workforce Alliance, we optimize the efforts of Northeast Ohio’s IT talent ecosystem.

In addition to its Regional Leadership Board and its various working committees, RITE forms strategic program partnerships with complementary organizations to build regional capacity, create momentum and deepen impact.

Strategic Partners

RITE is actively working with the following industry associations and economic development organizations, some of which (bolded) are active members of RITE’s Regional Leadership Board.

Cleveland | Cuyahoga County Workforce Development Board
ConxusNEO
Higher Education
Information Security Summit & CSO Xchange
IoT Collaborative
Lorain County RITE Council
Northeast Ohio Cybersecurity Consortium (NEOCC)
SIM Cleveland
TeamNEO

Program Partners

RITE links and leverages Northeast Ohio’s assets and resources to build regional capacity and impact:

College Now
Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga County Public Library
CSforCLE
Digital C
Information Technology Deans Consortium / Community College Collaborative
JumpStart Inc.
LCCC Building IT Futures & IT in Action
The Literacy Cooperative
MAGNET
NEOSTEM
Ohio Means Jobs Cleveland-Cuyahoga County
State of Ohio
Stark State College (Skills Gap Research Partner)
Tech Elevator
TEALS
TECH CORPS
Towards Employment
We Can Code IT (Sector Partnership Project)
Youth Opportunities Unlimited

Industry Investors

Acumen
American Greetings
AT&T Foundation
Avantia
Bendix
Benesch
Blue Bridge Networks
CA Technologies
Cisco
Cleveland Clinic
Deloitte
Delta Dental
Diebold
Eaton Corp.
Eaton Charitable Trust
e-Ventus
Exodus Integrity Services
Expedient
Goodyear
HPE
Hyland Software
KeyBank
MCPc
Microsoft Philanthropies
NEOCC
Nordson Corporation Foundation (Lorain County Programming)
OEC
Oracle
Pandata
Park Place Technologies
PreEmptive
Progress Book
Progressive
SAP
The Sherwin-Williams Company
SIM CLE
The J.M. Smucker Company
Tata Consultancy Services
Vertex Computer Systems
Vertical Knowledge
Vizion 360
Westfield Insurance

Other Funders and Participants

Cleveland / Cuyahoga County Workforce Investment Board (Sector Partnership Grant)
Lorain County Community College (Backbone Organization and Central Office)
Nordson Corporation Foundation (Lorain County Programming)
State of Ohio (Ohio Skills Bank and Workforce Innovations Solutions Grants)
TalentNEO Funders Group
The Cleveland Foundation (Strategic Planning and Implementation)
The Fund for our Economic Future (Engage and Empower Grant)

HIGHER EDUCATION

Board Members

Baldwin Wallace University
Cleveland State University
Cuyahoga Community College IT Center of Excellence
Lorain County Community College

Program Partners

High Schools through 2021

Academic Innovations Academy (home school)
Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Ashtabula County Technical & Career Campus
Auburn Career Center
Aurora High School
Avon High School
Avon Lake High School
Avon Middle School
Badger High School
Barberton High School
Bard Early College Cleveland
Bay High School
Beachwood High School
Beaumont School
Bedford High School
Benedictine High School
Berea-Midpark High School
Berkshire High School
Bio-Med Science Academy
Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School
Bristol High School
Brookfield High School
Brooklyn High School
Brookside High School
Brunswick High School
Campus International High School
Canfield High School
Cardinal High School
Chagrin Falls High School
Chalker High School
Champion High School
Chardon High School
Charles F. Brush High School
Chippewa High School
Clearview High School
Cleveland Early College High School
Cleveland Heights High School
Cleveland High School for Digital Arts
Cleveland School of Architecture and Design
Cleveland School of Science and Medicine at John Hay
Columbia High School
Conneaut High School
Copley High School
Cornerstone Christian Academy
Cuyahoga Falls High School
Cuyahoga Heights High School
Cuyahoga Valley Career Center
Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy
East Technical High School
Eastlake North High School
Edgewood High School
Elyria Catholic High School
Elyria High School
Euclid High School
Excel TECC: Mayfield High School
Fairport Harding High School
Fairview High School
Firelands High School
Firestone High School
Garfield Heights High School
Garrett Morgan High School
Geneva High School
Gilmour Academy
Ginn Academy
Girard High School
GlenOak High School
Glenville High School
Grand Valley High School
Groveport Madison High School
Hamilton Local High School
Harvey High School
Hathaway Brown School
Hawken Upper School
Heritage Middle School
Highland High School
Holy Name High School
Home Schooled
Horizon Science Academy- Cleveland High School
Howland High School
Hubbard High School
Hudson High School
I Can Schools/ Northeast Ohio College Preparatory H.S.
Independence High School
Independence Middle School
International Newcomers Academy @ Thomas Jefferson
Invictus High School
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School
Jackson High School
James F. Rhodes High School
Jefferson Area High School
John Adams College and Career Academy
John F. Kennedy @PACT
John Marshall School of Engineering
John Marshall School of Information Technology
Kenston High School
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Keystone High School
Kirtland high school
LaBrae High School
Lake High School
Lake Ridge Academy
Lake Shore Compact
Lakeside High School
Lakeview High School
Lakewood High School
Laurel School
Lawrence School
LCCC Early College High School
Lee Burneson
Liberty High School
Lincoln West High School of Global Studies
Lincoln West High School of Science and Health
Lorain County JVS
Lorain High School
Lordstown High School
Lutheran High School East
Lutheran High School West
Madison High School
Magnificat High School
Maple Heights High School
Maplewood High School
Marion L. Steele High School
Massillon Jackson High School
Mathews High School
Max S. Hayes High School
Mayfield High School
Mc2 STEM High School
McDonald High School
Medina County Career Center
Medina High School
Menlo Park Academy
Mentor High School
Middleburgh Heights Junior High
Midview High School
Mineral Ridge High School
National Inventors Hall of Fame High School
Near West Intergenerational
New Day Academy
New Tech East High School
Newbury High School
Newton Falls High School
Nexus Academy of Cleveland
NIHF STEM High School
Niles McKinley High School
Nordonia High School
Normandy High School
North High School
North Olmsted High School
North Ridgeville High School
North Royalton High School
Northwest High School
Ohdela High school
Ohio Connections Academy
Ohio Digital Learning
Olmsted Falls High School
Ombudsman Educational Services
Orange High School
Padua Franciscan High School
Parma Community High School
Parma Senior High School
Perry High School
Polaris Career Center
Portage Lakes Career Center
Pymatuning Valley High School
R.B Chamberline Middle School
Revere High School
Rhodes College and Career Center
Richmond Heights High School
Riverside High School
Rocky River High School
Saint Anthony of Padua (Parma)
Saint Dominic School
Saint Edward High School
Saint Ignatius High School
Saint Joseph Academy
Saint Martin de Porres High School
Saint Paschal Baylon
Saint Vincent-Saint Mary High School
Shaker Heights High School
Shaker Heights Middle School
Shaw High School
Six District Educational Compact
Solon High School
South Range High School
Steele High School
Stow-Munroe Falls High School
Strongsville High School
Struthers High School
Summit Academy Community School-Warren
Summit Academy Lorain Secondary
Tallmadge High School
The Intergenerational School
The Ratner School
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Tremont Montessori
Trumbull Career Technical Center
Tuslaw High School
Twinsburg High School
University School
Valley Forge High School
Vermilion High School
Victory Christian School
Virtus Homeschool
Walsh Jesuit High School
Warren G. Harding High School
Warrensville Heights High School
Wellington High School
West Geauga High School
West Shore Career-Technical District
Western Reserve Academy
Westlake High School
Wickliffe High School
Willoughby South High School
Woodridge High School