4. RW DCA City Advocate

DCA City Advocate Committee 2012-2014
Downtown Cleveland Alliance names 2012-2014 class of City Advocates
Cleveland – Downtown Cleveland Alliance (DCA) is pleased to announce the 2012 class of DCA City
Advocates. Seventeen new participants representing a broad range of professional expertise and personal
interests will become the fourth class of City Advocates to make a two-year commitment to DCA’s program.
Launched in 2009, the DCA City Advocates Program serves to provide civic education and
fosters active engagement for rising leaders in the Downtown Cleveland community. Through this unique
program, participants gain access to Downtown Cleveland Alliance’s staff and board and engage in open
dialogue with many established leaders in the private, public and non-profit sectors. In addition,
participants work collaboratively on self-selected projects that support Downtown’s quality of life and
ability to attract residents, businesses and visitors. They emerge from the program with a fuller understanding
of community change processes and the various ways one can become active in civic life.
The 2012-2014 class consists of the following new members that were selected by a committee of DCA staff
and board members who reviewed the written applications and interviewed a group of 30 finalists:
Melissa Carney, Fahlgren Mortine
Brittany Cutright, Cleveland Research Company
Chris Fornadel, Great Lakes Theater
Michael Gersper, Gardiner Trane
Donald Holbrook, Calfee, Halter & Griswold
Nita Hoxha,Baldwin Wallace College
Laura Klingler Doyle, Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland
Barbara Lum Thompson Hine
Timothy McCue, O’Neill Foundation
KC Petraitis, Ostendorf-Morris Company
Joseph Platten, R.J. Platten Contracting
Marc Pupillo, CVS/Pharmacy
Matt Sattler, Allegro Realty Advisors
Lauren Wiant,PlayhouseSquare Real Estate Services
Ron Willner, Global Center for Health Innovation and Cleveland Convention Center
Mark Wright, Cleveland Cavaliers,
“The City Advocates program is attracting the brightest, most passionate people in the community,” says Laura
Kushnick, Director of Development and Community Relations at DCA. “The number of applicants has grown every
year. It’s a testament to the positive energy in Downtown Cleveland that is driving people to look for meaningful ways
to experience and support the forward momentum.”