DFA Team
Rachel Bridenstine
President
Chad Mayle
Chief Financial Officer
Jessica McRitchie
Chief Operations Officer
Carlisa Brinson
Accounting Coordinator
Carla Peters
Senior Loan Administrator
Ben Pickens
Compliance Manager
Lori Sallaz
Chief Lending Officer
Qyra Sims
Compliance Associate
Anna Weant-King
Senior Project Manager
DFA Board Of Directors
Board Chair
Mark Lerner
President
GOJO Industries Inc
Vice Chair
Dan Rice
President & CEO
Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition
Secretary
Shana Earle
Vice President, Financial Planning and Performance
Akron Children’s Hosptial
Member
Julie Wesel
CEO
Chemstress Consultant Company
Member
Mark Douglas
President
Ohio State Building & Construction Trade Council
DFWR Board
President
Joseph Rossi
CEO
Direction Home of Eastern Ohio
Treasurer
Harry A. Eadon
Economic Development Consultant
Eadon Consulting
Secretary
Erin Wojno
Project Manager
CSI Support and Development
Member
Cameo Carey
Economic Development Coordinator
Grow Ashland
Member
Sarah Lown
Public Finance Manager
Western Reserve Port Authority
Executive Director *Non-voting
Rachel Bridenstine
Assistant Secretary *Non-voting
Ben Pickens
Compliance & Marketing Coordinator
DFA
DFWR Advisory Board
Chairman
Vince Brancaccio
Chief Executive Officer
HELP Network of Northeast Ohio
Member
Colleen Benson
Senior Director, Development
Akron Canton Regional Food Bank
Member
Mark Frisone
Executive Director
Family & Community Services, Inc. Administration
Member
Scott Hackenberg
Managing Director of Lending - Eastern Region
IFF
Member
Stephanie Wiersma
President & CEO
Lorain Health and Dentistry
Member
Duana Patton
CEO
Area Agency on Aging, Mansfield
Member
Mark Trew
Chief Operating Officer
Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio, Inc.
WRCF Board
President
Erin Wojno
Project Manager
CSI Support & Development
Vice President
Melissa Frank
Senior Economic Development Executive
FirstEnergy Corp.
Treasurer
Renaye Brauning
Director, Finance
Akron Canton Regional Food Bank
Secretary
John Williams
President & CEO
Akron Urban League
Member
Jessica Sublett
Chief Operating Officer
Bounce Innovation Hub
Member
Robert DeJournett
Principle
DeJournett Consulting LLC
Member
Hanne-Lore Gambrell
Founder & Managing Partner
The Law Office of H. Gambrell, LLC
Member
Constance Longmire
Founder
Peek Institute Professional Development
Emeritus *Non-voting
Patricia McKay
President
McKay Consulting
Assistant Secretary *Non-voting
Ben Pickens
Compliance & Marketing Coordinator
DFA
Executive Director * Non-voting
Rachel Bridenstine
Executive Director
Development Fund of the Western Reserve - DFA
MCCAP Review Committee
Romona Davis
Huntington Bank
Paul Stallings
Progressive Insurance
James Chester
Retired Sheet Metal Contractor
Rachel Bridenstine
Western Reserve Community Fund
ESID Board
Rick Rebadow
Chairperson
Member-Elected Director
Janet Ciotola
Vice Chairperson
City of Cuyahoga Falls
Steve Fricker
Secretary-Treasurer
City of Akron
ESID Communities
City of Akron
City of Barberton
Bath Township
Boston Heights
Cuyahoga Falls
Copley Township
Coventry Township
City of Fairlawn
City of Green
City of Hudson
Lakemore Village
City of Macedonia
Village of Mogadore
City of New Franklin
Northfield Center Township
City of Norton
Village of Richfield
Springfield Township
City of Stow
City of Tallmadge
City of Twinsburg
ESID Property Owners
260 Springside Dr., Akron, Ohio, LLC
Akron Redevelopment Corporation
Canal Place 1017, LLC
Cascade Plaza
CDSF, Ltd
City of Barberton
City of Fairlawn
City of Macedonia
City of Norton
City of Twinsburg
County of Summit
Crystal Clinic Orthopedic Center, LLC
Polymer Developments Ltd.
DFA
Fairlawn Property Holdings, LLC
Polymer Developments Ltd.
Village of Boston Heights
Village of Lakemore
Village of Mogadore
Village of Richfield