Tri-C Leaders Selected for Cleveland 500 List

Michael A. Baston, Megan O'Bryan and multiple board members recognized by 'Cleveland Magazine'

CLEVELAND — Leaders from Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C^®) were recognized by Cleveland Magazine as members of its Cleveland 500 list for their leadership and influence in the region.

College honorees include President Michael A. Baston, J.D., Ed.D., and Megan O'Bryan, president of the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation. Baston and O'Bryan also made the 2025 list.

Cleveland Magazine's 2026 edition of the Cleveland 500 profiles leaders across business, professional, government, entertainment and nonprofit sectors. Baston and O'Bryan shared their insights on what it means to be successful, influential and powerful in Greater Cleveland and offered personal anecdotes on what it takes to lead and inspire.

Baston and O'Bryan were selected for their work in education. Other College leaders and board members on the list included:

• Board of Trustees chair Geralyn Presti, board members Helen Forbes Fields and Howard L. Lewis (Foundation board chair).
• Foundation board members Micki Byrnes; Debbie Donley; Wayne Foley; Felicia Williams Johnson; Jason Jones; Ansir Junaid; Jay Lucarelli; Jeneen Marziani; Kyle Merrill; Matthew Nipper; Patrick Pastore; Denise Polverine; Dan Saltzman; Gregory Skoda, CPA; Dr. Rachel Talton; Kevin S. Thomas; and Margaret W. Wong.

"Our Cleveland 500 selections are doing more than leading successful organizations," said Dillon Stewart, editor of Cleveland Magazine. "They're building relationships to solve problems, proving that Northeast Ohio is strongest when we work together. The future of Cleveland won't be shaped by any one person or institution but through collaboration toward a greater goal."

Read the story on the Cleveland Magazine website.

August 06, 2026

MEDIA CONTACT: Anthony Moujaes, 216-987-3068 or anthony.moujaes@tri-c.edu