Howard Lewis Becomes Tri-C Foundation Chairperson

Leadership team announced during annual meeting

CLEVELAND — The Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C^®) Foundation announced its 2024-2025 leadership team during its annual meeting.

Howard L. Lewis was named the chairperson of the Tri-C Foundation board of directors. Lewis founded Family Heritage Life Insurance Company of America in 1989 and served as its president and CEO until April 2014, when he was named the chairman emeritus. He retired at the end of 2019 and became a Tri-C Foundation director that same year. He has also been the chairperson of the Foundation's development committee since 2020. He was a cochair of the successful Skills to Succeed campaign, which wrapped up in 2023, raising more than $58 million for the College.

Lewis succeeds Patrick M. Pastore, the regional president of PNC Bank's Cleveland market, who had served as a Foundation director since 2019 and became the chairperson in June 2022. During his tenure, Tri-C strengthened its relationship with PNC, which supported Student Resources for Economic Recovery, the High Tech Academy, scholarships and internships and was the presenting sponsor of the Tri-C Presidential Scholarship Luncheon. His leadership profile was featured in the Spring 2025 Invest in People newsletter. During his tenure, the Tri-C Foundation and the College raised $65.5 million in public and philanthropic funds, and the Tri-C Foundation's endowed assets grew 20%.

Other Foundation board officer appointments include:

• Vice Chairpersons: James B. Aronoff, partner, Thompson Hine LLP; Andrea Hogben, executive vice president, chief marketing, corporate affairs and people officer, Medical Mutual; and Jeneen Marziani, president, Bank of America Ohio
• Secretary: Lorna Wisham, retired vice president of corporate affairs and community involvement, FirstEnergy
• Treasurer and Vice Chairperson: Gregory J. Skoda, senior partner, Marcum LLP
• President: Megan O'Bryan, vice president of development, Tri-C

Committee chairperson appointments include:

• Committee on Directors: Theresa Polachek, vice president, corporate communications, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
• Development Committee: Hannah Delis, chief human resources officer, Swagelok
• Finance Committee: Kevin Thomas, partner, PWC
• Audit Committee: Wayne Foley, president and CEO, Kyntronics Inc. 

Additional executive committee members were appointed:

• College President: Michael A. Baston, J.D., Ed.D.
• Past Chair: Pat Pastore
• At-Large Members: Micki Byrnes, chief communications officer and senior advisor, the Adcom Group; Tony Costanzo, director, external affairs, AT&T Cleveland/Northern Ohio; Louis G. Joseph, president and CEO, Brewer-Garrett; Doug Kern, president and CEO, Northern Haserot; Matt Reville, chief operating officer, Consolidated Solutions

The Foundation also welcomed new director Felicia Williams Johnson, the regional executive sales director at Slalom. She will serve a three-year term.

June 04, 2025

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