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, board members and supporters honored on the list included:
- Foundation board member Micky Byrnes, chief communications officer and senior advisor at AdCom
- Board of Trustees member Helen Forbes Fields, president and CEO of YWCA Greater Cleveland
- Board of Trustees chair Geralyn Presti, president and CEO of The Music Settlement
- Board of Trustees member and Foundation board chair Howard L. Lewis, founder and chairman emeritus of Family Heritage Life Insurance Company of America
- Foundation board member Jeneen Springer Marziani, president of Bank of America Ohio
- Foundation board member Pat Pastore, regional president of PNC Bank
- Foundation board member Kevin S. Thomas, partner at PwC
- Longtime Tri-C supporter Margaret Wong, immigration attorney and founder of Wong & Associates
"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