MEET OUR COMMITTEE

Co-Chair of the Youth Resilience Summit Committee
Theo Fielding
Senior Manager of Competitive Intelligence
Progressive Insurance

Co-Chair of the Youth Resilience Summit Committee
Tracey Meilander
Dean, Lorain County Community College
Accreditation & Assessment of Student Learning

Host Committee Chair of the Youth Resilience Summit
Howard Lewis
Founder
Heritage Family Life

Liyana Asmar
Manager of Community Education, Prevention & Outreach
Genesis House | Lorain County Safe Harbor

Tonya Birney
Director of Prevention Services
Mental Health, Addiction & Recovery Services Board of Lorain County

Ida Capestany
Psychotherapist
Murtis Taylor Human Services System

Kevin Clayton
Senior VP, Cleveland Cavaliers
Head of Social Impact and Equity

Sara Continenza
Founder & Executive Director
Food Strong

Sara Coven
Author, Attorney, Anthropologist, Community Volunteer

Keynote Speaker
Chelsea Elliott, MSW
Founder
Somocom Lab

Sandra Estok
Cyber Security Expert
Way2Protect

Chelsea Freeman, MSW LSW
Executive Director
Lorain County Children & Family First Council

Chris Kaatz
Advocate

Thomas Kuivila, MD
Pediatric Orthopaedic and Spinal Deformity Surgeon and Vice Chair for Education, Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute
Cleveland Clinic

Sarah Love, PsyD
Pediatric Psychologist
Akron Children's Hospital

Ayla Mapes
Child and Adolescent Psychologist
Akron Children's Hospital

Moderator
K.C. McKenna
President
St. Edwards High School


Keynote Speaker
Desimir Mijatovic, MD
Director of Pediatric Pain Management
Cleveland Clinic

Steve Ott
Lawyer & LEC Board Member
Ott & Associates

Crystal Reed
Associate Director, Workforce Connect Healthcare Sector Partnership
New Bridge Cleveland

 

Nancy Scahumburg, LISW-S
Social Advocates for Youth Coalition Coordinator
Bellefaire JCB

Charlea Smith
Founder
Alea's Helping Hand Inc.

Kevin Wassie
Communications & Marketing
Director
Longhorn Council, BSA