United Way Services welcomes 10 new members to the volunteer Board of Directors

(Cleveland, Ohio) March 18, 2003

United Way Services volunteer Board of Directors welcomed 10 new members at the board meeting prior to the Annual Meeting, held at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel. Board members serve two three-year terms. In addition, the Board of Directors approved officers for 2003. Alex Machaskee, president and publisher of The Plain Dealers continues for his second year as chair of the Board.

The 85-member board oversees all aspects of United Way Services, which raised $44.4 million in 2002 for health and human services provided through 129 partner agencies in Cuyahoga and Geauga Counties. United Way also is the convener and a funding partner, along with The Cleveland Foundation, on the Community Vision Council, which is a national model for creating partnering solutions to critical health and human services issues.

The new members of the Board of Directors are:
Terri Hamilton Brown, executive director, Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority
Christopher M. Connor, chairman and chief executive officer, The Sherwin-Williams Company
John D. (Jack) Fish, vice president and chief operating officer, GE Consumer Products
Catherine M. Kilbane, partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP
Pastor C. Jay Matthews, Mt. Sinai Baptist Church
Gary A. Oatey, chairman, The Oatey Company
Karen A. Sweeney, vice president and general manager, Turner Construction Company
Eddie Taylor, Jr., president and chief executive officer, Integrated Consulting Services, Ltd.
Morry Weiss, chairman and chief executive officer, American Greetings Corporation
Danny R. Williams, president and executive director, Greater Cleveland Roundtable

Officers of the Board for 2003 are:
Alex Machaskee, chair, Board of Directors and chief volunteer officer; president and publisher, The Plain Dealer
Mark H. Collier, Ph.D., chair, Human Resources/Equal Opportunity Committee; president, Baldwin-Wallace College
Dennis M. Chack, chair, Marketing and Communications Committee; regional president, The Illuminating Company
Alexander M. Cutler, 2003 campaign chair and chair-elect of the Board of Directors; chairman and chief operating officer, Eaton Corporation
George M. Humphrey, II, chair, Planned Giving; president, Extrudex
Kevin C. Keene, chair, Donor Relations Committee; vice president and general manager, Enterprise Rent-A-Car of Northeast Ohio;
Robert J. King, Jr., chair, Administration; president and Chief operating officer, Fifth Third Bank, Northeastern Ohio
Sandra Pianalto, chair, Community Investment Committee; president, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Jerry Sue Thornton, Ph.D., chair, Strategic Planning Committee; president, Cuyahoga Community College
Ivan J. Winfield, chair, Board Development Committee; executive-in-residence, Baldwin-Wallace College

"We welcome this outstanding group of community leaders who are committed to United Way's mission of working in partnerships to make Greater Cleveland a better place in which to live and work," said Machaskee. "There are many challenges facing our community in these difficult economic times, but we know that Greater Cleveland has leaders such as these who are willing to devote time and expertise to ensure that we can be optimistic about our future."