Say Yes Cleveland Scholarship Inc. is a newly formed local nonprofit that sets scholarship criteria and oversees the administration of Say Yes Cleveland scholarships.

Its board members include:

• Gene Chasin, COO, Say Yes to Education
• Paul Clark, Board Treasurer; Regional President, PNC Bank
• Lonnie Coleman, CEO, Coleman Spohn Corporation
• Inajo Davis Chappell, Board Secretary; Partner, Ulmer & Berne LLP
• Paul Dolan, Owner, Cleveland Indians
• Diane Downing, Executive Director, Say Yes to Education Cleveland
• Rob Martens, President and CEO, Better Together Solar
• Matt Moody, CMSD Alum, Cleveland State University Student
• Ann Mullin, Senior Program Officer, George Gund Foundation
• Debbie Read, Managing Partner, Thompson Hine LLP
• Ronn Richard, Board President/Chair; President and CEO, Cleveland Foundation
• Victor Ruiz, Executive Director, Esperanza
• Eddie Taylor, Founder and President, Taylor Oswald
• Helen Williams, Program Director for Education, Cleveland Foundation

College Now Greater Cleveland is administering the scholarship and mentor program.

Almost $90 million was raised by Cleveland by its January 2019 launch. As the public campaign is launched another $35 million is needed to achieve the $125 million fund goal to provide scholarships over 25 years.

The Say Yes Cleveland Scholarship Fundraising Committee includes:

• David T. Abbott, Executive Director, The George Gund Foundation
• Paul Clark, Regional President Cleveland, PNC
• Katrina M. Evans, Executive Vice President & Director of Corporate Center, Chief of Staff, KeyCorp
• Michelle Fritz, Director of Development and Donor Communications, Cleveland Foundation
• Christopher M. Gorman, Vice Chairman, KeyCorp
• Carole Hoover, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hoover Milstein
• Margot James Copeland, Chairman and CEO, KeyBank Foundation
• Beth E. Mooney, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KeyCorp

Albert B. Ratner, Chairman of the Board Emeritus, Forest City Realty Trust, Inc.

• Ronald Richard, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Foundation
• Kaye Ridolfi, Senior Vice President of Advancement, Cleveland Foundation
• Karen White, Senior Program Officer, KeyBank Foundation
• Campaign Director: Megan Bush Granson, President and CEO, InBloom Consulting

To donate, click here or call 877.554.5054.