Leadership Akron Podcast

April’s Leadership on Main featured Melissa Gerney, Detention Superintendent of Summit County Juvenile Court. Melissa joins Danny Zampelli, Retired Captain of the Akron Police Department, to discuss her path to at-risk youth leadership and how she is able to successfully lead and manage her team to effectively engage with the juveniles under their supervision.

January’s Leadership on Main featured Doug Weintraub, CEO at Bounce Innovation Hub talking with moderator Margaret Medzie, Vice President and Chief Development Officer, Akron Community Foundation. In this episode, Doug sits down with Leadership Akron President Barry Dunaway as they discuss the opportunities Bounce brings to the Akron area for entrepreneurs, small business owners, & the community and why Akron is the best place for a business like Bounce.

December’s Leadership on Main featured Traci Buckner, Executive Director of the Akron Children’s Museum. Traci joins Barry Dunaway, the new President of Leadership Akron for a conversation around the intentionality of community throughout the museum exhibits, and Traci’s career trajectory that led her to lead Akron’s first children’s museum in the heart of downtown Akron. Traci shares her experience in STEM education and leadership, and the importance of STEM learning in a child’s educational jo

Leadership on Main with Crystal Jones, Esq., Co-founder & former Executive Director of Project Ujima. Moderator, Patrick Bravo, Executive Director, Summit County Land Bank.

February's Leadership on Main was an engaging conversation with Madhu Sharma, Acting Executive Director for the International Institute of Akron, moderated by Jeremy Lile, Executive Director of Heart to Heart.

January's Leadership on Main welcomed Dr. Michael Hughes, President, Summa Health System-Barberton Campus to sit down with moderator Marlo Schmidt, Director of Community Benefit, Summa Health.

December’s Leadership on Main brought Malcom Costa, President & CEO of Akron Summit County Community Action Inc., to the Rubber Ducks Club, where he sat down with Jeff Ferguson, Superintendent, Tallmadge City Schools.

September’s Leadership on Main featured Mark Gerberich, president and CEO of International Soap Box Derby. Mark chatted with moderator Anne Armeo, Vice President of Medicare and Individual Products & Sales at SummaCare.

September’s Leadership on Main featured Iris Harvey, the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio. Sonya Williams the Interim Executive Director for the Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Kent State University served as the moderator.

June’s Leadership on Main featured Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro. In this episode, Ilene sits down with Laurie Zuckerman of Zuckerman Consulting Group, Inc., to share her journey from small business owner to County Executive. From a young age, Ilene developed a strong sense of community—a guiding principle that would carry on throughout her life’s journey.