Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees guides our organization to create lasting change in central Ohio.

These dedicated leaders are the catalysts for the change that helps us all LIVE UNITED. Your United Way of Central Ohio Board of Trustees:

• Barbara Benham – Chair

  Executive Vice President
  Chief Public Affairs Officer
  Huntington Bancshares Inc.

• Donald Brown – Past Chair

  Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
  NiSource

• Derrick Antwi, CPA

  AVP, Business and Finance
  Capital University

• Trudy Bartley

  Associate Vice President, Local Relations and Community Affairs
  The Ohio State University

• Tal Bendor

  Vice President, Strategy Manager Americas
  Swiss Re Americas

• Jeff Carper

  Chief Operations Officer
  White Castle Management Co.

• Duane Casares

  Chief Executive Officer
  Directions for Youth & Families Inc.

• Rachel Caviness

  National Director of Business Development Private Client and Family Office Services
  BDO

• Hope Cotter

  Director of Marketing
  Columbus Chamber of Commerce

• Dan Crane

  Financial Director
  Crane Group

• Talisa Dixon, ED.D.

  Superintendent/CEO
  Columbus City Schools

• Mark Fluharty

  Executive Director
  Central Ohio AFL-CIO

• Jeremy Gutierrez

  Sr. Vice President/Sr. Commercial Banker
  Fifth Third Commercial Bank

• Carrie Harris-Muller

  Senior Vice President, Population Health
  OhioHealth

• Michael Irving

  Assistant Treasurer, United Way of Union County
  Manufacturing & Quality Team Leader
  Nestle

• Adam Lewin

  President
  Hamilton Parker Company

• Peter Lore

  Board Chair, United Way of Union County
  AVP, Quality Audit – P&C
  Nationwide Insurance

• Elizabeth Martinez

  President and CEO
  Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio

• Steve Mason

  Chief Executive Officer
  Medical Segment at Cardinal Health

• Azure’D Metoyer

  Associate
  Littler Mendelson P.C.

• Marlon Moore, Ph.D.

  President
  Marlon Moore Consulting

• Rocky Parker

  SVP & Chief Talent Acquisition Officer
  Nationwide Insurance

• Martyn R. Redgrave

  Managing Partner and CEO
  Agate Creek Partners, LLC

• Elise Spriggs

  SVP/Associate & External Relations
  State Auto Insurance Companies

• Meredith Schwager (Board Fellow)

  Law Clerk
  Bradley Frick & Associates

• Raja Sundararajan

  Senior Vice President, Customer & Regulatory
  AEP

• Robert Tannous

  Managing Partner
  Porter Wright

• Brooke Wagner

  SVP, Merchandise Planning & Allocation
  Designer Brands