Maintaining Our Strength,
Relevance and Impact
The ICL board and advisory board, executive director and facilitators have worked together for a very long time and we all pool our knowledge, talents and strengths to ensure that client goals are always met. We are a deeply committed and highly experienced group from complementary disciplines who create and share strategies for leadership training, team building and community development.
Executive Director
Marcia Mauter
mmauter@instituteforcreativeleadership.org
Office (216) 932-3785
Cell (216) 288-8882
Governing & Advisory Board
As a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational organization, ICL is governed by a diverse Board of Directors drawn from complementary disciplines. Each board member makes a vital contribution to ICL’s governance quality, community impact, and organizational success as they:
- Assess ICL’s structure and functioning to ensure that ICL is a high performing organization
- Advance ICL priorities and capacity building efforts
- Champion ICL’s mission and advocate for leadership programs/services throughout the community
- Identify ways to connect ICL with cross sector institutions
- Bring ICL into relevant community issues, needs and opportunities
Board of Trustess
Robert Johnson, APR, President
The David Group
Alex Semerano, CPA, Treasurer
Partner, Pease and Associates
Bret Hrivnak, Partner
Hahn Loeser, LLP
Marc Ehrenreich, Manager Training and Development
Safeguard Properties
Ethan Roberts, Training Mgr. (retired)
VA Medical Center
Community Advisory Board
Diana Bilimoria, PhD
Case Western Reserve
Bob Carter, Sr.
Director, Leadership Hudson
Mark Dickinson
Director HR, Eaton Corp
Benjamin Forbes, PhD
Emeritus, John Carroll University
Sandi Holmes
Community Volunteer
Laura Junglas
Lead Coach, Neighborhood Leadership
Doug Fries
Community Volunteer
Susan Manring, PhD
Associate Professor of Management
Elon University
Mark LaBelle
Training, Phillips Health Care
Karen Neal, CFO
Family Wealth Practice
Erica Merritt
Training, Cleveland School District
Sharon Reaves
Director, HR, Cleveland Museum of Art
Roberta Taliaferro, LISW
Director, Counseling and Community Services
May Dugan Center
Juliann Spoth, PhD
Lead Coach, Gestalt Institute
Benjamin Forbes, Ph.D.
Emeritus, John Carroll University
Julie Sumner, Attorney
Frantz Ward, LLC.
Thinking & News
A View From The Peak: Celebrating 43 Years of ICL
Whether you experienced the 60’s in real-time — or saw it on a video — you would agree that it was a time of great challenge and change. ICL was founded as a response… read more →
Built to Scale: The Relationship Between Mountains and Strong Teams
Extensive mountaineering experience has taught us that mountains symbolize human strengths and endurance, and pose one of the greatest areas of challenge for any one person and their team. This made choosing the… read more →
Six Degrees of Evaluation: Partnering With the Right Leadership Event Vendors
Planning a leadership and/or team building event? It’s no secret that achieving successful outcomes relies heavily on the partner or facilitator you choose. Having maintained high profile clients for over… read more →