Board of Directors
View the members and honorary members of the Soap Box Derby Board of Directors.
Managing Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease L.L.P.
Nathan Sargent, Vice Chair
Attorney, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Ollie Pannell, Treasurer
Director, FERC & State Regulatory Compliance, FirstEnergy
Jill Kolesar, Secretary
Founder and Chief Client Officer, Mobile Health Consumer, Inc.
Estate Planning and Probate Attorney, Stark and Knoll Co. L.P.A
E.J. Brinson
Special Project Executive, Entrepreneur
Rob Gerberry
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Summa Health Systems
Jay Griffith
Executive Vice President, Welty Building Company
Jesse Hurst
Certified Financial Planner, Accredited Investment Fiduciary
Jolene Lane
Principal & Founder, Equity Lane LLC – DEI Strategy
Eufrancia Lash
Deputy Director of Public Service and Neighborhood Assistance, City of Akron
Bethany Lawrence
Senior Associate Business Valuation, Apple Growth Partners
Patricia Roy
Director Human Resources, Child Guidance and Family Solutions
Michele Tomer
Attorney
Dennis VanFossen Jr.
Safe Step Walk-In Tub
Derran Wimer
Independant Consultant, Wimer Consulting
Honorary Board Members
Alan Brubaker
Summit County Engineer
Bobby Cooper
Former Chair – Racing Commission
William J. Ginter
Principal, Akron Legacy Group
Paul Jackson
Partner, Roetzel & Andress
Bill Lowery
Retired President, Annaco
Gregg Mervis
President & CEO, Akron/Summit Convention & Visitors Bureau and John S. Knight Center
Mark Mroczynski
FirstEnergy
Kevin Thomas
VP, AAA Akron Auto Club
Bob Troyer
Public Relations Consultant
Thomas Welsh
Retired Senior VP, FirstEnergy