Board of Directors
View current and honorary members of the Soap Box Derby Board of Directors.
Ollie Pannell, Chair
Director, FERC & State Regulatory Compliance, FirstEnergy
Jill Kolesar, Vice Chair
Founder and Chief Client Officer, Mobile Health Consumer, Inc.
Bethany Dria Lawrence, Treasurer
Senior Associate Business Valuation, Apple Growth Partners
Nathan Sargent, Secretary
Attorney, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Greg Bean
Estate Planning and Probate Attorney, Stark and Knoll Co. L.P.A.
Bill Forquer
Principal, Bill Forquer & Associates
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
Michele Tomer
Attorney
Bret Treier
Managing Partner, Akron Office, Vorys
Dennis VanFossen Jr.
Safe Step Walk-In Tub
Patricia Wagner
Retired, Child Guidance and Family Solutions
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