Meet Our Shapers
Our energetic & diverse team combines a variety of backgrounds with passion, creativity, and dedication. Our team consists of both native Clevelanders and transplants, but at the root of it - we all love the CLE.
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Kwame Botchway
Curator - LinkedIn
Capital & Impact Manager,
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress -
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Ben Walton
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Daonin Zhou
Impact Officer - LinkedIn
Business Analyst,
Cohen & Company -
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Luciana Salles
Communications Chair - LinkedIn
Enterprise Lean Sigma Manager,
Avery Denison -
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Julianne Roseman
Outgoing Curator - LinkedIn
Ventures Associate, Health,
Plug and Play -
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Ajay Krishnan
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Andreea Procopan
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Ashley Wilson
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Caroline Schuerger, PhD
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Elena Stachew
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Feras Deiratany
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Gloria Li
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Ibukunonluwa Ode-Martins
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Jonathan Steirer
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Kayode Omoyosi
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Linda Perla
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Nicholas Moses Ngong
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Siddhartha 'Sid' Sen
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Smit Patel
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Thiraj Dhanushan Mohankumar
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Rachel Waitzman
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Matt Polefko
Former Shapers
As "movers and shakers" in the community, our members do sometimes move on to become alumni or move to another city & Hub. However, we keep in touch as they go on and continue to accomplish great things!
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Marissa Jones
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Amy Young
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LaRissa Lawrie
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Joan Donoghue
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Anthony Anderson
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Paolo Appley
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Donald Bittala
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Joey Chan
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Cherie Chung
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Danielle Curran
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Adam Dunn
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Joshua Edmonds
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Marcos Ferreira
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Taylor Henschel
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Melinda Jackson
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Esther Kim
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Samantha Peddicord
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Lana Radl
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Kartik Ramkumar
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Anastasia Rokisky
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Carl Shotwell
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Josh Su
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Alison Tanker
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Peter Truog
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Lauren Wyeth
