
Rebecca Cates, CPA
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Melissa Soza Fees, PhD
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Umberto P. Fedeli
President and CEO of The Fedeli Group
Since 1988, Umberto Fedeli has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Fedeli Group, one of the largest and fastest growing insurance brokerage firms in Ohio, specializing in employee benefits and workers’ compensation consulting, surety, environmental risk management and estate planning.
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A genuine commitment to his community has led Umberto to contribute much of his personal time and energy to a variety of civic and charitable causes. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and a trustee on the Board of John Carroll University as well the Cleveland Catholic Diocese Foundation. He chairs the Northern Ohio Italian American Foundation, a charitable organization that he helped establish in 1995, and currently chairs the Cleveland Catholic Cemeteries Association. He is also actively involved in Legatus, an international organization of Catholic CEOs, is Chairman of their Cleveland Chapter.
Umberto served as Chairman of the Ohio Turnpike Commission for six years and worked on the election campaigns of Senator Mike DeWine and Ohio Governor George Voinovich, as well as in other state and local campaigns.
Umberto has received many honors from business, educational and ethnic organizations, including being named “Man of the Year” by the Americans of Italian Heritage and the Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame. He was recognized by John Carroll University’s Business School as one of Fifty of its Finest, and has been the recipient of both the Grand Illusion Award from the Ohio Cancer Research Associates and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Norman Cohn Hope Award for Outstanding Philanthropic and Community Service. In 1998, he became a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, administered by the Holy See in Rome.
He is a proud alumnus of St. Joseph High School and John Carroll University. He resides in Gates Mills, Ohio with his wife and their five children.

Donald B. Ferfolia
Licensed Funeral Director & Corporate Treasurer of Ferfolia Funeral Homes, Inc. Sagamore Hills, OH.
Donald holds a BA in Business Administration specializing in Management Concentration from Notre Dame. He is a Licensed Funeral Director in the State of Ohio. He holds a Life and Health Insurance Agent License in Ohio. He has an exceptional record of service in his community, having served as an elected member and President and Vice-President of the Governing Board of the Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County, an elected member and Vice-President of the School Board Cuyahoga Heights Local Schools, a member of Regional Service Delivery Advisory Council, and a board member of Ohio Catholic Federal Credit Union.
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He is an active member of St. Basil the Great Catholic parish where he has served as a technical advisor as well as teaching marriage courses along with his wife of 48 years, Margaret. He has been to Honduras multiple times as a member of the St. Basil Mission team. Don currently is the Treasurer of the St. Basil Athletic Association. They are the parents of six grown children and the grandparents of eight.

Paul R. Fransway
Dickinson Wright, PLLC
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Mr. Fransway also represents local and national franchise companies with regard to their franchise, general business and trademark issues, including Domino’s Pizza, Midas, HCX Salons, The Coffee Beanery, Ltd., and Pro Golf.
He has also been actively involved in local government and non-profit community activities. He has served as a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals (1986-2000), the Planning Commission (1988-1998, Chairman in 1995-1996) and the Board of Trustees (1996-2002) for the Charter Township of Lyon (Oakland County, Michigan).
Mr. Fransway is a member of the Washtenaw County and American Bar Associations, and the State Bar of Texas and State Bar of Michigan. In addition to other activities, he belongs to the Taxation and Intellectual Property sections of the Michigan, Texas and American Bar Associations.

George Patrick Murphy
Principal, Board Member, Strategic Advisor of Advanced Modern Technologies Corp.
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George has sat, or sits, on the Boards of several Private Equity Portfolio Companies in which he has invested. He also currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Spitzer Center.
George and his wife Bonnie have been married for 36 years and have three daughters and six wonderful grandchildren. The Murphy’s currently reside in both Park City, Utah (attending St. Mary’s Parish) and Honolulu, Hawaii (St. Augustine by the Sea Parish).

Joseph J. Janiczek
Janiczek® Wealth Management
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He also has his Chartered Financial Consultant designation. Mr. Janiczek has served as a Board of Governor of Legatus International, President of Rotary International Club and Foundation and Board of Director of Spitzer Center for Ethical Leadership. Mr. Janiczek is the majority shareholder of Janiczek® and leads its executive Leadership Team.

Fr. Joseph W. Koterski, S.J.
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University

Paul Lawless
Partner of Lawless, Edwards & Warren
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He makes his home in Boca Raton with his wife, Lynn, and four children.

Bill Newland
Owner, Director of Hercules Industries, Inc. Denver, CO
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Other organizations in which Bill is affiliated and active include Legatus, an international group of Catholic business leaders. Bill also serves as the Director of the Metal of Honor Fund, a metal fabrication industry charitable fund raising group, and a member of the Finance Council at the St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver.
Bill and his wife Annette reside in Littleton, Colorado. They find good company with their 5 children and 13 grandchildren all living in the area.

Blake Wells
Vice President – Client Service Director of IMA Financial Group, Inc
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He and his wife, Christine have been married since 1994 and have 3 children.