Cleveland's CEOs You Should Know
Get to know business leaders in Northeast Ohio. Learn about their business and management style.
Episodes
July 24, 2024 • 17 mins
Cliff A. Megerian, MD, is Chief Executive Officer of University Hospitals (UH), a comprehensive health system with annual revenues of $6 billion, 21 hospitals (including 5 joint ventures), more than 50 health centers and outpatient facilities, and over 200 physician offices located throughout 16 counties. He assumed this position in February 2021 and joined UH in 2002. He is also the Jane and Henry Meyer Chief Executive Officer Dis...
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June 3, 2024 • 17 mins
E. Douglas Beach, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging (WRAAA), has empirical leadership experience and expertise at the federal, state, and local levels. Having spent much of his childhood on family farms, it quite naturally followed Dr. Beach would pursue a doctorate in agricultural economics. Engaged in this pursuit at North Carolina State University, Dr. Beach found it necessary to return to Oh...
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May 21, 2024 • 20 mins
Adam Nash is the co-founder & CEO of Daffy.org, a fast-growing platform and community for charitable giving. Adam has served as an executive, angel investor, and advisor to some of the most successful technology companies to come out of Silicon Valley. Adam previously served as President & CEO of Wealthfront. He has held executive and technical roles at Dropbox, LinkedIn, eBay, and Apple. Adam also serves as an Adjunct Lect...
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May 15, 2024 • 26 mins
AmCoat Industrial, maker of high-performance coatings for walls, roofs, and specialty industrial applications. AmCoat is home to some of the most recognized paint brands in the U.S., most notably Rhino Shield Ceramic Coatings, Floor Shield Polyaspartic Coatings and, Super Shield Roof Coatings. Through a network of independent dealers, AmCoat distributes its products nationally and internationally coating thousands of homes, buildin...
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May 1, 2024 • 31 mins
Corina Diehl is a passionate woman. Her passion for cars and for serving her customers has built Diehl Automotive into one of the region's most successful and fastest growing dealerships. Corina also has a passion for giving back to the community that supports her business and where she raised her family.
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April 30, 2024 • 20 mins
Stewart KohlStewart A. Kohl is Co-Chief Executive Officer of The Riverside Company, a $13 billion global private equity firm founded to invest in premier companies at the smaller end of the middle market. Since 1988, Riverside has invested in more than 1,000 companies globally. The firm’s investors include leading pension funds, endowments, funds-of-funds, insurance companies and banks. The firm employs more than 350 people in offi...
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April 9, 2024 • 23 mins
Mike Malley is Chairman of the family-owned Malley’s Chocolate, Inc., leading operations and personnel across the specialty retailers’ 19 regional stores and manufacturing facility headquartered in Brook Park, Ohio.
As grandson of company founder Albert Martin (Mike) Malley, and in partnership with his five siblings, he serves in the third generation of family chocolatiers since its incorporation in 1935.
Malley re-joined the family ...
As grandson of company founder Albert Martin (Mike) Malley, and in partnership with his five siblings, he serves in the third generation of family chocolatiers since its incorporation in 1935.
Malley re-joined the family ...
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January 9, 2024 • 18 mins
Paul Sidhu is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sidhu Realty Capital. Paul has over a decade of commercial real estate investment experience having managed and consulted on multi-billion dollar private equity portfolios as a Portfolio Manager for UBS Investment Bank and a Senior Consultant for Deloitte. Paul graduated from Bates College with a Bachelor of Arts degree and also holds a Masters in Real Estate Finance from ...
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January 9, 2024 • 10 mins
Brian Krusz is the Founder and Director of Growth & Development at Sgt. Clean Car Wash. Founded in 2013, Sgt Clean Car Wash is an express exterior chain, currently with 16 locations throughout Northeast Ohio. Sgt Clean is a five time Inc 5,000 winner, five time Weatherhead 100, 3 time Vet100 winner, Smart50 Honoree and two time Smart Culture Award recipient. Brian spent eight years in the United States Marine Corps and graduat...
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January 3, 2024 • 16 mins
Born from a vision Jennifer DiGiandomenico had at 18 years old, Stella Luna Counseling and Wellness offers an intentional blend of comprehensive services to support you in coming back to whole-ness. Whatever your journey, history or story, we have created a center founded on the desire to meet each client where they are, non-judgmentally, and with a customized approach to meet your unique needs. We understand that being vulnerable ...
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December 4, 2023 • 26 mins
OhioGuidestone has been devoted to helping those in need by providing services to meet the challenges of the day. From a simple orphanage, we grew into Ohio’s leader in mental and behavioral health. A faith-based agency, we offer a range of mental health and substance use disorder services for children and adults.
Brant became the new President and CEO in 2022. Under his guidance, and leveraging his extensive experience, his focus i...
Brant became the new President and CEO in 2022. Under his guidance, and leveraging his extensive experience, his focus i...
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November 12, 2023 • 10 mins
David Margolius is the Director of Public Health, City of Cleveland. On August 1, 2022, Dr.
Margolius took the oath of office as the city’s first physician Public Health Director in over 40
years.
Dave was born in Cleveland and raised in Shaker Heights. For the 7 years prior to joining the
City of Cleveland, he worked at MetroHealth System as a Primary Care Physician and held a
number of leadership positions including Division Director ...
Margolius took the oath of office as the city’s first physician Public Health Director in over 40
years.
Dave was born in Cleveland and raised in Shaker Heights. For the 7 years prior to joining the
City of Cleveland, he worked at MetroHealth System as a Primary Care Physician and held a
number of leadership positions including Division Director ...
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November 12, 2023 • 14 mins
Maria (Walker) Bennett has been the President and CEO of SPR Therapeutics since she founded the company in 2010. Using her years of experience in the medtech industry, Maria identified an unmet market need for a non-opioid, non-surgical pain treatment to improve the lives of millions of pain sufferers. The idea for this new treatment originated during her biomedical engineering graduate studies at Case Western Reserve University, w...
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October 27, 2023 • 13 mins
Gia Polo's background includes serving as general manager for Stonebridge Companies in Washington, D.C.; corporate task force general manager for Interstate Hotels & Resorts; general manager for Interstate Hotels & Resorts in Washington; and managerial positions in suburban Washington and Greater Cleveland.
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September 26, 2023 • 12 mins
Dr. Henry Pettiegrew, II is a refreshing leader who took a strikingly different approach to school leadership. Revitalization has been the tone of his tenure in the East Cleveland City School District. He was appointed by the state of Ohio as the CEO, and has been named as the superintendent by the local school board. He has coordinated transformational, district-wide school improvement strategies, and served as an educational ad...
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September 18, 2023 • 1 min
A conversation with Richard Moore, CEO, The Good Feet Store
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June 16, 2023 • 13 mins
Brian Bailys, has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1983. In 1993, he formed The Bailys Group, a consulting firm, to provide tax and financial planning services. He has also been involved in many aspects of private equity, including investment analysis, due diligence, transaction structure, and negotiations. In 2015, Brian founded, Ascent, a continuing care solution for people in recovery from substance use disorders and men...
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June 14, 2023 • 15 mins
In 2006, at the age of 25, Gabrielle launched Hunter International, a recruiting firm with two
employees. The Cleveland-based venture has since rocketed nationwide, finding top-shelf
scientific, engineering and technical staff for Fortune 500 companies who demand STEM
excellence. Under Gabrielle’s leadership Hunter has been recognized as one of the fastest
growing companies in the Midwest and one of Ohio’s Best Workplaces.
Gabrielle, 10...
employees. The Cleveland-based venture has since rocketed nationwide, finding top-shelf
scientific, engineering and technical staff for Fortune 500 companies who demand STEM
excellence. Under Gabrielle’s leadership Hunter has been recognized as one of the fastest
growing companies in the Midwest and one of Ohio’s Best Workplaces.
Gabrielle, 10...
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May 12, 2023 • 26 mins
Jon Bostock is Chief Executive Officer of Leaf Home™, a leading technology-enabled direct-to-consumer provider of home improvement products and solutions. An experienced executive with a proven ability to create value, Bostock previsouly served as Interim CEO at Leaf Home since August 2022. During that time, he developed a strategic vision for the company that he will now bring to fruition as CEO. Bostock's strategic plan focuses o...
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May 4, 2023 • 22 mins
Meet Stephanie and Kurt Altenburger, the power couple behind bringing Orangetheory Fitness and Restore Hyper wellness to Northeast Ohio. In 2023 they co-founded Thrive Venture Group with Stephanie as the CEO, and Kurt as the Director of Construction and Facilities. With their partners, they worked to create a larger enterprise of now 26 studios with intentions of growing. This dynamic duo has been happily married for 11 years and s...
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