GOOD PEOPLE
Meet the Team

Aaron Brown
Volunteer Coordinator, Business Partnerships

Erica Newell
Marketing & Communications Director

Ian Fountain
Volunteer Coordinator, Business Partnerships

Jenna Brooks
Volunteer Coordinator, Business Partnerships

Jess Jones
Events Manager

Jessica Brewer
Manager, Business Partnerships

Jessica Mounts
Director of Operations

Kallie Collins
Senior Coordinator, Advancement

Katie Schaublin
Senior Volunteer Coordinator, Business Partnerships

Kristen Cookro
Director, Besa Platform

Lexi Steverding
Senior Volunteer Coordinator, Community Partnerships

Matthew Goldstein
Founder & CEO

Meghan Sickmeier
Office Manager

Molly Stelzle
Senior Advancement Manager

Nora Yepez-Ornelas
Senior Manager, Community Partnerships

William Allen
Volunteer Coordinator, Community Partnerships
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Besa Board of Directors

Charly Bauer
Board Chair
CEO & President, Gateway Film Center

Kelly Clifford Riehl
Board Vice President
VP of Communications & Community Relations, Installed Building Products

Amy Ciminello
Board Treasurer
Tax Partner, Plante Moran

Shey Jin
Board Secretary
Director of Business Services, CoverMyMeds

Suzanne Coates Brown
Besa Founder & Chair Emeritus
Senior Director - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Bread Financial

Ryan Aguiar
Senior Counsel, American Electric Power

Irene Alvarez
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, The Columbus Partnership

Stanley Gates
Director of Government Affairs, Shumaker Advisors

Ted Geer
Deputy Chief, Policy and Special Projects, Ohio Department of Development

Angelia Lincoln-Smith
VP of Human Resources, Bath & Body Works

Adam Miller
Managing Director, CCS Fundraising

Sara Sakon
Community Advocate

Chrisley Scott
Director of Capital Program Oversight, NiSource

Todd Simmons
Chief Information Officer, Rite Rug




















