Board of Directors
& STAFF
Members of the Soap Box Derby Board of Directors and its current staff.
Board of Directors
Jill Kolesar | Chair
Founder and Chief Client Officer, Mobile Health Consumer, Inc.
Nate Sargent | Vice Chair
Attorney, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Bethany Dria Lawrence | Treasurer
Manager, Eide Bailly LLP
Anne Rericha | Secretary
Attorney IV, FirstEnergy Corp
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
Eufrancia Lash
Deputy Director of Public Service and Neighborhood Assistance, City of Akron
Michele Tomer
Attorney
Bret Treier
Managing Partner, Akron Office, Vorys
Ollie Pannell, member-at-large
Community Advocate
STAFF
Dennis VanFossen Jr. | President & CEO
dennis@soapboxderby.org
Ext. 18
Jaclyne Sesock | Director of Administration
jaclyne@soapboxderby.org
Ext. 22
Susan Bernowski | Finance Manager
accounting@soapboxderby.org
Ext. 34
Duane Burkhammer | Director of Shipping
shipping@soapboxderby.org
Ext. 35
Linda Hubbell | Education Director
linda@soapboxderby.org
Ext. 12
Kristoffer Cusick | Director of Facilities
kristoffer@soapboxderby.org
Ext. 45
Brad Kappler | Event Manager
brad@soapboxderby.org
Ext. 13
Alan Howe | Interim Race Programs
alan@soapboxderby.org
Eric Welshenbaugh | Marketing Manager
eric@soapboxderby.org
Doreen Thorne | Grant Writer
doreen@soapboxderby.org
main office phone number: 330-733-8723
Honorary Board OF DIRECTORS
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
Retired President & CEO, AAA Akron Auto Club
Bob Troyer
Public Relations Consultant
Thomas Welsh
Retired Senior VP, FirstEnergy