O’Bryan started as a hotline volunteer at the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center. She now runs the Cuyahoga Community College Foundation, where she led a $58 million campaign.

Sobol Jordan is the first woman to run United Way of Greater Cleveland in 122 years. Her target: the 144,000 county households that earn too much to be poor and too little to be stable.

Kubic started Adcom on a $13,000 salary and a bet on desktop publishing. Thirty-seven years later: 110 employees, $40 million ...

Price and Fanger started K&D Group with an infomercial, a loan and a small building. Forty-two years later, they’re spending $100 million to save the Rockefeller Building.

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Chase-Morefield’s mother grew up skipping meals. During the pandemic, the Second Harvest Food Bank she leads moved 14 million ...

Since 2010, Zimmerman has added more than 4,000 acres and 60 miles of trails to Cleveland Metroparks — and brought the Emerald Necklace to the water’s edge.