Staff & Board

Executive Director
Cory Dippold has been in the non-profit field for over 23 years as both a volunteer and as a career. He has been a volunteer with the HOBY Youth Leadership organization since 2000 serving as group facilitator, chairing seven local seminars and chairing the World Leadership Congress in 2011 with over 400 participants from 14 countries. He worked for 10 years for Leadership Toledo where he served as youth director and development director founding Restaurant Week Toledo as a signature fundraiser. Cory has won numerous awards for his leadership initiatives including Toledo’s 20under40 Leadership Award in 2007. He became the executive director at Ohio Business Week Foundation in March of 2018. Cory is involved with many other charities & events and is an Accredited Columbus Ambassador.
Managing Board of Directors
Ida Abdalkhani, Director
Ability to Engage
Aaron Broering, Director - Young Alumni Rep
Miami University Ohio Student
Brent Castillo, Director
GE Digital
Mark Flock, Director
Polaris Healthcare Partners
Faris Ghani, Director
Global Healthcare Executive
John Hamlin, Director Emeritis
JB Hamlin & Company
Tom Houser, Secretary
Aflac
Gwen Jarvis, Director
INFINI International, Ltd
Treva Jeffries, Director
Toledo Public Schools
Michael Kroeger, Treasurer
Ingage Partners
Rob Moyer, Director
Rexarc
Ronald Nischwitz, Director Emeritus
Retired
Amanda Peltier, President
Consultant
Tim Sheeler, Director
FirstCredit, Inc
John Tuggle, Director Emeritus
Retired
—Updated 9/2023