The Civic Commons

Moulthrop, Dan

I'm Curator of Conversation here at the Civic Commons and one of the co-founders, as well. Once upon a time, I taught high school English in California and lived in a castle. Not really. My wife and I have three children, and we live in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Reeves, Nancy

I was transplanted from a small town in Nebraska in 1974. Since then I've graduated from three local post-secondary schools, lived in four local communities (in three counties), worked in three more (in three counties), taught high school (Shaw High School - East Cleveland), and parent...

Miller Zimon, Jill

Director of Partnerships Project Director, Network Facilitator, EfficientGovNetwork

Rowland, Daryl

Manager of Marketing, Communications and Outreach Award-winning television writer-producer and marketer Daryl Rowland comes to the Civic Commons by way of Hollywood Boulevard and Madison Avenue. Having grown tired of our nation’s side coasts, he now resides on our glorious North C...

Russell, Jason

Feel free to email me with ideas/suggestions/comments at jasonrussell@theciviccommons.com

Segedy, Jason

Director of the Metropolitan Planning Organization serving Greater Akron. My responsiblities include developing a regional transportation plan; overseeing the expenditure of federal transportation funds; and coordinating transportation improvements and regional planning initiatives wit...

Shafarenko, Mike

I'm the President and one of the co-founders of the Civic Commons. Prior to my work at the Commons, I was the Manager of Finance and Operations at the Fund for Our Economic Future (FFEF), a Program Manager at Entrepreneurs EDGE and a Human Resources Coordinator at Case Western Reserve U...

Schmitt, Ben

Marketing specialist. Freelance writer. Recovering full-time journalist. Husband, father, Pittsburgh-booster.

Gress, Taryn

I'm a Northeast Ohio transplant from Massachusetts and I love living in this region because it has so much potential. I work as the Operations and Communications Coordinator at the Civic Commons, which means I wear many hats every day. I'm an alumna of The College of Wooster and Case We...