Wednesday, February 19, 2014
The "Jim Tressel for YSU President" movement is gaining momentum. U.S. Rep Tim Ryan and a group of business and community leaders have sent the following letter to Youngstown State University’s Board of Trustees:
Dear Board Member,
As long time supporters of Youngstown State University, we are writing to offer our full and unequivocal support behind Jim Tressel to be the next President of Youngstown State University. We hope that the Board considers moving expeditiously to make this happen. We all have known Jim personally for many years and strongly believe that he will bring all of the skill and experience needed to lead Youngstown State University forward. He understands the importance of YSU's relationship to the cities of Youngstown, Warren, our surrounding communities, America Makes, the Youngstown Business Incubator and the role of STEM in our future economic initiatives. He knows the importance of university collaborations with the private sector and local workforce. And he has the relationships and obvious leadership skills to build both the financial and organizational support for the YSU initiatives that will grow the University and broader economy.
Given the current circumstance, we hope you would consider making an offer quickly so that we can move forward and build upon the great progress that has been made in the Mahoning Valley. The world is a very dynamic and complicated place today, but the most important indicator of the success of any institution today is leadership. If an institution has strong, visionary and resilient leadership, it will succeed. We believe Jim Tressel will provide that kind of leadership and take YSU and the Mahoning Valley to the next level.
I have been in communications with the following community leaders and they have agreed to lend their support to this effort.
Mike Broderick
Mike Bruno
Tony Cafaro
Don Constantini
Sam Covelli
Don Crane
Denise DeBartolo-York
Mike Garvey
Presley Gillespie
Tom Humphries
Dave Johnson
Glenn Johnson
Ron Klingle
Dr. Chander Kohli, MD
John Masternick
Robert Morales
Ed Muransky
Bill Padisak
John Perdue
Carol Potter
Eric Ryan
Anthony Saadey
Diane Sauer
Rick Schiraldi
Bob Sebo
Eric Spiegel
Gary Steinbeck
Doug Sweeney
Herb Washington
Bruce Zoldan
Ron Jaworski
Go Penguins!
Sincerely,
Tim Ryan
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