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Neighbors | Submitted.Board members are shown, from left, (front) Shanna Chasebi, Suzanne Barbati, Cheryl McArthur; (middle) Ron Faniro, Bruce Sherman, Steve Giangiordano, Joe Nohra, Chrissy Papa, Charles George, Rev. Lewis Macklin; (back) Nils Johnson, Fred Alexander, Carmela Minnie, Mark Peters, Ellie Platt, Heidi Daniel, Yvonne Lipinsky and Merry Wagner (past board chair).
OH WOW! The Roger and Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science and Technology recently recognized the work of board members and announced the addition of four new board members.
Merry Gubany Wagner, who served in a variety of capacities for eight years on the Board of Directors, most recently as a member of the executive committee, was recognized for her work.
“Merry Wagner was a founding member of OH WOW!, and in that capacity, was instrumental in helping us complete the transformation that our community sees today,” said Mark Peters, current chair. “The volunteer work of our governing board of directors has been and will continue to be critically important to the success of OH WOW!’s mission. In 2017, we will complete our third strategic plan with an eye to, one, building on current successes through targeted enhancement and strategic expansion internally and externally and, two, institutionalizing a robust infrastructure toward future sustainability. It is important that OH WOW! continues to be a resource for the children in our community and our children’s grandchildren.”
New board members include Heidi Daniel, executive director of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County; Chuck George, majority shareholder and CEO of HAPCO, Inc. Triptech, LLC; Rev. Dr. Lewis Macklin II, Senior Pastor at Holy Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, and Cheryl McArthur, Director of Human Resources and Operations with the Mahoning County Educational Service Center.