Meet the Team Behind the Land Bank’s Success


Board

Brad Cromes, Board Chair, Treasurer, Cuyahoga County

Anthony Brancatelli, Board Vice Chair, Former Council Member, City of Cleveland

Annette Blackwell, Mayor, City of Maple Heights

Michael Booker, Mayor, City of Highland Hills

Reverend Dr. Brian Cash, Pastor, East Mount Zion Baptist Church

Dale Miller, Council President, Cuyahoga County

Sally Martin O’Toole, Director of Building and Housing, City of Cleveland

Chris Ronayne, County Executive, Cuyahoga County

Jasmin Santana, Council Member, City of Cleveland

Leadership

Ricardo León

President & CEO

rleon@cuyahogalandbank.org

(216) 698-8636


Dennis Roberts

Chief Strategy Officer

droberts@cuyahogalandbank.org

(216) 698-8653


 

Directors

Douglas Sawyer, General Counsel
dsawyer@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-3543

Michael Schramm, Senior Director of Systems Integration
schramm@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-8777

Adam Stalder, Director of Community Stabilization
astalder@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-8658

Kimberly Steigerwald, Director of Acquisition & Disposition
ksteigerwald@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-8802

Rachel Trem, Director of Communications & Marketing
rtrem@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-2760

Jennifer Vazquez-Norman, Director of Real Estate Development
jvnorman@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-4608

Land Bank Staff

Acquisition & Disposition

Carly Beck, Environmental Project & Data Analyst
cbeck@cuyahogalandbank.com  |  (216) 698-4696

Marcelina Śladewska, Special Projects Manager
msladewska@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-3022

Matthew Thomas, Assistant Director of Acquisition & Disposition
mthomas@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-2816

 

Administration

Michelle Gomez, Executive Assistant
mgomez@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-2204

 

Community Stabilization

Vince Adamus, Environmental Project Manager
vadamus@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-8843

Sarah Drab Presser, Environmental & Properties Specialist
sdrab@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-8938

Jane Larson, Senior Financial Analyst
jlarson@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-8729

Deidre Lightning-Whitted, Senior Demolition Inspector
dwhitted@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-2576

Jim Maher, Commercial Demolition Officer
jmaher@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-8791

Caylen Payne, Senior Demolition Inspector
cpayne@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-4278

 

Finance

Joseph Barr, Senior Accountant
jbarr@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-8865

Gina Finney Johnson, Accounts Payable Manager
gjohnson@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-8778

Farid Muqbel, Grant Accountant
fmuqbel@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-0313

Erica Tkachyk, Controller
etkachyk@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-8336

Stacy Sutton, Staff Accountant
ssutton@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-2472

 

Information Technology & Research

Summer Mastandrea, Software & Information Technology Engineer
smastandrea@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-6607

Ryan Sutter, PhD, Data Scientist
rsutter@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-4794

 

Legal

Matthew P. Yourkvitch, Esq., Corporate Counsel
myourkvitch@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-8754

Jeannie Citerman-Kraeger, Grant Compliance & Monitoring Manager
jckraeger@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-2552

Sarah Norman, Document Support & Staff Records Custodian
snorman@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-2445

Jennifer O’Konski, Acquisition Assistant
jokonski@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-6691

 

Real Estate Development

Lori Brdar, Housing Development Project Manager
lbrdar@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-8926

Austin Bloom, Real Estate Development Liaison
abloom@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-4107

Angela Dupay, Real Estate Development Assistant
adupay@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-2182

Tenia Hicks, Business Process Manager
thicks@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-6626

Kamla Lewis, Senior Housing Development Project Manager
klewis@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-2319

Roberto Rodriguez, Senior Housing Development & Construction Project Manager
rrodriguez@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-2820

Rich Shaffer, Property Specialist
rshaffer@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-2195

Michelle Thomas, Housing Development Project Manager
mrthomas@cuyahogalandbank.org | (216) 698-2311

 

 

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