TEDxCLE 2011: Guardians of the Evolution Program

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACTION + INNOVATION Storytellers of the Past 5-6
Pioneers of the Present 7-8
Guardians of the Evolution 9-10

IDEAS WORTH TED 13
SPREADING TEDx 14

INTERACT + SHARE Thank You 17
Community 17
After Party 19

INSPIRE + INOVATE Schedule 23-24
Ari Maron 25-26
Jonathon Sawyer 29-30
Matt Hlavin 33-34
Hannah Belsito 37-38
Rhonda Sincavage 41-42
Jeff Siegler 45-46
Thomas Starinsky 49-50
David Franklin 53-54
TEDTalks 57-58
John Zitzner 61-62
Valerie Mayen 65-66
Ted Howard 69-70
P
aul Hill, Jr. 73-74
Chris Clark 77-78
Steven Tatar 81-82

SPONSORS The Adcom Group 87
Cleveland Cinemas + The Capitol Theatre 88
Detroit Shoreway Community Development
Organization 89
The George Gund Foundation 90
PNC 91
Oliver Printing Co. 92
sharkminnow 93

PARTNERS C.L.E. Clothing 97
Phoenix Coffee 97
Studio 526 98

ORGANIZERS Hallie Bram +
Eric Kogelschatz 101-102

CLE

Never forget our city’s rich history.
Remember to share positive stories from Cleveland with the world.

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Like the pioneers of Cleveland’s past,
our passion serves to motive us and our resiliency defines us.

Our collective creativity and innovative spirit motivates us to forge
ahead in building the version of our city we want to see.

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We are the guardians of Cleveland’s future.
We are responsible for its evolution.
Success is only possible through collaboration.

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IDEAS WORTH SPREADING

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IDEAS WORTH
SPREADING

TED TED is a nonprofit organization devoted
to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a
four-day conference in California 25 years
ago, TED has grown to support those world-
changing ideas with multiple initiatives.
The annual TED Conference invites the
world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak
for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made
available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers
have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane
Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard
Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck,
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK
Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual
TED Conference takes place in Long Beach,
California, with simulcast in Palm Springs;
TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford,
UK. TED’s media initiatives include TED.
com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily,
and the Open Translation Project, which
provides subtitles and interactive transcripts
as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be
translated by volunteers worldwide. TED
has established the annual TED Prize,
where exceptional individuals with a wish to
change the world are given the opportunity

to put their wishes into action; TEDx,
which offers individuals or groups a way to
organize local, independent TED-like events
around the world; and the TEDFellows
program, helping world-changing innovators
from around the globe to become part of the
TED community and, with its help, amplify
the impact of their remarkable projects and
activities. Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.
com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at facebook.
com/TED.

TEDx In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx
is a program of local, self-organized events
that bring people together to share a TED-
like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks
video and live speakers combine to spark
deep discussion and connection in a small
group. These local, self-organized events
are branded TEDx, where x = independently
organized TED event. The TED Conference
provides general guidance for the TEDx
program, but individual TEDx events are
self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and
regulations.)

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INTERACT + SHARE

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INTERACT + SHARE

Thank You Thank you. For being a creator. A catalyst.
An entrepreneur. An artist. A technologist. A
designer. A scientist. A thinker. A doer. But
more than anything, thank you for doing this
in Cleveland.

Community TEDxCLE was created to bring all of you
together. So that we can share our ideas to
inspire others in the community. And also,
to share Cleveland innovation, development
and positive change with the world. To
facilitate this, please blog, tweet and chat
about your experience, during and following
the event.

On Twitter, please remember to use the
hashtag #TEDxCLE to connect with others
or send us a message @TEDxCLE. You
can also hashtag individual speakers
(e.g., #valeriemayen). On Facebook, post
messages on our Wall. On Flickr and
YouTube, tag your photos and videos
respectively with TEDxCLE. On FourSquare,
check-in at The Capitol Theatre and the
Battery Park Wine Bar to let everyone know
you are there for TEDxCLE. On Yelp, support
our venues and write reviews on The Capitol
Theatre and the Battery Park Wine Bar.

Links Website
TEDxCLE.com

Email
info@tedxcle.com

Twitter
twitter.com/TEDxCLE
@TEDxCLE
#TEDxCLE

Facebook
facebook.com/TEDxCLE

LinkedIn
TEDxCLE.com/LinkedIn

Photos
TEDxCLE.com/photos

Videos
TEDxCLE.com/talks

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INTERACT + SHARE

After Party Following TEDxCLE, walk just a few blocks to
the Battery Park Wine Bar (7524 Father Frascati
Ave. Cleveland, OH 44102) and share ideas
worth spreading with other TEDxCLE attendees,
speakers, sponsors, organizers ... the whole
TEDxCLE community.

Don’t forget to check-in to the Battery Park
Wine Bar on FourSquare.com and mention
that you are there for TEDxCLE and, of course,
leave a review on Yelp.com. Attendees will be
responsible to purchase their food and drink.

See you there.

Hallie Bram + Eric Kogelschatz,
Founders of TEDxCLE

INSPIRE + INNOVATE

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INSPIRE + INNOVATE

Schedule

9:00 a.m. Opening

9:15 a.m. Ari Maron
The Future of Urban Cleveland
9:35 a.m. Jonathon Sawyer
Sustainability: Local, Practical and Profitable

9:55 a.m. Matt Hlavin
The New Industrial Revolution

10:15 a.m. Hannah Belsito
Building Community Through Historic Preservation:
A Graduate Student Perspective

10:20 a.m. Rhonda Sincavage
Not Your Grandmother’s Preservation

10:35 a.m. Jeff Siegler
Sense of Place as an Economic Driver

10:50 a.m. Thomas Starinsky
Decisions on the Evolution of Cities

11:00 a.m. Hannah Belsito
Conclusions

11:05 a.m. Intermission

11:25 a.m. Dr. David Franklin
Art in the Age of Algorithms,
Portraits in the Age of Pixels,
Museums in the Age of Megabytes:
Why Museums Still Matter
11:45 a.m. TEDTalk
Deb Roy
The Birth of a Word

12:05 p.m. John Zitzner
100% College Bound:
Fixing Urban Education Right Here in Cleveland

12:25 p.m. Valerie Mayen
Party Serious:
Building Community in Cleveland Through the Arts

12:45 p.m. Ted Howard
Owning Your Own Job Is a Beautiful Thing:
Cleveland’s Evergreen Cooperative Initiative

1:05 p.m. Paul Hill, Jr.
Rituals and Community Regeneration

1:25 p.m. Chris Clark
Electricity as a Basic Right

1:40 p.m. Closing

2:00 p.m. After Party
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INSPIRE + INNOVATE

Ari Maron
The Future of Urban Cleveland
#arimaron

Ari Maron is a partner in MRN Ltd. a family owned real estate
development, construction and management company based in
Cleveland, Ohio. MRN specializes in the development, merchandising,
leasing, financing, construction and operation of complex and creative
urban developments. Mr. Maron serves as a board member of the
Downtown Cleveland Alliance, Parkworks and the Historic Gateway
Neighborhood Corporation. MRN’s City of Cleveland Projects include:

• East 4th Street
• Uptown
• Marketplace
• Rosetta Center and Holiday Inn Express
• Doubletree Hotel at Tudor Arms

Website Phone
east4thstreet.com 216.589.1111
Email TEDxCLE
ajmaron@me.com TEDxCLE.com/arimaron

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INSPIRE + INNOVATE

Chef Jonathon Sawyer
Sustainability: Local, Practical and Profitable
#jonathonsawyer

After attending the University of Dayton and graduating from the
Pennsylvania Institute of Culinary Arts, Chef Jonathon Sawyer went to
work at The Biltmore Hotel in Miami. One year later, he was working
alongside renowned Chef Charlie Palmer in New York at Kitchen 22.
Following his work with Palmer, Sawyer moved back to his hometown
of Cleveland to open Michael Symon’s Lolita as Chef de Cuisine.
Sawyer later moved back to New York City to open Parea, another
venture of Michael Symon’s. After receiving a two star review from The
New York Times and a five star review from Time Out New York for
his work at Parea, Sawyer decided to move back to his hometown to
pursue his dream of opening his own restaurant. In 2007 Chef Sawyer
became the Chef/Partner of Bar Cento. His work received many
accolades including Restaurant Hospitality GAYOT’s Rising Star
Chef and Northern Ohio Live’s Best New Restaurant. Sawyer left Bar
Cento in 2008 to pursue the opening of his restaurant, The Greenhouse
Tavern, recently named one of the top ten best new restaurants in
the US by Bon Appetit magazine as well as Best New Restaurant by
Cleveland Magazine. Chef Sawyer was also honored this year as one of
Food Wine’s Best New Chefs.

Website Twitter
thegreenhousetavern.com @thegreenhouse
Email TEDxCLE
jonathon.sawyer@ TEDxCLE.com/jonathonsawyer
thegreenhousetavern.com 30

INSPIRE + INNOVATE

Matt Hlavin
The New Industrial Revolution
#matthlavin

Since joining Thogus in 1997, Matt Hlavin has been the driving force
in Thogus’ growth over the last 13 years. Hlavin became president
in early 2009. Leading the 60+ employee custom plastic injection
molder, Hlavin promotes innovation within Thogus as well as outside
the walls by developing critical partnerships with suppliers and
customers. Hlavin has implemented new products, services and
business divisions: Radiation Protection Technologies, which creates
radiation shielding components, thus replacing harmful lead products;
Rapid Prototype + Manufacturing, a resource for timely prototypes
and production-ready parts without the need for tooling; and a specific
engineering division for biomedical and industry to help customers
design and commercialize their products.

Website Twitter
thogus.com @thogus
Email TEDxCLE
mhlavin@thogus.com TEDxCLE.com/matthlavin

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INSPIRE + INNOVATE

Hannah Belsito
A Graduate Student’s Perspective
#hannahbelsito

Hannah Belsito is the Director of Cleveland Bridge Builders
Recruitment at the Cleveland Leadership Center. Belsito is passionate
about attracting retaining young professionals in Northeast Ohio by
supporting their civic education connecting them to our community.
She is active in the community and studies Urban Planning, Design and
Development, with a specialization in Historic Preservation, at CSU’s
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs.

Website Twitter
cleveleads.org @cleveleads
Email TEDxCLE
hbelsito@cleveleads.org TEDxCLE.com/hannahbelsito

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INSPIRE + INNOVATE

Rhonda Sincavage
Not Your Grandmother’s Preservation
#rhondasincavage

Rhonda Sincavage is Associate Director for Intergovernmental Affairs
at the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington DC. In
addition to her work at the National Trust, she is currently on the Board
of Directors of the National Preservation Institute and the Association
for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery. She also
previously served on the Board of Trustees of US/ICOMOS, and taught
an “Issues in Preservation” course at Goucher College.

Website Twitter
preservationnation.org @presnation
Email TEDxCLE
rhonda_sincavage@nthp.org TEDxCLE.com/rhondasincavage

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INSPIRE + INNOVATE

Jeff Siegler
Sense of Place as an Economic Driver
#jeffsiegler

Jeff Siegler attended Ohio Wesleyan University where he received
his bachelor’s degree in economics management. While working in
historic tax credit real estate development In Richmond, Virginia, Jeff
completed his Masters of Urban and Regional Planning at Virginia
Commonwealth University with a concentration in urban revitalization.
Prior to becoming the director of revitalization at Heritage Ohio, he
worked as the director of the Lancaster Special Improvement District.
Jeff is a graduate of the National Main Street Center Certification
Institute; a frequent presenter on local resource based economic
development and has participated on resource team visits around the
country and internationally.

Website Twitter
heritageohio.org @heritageohio
TEDxCLE
Email TEDxCLE.com/jeffsiegler
jsiegler@heritageohio.org
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INSPIRE + INNOVATE

Thomas Starinsky
Decisions on the Evolution of Cities
#thomasstarinsky

Thomas Starinsky has been with the Historic Warehouse District
Development Corporation and Historic Gateway Neighborhood
Corporation since 2002. As Associate Director, he serves as the Main
Street Manager for both organizations, where his responsibilities
include managing the City’s Storefront Renovation Program in the
Central Business District, overseeing the Design Review Committees
and coordinating special infrastructure and planning projects.
Starinsky is also active in community development as a volunteer in
Cleveland’s Larchmere neighborhood - his home neighborhood. Here
he has served as the Board President of the Shaker Square Area
Development Corporation; Chair of the Larchmere Boulevard Master
Plan Committee and Co-Chair of Buckeye-Larchmere Community
Planning Initiative. Starinsky was recognized for his achievements by
his inclusion in the 2006 class of Crain’s Cleveland Business’ Forty
Under 40.

Website Twitter
warehousedistrict.org @thomasstarinsky
historicgateway.org TEDxCLE
Email TEDxCLE.com/thomasstarinsky
tstarinsky@warehousedistrict.org
tstarinsky@historicgateway.org
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INSPIRE + INNOVATE

Dr. David Franklin
Art in the Age of Algorithms, Portraits in the Age of Pixels,
Museums in the Age of Megabytes: Why Museums Still Matter
#davidfranklin

Dr. David Franklin was named the ninth Director of the Cleveland
Museum of Art in August, 2010. An internationally renowned expert
in the Italian Renaissance and Baroque periods, he was awarded the
Knight of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity by the Republic of
Italy in 2009. David is a native of Canada and previously served as the
Deputy Director and Chief Curator for the National Gallery of Art in
Ottawa. After receiving his B.A. from Queen’s University, David went
to England where he received his M.A. in European Renaissance Art
and his Ph.D. from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.
From 1991 to 1994, he was the Slade and Shuffrey Fellow in Italian
Renaissance Art at Lincoln College, a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
at All Souls College from 1994 to 1999. He was also Professor of Italian
Renaissance at Oxford from 1994 to 1998, and a Visiting Scholar at the
Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities in Los Angeles,
California in 1996 as well as at the Hertziana Library, Rome, in 2010. In
1998, he joined the National Gallery as Curator of Prints and Drawings,
a position which he held until 2001.

Website Twitter
clevelandart.org @clevelandart
Email TEDxCLE
info@clevelandart.org TEDxCLE.com/davidfranklin
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TED2011
Deb Roy
The Birth of a Word
#debroy

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading and in honor of TED, we share
one of our favorite TEDTalks from TED2011. If you would like to view
this video after TEDxCLE, please visit TEDxCLE.com/talks

About this talk: MIT researcher Deb Roy wanted to understand
how his infant son learned language, so he wired up his house with
videocameras to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son’s life,
then parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch “gaaaa” slowly turn
into “water.” Astonishing, data-rich research with deep implications for
how we learn.

About Deb Roy: Deb Roy studies how children learn language, and
designs machines that learn to communicate in human-like ways. On
sabbatical from MIT Media Lab, he’s working with the AI company
Bluefin Labs.

Website Twitter
bluefinlabs.com @dkroy
Email TEDxCLE
contact@bluefinlabs.com TEDxCLE.com/debroy
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INSPIRE + INNOVATE

John Zitzner
100% College Bound:
Fixing Urban Education Right Here in Cleveland
#johnzitzner

John Zitzner is the Founder of Entrepreneurship Preparatory School
(E Prep) a grade 6-8 Ohio community school (aka “charter school”)
located in the City of Cleveland and authorized by the Cleveland
Metropolitan School District. E Prep opened in August 2006 and has
successfully boosted the academic performance of the majority of its
students, which includes 98% minorities and 84% are low-income. E
Prep is currently rated “Effective” (second highest rating) by the Ohio
Department of Education, and was named a School of Promise by
the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in each of the last three
school years. John is also the Founder of Village Preparatory School,
a grade K-5 elementary school that opened in August 2009. Both
schools are modeled after other high-performing urban charter schools
in cities around the country, and are characterized by high expectations
and a “no excuses” attitude toward proving that all children can learn
and advance to college.

Website Twitter
eprepschool.org @eprepschools
Email TEDxCLE
john.zitzner@eprepschool.org TEDxCLE.com/johnzitzner

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Valerie Mayen
Party Serious: Building Community in Cleveland Through the Arts
#valeriemayen

Valerie Mayen is the founder of Yellowcake – a Cleveland-based
women’s clothing line known for bold and modern coats, fabulously
versatile accessories and brilliantly sewn couture. Though a native
Texan, Mayen arrived in Cleveland a decade ago, taking up study
at both The Cleveland Institute of Art and Virginia Marti College of
Art and Design. Mayen appeared as a contestant on Season 8 of
Project Runway. She states: “I did the show not just for the months
of exposure [it provided] for Yellowcake, but for my family, friends
and interns that have believed in me and supported me each step of
the way. I also did it for Cleveland! I want people to see the potential
and talent this city has. The show [gave] me a platform to prove it to
the whole country, every Thursday night for four months!” Since its
inception, 5% of Yellowcake’s profits from all sales have benefited a
non-profit organization geared toward relieving hunger, homelessness,
and poverty. Valerie is currently launching a fashion design and sewing
incubator called Buzz Growl that aims to revolutionize Cleveland’s
fashion industry.

Website Twitter
yellowcakeshop.com @yellowcakeshop
buzzandgrowl.com TEDxCLE
Email TEDxCLE.com/valeriemayen
yellowcakeshop@gmail.com
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Ted Howard
Owning Your Own Job Is a Beautiful Thing:
Cleveland’s Evergreen Cooperative Initiative
#tedhoward

Ted Howard is the founder and Executive Director of The Democracy
Collaborative at the University of Maryland. The Collaborative is
recognized as a national leader in the fast growing field of community
wealth building strategies and policy development. Its “Anchor
Institutions” project focuses on the role universities, hospitals, and
other place-based anchors can play in fostering inclusive economic
and community development. In July 2010, Mr. Howard was appointed
as the Steven Minter Senior Fellow for Social Justice at The Cleveland
Foundation. In this position, he has been responsible for developing
a comprehensive job creation and wealth building strategy which has
resulted in the Evergreen Cooperative Initiative. For his leadership of
the Evergreen Initiative, Mr. Howard was designated a CFED Innovation
Award recipient in 2010. Utne Reader has named him one of “25
visionaries who are changing your world.”

Website TEDxCLE
evergreencoop.com TEDxCLE.com/tedhoward
Email
thoward@clevefdn.org

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Paul Hill, Jr.
Rituals and Community Regeneration
#paulhill

Paul Hill, Jr. is recently retired after 30 years as CEO of the largest
children and families community based non-profit organization in
Cleveland. He presently is the founder and president of the National
Rites of Passage institute, Cleveland, Ohio. He has authored Coming
of Age, African America Images, Chicago. He has also published
several articles in peer-review journals on rites of passage as a process
for human development. His most recent scholarship is a chapter in
African Presence in Black America, Rites of Passage: Birth, Initiation,
Marriage, Death, Jacob Gordon. He is also a board member of the
Mississippi Center for Education and a 2010 recipient of the Cleveland
Urban League’s Living Legend award. In 1993 he established the
National Rites of Passage Institute. The purpose of the Institute is to
create a critical mass and community of adults to develop children,
youth and regenerate community through rites of passage. Since 1993,
the Institute has provided training to 1,000 plus men and women from
20 cities, the District of Columbia and Toronto, Canada; they have
been actively involved in guiding and supporting a minimum of 10,000
children and youth in neighborhood and community based programs.
Hill has been married for 42 years and has seven children (all of which
are university graduates and post graduates) and six grandchildren.

Website Email
ritesofpassage.org NROPI@aol.com 74

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Chris Clark
Electricity as a Basic Right
#chrisclark

Chris Clark graduated from Miami University’s Farmer School
of Business in 2008 where he majored in management and
entrepreneurship. Much to his professors’ surprise 6 months later
he started Sunflower Solutions where he developed the world’s first
manual solar tracking technologies that provides up to 40% more
power versus traditional roof-mounted solar and are used to power
critical functions such as clean water projects, education, health
care and economic development in developing regions of the world.
Working with Shaker Launch House Chris was able to grow Sunflower
Solutions to provide solar solutions in countries such as Kenya, Togo,
Nigeria, Rwanda, India and in the United States.

Seizing the global opportunity to provide solar technology, Chris has
started two joint ventures around the world that deploy his new solar
technology.

Website Twitter
thesunflowersolutions.com @sunflwrsolutns
Email TEDxCLE
info@thesunflowersolutions.com TEDxCLE.com/chrisclark

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Steven Tatar
A Gizmo Starts With a Conversation
That We Know Not of Where It Goes
#steventatar

At the intersection of hands-on artisanship, witty narrative and
business acumen you’ll find Steven Tatar’s award-winning designs and
execution for brands, communications, environments, products, social
initiatives, organizations, and marketing strategies. He is the president
and creative director of Ohio Knitting Mills, an apparel label founded
in Cleveland in 1927, which is creating forward-looking knitwear while
celebrating our region’s Industrial Craftsman soul. Steven also builds
large-scale sculptures in a variety of media for corporate, public, and
private collections and events.

Website Mobile
ohioknittingmills.com 216.272.6375
steventatar.com Twitter
Email @okmills
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A special thank you to all of the sponsors that made this event possible.

SPONSORS

The Adcom Group of Companies
We offer the model for modern marketing
communications by helping our clients strike the
right mix of media and create messages across
all platforms. We study how your target audience
spends their time using smartphones and iPads,
viewing video content, socializing, searching,
flipping through magazines, newspapers, watching
television, etc. Then, we develop strategies and
plans that reflect that. Think about it.
We do all the time.

Website Email
theadcomgroup.com jkubic@adcom1.com
Contact Office
Joe Kubic, CEO 216.574.9100
Twitter
@theadcomgroup

Cleveland Cinemas – The Capitol Theatre
The Capitol Theatre, located in the heart of
Cleveland’s vibrant Gordon Square Arts District,
reopened on October 2, 2009, after a massive
renovation that converted this historic, 1921,
single-screen cinema into a state-of-the-art,
all-digital, three-screen, modern movie theater.
The Capitol Theatre features a mix of mainstream
Hollywood films and select specialty and
independent films.

Website Email
clevelandcinemas.com jeremy@clevelandcinemas.com
Contact Office
Jeremy Newton-Smith, 440.349.3306
Special Events/Group Sales
Coordinator

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SPONSORS

Detroit Shoreway
Community Development Organization
Through collaboration, Detroit Shoreway
Community Development Organization guides
the physical, economic and social development
of the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood toward an
improved quality of life.

Website Office
dscdo.org 216.961.4242
Twitter
@DetroitShoreway

The George Gund Foundation
The George Gund Foundation was established in
1952 as a private, nonprofit institution with the sole
purpose of contributing to human well-being and
the progress of society. Over the years, program
objectives and emphases have been modified to
meet the changing opportunities and problems
of our society, but the Foundation’s basic goal of
advancing human welfare remains constant.

Website Email
gundfdn.org info@gundfdn.org

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SPONSORS

PNC
PNC is a highly diversified and growing financial
services organization spanning the retail, business
and corporate markets. There’s a lot going on at
PNC, and we invite you to find out more about
us – from our business, history, and community
involvement, to investment and media information,
and the many career opportunities that we offer.

Website
pnc.com

Oliver Printing Co.
Located in Twinsburg, Ohio, 30 miles southeast
of Cleveland, Oliver Printing Co. is known in the
industry for quality, dependability and service. We
are passionate about delivering remarkable service
and impeccable printing.

Printing for this book donated by Oliver Printing Co.

Website Email
oliverprinting.com info@oliverprinting.com
Contact Office
Cara Zoltowicz, 330.425.7890
Director of Sales

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SPONSORS

sharkminnow
Co-founded by Hallie Bram and Eric Kogelschatz
to bring people together, create conversation, and
inspire ideas and positive change.

Website Email
sharkandminnow.com info@sharkandminnow.com
Contact Twitter
Hallie Bram and Eric Kogelschatz, @sharkandminnow
Founders

A special thank you to all of the partners that provided services for this event.

PARTNERS

C.L.E. Clothing
Founded in 2008 to “Spread Cleveland Pride,
One T-Shirt at a Time.”

Illustrations for program, t-shirts and posters were
created by C.L.E. Clothing.

Website Email
cleclothingco.com cleclothingco@gmail.com
Contact Twitter
Mike Kubinski @CLECLOTHINGCO

Phoenix Coffee
Cleveland’s artisan coffee roaster. Five cafés
around Cleveland. Cleveland Heights + Downtown
Cleveland + South Euclid.

Breakfast provided by Phoenix Coffee.

Website Email
phoenixcoffee.com info@phoenixcoffee.com
Contact Twitter
Sarah Wilson-Jones @phoenixcoffeeco

Studio 526
Offering professional videographers a State of the
Art shooting environment.

Event lighting provided by Studio 526.

Website Office:
studiorental526.com 330.535.2221
Contact Email
Bruce Gates bruce@studiorental526.com

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ORGANIZERS

Hallie Bram + Eric Kogelschatz
#halliebram #erickogelschatz

Hallie Bram and Eric Kogelschatz met in Boston, MA while both were
working on global marketing campaigns for Cadillac. Their shared love
of rustbelt cities brought them back to Cleveland where they now both
work at The Adcom Group.

Outside of work, Bram and Kogelschatz focus their efforts on
revitalization projects and endeavor to help citizens and those outside
of the area think differently about this amazing city.

Bram and Kogelschatz are proud residents of Cleveland and will marry
this summer.

Website Twitter
TEDxCLE.com @TEDxCLE
Email @hbram
info@TEDxCLE.com @erickogelschatz
hallie@TEDxCLE.com TEDxCLE
eric@TEDxCLE.com TEDxCLE.com/organizers
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