Civic Innovation Lab

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

What is Economic Development? A sustainable increase in living standards. Lab champions have made an impact by improving downtown vibrancy and helping to build new industries in Greater Cleveland.
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SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

What is Social Entrepreneurship? Using entrepreneurial principals to create social change and recognizing a social return Investment. Lab champions have changed local social behavior in education, volunteerism, and alternative fuel consumption.
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FUNDED IDEAS

BackTalk Magazine
Black Singles Network
Center for Health and Disease Management
Cleveland Brain Gain
Cleveland City Living
Cleveland Design District
The Cleveland Rowing Foundation
Cleveland365.com
City Wheels
CityProwl Cleveland
Cool Cleveland
East College Street Accelerator Project
The Entrepreneurs EDGE
Entrepreneurship Preparatory School
Exhibit: Cleveland
Full Circle Fuels
Hands On Northeast Ohio
Homelessness Education Campaign
iGuiders
Kalliope Stage
Microsystems Academy
NEOBio
Northeast Ohio Videogame Initiative
Plexus
PolicyBridge
Popup Cleveland
Ray's Indoor Mountain Bike Park
Red Dot Project
Sankore Vanguard
The Seed Factory
Society of Urban Professionals (SOUP)
Sustainable Community Housing Assistance
TUBA Group
Walk and Roll Cleveland
Women's Leadership Initiative
Velodrome

THE MENTORING PANEL

The mentor panel is a unique group of experienced entrepreneurs and civc leaders. Mentors offer their expertise, networks and guidance to selected champions and work one-on-one with champions to help the new ideas achieve success.

Philip Alexander
President and CEO
BrandMuscle

 

Collette Appolito
President
The Presidents'   Council

Kathy Barrie
Principal
Barrie Projects

 

Chris Carmody
President
Greater Cleveland Film Commission

 

Ron Copfer
President
Copfer and    Associates, Inc.

 

Lucinda Einhouse
President and CEO
Beck Center for the Arts 

 

Lee Friedman
President and CEO
Cleveland Leadership Center

 

Paula Grooms
Owner
Creative MARCOM Solutions

 


Kate Hubben
Exec. Director of Development
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Charlene Hyle
President
Collaborate2WIN, LLC

 


Deb Janik
Senior Vice President
Greater Cleveland Partnership 


Kit Jensen
COO
WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream®

Vickie Eaton Johnson
Executive Director
Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation

 

Ari Maron
Partner
MRN Limited Partnership

James Marra
Director of Business Development
Blue Point Capital Partners

Bernie Moreno
President
North Olmstead Auto Collection

Tim Mueller
CEO
Phylogy

Thomas Mulready
Creator/Founder
Cool Cleveland

Michael Obi
President and CEO
Spectrum Global    Solutions, LLC

Earl Pike
CEO
AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland

Carol Rivchun
President
Youth Opportunities Unlimited

 

Alton Tinker
Vice President and Underwriting Officer
Key Bank

 

 

 

MENTORS NOT PICTURED

Pat Gammons
Deloitte

 

Jon Adams
Entrepreneur


Mike Petrone
Musician and Composer

 

 

 


Jennifer Thomas, Director
jthomas@civicinnovationlab.org

Nichelle McCall, Program Coordinator
nmccall@civicinnovationlab.org