NOELLE
CELESTE
How
long have you lived in Cleveland: I was born here and after
many years away, I moved back in 1997.
Neighborhood: Ohio City.
Work: President, Branching Out.
Areas of Interest: Music, voter registration & motivation,
alternative curriculums, arts & culture, locally-owned businesses,
life balance strategies.
Some Favorite Local Links: www.wcpn.org, www.summeronthecuyahoga.com,
clevelandpublicart.org, mozamblog.blogspot.com, clevelandfilm.org,
www.knowitnow.org, www.westsidemarket.com, nearwesttheatre.org, www.clevelandmediation.org.
Volunteer Activities: Summer on the Cuyahoga, Yale Alumni
Association of Cleveland, Near West Theatre, Cleveland Mediation Center,
Children First of Cleveland, Old Brooklyn Montessori School.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: I joined the
Colectivo because I wanted to invest in my community. The members who
come together every month are dedicated to building an excellent organization
that challenges the status quo, seeks out new ideas, and encourages
neighbors to pursue their dreams. Together I hope that we'll help plant
seeds that will grow into beautifully inspiring projects and in turn,
develop creative, nurturing, thriving neighborhoods for us all.
LAUREL
DOMANSKI DIAZ
How
long have you lived in Cleveland: Most
of my life (other than college and some volunteer work), 22 years.
Neighborhood: Tremont-Clark/Metro area.
Work: International Partners in Mission.
Areas of Interest: Civic responsibility, global awareness,
supporting local efforts, horseback riding, hiking.
Some Favorite Local Links: www.coolcleveland.com,
www.wcpn.org,
www.ipm-connections.org, www.peaceactioncleveland.org, www.rosbys.com
Volunteer Activities: 10,000 Villages, University of Dayton
Cleveland Alumni Chapter.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: I joined The
Cleveland Colectivo because it is one of the most exciting things happening
in Cleveland right now! It is a group of energetic, forward-looking
people that want to see change in Cleveland and are helping to make
it happen through Colectivo giving. I love the idea that my money is
being pulled together with others' to be something much bigger than
I could ever do alone.
KARI
ELSILA
How
long have you lived in Cleveland: Six
years.
Neighborhood: Cleveland
Heights.
Work: Planned
Parenthood of Greater Cleveland.
Areas
of Interest: Alternative
education, early childhood development, parenting, sports, travel.
Why
you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: I
love the idea of people coming together to pool resources and have greater
leverage as a group than as individuals.
NATHANAEL HOELZEL
How long have you lived in Cleveland: Three
Years.
Neighborhood: Downtown.
Areas of Interest: Running,
Soccer, Travel, and Good Beer, Wine and Food!
Work: Brownfield Programs Manager for the City of Cleveland.
Volunteer Activities: Promoting
Downtown Cleveland and Urban Living.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: Foremost,
this group is full of smart, energetic people. We aren't just talking about
doing something; we are doing something positive for Cleveland!
ABBY
HORN
How long you lived in Cleveland: Since August 2001.
Neighborhood: Ohio City.
Work: Levin College of Urban Affairs: research on economic
development and election reform.
Areas of Interest: Cities, yoga, knitting, Latin America,
and whatever my daughter is doing in a given week.
Volunteer
Activities: Trustee of the Ohio City Near West Development Corporation
(OCNW).
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: To put my money
where my mouth is.
TRACEY
KASTELIC
How long have you lived in Cleveland: Eight years.
Work: The
Scott Hamilton CARES Initiative, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
Neighborhood: Lakewood.
Areas of Interest: Neighborhood
and urban planning, walking, journaling, photography, traveling
Some Favorite Local Links: www.planning.co.cuyahoga.oh.us/blog,
www.e4sustainability.org, www.greencitybluelake.org, wcpn.org.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: To make a
real and immediate impact in Cleveland while partnering with some very
interesting, visionary and dedicated people.
MIKE
KENNEY
How long have you lived in Cleveland: I was born and
raised in Cleveland and after college I returned to marry my beautiful
wife.
Neighborhood: Cleveland Heights.
Work: 1) Waiting Child Fund, Director 2) Northeast
Ohio Adoption Services, Marketing Coordinator 3) Cleveland Heights
High School, Soccer Coach.
Areas of Interest: Soccer, running, cycling, triathlons,
adoption, fundraising, non-profit management, fatherhood.
Some Favorite Local Links: www.waitingchildfund.org,
www.noas.com, www.pbs.org/wnet/agingout, www.ncnracing.com.
Volunteer Activities: food bank, coaching.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: I joined the
Colectivo for multiple reasons. The most basic being that the group
is full of individuals interested in making positive change happen.
I like working with a group of people willing to hear unique ideas
and approaches to problems. Their energy and enthusiasm has been both
welcoming and inspiring.
ROBERT KRANE
How long have you lived in Cleveland: Twelve+
years.
Neighborhood: Fairview.
Work: Home Construction.
Areas of Interest: Neighborhood re-development,
outdoor activities.
Volunteer Activities: Habitat for Humanity,
Cleveland Children’s
Museum.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo:To help Cleveland.
KATHARYNE STARINSKY
How long have you lived in Cleveland: 3
years and 5 months (originally from Akron - came to CSU for graduate
school and decided to stay!)
Neighborhood: Larchmere.
Work: Cleveland
Executive Fellowship
Areas of Interest: Cottage industries/local businesses and community development
strategies that weave the arts into their day to day work in obvious and not
so obvious ways.
Some Favorite Local Links: www.stclairsuperior.org,
www.larchmere.com, www.futureheights.org, www.newrules.org/retail/index.php,
www.retailspacescleveland.com, www.shakersquare.net.
Volunteer Activities: Larchmere
Community Association member, Larchmere Advisory Design Review
member (staffed by SHAD), volunteer for special events hosted by
the Historic Gateway Neighborhood and Historic Warehouse District.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: To
help cultivate the homegrown energy and great ideas that make Cleveland
a dynamic place to live. The Cleveland Colectivo allows me to see the
impact of my time and money through the projects we support. Plus,
the group is full of fabulous people who believe in Cleveland!
JOHN
McGOVERN
How long you lived in Cleveland: Born in Parma, moved away after college.
I've been back since august of 2003.
Neighborhood: Ohio City.
Work: Grad Student at Levin College in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Interest: ecological sustainability.
Some Favorite Local Links: hotelbruce.com, greencitybluelake.org,
realneo.us, brewedfreshdaily.com, planning.co.cuyahoga.oh.us/blog, experimentalbehavior.com,
cleveland_diary.blogspot.com.
Volunteer Activities: Glass bottle recycling and
re-use in Cleveland, bicycling and pedestrian advocacy.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: As a means
of giving some ooomph and acceleration to grassroots change in the
city that I love.
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LISA
KIOUS McGOVERN
How
long have you lived in Cleveland: Grew
up in Cleveland Heights, spent five years in Seattle and moved back in
2004.
Neighborhood: Detroit Shoreway.
Work: Project Manager Detroit Shoreway Community Development
Organization focusing on multifamily and commercial real estate development.
Areas of Interest: cooperative housing, urban planning
and development, alternative transportation, gardening, camping.
Volunteer Activities: Board Member for Stanford Hostel
in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: When I moved back
to Cleveland I was looking for a way to meet other people who were interested
in working to build on Cleveland's successes and put their energy and money
behind ideas to do that. I'm interested in hearing people's ideas for how
to improve the city and happy to be part of a very collectively-minded
group of people.
SCOTT
MUSCATELLO
How long have you lived in Cleveland: Thiry-five+ years.
Neighborhood: West Boulevard.
Work: Urban Planning Student.
Areas of Interest: Planning, Cooking, Gardening, Economic/Neighborhood
Development, Music, Art, Family, Photography.
Some Favorite Local Links:
www.brewedfreshdaily.com, clevelandplanner.blogspot.com, www.wcpn.org, planning.co.cuyahoga.oh.us,
www.hotelbruce.com, neobridge.net, www.flickr.com/groups/ingenuitycleveland/pool,
www.flickr.com/groups/cleveland/pool www.coolcleveland.com www.realneo.us,
www.jerryandmartha.com/yourdailyart.
Volunteer Activities: American Planning Association, Ohio
Planning Conference, Maxine-Goodmen College of Urban affairs.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: This is
my chance to start giving back to the community.
JIM"JP" PTACEK
How long you lived in Cleveland: Lifelong Clevelander (short five
year stint in the Motor City for College).
Neighborhood: Tremont.
Work: Architecture.
Interests: Green Architecture, Sustainable Development.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: I guess I'm just
tired of so many people complaining about what's wrong with Cleveland, and
not being willing to do anything about it other than complain. I wanted to
get my own two hands dirty and make a difference in the city of Cleveland!
Through this amazing group of like-minded folks... I've shaken a great many
dirty hands... and I love it!
KATHERINE
READEY
How
long you lived in Cleveland: I’ve lived in
Cleveland a little over three years. I moved here in the summer
of 2002 to attend business school at Case Western Reserve University.
Neighborhood: Cleveland.
Areas of Interest: Education, helping nonprofits build
capacity and be more effective, sustainability/environmental efforts,
community development.
Work: American Greetings Corporation.
Some Favorite Local Links: Hotelbruce.com.
Volunteer Activities: Board member, Art House, Inc.;
Committee Member, Stockyard Redevelopment Organization; (formerly) Tutor
with Cleveland Reads; member Oberlin Alumni Council.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: I'm very excited
to be part of an incredibly cool group of people who collectively care
about the city. Having participated in programs through the Cleveland
Foundation and learned a bit about how philanthropic organizations work
in this city, it’s exciting to be on such a grassroots level and
to have the opportunity to help fledgling organizations and/or individuals
get their ideas off the ground and begin to bring out changes where they’re
most needed. There’s lots of exciting entrepreneurial energy in
this city that I hope we can tap into. Beyond this, I love the learning
experience of getting to build an organization from scratch and watching
it develop organically into something meaningful in which everyone has
a stake.
BOBBI REICHTELL
How long have you lived in Cleveland: Twenty-four
years.
Neighborhood: Detroit Shoreway.
Work: VP for Planning, Neighborhood Progress,
Inc.
Areas of Interest: Gardening, travel, art, reading,
rowing, skiing.
Some Favorite Local Links: earth.google.com.
Volunteer Activities: Stanford Hostel AYH Board
member & VP; Mill Creek Falls History Center volunteer; neighborhood
projects; activities at my kids’ schools.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: Unique
way of making a difference in the city with a group of people who
I think will be great to get to know.
ANDREA
VAGAS
How
long have you lived in Cleveland: Ten years.
Neighborhood: Lakewood.
Work: I work at GIE Media as a graphic designer.
Areas of Interest: Art, design in all forms,
music, seeing live bands.
Some Favorite Local Links: www.coolcleveland.com,
www.pluggedincleveland.com, www.wcpn.org
Volunteer Activities: Harvest For Hunger, Lakewood Hot Meal/Third Saturday
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: I enjoy
being directly involved with improving my community. The group
is very energetic and competent and
I'm thrilled to be a part of it!
JUDY WRIGHT
How long have you lived in Cleveland: Six years
(and nearly two as an infant that I don’t remember…)
Neighborhood: Lakewood.
Work: Project Manager, Planned Parenthood of Greater
Cleveland.
Areas of Interest: Music, travel, social change,
all this related to my daughter.
Volunteer Activities: Hispanic UMDAOP.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: Looking
for a way to make an impact feel like part of a community. I think
I found both.
WALTER
WRIGHT
How long have you lived in Cleveland: I grew up in
Cleveland's eastern suburbs (Willoughby, Mentor) and moved away. I
returned to attend Case/CIA in 1986, and I have lived in Cleveland
ever since, except for a short stint in NYC (which was really fun!)
Neighborhood: Lakewood.
Work: I work at the Tremont West Development Corporation.
Areas of Interest: Art, making it and looking at
it; music, both to listen to and to play; literature, when I make
the time; hiking, the outdoors, and travel; conversation, friends,
family - and cooking/eating!
Some Favorite Local Links: www.tremonter.com, www.loumuenz.com
www.restoretremont.com, planning.city.cleveland.oh.us.
Volunteer Activities: Court Community Service/neighborhood
cleanups; Tremont Reads.
Why you joined The Cleveland Colectivo: Because I am
impatient with talking about Cleveland's problems and anxious to do something
about it - and because the people who have joined the Colectivo have
been so interesting!
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