Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (2024)

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (1)

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Lillian Kuri joined the Cleveland Foundation in 2005.

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (2)

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Cleveland Foundation announces Midtown Collaboration Center next to its new HQ as Phase II of antipoverty development zone

A rendering of the Cleveland Foundation's planned Midtown Collaboration Center viewed from Euclid Avenue at East 66th Street, looking northwest.

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (3)

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Lillian Kuri, foreground, with construction workers at the new Cleveland Foundation headquarters. Top - Left to Right: Janelle Heinle (Regency Construction) , Tari Rivera (Regency Construction), Arlene Watson (Mobius Grey) , Nolan Beck (Heyhey Studio)Bottom – Stephanie Thompson

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (4)

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Lillian Kuri with a 2016 Creative Fusion mural by Brazilian artist Ananda Nuha.

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (6)

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An undated photo of the barn on the Kuri family farm in Freedom Township, Portage County.

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Lillian Kuri speaking in an undated photo.

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (8)

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John Harper, Managing Director of FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm focused on equitable systems change, speaking at an event with Connie Hill-Johnson, chair of the Cleveland Foundation board of trustees, center, and Lillian Kuri.

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (9)

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Cleveland Foundation HQ project aimed at urban uplift

A master plan shows how the Cleveland Foundation's new headquarters fits into a larger proposed innovation district west of the Dunham Tavern Museum. The district could eventually encompass 2 million square feet of development in seven buildings, in addition to the foundation.

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (10)

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Steven Litt | the Plain Dealer Rose Haserodt with Lillian Kuri of the Cleveland Foundation at Friday's exhibit at the Singer Steel Building. Independent of her foundation job, Kuri joined with other investors as members of Emerge Cleveland to commission and exhibit 19 paintings by Haserodt, many of which quickly sold on Friday.

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (11)

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Lillian Kuri (left) of Cleveland with cousins Jayne (ctr.) and Tania Naoum of Brasilia, Brasil at Altafest, Oct. 9, 2010, at the Alta House in Cleveland's Little Italy. The Plain Dealer

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Lillian Kuri PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROADELL HICKMAN THE PLAIN DEALER April 15, 2003 Cleveland, OH. Tuesday......The latest Quiet Crisis panel....This installment brings together a group of young leaders to talk about what they like and dislike about Cleveland and what this region must do to attract and retain more up "n" commers like them. Pictured is Lillian Kuri, executive director, Cleveland Public Art.(Roadell Hickman/The Plain Dealer) The Plain Dealer

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (13)

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Cleveland Public Art director Lillian Kuri speaks at the Ohio Theatre about the Cleveland Museum of Art's new addition Tuesday, February 12, 2002. Gus Chan The Plain Dealer Photo caption, page 12: A who's who of Cleveland architects, art and civic heavyweights packed a public forum last month to see world-renowned designer Rafael Vinoly present his ideas for an expansion of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Lillian Kuri moderated a panel at the event, which included CMA Director Katharine Lee Reid, former Cleveland City Planner Hunter Morrison and architecture professor and author Jeff Kipnis. The Plain Dealer

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (14)

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Lillian Kuri has been appointed the new director of the Committee for Public Art. June 24, 2000 (Lonnie Timmons III/Plain Dealer) THE PLAIN DEALER

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Lillian Kuri cruises near her Ohio City home on her scooter, Friday, March 1, 2002. The scooter was a wedding gift from her husband Kevin Poor. The two use the scooter to go to tribe games and have gone as far as University Circle. Lillian wears a white helmet, Kevin a black one. Joshua Gunter The Plain Dealer Photo caption, page 15: Kuri, riding the scooter that was a wedding present from her husband, Kevin Poor, is hoping to raise $120,000 to bring the 30-foot-tall bronze spiders created by the grand dame of modern art, Louise Bourgeois, to Playhouse Square for four months this summer. The Plain Dealer

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Lillian Kuri presents one of the design plans for the Cleveland Public Art building in Ohio City Friday, February 16, 2002. (Gus Chan / The Plain Dealer) The Plain Dealer

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Lillian Kuri, left, and Melanie Fioritto, right, discuss the designs submitted for the Cleveland Public Art building in Ohio City Friday, February 16, 2002. (Gus Chan / The Plain Dealer) The Plain Dealer

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (18)

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A proposal for a bikeway and pedestrian path on the Detroit-Superior Bridge sits on the desk of Lillian Kuri, director of Cleveland Public Art, at CPA's new office space in Ohio City Friday, March 1, 2002. The new space was designed to make CPA more accessable to the public, with large widows and display areas. (Joshua Gunter/ The Plain Dealer) The Plain Dealer

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (19)

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Lillian Kuri, director of Cleveland Public Art, has been working on a project to convert two lanes of the Veterans Memorial Bridge into bike and walk lanes. Here she is seen from the west bank of the Cuyahoga River with the bridge and city in the background. Shot February 22, 2002. (Joshua Gunter/ The Plain Dealer) ON THE COVER: Lillian Kuri stands under the Detroit-Superior (Veterans Memorial) Bridge.JOSHUA GUNTER PLAIN DEALER FILE PHOTO As executive director of Cleveland Public Art over the past four years, Lillian Kuri fought successfully to convert a traffic lane on the Detroit-Superior Bridge (shown behind her) to a pedestrian promenade. The Plain Dealer

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (20)

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Greater Regional Transit Authority will open their new Red Line Rapid Station on Mayfield Road at East 119th Street in Little Italy next Tuesday to the public. The new station will give public transit a decidedly more visible, usable and central location between Little Italy to the east and the burgeoning residential and cultural development at Uptown in University Circle, located to the west. (Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer) ORG XMIT: CLE1508091455111842 The Plain Dealer

Lillian Kuri has been an influential community leader through her work at the Cleveland Foundation since 2005 and before in her roles as a city planner and executive director of Cleveland Public Art. (2024)

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On Aug. 1, 2023, Lillian Kuri made history by becoming the first female president & CEO of the Cleveland Foundation, the world's oldest and one of the largest community foundations with $3 billion in assets.

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What does the Cleveland Foundation do? ›

The Cleveland Foundation distributes monies in Cuyahoga County, and on a smaller scale in Lake and Geauga Counties through the Lake-Geauga Fund. Foundation dollars have supported activities as diverse as the GREAT LAKES EXPOSITION and the CLEVELAND COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION.

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Who is the CEO of the Cleveland Leadership Center? ›

Leadership Center (CLC) this year, the CLC Board of Directors today announced that it has selected Rebecca (“Becky”) Ruppert McMahon as the organization's new CEO after a rigorous search.

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Tom Mihaljevic, MD, is CEO and President and Morton L. Mandel CEO Chair of Cleveland Clinic.

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Director Alyssa Hernandez

She went on to earn a master's degree in Education Policy and Leadership Studies from Florida State University.

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Peaco*ck, III. William (Bill) M. Peaco*ck, III is Executive Vice President and Cleveland Clinic's Chief of Operations.

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Cleveland Innovation Project

An aligned effort to foster innovation and strengthen technology-based economic growth and prosperity for all Greater Cleveland residents.

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Classes will be led by CRF's new Executive Director, Jen Forbes, who has recently transitioned away from Olympic rowing pursuits; and, is excited to share her 17 years of experience with people of all ages, ability levels, and backgrounds.

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What nationality is the CEO of Cleveland Clinic? ›

He completed medical school at the University of Zagreb in Croatia and trained in general surgery and cardiovascular surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital of Harvard Medical School. A native of Croatia and a U.S. citizen, Dr. Mihaljevic speaks English, German and Croatian.

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President and Chief Executive Officer

Kevin Nowak is responsible for the vision, strategy and overall management of CHN Housing Partners, its operating entities and real estate partnerships.

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Larry Benders

With a substantial background in both the for-profit and non-profit world, Mr.

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