Architect and entrepreneur Jennifer Coleman is president of Jennifer Coleman Creative LLC, which is dedicated to improving life in the city through smart design. She is also the founder and CEO of CityProwl, which produces urban walking-tours that can be downloaded from the internet to digital media players for self-led tours, which were launched in Cleveland and will be available nationwide in 2010. An avid civic volunteer, Ms. Coleman is a member of the Ohio Board of Building Standards and chairs the Cleveland Landmarks Commission and the Downtown/Flats Design Review Committee. Ms. Coleman holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University. She lives with her husband, August Fluker, and their son, Cole, in Cleveland.

John Corlett has spent nearly 30 years as an advocate for women, children, families, and other groups. He currently serves as Vice President for Governmental Relations and Community Affairs with The MetroHealth System. Prior to this he served as Director of the State of Ohio's $12 billion Medicaid program. He has also served as a Senior Fellow with the Center for Community Solutions. John has been a resident of the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood of Cleveland for 16 years. He enjoys buying the work of Cleveland area artists and cooking for friends and family. The first Cleveland International Film Festival film John remembers seeing was "The Times of Harvey Milk" in 1984.

Charlie Lawrence is President and CEO of The Music Settlement in Cleveland's University Circle. Mr. Lawrence was previously the Executive Director of The Fine Arts Association in Willoughby, Ohio from 1998 to 2007, and a Lecturer and Designer for the Department of Theatre and Dance at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland from 1989 to 1998. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from State University of New York at Fredonia in Sculpture and Art History and a Master of Nonprofit Organizations degree from Case Western Reserve University. Mr. Lawrence is also a Fellow of the Executive Program for Non Profit Leaders, Stanford University School of Business 2003. He lives in Cleveland Heights with his wife, Roxane, and has two sons and two stepdaughters.