Summit Choral Society, Inc.
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Meet Our Executive Board

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Chris Burnham, President  
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The First President of The Development Finance Authority of Summit County (DFA) since 2000, Chris has successfully guided and financed numerous development and redevelopment projects in the region. With over 30 years experience in public and DFA to directly or indirectly be associated with the retention and creation of 11,077 jobs, including thousands of construction jobs. 
Chris has been an innovator in regional cooperation, guiding the DFA to provide economic development finance in eight Northeast Ohio counties. In 2003, DFA established the Fixed-Rate Common Jobs &  Investment Bond Fund Program, one of five rated (Standard & Poor'sBBB+) bond fund programs in the State of Ohio. 
As Director of Marketing for ASW Services, Inc., from 1994-2000, Chris was responsible for guiding the development of CAK International Business Park, Foreign Trade Zone #181, located at the Akron-Canton Airport. The business park attracted eight new businesses bringing $57.85 M of private investment and approximately 1,000 jobs to Summit County.
 Chris also served as Director of Development for Summit County with responsibility for economic development and community development programs, the Department of Building Standards, Capital Improvements, and the Planning Commission. 

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Joseph Storsin, Jr., Vice President

​Joe is a Certified Public Accountant and currently the Director of Accounting and Consolidation at FirstEnergy in Akron, Ohio. In this role Joe oversees various functions including Regulatory Accounting, Unregulated Accounting, Corporate Accounting and Accounts Payable. In previous roles Joe has also worked in the SEC Reporting, Investor Relations and Project Management functions. In addition to the Summit Choral Society, Joe also serves on the Board of Directors for the FirstEnergy Family Credit Union. Joe is a graduate of Kent State University where he earned his B.S. in Business Management double majoring in Finance and Accounting with a minor in Management and earned his MBA in Finance.

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Brian Moore, Asst. Vice President

Brian is a partner with the law firm of Roetzel & Andress. He practices real estate and finance law and is Shareholder in Charge of the Akron Office.
In addition to Summit Choral Society, Brian currently serves on several community boards including Akron Community Foundation, Northeastern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation, Grace House (Secretary) and Downtown Akron Partnership (Executive Committee).  His past board service includes Blue Coats of Summit County (Past Chair), Red Cross (Past Chair), United Way of Summit County (Past Board Member and 2011 Campaign Chair), Portage Country Club ( Past Chair), Akron Bar Association, Akron Civic Theater, Greenleaf Family Center (Past Chair), Leadership Akron Alumni Association (Past President), and the Akron Jaycees (Past President).
Brian is a past recipient of the Leadership Akron Alumni Association "Lieberth Community Vision Award", Red Cross’ Peter H. Burg Award, and Greenleaf Family Center's Betty Dalton Community Service Award. He is a cantor and choir member at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.  Brian is also a member of the Metropolitan Choir.


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Douglas Varner, Treasurer

Douglas Varner is a Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft, working there since 2018. His previous positions were in IT for American Greetings, and KeyBank. A graduate of Grove City College, Doug also earned an MBA at Baldwin Wallace University. Doug has also served as an elder at Weymouth Community Church. When friends introduced his daughter to SCS, both he and his wife were overjoyed to let her join, both having been involved in choirs at her age. His daughter Elinor is a member of the Performance Choir, and the whole Varner family expects the youngest family member will soon be eager to join his sister singing
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Daniel Berrios, Secretary
JM Smucker Company - Daniel Berrios was born and raised in Mexico City. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Tec de Monterrey majoring in Marketing and minoring in Hospitality Management, later on he got a Global MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, AZ.  He began his career working for a couple of local Consumer Packaging Goods companies in Mexico in the Marketing field before transitioning to The J.M. Smucker Co where he has played different roles in sales, marketing, general management, and global strategy.   Daniel relocated to Ohio with his family in 2013 and is currently the General Manager, International for JM Smucker Co.  Daniel has a passion for connecting with people through his support in local community programs and school activities.  His involvement in Summit Choral Society begins when his daughter Ana joined SCS as a singer 9 years ago.  Ana this year is a senior in the Performance Choir.   Daniel has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2019.


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Benjamin Comston, Asst.Secretary
Ben Comston is the Vice President of Operations for Genesis Financial Solutions, working there since 2017. His previous positions were in primarily in credit card servicing and risk management for Signet Jewelers and Genesis Financial Solutions. Ben has also earned an MA in Financial Economics from Kent State University and a JD from the University of Akron. Ben and his wife Laura have been married since 2016. They love the greater Akron areas and both believe strongly in the value of Summit Choral's programs and the value of exposure to the arts. Ben has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2016.

Meet our Board of Directors 

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Dr. Matt Akers
The University of Akron

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Phil Angelo
Huntington

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Lois Bontrager
Education & Financial Consultant (Retired)   

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Nathan Boskovich
Medical Mutual of Ohio 

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Nancy Dustin
OEConnection​

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Karen Freeman
LetterPerfect 

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Brian Lapolla, AIA, MBA, LEED AP
Akron Children's Hospital

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Gary Mosteller
Integrity Print Solutions, Inc   

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Jacinto Nunez
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

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John Roll
The Siegfried Group

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Suganthi A. Veerappan, MD, MPH
Department of Veterans Affairs

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Sarah Wenner Bloomhuff
SeibertKeck Insurance Partners

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Dawn Wilson
Akron Public Schools

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Bill Wolf
Brennan, Manna & Diamond, LLC.

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Diane Cardew
Emeritus Director

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Past Presidents
Ms. Diane Kilo, 2014-2016
Mr. Alexander Looney, 2014
Mr. Brian Watkins, 2012-2014
Ms. Lou Albertson, 2011
Dr. Steve Hallam, 2007-2011
Ms. Denise Byrd, 2005-2007
Mr. Mitchell Allen, 1999-2005
Mr. Patrick Keating, 1996-1999
Mr. Jim Kontio, 1990-1996

Meeting Documents
Board of Directors Pledge Form
Interested in becoming a  Board of Directors Member?  Please fill out the form below.

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 Shara L. Cocchiola, Executive Artistic Director

Heather J. Cooper, Principal Conductor

140 E. Market Street 
​Akron, OH 44308
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330.434.SING (7464)
​​Email: summitchoralsociety@gmail.com
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