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Stephanie McHenry

Business Diversity & Inclusion Week Keynote Speaker
Monday, February 13, 2017 at 2:00 PM

Stephanie McHenryStephanie McHenry will present: "Why is diversity and inclusion a best business practice for all types of business?"

Ms. McHenry is the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President for Business Affairs & Finance at Cleveland State University (CSU).  In this capacity, she oversees critical university functions including finance, information systems & technology, capital planning, campus safety, facilities management, purchasing and human resources.  Located on 85 acres in the heart of downtown Cleveland, CSU has nine colleges and more than 200 academic programs serving 17,500 students.  With an annual budget of $300 million, total assets were $710 million on June 30, 2015.  She also serves as the President of the Euclid Avenue Development Corporation, a nonprofit, public benefit corporation, operating for the benefit of Cleveland State University in the capacity of student housing and parking facilities with assets of $135 million.

Prior to joining CSU, Ms. McHenry served as the President of Urban Partnership Bank, Cleveland Region, where she managed local assets of $75 million. Ms. McHenry has also held positions in Cleveland as the Senior Director, Minority Business Development for The Greater Cleveland Growth Association. There she led successful efforts to support minority business growth and was Executive Director of Northern Ohio Minority Business Council.   

 
Ms. McHenry is an active board director with organizations related to economic development, finance and education.  In Cleveland, she is a board director at ideastream (public radio and television), Village Capital Corporation, Midtown Cleveland and Cleveland Leadership Center. Nationally, she served on the board of Capital Impact Partners in Washington, D.C. from 2001 through 2015.  She completed six years of service on the Board of Visitors of the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy at Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH) in 2013.  Stephanie has been recognized as a "Woman of Achievement" by Crain's Cleveland Business and the Cleveland YWCA, and is a member of the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2003. Stephanie is a 1984 graduate of Dartmouth College with a bachelor's degree in economics. 
 

RSVP today for Business Diversity & Inclusion Week 2017.