Before we’d even broken ground at camp, thousands of passionate people had rallied around Flying Horse Farms’ cause. Today, we are an ever-growing force with one shared focus: creating fun for the kids who need it most.
President/CEO, Nichole E. Dunn
OUR BOARD – 2018 (January – December)
Flying Horse Farms is a registered and tax exempt Ohio 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, governed by an elected board of outstanding business and community leaders from across the state of Ohio. *Denotes independent, voting members.
Kathleen Starkoff, Chair*
President & CEO
Orange Star Consulting
Kara Lewis*
Vice President
AB Bernstein
Carole Watkins, Past Chair*
Former Chief Human Resource Officer
Cardinal Health, Inc.
Robin Grant, Esq., Secretary*
Corporate Counsel
Big Lots Stores, Inc.
Charles E. Zebula, Treasurer*
Executive Vice President, Energy Supply
American Electric Power
Jenni Belford*
Founder
Flying Horse Farms
Andrew Alexander*
President
Red Roof Inn
Juan Antunez*
President and Co-Owner, Northern/Central Ohio and Pittsburgh
California Closets
Michael Bonadies*
Community Advocate
Gerard Boyle, MD*
Medical Director, Pediatric Transplant and Heart Failure Program
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Chuck Fowler*
Retired Director
Fairmount Santrol
Jaime Franklin*
Director Technology Program Management Office
Safelite Autoglass
John Gabrielli*
Chief Human Resource Officer
Abercrombie & Fitch, Co.
Veronica Hawkins*
Vice President, Statewide Accounts
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Francie Henry*
Market President
Fifth Third Bank
Nick Lashutka*
President & CEO
Ohio Children’s Hospital Association
John Lewis*
Senior Marketing Manager
Commercial Coatings
PPG Industries
Julie Namy*
Community Advocate
Kathryne Reeves*
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Marketing
Cardinal Health, Inc.
Joseph Ross, MD*
Medical Director of Pediatric Cardiology
Dayton Children’s Hospital
Joshua Secrest*
Senior Director, Global Talent Attraction
McDonald’s Corporation
Nate Tansky*
President
Tansky Sawmill Toyota
BOARD EMERITUS
David Belford
Founder, Flying Horse Farms
Owner
Stage Capital
OUR MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
Gerard Boyle, MD – Chair
Medical Director, Pediatric Transplant and Heart Failure Program
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
James Cooper, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Susan Creary, MD*
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice
Department of Pediatrics
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Hematologist
Sickle Cell, Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathy Program
Division of Hematology/Oncology/BMT
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Jill A. Fitch, MD
Director of Sedation
Pediatric/Cardiac Intensive Care
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Ryan Gerecht, MD
Emergency Physician,
MHS Good Samaritan Hospital, Puyallup, WA
Karla Jones, CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Sandra Kim, MD
Co-Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center,
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Stephen Knox, MD
Family Medicine
OhioHealth
Nick Lashutka
President & CEO
Ohio Children’s Hospital Association
Sharon M. McLeod, MS CCLS CTRS
Former Senior Clinical Director, Division of Child Life & Integrative Care
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
John Letterio, MD
Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
UH Case Medical Center
Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Professor, Pediatrics, CWRU School of Medicine
Arthur S. Pickoff, MD
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine
Pediatric Cardiologist
Dayton Children’s
Rachana Patel, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Clinical Manager
St. John Medical Center
Zachary A. Place, MD
MCH Emergency Department
Medical Director
Morrow County Hospital
Joseph Ross, MD
Medical Director of Pediatric Cardiology
Dayton Children’s
Sharon Ross, RN
Cardiology, Hematology-Oncology and Medical Imaging
Dayton Children’s
Justin Schreiber, DO MPH FAAP
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Mimi Dane is responsible for the overall direction and leadership of camp. She first began serving families and children affected by illness when she became a board member for Flying Horse Farms. Mimi was chosen to succeed Cindy Lazarus as the new CEO at the start of 2012, stepping away from a highly-successful career as an attorney/litigation partner. During her tenure at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Dane was listed as an Ohio Super Lawyer and was repeatedly ranked among the Best Lawyers in America.
