Members

Magda Gomez, Ed.D. - Member 

Dr. Magda Gómez serves as the Executive Director of Community Impact Initiatives at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), where she leads efforts to deepen the institution's role as a catalyst for community development and economic mobility. Under her leadership, Tri-C advances a Community Impact Framework that broadens the traditional mission of community colleges. This framework emphasizes the college’s responsibility not only in promoting student success, but also in driving broader outcomes such as regional economic prosperity and social well-being. It encourages measuring success beyond completion rates, focusing instead on how the institution contributes to the vibrancy and resilience of the surrounding community.

In addition to championing student-centered strategies, Dr. Gómez oversees several College-sponsored initiatives and supports internal employee professional development and engagement programs—ensuring that Tri-C’s workforce remains empowered and aligned with its community impact mission.

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Angel R. Rodriguez - Member 

Angel R. Rodriguez currently serves as the Business Banking Sales Leader for Northeast Ohio at KeyBank, where he leads a team of Relationship Managers providing trusted financial advisory and strategic business guidance to growing companies across Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Youngstown, Erie, Pennsylvania, and surrounding communities.

Prior to joining KeyBank, Angel held a variety of senior leadership roles across the banking and broader financial services industry, where he led regional and national teams of bankers and sales professionals focused on delivering capital solutions to fast‑growing small business and middle‑market companies. Most recently, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of North Coast Insurance Group, an Allstate exclusive insurance agency

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Marco Grgurevic-Pujana - Member

Marco Grgurevic-Pujana serves as the Managing Vice President of Minority Business Growth for the Equity & Inclusion team at the Greater Cleveland Partnership (GCP). In this role, he leads statewide and regional initiatives designed to accelerate the growth of high-potential minority-owned businesses. His work focuses on strengthening access to capital, corporate supply chains, strategic networks, and technical resources, ensuring that diverse entrepreneurs have the tools and opportunities needed to scale sustainably and compete in broader markets.

With a career spanning economic development, micro-finance, business development, marketing, and advertising, Marco brings a multidisciplinary perspective to advancing inclusive economic growth. He has worked closely with entrepreneurs at various stages of development, helping them refine strategy, access funding, expand market reach, and build operational capacity. His background enables him to bridge the gap between business owners, institutional partners, and corporate stakeholders to drive measurable impact.

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Kenny Torres - Member 

Kenny Torres is the President of KNTCO, where he leads and supports multiple construction projects across the Cleveland area. In this role, he oversees project execution, estimating, business development, and strategic growth initiatives, while creating opportunities for diverse contractors within the industry. Through his leadership, Kenny continues to expand his impact across Northeast Ohio’s construction sector and is actively involved in several major projects throughout the region.

Prior to leading KNTCO, Kenny served as a Project Estimator at Gilbane Building Company, where he supported preconstruction efforts on large-scale projects across Northeast Ohio. In this role, he was responsible for cost estimating, bid analysis, subcontractor coordination, and supporting project planning efforts to ensure accuracy and efficiency from early project stages through execution.

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