Glen Shumate was appointed to the Board of Directors by the Mayor of the city of Cleveland in September, 2024.   

Glen has 25+ years of leadership in program development & leadership, marketing, communications, diversity & inclusion. Glen’s focus the past decade has been in the construction Industry include developing and leading programs such as: Construction Management Academy Program/ACE Mentor Program (STEM education, scholarships, and career pathway program for youth); Business Mentor Protégé programs (capacity building, relationships and business development); workforce and legislative advocacy/government affairs.

Glen is actively involved in numerous civic, community and industry organizations:

· Cuyahoga County – Citizen’s Advisory Committee on Equity

· Cleveland Lakefront Development Infrastructure Committee

· ACE Mentor Cleveland – Board of Directors, Board Chair and Executive Director

· Cleveland Restoration Society – Board of Directors

· Business Volunteers Unlimited – Board of Directors

· Urban League of Greater Cleveland – Board of Directors

· Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Public Library, Cuyahoga Community College, Kent State, Cleveland State and Case Western Reserve Universities – Supplier Diversity/Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Boards

· City of Cleveland – Community Benefit Agreement/Construction Diversity & Inclusion

· Cleveland Metropolitan School District- PACE and Max Hayes High School and Tri-C – Construction Advisory Boards

· Ohio Department of Education – Career Technical Advisory Panel, Construction Advisory Council

· Northeast Ohio Union Construction Industry Program – Apprenticeship Committee

· Travel Professionals of Color – National Board member and Treasurer

Glen has distinguished himself as an innovator in communications & marketing, public affairs, and business development. He is committed to developing programs to increase engagement, program results and communications. Glen is experienced in small business capacity building and advancing business and community programs (with public officials, institutions, and the public). These experiences provide Glen the foundation for advancement of inclusion, in enterprise, workforce and youth programs for Greater Cleveland development projects including: ODOT projects – George V. Voinovich/Inner Belt Bridge and Opportunity Corridor; commercial development projects – Nucleus, Cleveland Flats East Bank, and numerous public projects.

Glen was a Marketing Logistics major at the University of Toledo and continued his education at Cleveland State and Case Western Reserve Universities.

Glen previously served as President of the Call & Post Newspapers (Cleveland, Columbus, & Cincinnati); Vice President of Cleveland Convention & Visitors Bureau; and Director of Community Relations, Cleveland (Guardians) Indians.

Glen resides in the City of Cleveland Edgewater neighborhood.