Vanessa L. Whiting joined the Board in 2019. Ms. Whiting is President of A.E.S. Management Corporation, previously holding Principal and Partner roles with various law firms. Ms. Whiting earned a bachelor’s degree in public policy sciences, Duke University, 1982; master’s in urban affairs policy analysis, Southern Illinois University, 1983; and Juris Doctor, University of Illinois College of Law, 1986. She serves on the boards of the Tri-C Foundation, the Fairmount Presbyterian Church and the Greater Cleveland Partnership. Whiting co-chairs the Karamu House Capital and Sustaining Campaign, is a Life Member of the NAACP, and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She currently serves as the Chair of The MetroHealth System Board of Trustees, chairing the Governance Committee and Legal and Government Relations Committee, and on the Board of Trustees at Cleveland State University.