It’s a new chapter for the Cleveland Foundation. With its new headquarters primed to open between University Circle and Downtown Cleveland, it’s elected a brand-new president and CEO.
Lillian Kuri will be the first woman to hold that position full-time in the foundation’s 109-year history. Kuri sat down with News 5 anchor Rob Powers Tuesday to talk about her vision for Cleveland’s future.
Kuri has shown her love for Cleveland; she’s been at the foundation for 15 years, playing a key role in the revitalization of Greater University Circle as her first project and more recently in the design of the new foundation headquarters at Euclid Avenue and East 66th Street. “I think the measure of success for this project is going to be in 10 or 15 years. Have we made the lives of residents better?” she said.
“These are businesses that are focused on serving the community, and we were very intentional about who would join us there,” she said. While the decision to give Kuri the top position was unanimous among board members based on her unparalleled qualifications and vision, Johnson said the significance of this path forward wasn’t lost on her.
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