A leader in Akron’s business and philanthropic community has been selected to head the Akron General Development Foundation.
Effective Oct. 11, Karen A. Bozzelli will serve as president of Akron General Health System’s charitable foundation.
The Akron native currently is senior vice president and senior trust adviser for wealth management at PNC Bank in Akron.
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Bozzelli, 50, said her ultimate career goal has always been to work in the not-for-profit world.
”I am so excited,” she said. ”I haven’t been this excited in years. Everything that I have done in my career to date has prepared me for this position.”
Bozzelli replaces Jon Trainer, who left the organization earlier this year.
In a recent internal memo announcing the appointment, Akron General Health System President and Chief Executive Vincent J. McCorkle and foundation board Chair Peggy Lloyd said Bozzelli’s ”wide-ranging background makes her the ideal choice for this position.”
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”An accomplished attorney with exceptional ability to develop, grow and retain relationships, Karen was selected after a comprehensive and broad-based search,” McCorkle and Lloyd wrote. ”Besides her notable experience in estate, trust and charitable planning, Karen is a well-known community leader with an extensive and successful history in not-for-profit fund development and community fundraising.”
Bozzelli’s community involvement includes previous roles as chairwoman of Summit County’s Project LEARN, the American Heart Association’s ”Go Red” program and the University of Akron national alumni board of directors.
She serves on the boards of trustees for the United Disability Services and the Parents’ Coalition for Persons with Disabilities and as governor of the Akron Bar Foundation.
Bozzelli received the YWCA’s Women of Professional Excellence Award and the Distinguished Sales and Marketing Award from Sales and Marketing Executives International. She is a graduate of Leadership Akron.
In her new role, Bozzelli said, she plans to ”tell Akron General’s story and the commitment they’ve had historically to this area and where they want to be going forward.”
Bozzelli’s salary was not disclosed.
The Akron General Development Foundation was founded in 1974 to provide support for the Akron General Medical Center and its related non-profit businesses.
The foundation had net assets of about $14.3 million in 2008, the most recent year for which non-profit federal tax filings are available.
”My goal to is grow the foundation, the assets of the foundation, utilizing the relationships that I’ve established over many years in this community and gain the support of the community again.” she said. ”That only makes the hospital better.”
Cheryl Powell is a health reporter for The Akron Beacon Journal, the daily newspaper in Akron and a syndication partner of MedCity News.
