Charles Deering Legacy Advisor Leadership Award
The Charles Deering Legacy Advisor Leadership Council, established in October 2014, includes the region’s leading legal, financial and wealth planning professionals. Council members assist Summa Health benefactors in structuring their estate or planned gifts. The Charles Deering Legacy Advisor Leadership Award, recognizing a council member for his or her professional advocacy on behalf of Summa Health, is presented at the group’s annual meeting. (Learn more about Mr. Charles Deering.)
2023 winner: Tom Gedelian
From left: Julia Rea Bianchi, Summa Foundation Board president; Tom Gedelian, 2023 Charles Deering Leadership Award recipient; Jessica Hudson, Summa Foundation president and Summa Health chief development officer; and Naomi Ganoe, Summa Health Charles Deering Legacy Advisor Leadership Council chair.
2022 winner: Naomi Ganoe
Pictured from left: Cliff Deveny, M.D., president and chief executive officer, Summa Health, and Naomi Ganoe, 2022 Charles Deering Legacy Advisor Leadership Award honoree and volunteer chair, Charles Deering Legacy Advisor Leadership Council.
2019 winner: Thomas G. Knoll
Pictured from left: Cliff Deveny, M.D., president and chief executive officer, Summa Health; Thomas G. Knoll, 2019 Charles Deering Legacy Advisor Leadership Award honoree; and Naomi Ganoe, volunteer chair, Charles Deering Legacy Advisor Leadership Council.
2017 winner: Richard Burke
Pictured from left: Philip Kaufmann, outgoing president of the Charles Deering Legacy Advisor Leadership Council; Richard W. Burke, 2017 Charles Deering Legacy Advisor Leadership Award honoree; Phylis Ferrara, president of Summa Foundation and chief development officer, Summa Health; and Cliff Deveny, M.D., interim president and chief executive officer, Summa Health.
2016 winner: Bob Bonchack
Pictured from left: Thomas A. Malone, M.D., former president and chief executive officer, Summa Health, Bob Bonchack, 2016 Charles Deering Legacy Advisor Leadership Award honoree, Phylis Ferrara, president, Summa Foundation and chief development officer, Summa Health, and Philip Kaufmann, Esq., chair, Charles Deering Legacy Advisor Leadership Council
2015 winner: Philip S. Kaufmann
Pictured from left: Thomas A. Malone, M.D., former president and chief executive officer, Summa Health, Philip Kaufmann, Esq., 2015 Charles Deering Legacy Advisor Leadership Award honoree, and Phylis Ferrara, president, Summa Foundation and chief development officer, Summa Health.
2014 winner: Leigh Gerstenberger
