<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Patrick Manfroni is President and founder of <a href="http://www.clevelandconnexion.com" target="_blank">Cleveland ConneXion</a>, a platform for </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Cleveland</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">’s Young Professional leaders, representing more than 20,000 YPs in Greater Cleveland. He serves on the advisory committee for <a href="http://www.gcbl.org" target="_blank">Green City Blue Lake Institute</a> at the <a href="http://www.cnmh.org" target="_blank">Cleveland Museum of Natural History</a> and is a committee member for the Corporate Sustainability Network and the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Cuyahoga</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">County</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> energy task force.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Manfroni was recognized in 2008 by Inside Business Magazine as one of </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Cleveland</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">’s top 25 under 35 Movers and Shakers. He was also one of five Cleveland area YPs to be featured in the <i>Believe In</i> CLEVELAND campaign and was named in Inside Business Magazine’s January 2006 issue as One2Watch, a monthly feature on up and coming YPs in Northeast Ohio.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Manfroni is currently Director of Business Development for Panzica Construction Company. He also recently founded US Wind Supply, LLC, a supply chain management company that helps international wind turbine manufacturers connect to </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">US</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> parts makers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Manfroni is co-founder of Everidian and The Cleveland Recruiting Company. Everidian is an eco-advantage consulting company that helps clients cut costs, reduce risk, drive new revenues and enhance brand value, all while contributing to the well-being of the environment. The Cleveland Recruiting Co. specializes in job recruitment opportunities for YPs in the greater Cleveland Market.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Manfroni previously served as a business analyst for RMS Management Corporation, the management company for the founding families of publicly-traded Forest City Enterprises. He was also the Executive Director for a </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Cleveland</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> area non-profit organization called (i)Cleveland before he successfully merged it into the </span><a href="http://www.cleveleads.org" target="_blank"><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Cleveland</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Leadership</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Center</span></st1:placetype></st1:place></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">. (i)</span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Cleveland</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> is an economic development initiative set up by the northeast </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Ohio</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> chamber of commerce to retain undergraduate students in the northeast </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Ohio</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Manfroni is a native of Greater Cleveland and a graduate from </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">John</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">Carroll</span></st1:placename><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">University</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> with a Bachelors in Business Management and a concentration in Entrepreneurship. He is also pursuing his LEED A.P. and has consulted on energy-related projects for large commercial office building owners.</span></p>
