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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Stark Community Foundation Announces Sirak to Board of Directors
CANTON, Ohio (February 20, 2015) – Stark Community Foundation announced the appointment of Gary D. Sirak to its Board of Directors and Distribution Committee for a five-year term. Sirak was a public appointment by the Foundation’s Trustee Banks Committee. He replaces Thomas W. Schervish who completed two five-year terms plus four additional years.
Gary is a native of Canton and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University. He is currently President of Sirak Financial Services, a family-owned business that was started in 1957. Gary is the author of two books: If Your Money Talked….What Secrets Would It Tell? and The American Dream Revisited.
Sirak has served on numerous boards, and currently serves on the Board of ArtsinStark and the public radio station, 91.3 The Summit. He is a past board member of the American Red Cross Stark County Chapter, Stark Area Regional Transit Authority, and the Players Guild. Gary is also co-founder of Angels on the Street.
E. Lang D’Atri, of Layman, D’Atri and Associates, is serving as chairman of the Board of Directors. G. Charles Dix II, of Dix Communications, has been elected as vice chairman.
Additional Board members include William R. Cook, Nancy S. Gessner, Gregory W. Luntz, Stephen A. Perry, and Nancy A. Varian.
Stark Community Foundation is the community’s trusted partner in giving to over 600 individuals, families, businesses, and communities that have created funds to impact the lives of others through the most effective philanthropy possible. Serving the community for more than 50 years, Stark Community Foundation ranks in the top ten percent of community foundations in the United States and has granted $128 million to nonprofit organizations. Visit www.starkcf.org. to learn more.
For more information, contact Bridgette Neisel, vice president of advancement, at 330-454-7992 or bneisel@starkcf.org.