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Jared klebanow Shawna rosner, ginger f. Mlakar

Firm/Company: Klebanow Law, LLC J.d., P.C. Firm/Company: Cleveland Foundation
Title: Managing Member Title: Senior Counsel and Director of Donor Relations
CMBA Join Date: 2015 Firm/Company: Direct Recruiters CMBA Join Date: 1993
College: The ohio State university Title: Director, Legal Solutions group undergrad: The ohio State university
Law School: The university of Tennessee College CMBA Join Date: 2018 Law School: The ohio State Moritz College of Law
of Law undergrad: Tulane university (BA, Political Science)
Law School: The John Marshall Law School, wHaT dO yOU lOvE MOST aBOUT
wHaT HavE yOUr wOrld TravElS and John Carroll university (Masters in Counseling) yOUr JOB?
ExPErIEnCE TaUgHT yOU aBOUT THE I work at the Cleveland Foundation as in-house legal
PraCTICE Of law? wHaT dO yOU lOvE MOST aBOUT counsel and Director of Donor Relations. I absolutely
My view of the American justice system has been yOUr JOB? love the people. I work with so many generous and
shaped by my experiences working in California and I love that I have the opportunity to develop creative donors, foundation staff and community
New York in addition to my time spent abroad. I have relationships with attorneys in the Northeast Ohio leaders. It is such an honor and pleasure to learn
learned that there is not one right way to complete community and assist in their career development as about what they are doing and see the outcomes —
a task or solve a problem but instead many different well as advance the productivity and success of law significant positive changes for Greater Cleveland.
routes to an effective solution. firms and legal departments.
wHy dId yOU JOIn THE CMBa?
wHaT advICE wOUld yOU gIvE TO a TEll US wHy yOU lOvE ClE. Early in my career, I was an associate with Benesch,
law STUdEnT? I grew up in a smaller city than Cleveland and have Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, and the firm
Find the area of law you are passionate about and lived in two bigger cities, however, I have made encouraged my membership and involvement. I
pursue a career in that field. Every job has tough days Cleveland my home and love it for it’s convenient remember attending the monthly EPTL Section
but being excited to wake up and go to work makes and affordable lifestyle, its down-to-earth people meetings with the firm’s entire trusts and estates
the practice of law much more enjoyable. and ability to unapologetically re-invent itself while practice group. I found the CMBA had so many
maintaining its grit and unique character. network and volunteer opportunities. It has been a
wHaT dO yOU dO fOr fUn? wonderful way to get to know others in my practice
I am a big sports fan who loves spending time with wHEn HavE yOU SEEn THE CMBa area and the entire legal field.
his family. A perfect Saturday afternoon consists of
watching the Tennessee Volunteers play football (with MISSIOn aT wOrk? TEll US aBOUT yOUr fIrST JOB EvEr.
I have seen the CMBA mission at work since my
my wife and son.) move to Cleveland over 20 years ago. I’ve seen I inherited the family paper route and was a papergirl
how they engage attorneys at all levels and in all when I was 11. I delivered the daily Chillicothe Gazette
If yOU COUld gO TO dInnEr wITH a practice areas and reach out to all members with around my neighborhood. It was the first and last time
faMOUS PErSOn wHO wOUld IT BE offerings for mentorship, continuing education and I was fired. I was so shy and dreaded collecting the
and wHy? civic engagement. monthly subscription dues door-to-door. As a result,
Mark Cuban. I always remember something he said a few I only collected from some houses, every few months,
years back around Thanksgiving. Mark said: “It was right which didn’t go over well with one of the subscribers.
around this date in November when I was 27 years old TEll US aBOUT yOUr faMIly.
My husband and I have four sons. My oldest is
that I remember looking at a 0 dollar bank balance at the a freshman at college. I also have a 16, 13 and TEll US aBOUT yOUr faMIly.
ATM...” This quote always reminds me that it is never too 10-year-old. We just left elementary school years My husband, Tom, and I are part of a multi-
late to pursue a goal or dream. I would love to talk to behind and 16 years of driving a mini van. generational Buckeye family. Tom and I are double
Mark about general business strategy. degree Buckeyes. We met in law school at The Ohio
If yOU COUld gO TO dInnEr wITH a State Moritz College of Law after attending OSu as
wHO HaS InflUEnCEd yOU faMOUS PErSOn wHO wOUld IT BE undergraduates. Our two oldest children currently
THE MOST In lIfE? and wHy? attend OSu. Both of our fathers were twice
My parents. They have instilled Ruth Bader Ginsburg as I truly admire her for Buckeyes. In addition, we have several siblings, nieces,
in me the importance of breaking the glass ceiling, standing strong for what nephews, and cousins that attended OSu. Go Bucks!
being a good person and she believes in and for her unwavering moral
I appreciate everything compass. I could spend hours listening to her OnE fUn faCT aBOUT yOU?
they have done for me talk about all the Supreme Court cases she has My ancestor, Edward Fuller, came over on the Mayflower.
every day. presided over during her tenure. It would be the He was a barrister, admitted to Gray’s Inn in 1606.
best history lesson ever!
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