Accelerate 2018 Winner Tory Coats and four other finalists share Ideas to better Northeast Ohio

By Marcia Pledger, The Plain Dealer | Posted February 23, 2018 at 11:44 AM

Tory Coats is congratulated as Accelerate 2018 winner The 2018 Accelerate finalists, category sponsors and event co-chairs gather at the end of Accelerate 2018.

2 / 3 David C Turben Accelerate 2018 winners announced at regional civic pitch From left: Larry Oscar, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP and event co-chair; Natalie Yakunich, Oswald Companies; Stuart Rosenberg, Westfield Insurance; finalist Keshia Johnson Chambers; winner Tory Coats; Neal Restivo, Oatey Co.; Cecilia Render, Nordson Corporation Foundation; finalist Christopher Scott; Peter O'Neill, Cleveland Clinic Innovations; finalist Gina VanCant; Carlos Jackson, Cleveland Clinic; finalist Kendra Valton; Robyn Minter Smyers, Thompson Hine LLP; finalist Angela Bair; Dr. Michael Schoop, Cuyahoga Community College; Ursula Cottone, Citizens Bank and event co-chair.…More

3 / 3 David C Turben Tory Coats accepts his winning check at Accelerate. Tory Coats accepts his winning check at Accelerate. From left: Ursula Cottone, event co-chair and EVP at Citizens Bank, the event sponsor along with Cleveland Leadership Center; Coats; Larry Oscar, event co-chair and CLC Board co-chair; and Neal Restivo, CEO of Oatey Co., which sponsored the Economic & Workforce Category where Coats pitched.