Eliza Bryant Village provides services for seniors, including low income housing.
It is located in Ward 7 in Cleveland's historic Hough neighborhood on the city's largely Black east side.
A five -year Board of Trustee member , Lipscomb previously served as 1st vice-chair and chair of the Strategic Planning Committee
“Cecil is an outstanding leader with a track record of improving the quality of life for under-served communities in Greater Cleveland, especially African Americans,” said immediate past-chair Danielle Sydnor, who is also president of the Cleveland NAACP.
Sydnor will continue to serve as a Board of Trustee member and will chair the Strategic Planning Committee.
“We look forward to Cecil’s strategic leadership in charting our future course of service to older adults in need,” said Danny R. Williams, president & CEO of Eliza Bryant Village. “Life for many of the seniors we serve has not always been easy. Their sacrifices helped to open access to healthcare and economic opportunities many of us now enjoy. It is now our responsibility to ensure they get the care and respect they have earned.”
Lipscomb received his undergraduate degree from Ursuline College and his MBA from Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management.
He was senior director of Institutes at Cleveland Clinic and worked as director of fundraising for Case Western Reserve University’s School of Engineering.
He also worked in commercial and government sales, management, and marketing in the telecommunications sector for 10 years with two Fortune 100 companies that eventually merged to create Verizon, and he received the Corporate College Smart 50 Award from Smart Business Magazine.
Other officers and other positions with Eliza Bryant Village include the following:
· 1st Vice-Chair, Ronald Johnson, JD, Key Bank
· 2nd Vice-Chair, Jean Jenkins, Past Board Chair, Community Volunteer
· Secretary, Bette Bonder, Ph.D., OTR, FAOTA., Cleveland State University
· Recording Secretary, Barbara Bray, Community Volunteer
· Treasurer, Rufus Heard, Community Volunteer
Board of Trustees who are serving a three-year term from 2021 to 2024 are as follows:
· Ruth Fore
· Rufus Sims
· Ronald Johnson
Volunteers who will serve on the Board of Trustees by virtue of their respective roles as presidents of Auxiliary I, Auxiliary II, and Auxiliary III are as follows:
· Teena Mitchell, Auxiliary I
· Gwendolyn James, Auxiliary II
· Zadie Barber, Auxiliary III
The mission of Eliza Bryant Village is to provide quality services, outreach programs, and a dignified, compassionate and secure living environment for seniors. More information about the Board of Trustees can be found here on the Village website.
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About Eliza Bryant Village
Eliza Bryant Village provides high-quality services for seniors along the continuum of care in a safe, dignified and compassionate environment. We offer skilled nursing with memory-care and rehabilitation, on-site dialysis care, an adult day care and senior outreach program, and affordable independent senior housing. Home Care is available to Eliza Bryant Village seniors as well as our aging neighbors. The Elder Justice Center at Eliza Bryant Village provides free, temporary housing and wrap-around services to older adults experiencing abuse, violence, trauma, or criminal victimization. Eliza Bryant Village, located on 17 acres in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood, has been an anchor institution in the community for 125 years. The oldest continually operating African American-founded long-term care facility in the United States, we serve more than 1,000 seniors annually with more than 160 compassionate employees and nearly 300 volunteers.
