Our Mission
At Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley our mission is to empower people with disabilities and other disadvantages to achieve independence and improve their quality of life.
SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES, WORKING TO EMPOWER
About Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley
Every day, we strive with passion and energy to improve the lives of the people we serve through excellent customer service in an exceptional healthy and safe work place. Learn about Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley; our organization, its history, mission, and values that guide us and the work in the communities we serve.
Our Vision
Our vision is to make it possible for all people to live, learn, work and play with full inclusion in the life of the community.
Our Values
Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley's core values define our culture and guide our work through:
• Impact: We offer high quality services that provide long-term positive outcomes for the people we serve.
• Stewardship: We safeguard resources entrusted to us by the community.
• Accountability: We take responsibility for the achievement of our goals and offer a hand up to others in taking ownership of their future.
• Safety and Wellness: We create and maintain a safe environment where overall wellness is encouraged and promoted.
• Customer Experience: We provide superior customer service treating everyone with compassion and empathy so they feel valued and appreciated.
• Innovation: We approach our work with the spirit and agility that fosters creativity and continuous improvement.
• Inclusion: We embrace diversity by respecting everyone's strengths and talents.
Diversity Equity Inclusion
Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley (GESMV) is a culturally diverse agency and demonstrates awareness of, respect for, encouragement of, and attention to the diversity of the people we assist, GESMV staff, donors, volunteers, and other community stakeholders. One of GESMV’s core values is inclusion: we embrace diversity by respecting everyone’s strengths and talents. GESMV promotes an annual Cultural Competency & Diversity Plan that addresses the type of knowledge, skills, and behaviors that enables GESMV staff to work effectively cross-culturally by understanding, appreciating, and respecting differences and similarities in beliefs, values, and practices within and between cultures.
Our History
In 1934, we opened our doors as a Goodwill affiliate and focused on assisting people to live independently through job training and job placement services. This important endeavor, in the community, was based on the Goodwill model of focusing on empowering people through the dignity of work.
In 1999, we combined with another mission-focused organization known as Easterseals, which gave us the opportunity to serve children and seniors, thus broadening our scope of support for the communities we serve.
Today, this powerful combination known as Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley serves people with disabilities and other needs in 29 Ohio counties and numerous local communities, from Lima in the north, Portsmouth, OH. and Greenup & Vanceburg KY. in the south, Greenville in the west, and Urbana and Bellefontaine in the east.
GESMV Board of Trustees
Officers
Mary Ann Recker
Chair
- University of Dayton
- Vice President and General Counsel
Kevin Weckesser
First Vice Chair
- Brixey + Meyer
- President
Shaun Smith
Treasurer
- Business Executive and Community Volunteer
Jennifer Maffett-Nickelman
Secretary
- Thompson Hine, LLP
- Partner
Craig D. Seitz
Immediate Past Chair
- Crown Equipment Corporation
- Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Trustees
Marc Belcastro D.O.
Premier Health
- Retired
Beth Ferrin
McGohan Brabender
- President
Andy Goetz
Wilcon Corporation
- President
Gary Hairston
Community Volunteeer
- Retired
Gary Hunt
Business Executive and Community Volunteer
Deena John
Air Force Research Lab
- Lead Action Officer, Commander's Action Group
Barbara Johnson
Premier Health
- System COO - (Retired)
David Malone
Kingdom Builders Evangelistic Ministries
- Bishop
Mary A. McDonald
Community Volunteer
R. Michael Osborn
Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A.
- Shareholder
Maria Russell
EY
- Director - Pursuit Resource Center
Mark E. Schutter, CPA
Culmen Real Estate Services
- President / Chief Investment Officer
Fr. Benjamin E.K. Speare-Hardy II
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
- Rector
David A. Taylor
Dayton Early College Academy (DECA)
- Superintendent and CEO
Rev. Dr. Daryl Ward
Omega Baptist Church
- Pastor Emeritus
Greg Wasmund
Sinclair Community College
- Director, Workforce Development and Strategic Initiatives
Kelly Wolff
RSM
- Assurance Senior Manager
William D. Duncan
Honorary Trustee
- Barnes Dennig
- Director Emeritus
J. Michael Herr
Honorary Trustee
- Thompson Hine LLP
- Partner
Gerald M. Miller
Honorary Trustee
- Retired
Greg K. Sabatino
Honorary Trustee
- Sabatino West
- Chairman
GESMV Executive Management
Lance W. Detrick
President and CEO
Graig Tuschong
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Matt Arntz
Vice President, Retail and Facilities
Jennifer Bonifas
Vice President and Chief Mission Officer
Glenn Klava
Vice President, Business Services
Richard M. Wegmann
Executive Director, Miami Valley Works
LaVar Glover
Director of West Campus Operations
Rhonda Kline
Director of Human Resources
Steve Niswonger
Director of Marketing
Caryl Segalewitz, CFRE
Director of Development
Angela D. Koon
Senior Executive Assistant
Accreditations & Affiliations
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