TEDxClevelandStateUniversity Speaker Profile: Sharon Sobol Jordan

As TEDxClevelandStateUniversity approaches, we'll profile each speaker who will take the stage at the event.

Meet Sharon Sobol Jordan.

Sobol Jordan is president and CEO of United Way of Greater Cleveland, where she is leading the modernization of one of the region's most trusted social impact organizations through technology, data and cross-sector partnerships that expand economic opportunity. Her career spans the public, private, nonprofit and technology sectors, with a focus on innovation, systems change and community impact. 

Before joining United Way, she led DigitalC, OpenSpace Solutions and Unify Labs, and previously served as chief of staff for Cuyahoga County and president and CEO of The Centers for Families and Children. Earlier, she was director of law and special counsel to the mayor of Cleveland and a partner at a Cleveland law firm. She also serves on civic and nonprofit boards and is a leader-in-residence at Cleveland State University College of Law.

The topic of her talk is The Evolving Definition of Crisis and Poverty.

Get your tickets now for the Friday, Oct. 23 event. Doors open at 2 p.m. with talks beginning promptly at 3 p.m.

And be sure to listen to this preview of the event, courtesy of the Viking Voices podcast.

For more information, visit TEDxClevelandStateUniversity.  

Learn more about the other speakers who will take the stage:

Richard B. Austin
Stacey Diane Aranez Litam
Camilo A. Ferro
Jessica Gallagher-Steuver
Mandi Goodsett
Sabine Kretzschmar
Christa Laser
Samantha Martin
Claudio Milstein
Charlie Mosbrook
Lidiia Reviakina