Dick Griffin

I grew up in Cleveland Ohio graduated from Euclid High School and Ohio University.

Went to work for the Roach-Reid Co, one of the largest and oldest office automation companies in the US founded in 1906 by Herbert Roach & Robert Reid who grew up with Thomas Edison from Milan Ohio.

We sold and serviced dictating equipment, word processors, fax machines, telephone systems, and computers in Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown, and Toledo serving over 25,000 customers.

After becoming CEO I sold the company in 1995 and got into financial services and grew my customer base significantly.

The last 15 years I have helped several companies grow their business including El Toro, a digital company, US Network, a communication company, and Sherwood Forest, a business intelligent company.

I am also currently involved as vice president of business development for the Newton Generator which we believe will revolutionize the entire energy industry.

I am married to my wife Charlene 55 years, have two grown boys, Doug and Ryan, five grand kids, and three great grand kids and live in Huntington Valley, a suburb of Cleveland.

I serve on the Boards of the American Cancer Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Cleveland Baseball Federation, Our Lady of the Wayside, Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce, and the National High School Football Hall of Fame.

I am also active with my fraternity Beta Theta Pi, the Cleveland 50 club, and was membership chairman of Canterbury Country Club for over 20 years and love and still play sports of all kinds.