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Designing a Better Cleveland

The ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï ToddCast: Episode 1 with Lillian Kuri, president and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation

President Diacon interviewing for the ToddCast
Lillian Kuri will lead the Cleveland Foundation as its 10th president and CEO, starting Aug. 1, 2023.

Welcome to the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï ToddCast, where President Todd Diacon speaks with people from across Northeast Ohio, many of whom are ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State graduates or friends of the university. For the inaugural episode, President Diacon meets with Lillian Kuri, BS ’93, BArch ’94, a graduate of the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State architecture program. She is the president and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation, where she focuses on design and community and how to lift the individuals and neighborhoods in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.  

Kuri was integral to the opening of the very visible and impressive new home for the Cleveland Foundation on Euclid Avenue at East 66th Street in Cleveland’s Midtown. Below is an abridged version of their conversation. For the full interview or to download the podcast, click on the player below.


Video by Paul McKinney

Audio by Stephen Ward 

Photo by Rami Daud