Samuel P. Gerace, Vice Chair

Sam is the chief executive officer of Veritix, a venture-backed state-of-the-art digital ticketing, event marketing, and relationship management solutions provider for the sports and live entertainment industries. He is also the founder of Be Free, a comprehensive Internet marketing information services company for leading retail and consumer businesses. Sam chairs the board of Minds Matter of Cleveland, a non-profit organization serving low-income high school students and he serves as a mentor in the Jumpstart Mentoring Program. He served on the board of ValueClick, Inc. and as Entrepreneur in Residence with Jumpstart, Inc. Sam, his wife Lynne, and children, Michael ’16, Andrew ’18, and Christopher ’22, live in Novelty.