
About Us
The Canton Student Loan Foundation provides low-interest student loans for Stark County graduates. Our founders wanted to make earning a degree a reality for local students. Today, our donors, Board members and staff carry on this tradition by developing, maintaining and loaning a revolving pool of funds. As students pay back their loans, these funds go back into the pool. We loan these funds again, and the work of the Foundation continues.
The Foundation is under the conscientious oversight of our dedicated Board members. Our staff, executive director Kimberly Leggett, and financial director Lori Lapp, guide applicants and recipients through the loan process.
Board Officers
Michael Gallina, President
Lee Ann Thorn, Past President
Joann Smith, Vice President
Kathleen Poporad, Secretary
George Downes, Treasurer
Trustees
James Abbott
Mary Beddell
Robert Belden
Julie Bland
Christopher Burr
Samuel Dorto, Jr.
Dennis Fulmer
Mary Beth Green
Lynn Hamilton
William Hoover
James Ladson
Andrew Luntz
Judith Malinowski
Susan March
Suzie Thomas
Gretchen Tucker
Amber Wallace
Joyce Niffenegger, Emerita
Robert Henderson, Honorary
George May, Jr., Honorary