Our Team
Pat Kerrigan,
Executive Director
Oak Hill Collaborative’s Executive Director is a former Youngstown Municipal Judge, former President of St. Patrick’s Parish Council, former Vice-Chair of Youngstown Urban League, a member of Leadership Youngstown, ACTION, and Mahoning County ADAS Board and is active in numerous other community organizations. He also is on the Board of Directors for Oak Hill Collaborative.
Seth Brand, IT Specialist
Stark State Alumni, Seth is an avid Security Student and enjoys spending time being outside when not working. He formerly worked for the Warren Trumbull County Public Library.
Anthony Hake, IT Consultant
YSU Alumni, Anthony has been helping Oak Hill for years. He has many different hobbies from Drone flying to music, a well rounded jack of all trades, he seeks to help those around him understand and make use of tech for a better tomorrow.
Steve Kristan, Digital Inclusion Consultant
Retired AT&T Professional, Digital Inclusion Advocate, Broadband Coordinator for East Gate Council of Governments, Consultant for OHC. Serving or having served on various boards including but not limited to Greater Stark County Urban League, Better Business Bureau, and Old North Church Elder Board. When he’s not busy trying to bring digital equity and opportunity for the valley, he enjoys traveling the US with his family
Abby Patterson, Digital Navigator
OHC`s Digital Navigator, Abby enjoys helping those around her. She also helps further our mission by diligently preforming community outreach and helping us organize for events. In her spare time she likes to garden and go to art museums.
Shirley Brady, Outreach Specialist
A new addition to Oak Hill, Shirley is helping Oak Hill spread the word about ACP in Trumbull County. She is dedicated to improving the community around her and has given substantial time and effort to to lift up others.
Atty. Carl James, Board Chair
OHC Chair, owner, chairman and president of Bearing Distributors, International; former President, Youngstown Urban League, Youngstown Playhouse, and Mahoning County Legal Aid Society; member, St. Patrick’s Church; ACTION Core Team Member; active in numerous other community organizations.
Jim Kinnick, Board Member
Executive Director of Eastgate Regional Council of Governments, civil engineer focused on improving the general quality of life in Youngstown and those living in the tri-county area; which includes Trumbull, Mahoning, and Columbiana county.
Fr. Edward P. Noga, Board Member
Retired Pastor, St. Patrick’s Church, founder and current Vice-Chair of ACTION; Board Member, Western Reserve Transit Authority; Chaplain, Youngstown Police Department; active in numerous other community organizations.
Dr. Cryshanna Jackson, Board Member
Associate Professor & Urban Internship Coordinator, Department of Politics & International Relations at Youngstown State University
Sarah Lown, Board Member
Senior Economic Development Manager at Western Reserve Port Authority
Bob Jadloski, Board Member
President, CEO at iDK Green Technologies
Keith Logan, Board Member
Director of Technology at Academy for Urban Scholars
SaTonia Johnson, Board Member
YSU Alumni, Youth Coordinator and Community Organizer
Our Mission
The Oak Hill Collaborative, Inc. is a 501-C3 non-profit organization on the South Side of Youngstown. Our primary objective is community revitalization through small business development and neighborhood beautification with the goal of improving the quality of life along the Oak Hill corridor and the creation and utilization of a makerspace.Oak Hill Avenue was strategically targeted for several reasons. First, the area obviously has a significant need for community development but has limited resources, both financially and in terms of social organization. However, it does have certain viable core businesses and institutions, as well as an abundance of vacant land and other opportunities which can be built upon. Second, by focusing on a specific target zone, resources can be channeled into a relatively smaller area, increasing the likelihood of successful impact. Third, the Collaborative is intended to expand the accomplishments of St. Patrick’s (in the middle of the 2 mile long Oak Hill Avenue), parallel the efforts of the City of Youngstown and the Community Corrections Association along Market Street (one block away) and mirror, in a more limited way, the successes of the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation in the Idora neighborhood. Along with other initiatives in close or contiguous areas, such as the Mahoning Commons, the new plans for cleaning of the Mahoning River at the base of Oak Hill, and the neighborhood activities around St. Dominic’s Church, there are numerous synergistic opportunities for mutual success and for redevelopment of the South Side of Youngstown. Finally, Oak Hill is a major thoroughfare in Youngstown, with historic significance for many ethnic and cultural groups.
Our thriving small business incubator, which has assisted more than a dozen small businesses since beginning in early 2014, is launching the Oak Hill Innovation Organization, with the intention of connecting area inventors to services that will grow their ideas into viable local businesses while continuing to offer business support services both on site as well as in satellite locations in the local community. We will continue our partnerships with area churches, nonprofits, and neighborhood groups to organize beautification and community engagement activities. As a complement to the business incubator and neighborhood revitalization efforts, we intend to expand our successful CQE workshop into a six-week workforce development program offering criminal record sealing and other legal assistance, career coaching, and access to employment, education, and entrepreneurial opportunities to the thousands of Youngstown residents who face barriers due to a past criminal record.
