Christine Amer Mayer
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
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Term Expires in 2028
About
Christine Amer Mayer was appointed on Aug. 27, 2021.
Mayer is president of GAR Foundation where she guides the foundation’s strategic direction and annual grantmaking, which focuses heavily on education and economic development.
An Akron native, Mayer practiced commercial litigation and business law for eight years with Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs in its Columbus, Cleveland, and Akron offices. She joined GAR Foundation in 2001 as a program officer. She was named president of the foundation in 2012.
She also serves as a trustee of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. She chaired the board of United Way of Summit and Medina when that organization transformed its business model to focus on four Bold Goals. She was a founding board member of ArtsNow, which works to leverage the arts and culture in Summit County to support and strengthen the region’s economic and social vibrancy.
Mayer has been named to the Inside Business Power 100 list of Most Influential Leaders six times and has received the Women’s History Project of the Akron Area’s Woman of the Year award for her innovative efforts to strengthen the arts landscape in Akron.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Duke University and a Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University. (Term expires 2028)