Staff

Since December 2007, Steve has been instrumental in organizing the start-up effort for a teacher free store in Dayton, Ohio. Immediately prior to his work at Crayons to Classrooms, he served for five years as director of development for the Kids In Need Foundation, a national education nonprofit also based in Dayton. While at Kids In Need, he was responsible for creating and implementing strategies to develop, cultivate, and solicit funds and in-kind gifts from corporations, foundations, and individuals. Steve also brings experience from 22 years of progressively responsible positions in retail management at companies including Target Corporation, Federated Department Stores, and Polo/Ralph Lauren. Steve is very active in the Dayton community. He is currently a member of the Dayton Rotary Club and the Dayton Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. He serves on the Board of the Human Race Theater Company and is a member of the Resource Center Committee of the Kids In Need Foundation. He is a 2010 Leadership Dayton graduate.

In his spare time, Steve enjoys golf, walking his dog Ruby, family activities, and watching his favorite sports team - The Missouri Tigers. Steve has been married to Karen for 28 years and has one son, Elliot, who is currently a student at the University Of Missouri. Steve is a native of Springfield, Missouri.

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Jim joined Crayons to Classrooms in July, 2008 as the organization's Warehouse Manager. Prior to our free store, Jim spent the last ten years working for the School, Home, and Office Products Association; most recently as a Customer Service Manager for the SHOPA Buyer-2-Seller Program. He was in charge of recruiting manufactures in the school and office products industry to attend various trade events managed by SHOPA. He participated in trade events not only in the United States, but also Ecuador, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. Jim also spent 25 years in retail food, including 10 years owning his own business in Xenia, Ohio. In 1995, he was awarded Retailer of the Year by the Xenia Area Chamber of Commerce.

In his spare time, Jim enjoys golf, traveling, and watching his favorite sports teams - the Dayton Flyers, and the Cleveland Browns. He is also active in the Dayton Hockey Foundation which is in charge of the Dayton Hockey Hall of Fame. Jim has been married to Terri for 36 years and has two dogs, Maggie, the beagle and Chester, the rat terrier.

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Debra Seger joined Crayons to Classrooms in October 2008 as the organization’s retail program manager. She works directly with the administrators of qualifying schools to establish visits to the retail-style, “free” store for teachers. She also procures product and financial donations, assists in program development, etc.

Prior to joining Crayons to Classrooms, Deb worked at The Dayton Foundation for ten years in various capacities, most recently as development assistant. In this role, she aided in the establishment of charitable funds, grant-writing tasks, donor relations and other various functions. In this position, she assisted many people in the greater Miami Valley to achieve their charitable goals.

When she is not working, Deb enjoys scrapbooking, card making, studying genealogy, cooking and baking, reading, bicycling and family activities. She volunteers at The Dayton Foundation and in various programs at her church.

Deb has been married for 30 years to Dennis and has three children, Kimberly, Carmen and Eric.

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Cheryl joined Crayons to Classrooms on an internship as our Webmaster in December, 2008. Since then, she has been brought on full time, taking on the Volunteer Coordinator position as well as maintaining her Webmaster role. Cheryl is a Wright State student finishing her degree in MIS. She is a member of the Miami Valley Association of Volunteer Administrators and serves on the organization's marketing committee. She has past experience in a warehouse setting and customer service. Her experience in customer service comes from her past position at Hobart in Troy, Ohio. Cheryl has worked in several warehouse settings including the following: Honda, United Retail, and Winans Candy Factory.

Cheryl recently married her sweetheart of 5 years in July, congratulations! In her spare time, Cheryl enjoys collecting and listening to old records, hiking, watching her favorite sports team - Indianpolis Colts, painting, gardening and cooking what she has grown in her garden. She also enjoys spoiling her animals. She has two dogs, Lucy and Star, and one cat, Sampson.