CLEVELAND – August 1, 2017 – The Senior Transportation Connection (STC) Board of Directors welcomed two new board members at its July meeting. Doug DeRose is Vice President/Chief Financial & Administrative Officer for the National Tooling & Machining Association. Dale A. Nowak Esq. is a partner at Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC. They join the leadership of the non-profit countywide paratransit provider and will serve three-year terms.

Doug DeRose is responsible for the management of accounting, human resources, events and the National Robotics League at National Tooling & Machining Association. He has been with the association for four years, with more than 20 years of financial and operations management experience. He brings expertise in strategic planning and organizational restructuring, budget and cash management, forecasting, financial analysis, tax exempt bond financing, benefits administration and systems conversions,

Previously, he was assistant director for Finance & Administration at The Dayton Art Institute; CFO of the PBA Tour and Vice President of Business Administration at Goodwill Industries, Akron. He is a member of American Society of Association Executives, Tri-C Experiential Learning Advisory Board and Cleveland Financial Executives Networking Group. Doug earned his B.S. in business administration at the University of Dayton. He and his wife Katie have three children, Nick, Carmen and Vinny.

 Dale A. Nowak is a partner with Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, specializing Business Litigation, Employment Litigation and Workers’ Compensation. He specializes in representing small- to mid-size businesses throughout Ohio, with a focus upon prevention and dispute resolution. He has more than 30 years’ experience.

Dale earned his B.A. cum laude at Cleveland State University and his J.D. magna cum laude at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He a member of the Ohio Bar, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, and a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan and Ohio State Bar associations.  He was a judicial clerk to the Ohio Eight District Court of Appeals, and an instructor at Cleveland-Marshall. He is a member of Holy Trinity Parish.