WELLMORE CENTRE ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Mark Welty is the owner and executive director of the Wellmore Centre.
Brad is currently the Vice President of Strategy & Government Relations and has worked for The Village Network in many capacities since 1985. He has taken numerous opportunities to help lead the organization into new and exciting endeavors. He has helped navigate the agency through multiple changes in the Ohio and West Virginia Medicaid and Private Insurance environments. He has recently led initiatives establishing relationships with major health care systems and private insurance providers, while growing a tele-psychiatry network, and enhancing statewide cooperation between industry providers. Brad is an Adjunct Faculty for The DeVille School of Business of Walsh University. After serving multiple terms as the Vice President of The Child and Family Health Collaborative of Ohio, he is currently still a member of the Executive Committee helping to collaborate between 46 member agencies.
Jon T. Elsasser retired from The Timken Company as senior vice president and chief information officer in 2009. Mr. Elsasser joined the company in 1978 as a systems analyst in Canton and subsequently held positions of manager - Bucyrus Bearing Distribution Center, president - Timken do Brasil, group vice president - Europe, Africa and West Asia, and senior vice president – corporate development before assuming his last role in which he was responsible for global information technology and corporate shared services. Elsasser has been an investor in the East Central Ohio Technology Angel Fund since 2009 and currently sits on the boards of three private companies and consults on a variety of technology and general management issues. He is currently fund administrator and an investor in the Impact Angel Fund, based in Canton, Ohio. Mr. Elsasser is an adjunct faculty member at Ashland University and Malone University teaching MBA-level courses in information technology, strategy and strategic planning, and international business. He is also active in the community as past chairman of Ohio and Erie Canalway Association, as president of the Zoar Community Association, has served as treasurer and a board member of the Ohio History Connection and is a member of the board of trustees of the Buckeye Career Center Foundation. Elsasser graduated from The College of William and Mary with a bachelor’s degree in economics and from Harvard University with a master’s degree with high distinction in business administration.
Rod Rafael is the active Dealer Principal of Truck Sales & Service, Inc. and a Member of Truck Sales Leasing LTD. Rod graduated from Tuscarawas Central Catholic High School in 1971. Right out of High School he was employed by CanTex in Newport, Ohio. Then, in 1972 he started his career with Truck Sales & Service, Inc. A successful career to say the least with over 50 years in the truck dealership industry. As part of that success, Rod credits the importance of learning TEAMWORK at an early age. Everything from playing team sports for TCC to working within various departments of the Truck Sales & Service organization. That TEAMWORK paid off 15 years into his career when he had the opportunity to become a partner in the business, then eventually in 2007 purchasing the company. To this day the organization thrives on the principles of TEAMWORK and over the years continues to provide a positive work environment for 100+ employees in 26 counties. Rod is active in his community and has served on several voluntary boards throughout the years. As in every community, addiction issues “hit close to home”. Because of his experiences both personally and professionally, Rod feels that giving back to his community is rewarding. He believes in helping to make a difference and giving back to those in need and giving people a second chance.
Calvin White currently serves as Executive Director of the Friends of the Homeless of Tuscarawas County where he has been employed for the past 12 years. Mr. White received his Bachelor of Science degree at Kent State University, majoring in Secondary Education. He obtained his master’s degree from Walsh University in Counseling and Human Development in 1993. Mr. White has nearly 40 years of experience working in corrections and the social services arena in the capacity as a Licensed Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor, and a Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor in Ohio. Mr. White has also spent time in Pennsylvania working with families with children diagnosed on the autism spectrum as well as spending time in the Alaskan Interior as an Itinerant Counselor working with the indigenous populations. While in Ohio, Mr. White has worked with juvenile and adult corrections, child protective services, Personal and Family Counseling, (Ohio Guidestone), Community Mental Health, (SpringVale) and served as a mental health consultant for the HARCATUS Head Start program. Mr. White co-wrote and facilitated the only juvenile sex offender program in Tuscarawas County and was instrumental in 2013 with the establishment of the first sober living house for men in the Tuscarawas County, the Pathway to Wellness Recovery Center. Mr. White is presently the representative for the homeless shelter and the sober living house as a member of the local continuum of care, HOME Net; is a member of the Executive Committee of the Ohio Department of Development Services, Region 6; and he also participates as a sitting member of the advisory boards for HARCATUS Head Start, Bridges to Wellness, Stark State Occupational Therapy Assistants program and most recently was invited to sit on the advisory board for the Wellmore Centre.