1. Beth Mooney, chairman and CEO, KeyCorp (#8 on main list)

2. Barbara Snyder, president, Case Western Reserve University (#13 on main list)

3. Sandra Pianalto, president and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (#15 on main list)

4. Jerry Sue Thornton, president, Cuyahoga Community College

5. Mary Taylor, Ohio lieutenant governor
As head of Ohio’s Department of Insurance, Taylor is leading the Kasich administration’s challenge to the new health care law.

6. Marcia Fudge, U.S. representative

7. Virginia Albanese, president and CEO, FedEx Custom Critical
An up-and-comer in Summit County business circles, Albanese chairs the Great Akron Chamber of Commerce.

8. Betty Sutton, U.S. representative
The congressional architect of 2009’s auto-industry-stimulating Cash for Clunkers program, Sutton recently secured $11 million in federal funds for corrosion research at the University of Akron.

9. Denise DeBartolo York, chairperson, The DeBartolo Corp.
Co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers, DeBartolo York is known at home in the Mahoning Valley as a generous philanthropist.

10. Christine Amer Mayer, president, GAR Foundation
Barely in her 40s, Amer Mayer takes over one of Akron’s two most influential foundations with the new year.

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