David M. Reynolds

David M. Reynolds was appointed on March 23, 2017 by Governor John R. Kasich for a term ending May 1, 2025, replacing Rev. Dr. Todd Davidson. He had previously served as a Community Board Member, from September 30, 2016, through March 23, 2017. Trustee Reynolds was elected to the position of Chairman of the Board of Trustees in May 2021.

Mr. Reynolds, a private banking executive and national director of channel management and client acquisition, heads the Cleveland market for Key Private Bank. In his role at Key Private Bank, Reynolds leads the strategic development and national implementation of wealth management and client acquisition strategies by ensuring collaboration alignment between wealth management and other lines of business.

Before joining KeyCorp’s Private Bank in 2015, Reynolds was managing director of JP Morgan’s Private Bank in NE Ohio since 2009. Prior to JP Morgan, David was director of Northern Indiana for Merrill Lynch where he spent almost 15 years. He earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and management from Walsh University.

Reynolds is highly visible in the Cleveland community and has a passion for helping to educate at-risk children. In addition to serving as chair of CSU’s Board of Trustees, he is chairman of the Board of the Friends of Ginn Academy, the only all male public high school in the state of Ohio, and past chairman of the Board of Karamu House, the oldest African American cultural arts

institution in the country. Reynolds also serves as a board director at University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center and the Great Lakes Science Center.