Brian Hall

Brian Hall officially joined the Greater Cleveland Partnership’s senior leadership team in January 2014 but has an extensive history with the organization including serving as the Commission on Economic Inclusion’s interim executive director since June 2012.

Brian is also an entrepreneur and has 30 years’ experience leading companies in logistics, distribution, real estate and food service. He has been an active member of the civic community serving two terms on the GCP Board, as co-chair of the Commission on Economic Inclusion, and on the boards of the GCP’s three predecessor organizations, Cleveland Tomorrow, the Greater Cleveland Growth Association and the Greater Cleveland Roundtable.

In addition to growing his businesses to the Black Enterprise Top 100 listing several times, Brian is one of the founders of the Presidents' Council LLC and the Presidents' Council Foundation. The council has been instrumental in enhancing relationship between major and minority corporate CEOs in Northeast Ohio. The foundation trains both entrepreneurs and students toward greater success and leadership in the African American community and beyond.

Brian graduated with a degree in business management from the University of Cincinnati and earned an Executive MBA from Baldwin-Wallace University.

He is a board member of University Hospitals Health System, University of Cincinnati Foundation, The Presidents’ Council Business Chamber and The Rhythm and Blues Foundation.

He is also a member of Young Presidents' Organization-Gold (YPO Gold) where he chairs the Black Presidents' Network, an international group of WPO and YPO members.