From Success to Significance: Building Legacies with Your Family Business

Cindy is a Senior Managing Director with Clearstead Advisors and works with high-net-worth clients, family trust companies and private companies bringing creative solutions to complicated estate planning matters. Cindy has experience working in four different single-family offices and has also formed trust companies in Ohio, Wyoming, and South Dakota plus she has managed trust companies in Ohio, Wyoming, and Delaware.

Elias brings years of experience in banking, private equity, lending, and wealth management to the role of relationship manager for the National Christian Foundation, in Northeastern Ohio.  He most recently served as the senior vice president and relationship manager overseeing wealth, trust, mergers and acquisitions, investments, banking, lending, insurance, and mortgage activities for a large legacy book of family office, institutional, and high net worth individual clients. He has also served high net worth clients with Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, US Bank, and Commercial Lending Group.

Elias holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and marketing from Cleveland State University. 

John H. Langer is the President of H. Jack’s Plumbing & Heating Co., a family-owned and operated plumbing, heating, cooling, and home remodeling company founded over 45 years ago, with operations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York that service 350+ municipalities. As a business leader, John strongly believes in supporting the communities in which he and his organization serve.

Gaius Vaduva is the President & CEO of International Insurance Group, an independent agency dedicated to protecting the American dream for bilingual families across the U.S. Founded in 2006, IIG provides auto, home, business, trucking, and life insurance. The agency currently serves five language groups, with a long-term vision to expand to 25.