{"id":172960,"date":"2023-06-12T13:57:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T17:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=172960"},"modified":"2023-06-12T13:58:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T17:58:57","slug":"mary-beth-and-john-lee-named-chairs-of-the-2023-cleveland-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee","title":{"rendered":"Mary Beth and John Lee, named Chairs of the 2023 Cleveland Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;172961&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text]Best Buddies International is thrilled to announce that Mary Beth and John Lee will be the Chairs of the third annual Champion of the Year Gala in Cleveland, Ohio. This year the event will take place on Friday, November 3rd at Tenk West Bank. Best Buddies International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, and inclusive living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to serve this organization as Chairs of the 2023 Gala. We believe wholeheartedly in the mission of Best Buddies and have been involved with this event since 2021. We want to do more to ensure everyone in our community is included. Best Buddies in Ohio is working to do that every day through their friendship and leadership programs.\u201d says Mary Beth.<\/p>\n<p>Best Buddies is the world\u2019s largest organization dedicated to ending the social, physical, and economic isolation of the 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).<\/p>\n<p>This year the theme of the Gala is Friendsgiving, a fitting and fun way to demonstrate the power of true friendships created through the program. \u201cWe hope people will bring their friends and family to this special event to kick off the holiday season!\u201d says John.<\/p>\n<p>Ten community leaders will be nominated to compete to raise the most funds by the night of the Gala. Through raising funds and awareness for Best Buddies, Champions will generate countless opportunities\u202ffor friendships, jobs, leadership development, and inclusive living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). After a 10-week campaign, guests will gather at Tenk West Bank, where the newest Grand Champion of the Year will be crowned.<\/p>\n<p>John is Managing Director of Bornhorst, Ingalls, Lee, O\u2019Reilly Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, an annual corporate sponsor of Best Buddies in Ohio. Mary Beth is an event strategist that has worked with numerous charities and community organizations to bring their missions to life. They live in Westlake, where they have raised their three children, Maggie, Hannah, and John Patrick.<\/p>\n<p>Help us continue to provide these meaningful opportunities to people with IDD by supporting our\u202f2023 Champion\u2019s Campaign, purchasing tickets, becoming a corporate sponsor, volunteering, or donating to the cause. If you are interested in sponsoring this event or becoming a Champion of the Year candidate, contact Catlin Skufca, State Director, at\u202f<a href=\"mailto:CatlinSkufca@bestbuddies.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CatlinSkufca@bestbuddies.org<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Third annual event set to take place this November<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2080,"featured_media":172961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"oh-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510,514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ohio","category-ohio-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mary Beth and John Lee, named Chairs of the 2023 Cleveland Gala - Best Buddies International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mary Beth and John Lee, named Chairs of the 2023 Cleveland Gala - Best Buddies International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Third annual event set to take place this November\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Best Buddies International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-12T17:57:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-12T17:58:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-BBCT-John-Lee-and-Mary-Beth.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"leemosler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"leemosler\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"leemosler\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/e016e3c8c2cd3b7e04adf72b23efb560\"},\"headline\":\"Mary Beth and John Lee, named Chairs of the 2023 Cleveland Gala\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-12T17:57:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-12T17:58:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/\"},\"wordCount\":462,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-BBCT-John-Lee-and-Mary-Beth.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Ohio\",\"Ohio News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/\",\"name\":\"Mary Beth and John Lee, named Chairs of the 2023 Cleveland Gala - Best Buddies International\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-BBCT-John-Lee-and-Mary-Beth.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-12T17:57:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-12T17:58:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-BBCT-John-Lee-and-Mary-Beth.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-BBCT-John-Lee-and-Mary-Beth.webp\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"John Lee and Mary Beth\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mary Beth and John Lee, named Chairs of the 2023 Cleveland Gala\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/\",\"name\":\"Best Buddies International\",\"description\":\"Best Buddies is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Best Buddies International\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png\",\"width\":115,\"height\":113,\"caption\":\"Best Buddies International\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/e016e3c8c2cd3b7e04adf72b23efb560\",\"name\":\"leemosler\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/author\/leemosler\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mary Beth and John Lee, named Chairs of the 2023 Cleveland Gala - Best Buddies International","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mary Beth and John Lee, named Chairs of the 2023 Cleveland Gala - Best Buddies International","og_description":"Third annual event set to take place this November","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/","og_site_name":"Best Buddies International","article_published_time":"2023-06-12T17:57:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-12T17:58:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-BBCT-John-Lee-and-Mary-Beth.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"leemosler","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"leemosler","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/"},"author":{"name":"leemosler","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/e016e3c8c2cd3b7e04adf72b23efb560"},"headline":"Mary Beth and John Lee, named Chairs of the 2023 Cleveland Gala","datePublished":"2023-06-12T17:57:22+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-12T17:58:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/"},"wordCount":462,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-BBCT-John-Lee-and-Mary-Beth.webp","articleSection":["Ohio","Ohio News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/","name":"Mary Beth and John Lee, named Chairs of the 2023 Cleveland Gala - Best Buddies International","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-BBCT-John-Lee-and-Mary-Beth.webp","datePublished":"2023-06-12T17:57:22+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-12T17:58:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-BBCT-John-Lee-and-Mary-Beth.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2023-BBCT-John-Lee-and-Mary-Beth.webp","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"John Lee and Mary Beth"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/ohio\/mary-beth-and-john-lee\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mary Beth and John Lee, named Chairs of the 2023 Cleveland Gala"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/","name":"Best Buddies International","description":"Best Buddies is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#organization","name":"Best Buddies International","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/best-buddies-logo2.png","width":115,"height":113,"caption":"Best Buddies International"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/#\/schema\/person\/e016e3c8c2cd3b7e04adf72b23efb560","name":"leemosler","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/author\/leemosler\/"}]}},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-06-12 23:59:00","action":"delete","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2080"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":172962,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172960\/revisions\/172962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}