Annual Red Kettle Kick-Off &
Community Medal Award Luncheon

Ebony is a community changemaker committed toaddressing local food insecurity as Executive Directorof Summit Fresh Mobile Market. With a Juris Doctoratefrom Washington and Lee University School of Law,Ebony is Vice President, Associate General Counsel,Ethics, Compliance, Enterprise Risk Management atSignet Jewelers. Ebony serves currently on the boardsof Crown Point Ecology Center and Project GRADAkron, and previously on Girl Scouts of NortheastOhio, Akron Children’s Museum, Playhouse Square,United Way of Summit and Medina, DevelopmentFinance Authority of Summit County, and BVU. 

For only the third time locally, we will bestowing The Salvation Army’s highest civic award, the William Booth Award. The honor will go to William Wooldredge in recognition of his professional expertise and personal passion to leadership and community service throughout his life. Bill is a highly valued Life Member of our Advisory Board who 25 years ago co-founded the Hudson Community Foundation that today manages $33 Million. Moreover, Bill is a co-founder the Hudson City Schools Foundation, as well as the founder of the Hudson City Schools Student Assistance Fund. Bill built a distinguished corporate career serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The BF Goodrich Company, and as Chief Financial Officer of both Belden and Blake Corporation and Kings Medical Company. Bill has also served as President of Akron Roundtable (1980), Chairman of the Board of Akron Children’s Hospital, President of Hudson City Council, and a board member for Music from the Western Reserve. His decades of civic leadership were honored when he was named Hudson Citizen of the Year in 2019.