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Training/experience: Twinsburg City Council – Ward 5 (December 2017 – Present) / Manager, Digital Accessibility for Sherwin-Williams (2012 – Present) / Owner, KTC Digital (2019 – Present)
Previous public office: Elected to Twinburg City Council – Ward 5 in December 2017 / Served as President of Council in 2020 / Currently Serving as Vice-President of Council
Education: Strayer University, Masters of Business Administration / Indiana University, Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems and Operations Management.
Editor-in-Chief (she/her)
Zake has deep roots in Northeast Ohio journalism. She was the managing editor for multimedia and special projects at the Akron Beacon Journal, where she began work as a staff photographer in 1986. Over a 20-year career, Zake worked in a variety of roles across departments that all help inform her current role as Signal Akron's editor in chief. Most recently, she was a journalism professor and student media adviser at Kent State University, where she worked with the next generation of journalists to understand public policy, environmental reporting, data and solutions reporting. Among her accomplishments was the launch of the Kent State NewsLab, an experiential and collaborative news commons that connects student reporters with outside professional partners.
