The Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame was the brainchild of Frank Calvin. He and then-Superintendent, Louis Cardamone, formed a committee of school personnel and community leaders to develop the Warren High Schools’ Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame. Original committee members were Frank Calvin, Louis Cardamone, Rozen Patterson (Lymor), the late Frank Bubba, Audrey Freeman, Scott Lehman, Myrtle Angel, the late Augusta Barrick, Martha Ellers and Suzanne Fowley. The first induction banquet was held in 1993.
2024-2025 News & Updates
June 11, 2024
Warren High Schools’ Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame Accepting Nominations for the Class of 2025
WARREN – The Warren City Schools Foundation’s Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame committee is currently accepting nominations for the Class of 2025.
“Outstanding graduates” will be inducted during the 33rd Annual Ceremony in Spring 2025.
Honorees are those graduates who have made significant contributions in their fields, as well as society, the state or on a global scale. A nominee must be a graduate of one the three Warren public high schools: Warren High School, Warren G. Harding High School or Warren Western Reserve High School.
The first class of the Hall of Fame was inducted on May 14, 1993.
Anyone who knows a well-qualified or deserving graduate who has been out of high school for at least 12 years can fill out a nomination form.
Nomination forms are available at the Board of Education Office. Or, you may download a nomination form through this link: WCS’ DHOF 2025 Nomination Form.
Nominations should be mailed to Alumni Hall of Fame, 105 High Street NE, Warren, Ohio 44481. The deadline for nominations is November 1, 2024.
April 26, 2024
WARREN HIGH SCHOOLS’ DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI HALL OF FAME INDUCTS SEVEN NEW MEMBERS INTO THE CLASS OF 2024
WARREN – The Board of Directors of the Warren City Schools’ Foundation and the Committee of The Warren High Schools’ Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame inducted seven new members into the Class of 2024 during the 32nd Annual Awards Dinner April 27, 2024.
The purpose of the award is to honor those individuals who, through their
performance and achievements, reflect credit on the Warren High Schools (Warren High School, Warren G. Harding, and Warren Western Reserve), so that today students may find inspiration from the past and establish goals for the future. Each year, the Alumni Hall of Fame’s Committee and the Warren City Schools’ Foundation Board of Directors also honor two Distinguished Faculty members of the Warren City Schools. Each year, the Board of Directors requests that each inductee of the Hall of Fame name the educators who influenced and inspired their success. The 2024 recipients of the Distinguished Faculty Award are Carol Hyde and Gayle Thomas.
The 2024 Warren High Schools’ Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame inductees are:
Jenna Bolino is a 2008 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School. She attended the Ohio State University where she studied architecture, participated in multiple study abroad programs, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Architecture in 2012. She then attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a Master of Architecture in 2014. After completing her education, she moved to Washington, D.C. and began working at a small architecture firm, working on a variety of different project types, including single family homes, parks, schools, and commercial development. She began exploring opportunities to work in the public sector in design and construction and joined the D.C. Department of General Services, working on school modernizations. She is now the executive program manager of School Modernizations overseeing $1.5 billion of design and construction projects.
Rachaell Davis graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in 2002. She attended the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, an HBCU, on a 4-year academic scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness. She went on to work as a senior program coordinator and web content manager for the American Bankers Association in Washington, D.C. for five years before relocating to New York City to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a writer. To date, she has worked as a scriptwriter, digital content director, UX writer, live and virtual event programming lead, senior editor, lead copywriter, and media correspondent for an array of notable brands including ESSENCE Magazine, Spotify, Coca-Cola, BET, Disney, OWN, ESSENCE Festival, AT&T, The Source Magazine, and Beautycon.
Jason T. Elias graduated from Warren G. Harding in 1999. He completed his Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from Baldwin-Wallace College in 2003, his Master of Business Administration from Youngstown State University in 2005 and his Master of Sports Administration from Ohio University in 2007. Upon graduation, Jason started his career at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida as a baseball coach. Over time, Jason navigated IMGA Academy going from Assistant Coach to National Team Head Coach where he oversaw all aspects of player development in the program. For the following four years, Jason moved into a sales and outreach role with oversight of baseball recruiting and revenue generation. In 2015, Jason took over the entirety of Outreach oversight of the Boarding School Product line for all offered sports at IMGA. He settled into the Athletic Department in 2018 as the Senior Associate Director of Athletics. Jason’s time in the realm has seen 10 National Championships with over 1,800 students matriculating to the college level for sport participation. More than 100 athletes have gone on to the professional world over his time at IMGA. Jason has also led the camp product line through massive growth which brings over 8,000 campers to campus each year from over 65 countries and all 50 states. Jason’s passion and dedication to his craft wouldn’t be possible without the love and support of his wife Christina and their two sons, Will and Preston. Jason will forever believe that the support and love of his parents Tom and Paula forged the runway for his long-term growth and success. His loving and jovial relationship with his brother Patrick helped him understand what true impact in the lives of others means.
Jake E. Jones Sr. graduated from Warren Western Reserve High School in 1981. He attended Youngstown State University on a football scholarship. Majoring in criminal justice, he earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. He holds several professional licenses. He has worked in the criminal justice field for the past 34 years. He has also been a part-time criminal justice instructor at Youngstown State University and Kent State University. He is a active in the Warren community. He was appointed to the One Ohio Region 7 Collaborative Board, a 12-member board formed to oversee the spending of grant funds to address the opioid epidemic in Trumbull and Mahoning counties.
Tameka (Washington) McBride graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in 1999. She attended Clarion University of Pennsylvania, where, in 2003, she graduated Cum Laude, earning her Bachelor of Science Degree in business administration and marketing. From there, she started her career in the consumer packaged goods industry. She spent more than two years with the Kellogg Company, from 2003 to 2005, prior to joining PepsiCo in July 2005. She now serves as senior vice president for PepsiCo, a fortune 50 company, where she operates as the chief commercial officer overseeing sales, revenue management, and franchise relationships for the Central Division of PepsiCo Beverages North America. She has earned several honors over the years, including being inducted as a PepsiCo Ring of Honor recipient (2009), being named as Progressive Grocer’s Top Women in Grocery (2018), and graduating with her Master of Business Administration Degree from Northern Illinois University (2008). Tameka gives back to several non-profit organizations. She serves as a board member of the INROADS Alumni Association Chicago Chapter, which is an organization that mentors minority college students participating in corporate internships. She and her family reside in the greater Chicagoland area of Chicago.
William Mullane graduated from Warren Western Reserve High School in 1974. He then earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education and an M.S. Ed in Educational Administration. He joined Warren City Schools in 1978 as an art teacher and career specialist. He then became a school administrator serving the Warren Schools as the assistant principal and principal at the Turner Seventh Grade Building; principal at Western Reserve Junior High School; and principal at Warren G. Harding High School. Since 2005, he has been the Supervisor of School Improvement Ashtabula County Educational Service Center and Jefferson Area Local Schools. In the arts he has served on the boards of the Trumbull Art Gallery, Power of the Arts, Warren Philharmonic Orchestra, Fine Arts Council of Trumbull County, Advisory Board College of Fine and Performing Arts, YSU, Advisory McDonough Museum of Art, and Facilitator Ohio Arts Council’s State Visual Arts and Crafts Panel. He has also been involved in the region’s philanthropic community serving on the boards of the Turning Foundation, The Raymond John Wean Foundation, and the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley.
Alvin L. Saafir (formerly known as Alvin Jeffries) is a 1977 Warren Western Reserve High School graduate. He attended Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree with a concentration in statistics in 1982. He later went on to the receive a Master of Business Administration from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, in 1991.
He spent more than 20 years of his career in finance at KeyBank where he served as vice president in the Community Development Lending division. In that role, he structured and underwrote commercial real estate developments that focused on the revitalization of underserved communities. In 2009, he established a construction management and material supply company known as MBE Construction Solutions, where he currently serves as president and CEO. In addition to MBE Construction Solutions, he is senior vice president and chief credit officer for Community Housing Capital. This company has a national footprint that focuses on providing capital to non-profit organizations that develop affordable housing throughout the United States. Alvin is committed to housing solutions and wealth building for the underserved.