LEAP Executive Director Is Recognized for Service to the Disability Community

Melanie Hogan was awarded the EP Maxwell H. Schleifer Distinguished Service Award during the Disability Awareness Night hosted by the Lake County Captains. The award was presented during a ceremony preceding the Captains’ July 24 home game.

Hogan is executive director of Linking Employment, Abilities, and Potential (LEAP), a social service agency that provides independent living and employment services for people with disabilities in eight Ohio counties.

The other award recipient was Thomas Rathbone, President and CEO of the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation.