Holly Harris Bane

Leadership Ohio Class of 1998 | Hudson, Ohio

Director of Economic Development, City of Aurora

President, Kokopelli Consulting

Holly Harris Bane is Director of Economic Development for the City of Aurora, Ohio, and President of Kokopelli Consulting, where she advises on higher education and business engagement at the state and regional levels. She previously served as President of the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education and spent 14 years as Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Engagement at The University of Akron. In 1999, she joined Governor Bob Taft's staff as the first executive director of OhioReads, administering a $60 million grant program and recruiting 30,000 volunteer reading mentors for Ohio schools. A member of the Leadership Ohio Class of 1998 and a former Leadership Ohio Board Chair, Holly is President of the Board of Global Ties Akron.