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10/24/2018
Susan Block named to Block Communications board
Susan Allan Block has been added to the board of directors of Block Communications Inc. in Toledo.
Ms. Block was appointed by the BCI board of directors at a meeting on Tuesday, and will be on a slate of directors to be elected by shareholders at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in January, said Block Communications Chairman Allan Block.
Block Communications is a leading multimedia company whose properties include The Blade, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Buckeye Broadband cable and Internet in northwest Ohio, MaxxSouth Broadband in parts of Mississippi and Alabama, and television stations in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. The company also is a national voice, data, and security systems provider through Telesystem. The Toledo-based company is privately held.
Ms. Block has worked for Glenview Capital, a New York City-based hedge fund. She also has been involved with boutique hotel developer Ian Schrager Co., in pharmaceutical sales, the fashion industry, and she previously opened a Vendome pastry business in Toledo.
Ms. Block serves in a variety of civic and charitable capacities as well. She is a trustee of Lourdes University, a Catholic university in Sylvania, and she is Toledo representative to the Ohio Arts Council, a statewide organization that supports arts and artists.
Ms. Block also is a member of a special advisory group for the Toledo Area Humane Society. She is a past board member of the Toledo Zoo, the YMCA, and the Toledo Children’s Hospital Foundation.
