About Us

OneHope NEO connects volunteers, organizations, and the community on a single platform to foster collaboration and provide hope for individuals in Cleveland’s Near West Side neighborhoods.

Who We Are

We began as Alpha Village, but we are now OneHope NEO. We create a “better way” forward by coordinating community development efforts.

Dozens of organizations invest time and money to serve Cleveland’s Near West Side neighborhoods. We’re here to help multiply the impact those organizations can have on the community.

Our Mission

Bringing together community leaders and organizations who wish to better Cleveland’s Near West Side neighborhoods and facilitate productive conversations.

Strategic collaboration and facilitation among groups and organizations already serving the region with the goal of magnifying the work and impact of these organizations.

Developing, promoting, and utilizing OneHopeNEO.org as a go-to resource for members of the community as well as partner organizations serving the community.

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Our Leadership Team

  • Father Bob Stec

    Father Bob Stec was ordained a priest in 1988. He has been blessed to serve at Saint Ambrose since December of 2005. In addition to his ministry at Saint Ambrose, he is actively involved in mission outreach in the Dominican Republic (missionpossible.us) and in a wide range of community outreach in the city of Cleveland.

    Father Bob was born and raised in Parma and is blessed with a very loving and caring family most of whom come to Saint Ambrose for Mass on the weekends. He has a great love for his family and for serving the family of God. He also enjoys the outdoors, ATVing, and a great bonfire.

  • Jake Bihari

    Jake has been working in the Clark-Fulton area for the past 6 years, helping coordinate volunteers for community clean up dates, coat collection, food distribution and more! He works at St. Ambrose Parish in Brunswick and helps oversee The FEST in Wickliffe.

    In his spare time, he enjoys being outdoors, hiking, camping and being anywhere on, in, or near water! He’s excited for the potential impact of OneHope NEO and looks forward to growing its outreach.

  • Patrick Meidenbauer

    Patrick is passionate about developing solutions to address strategic problems related to poverty and social justice. Specifically, he is interested in identifying integration points between organizations to maximize the impact they can have on a region.

    Over the past several years, he has worked on initiatives in the Dominican Republic and Cleveland, OH. He is a graduate of Ohio University, Miami University, and Saint Ignatius HS. Patrick currently works as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte Global.

  • Brandi Hill

    Brandi was born and raised in Cleveland. She has worked in the nonprofit sector in Northeast Ohio for several years. She is passionate about social justice and public health, and is dedicated to helping eliminate barriers created by socioeconomic factors that underserved and vulnerable populations face. She is excited to see the impact OneHope NEO can make on the community.

    Brandi is a student at Cleveland State University working on her master’s degree in public health. In her spare time, she is an avid runner. She enjoys doing outdoor activities with her 8-year son and their two dogs.

  • Frank Campagna

    Frank Campagna is a Managing Director in the national Risk & Advisory Services practice for CBIZ, Inc. He has over 25 years of experience serving as an advisor to various companies on projects including internal audit planning and delivery, SOX-404 compliance, risk assessment, ERM, QAR, regulatory compliance, CFO outsourcing, cost savings and recovery, process improvement initiatives, and business valuations. His leadership includes the implementation of audit teams, including scoping, review of assessments, formalization of policies and procedures and full test plan development. He has also written COSO risk and control based audit programs in order to assure that audit objectives are successfully addressed.

  • Robert Bentley

    Rob, a parishioner at St. Albert the Great for the past 18 years, has a passion for the social and justice area for our most in-need Northeast Ohio communities. Rob has helped organize, lead and participate in various volunteer efforts and teams with food and clothing distribution, building repair and grounds clean up projects, and other social services events for the homeless in the downtown Cleveland and surrounding suburbs.

    Rob has been married for over 24 years, and has a 19 year-old daughter at Ohio State and 17 year-old son at Walsh Jesuit. He is also a proud graduate of John Carroll and Holy Name HS and currently works as a tax partner at Deloitte & Touche.

  • Erik Engelke

    Eric is a man committed to investing in his community.

    By trade, Eric is the owner of Engelke Construction Solutions, and they build great things with great people. Additionally, Eric co-founded the H20 Foundation Inc. that supports the Brunswick community by giving hope with their whole heart to create opportunities for families in need of hope

  • Ed Plaspohl

    Ed and Mary Ann Plaspohl have been married for 41 years and have three adult children and eight grandchildren.

    They are active members of St Ambrose Parish in Brunswick.

    Ed is currently involved in homeless outreach programs at St Ignatius High School in Cleveland and the Peter Maurin Center in Akron. He volunteers and works at Boys Hope Girls Hope of Northeast Ohio and is a member of the Rotary Club of Strongsville.