Our Team

Collaborating for Greater Impact

The Three Arches Foundation Board of Directors provides organizational leadership and oversight, and guides the Foundation’s work with the resources entrusted to its care. Together, with a passionate belief in the power of philanthropy, the board seeks to better understand the needs and gaps affecting community health.

Our volunteer board includes local leaders and health care professionals representing diverse interests, skills and backgrounds that bring in-depth knowledge of the issues that shape our community. Their collective insight and lived experience help identify impactful approaches to the Foundation’s grant making, ensuring our work is strategic with positive outcomes towards the health and well-being of people in Lakewood and surrounding communities.

Meet the team

Gina Gavlak
Chair, Board of Directors

Gina Gavlak is chair of Three Arches Foundation Board of Directors. In this role, she leads a volunteer board that connects people, ideas, and resources to improve equitable access to care for people impacted by health disparities across Lakewood and surrounding communities. Gina continues to serve on the Three Arches Foundation’s Executive Committee, now as chair, as well as the Community Advancement Committee.

With over 30 years of experience in leadership, program and fund development, advocacy, and direct patient care as a registered nurse, Gina has focused her career on increasing access to high-quality, affordable, and equitable health care for everyone. As vice president of development for Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP), a Federally Qualified Health Center with seven locations in Cleveland’s west side and Lakewood neighborhoods, Gina leads fund development, community engagement, and advocacy initiatives. She also serves as president of the North Coast Health Foundation, a supporting organization which works to advance the mission of NFP by raising awareness of services and fostering philanthropic support.

Prior to joining NFP, Gina served as president and CEO of North Coast Health, a faith-based charitable clinic in Lakewood, and led efforts that brought about the strategic affiliation of both organizations. She began her career as a staff nurse in the emergency department at The MetroHealth System and subsequently served as Diabetes Program Development Coordinator at the former Lakewood Hospital.

Gina and her husband have three adult children, two grandchildren, and reside in Sheffield Village where they enjoy music, discovering great restaurants, and spending time with family and friends.

Kristin G. Broadbent, CFRE
President & CEO

Kristin Broadbent is president and CEO of Three Arches Foundation. In this role, she provides executive management and oversight of the Foundation including community investment, financial stewardship, and strategic direction. She works to define initiatives and implement programs to achieve the organizational vision and shape the Foundation’s role as a philanthropic partner.

Prior to this role, Kristin was responsible for leading and directing the overall operation and strategic direction of the former Lakewood Hospital Foundation and was instrumental in managing the successful transition from a hospital-focused development organization to a grant making foundation. She previously served as assistant executive director of the Leukemia Society of America, Northern Ohio Chapter, where she had responsibility for development activities related to foundations and corporate donors and was the liaison to the National Office.

Kristin is on the board of trustees for Philanthropy Ohio, a statewide membership association helps people engaged in philanthropy become effective partners for change in our communities. She is also on the steering committee of the Lakewood Community Health Action team and involved with the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, Exponent Philanthropy, and PEAK Grantmaking. In addition, Kristin serves as a member of the NEO Philanthropy Policy Lab, which is a workgroup of the Greater Cleveland Funders Collaborative.

A resident of Fairview Park, Kristin sits on the board of trustees for the Fairview Park Education Foundation where she serves as secretary and is a volunteer for the College Now Mentoring Program. She is a 2023 inductee of the Howland Schools Achievement Hall of Fame.

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