Shorts Jury Awards Program

C. Ellen Connally – C. Ellen Connally was a Judge of the Cleveland Municipal Court for 24 years. After retirement in 2004, she served as a Special Prosecutor for the City of Cleveland and Foreman of the Cuyahoga County Grand Jury. From 2010-2014 she was a member of the Cuyahoga County Council and served as its first President. Ellen has served as a Visiting and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Akron College of Law and is past President of the Board of Trustees of Bowling Green State University. She is the mother of one son, Seth (an Iraq War Veteran), and lives in the Shaker

Bruce Drennan – Bruce Drennan has been a sportscaster on both radio and television for 40 years. Bruce was the color analyst for the Cleveland Indians from 1980-1982 and has done the play-by-play for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He has hosted his own TV talk show on TV-29 in Akron and was the morning drive anchor at WTAM, where he earned the award for Best Cleveland Sportscaster in 1997 and 1998. Bruce was inducted into the Radio/Television Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1999. He then moved on to host morning drive talk sports on WKNR. In April 2007, Bruce joined SportsTime Ohio and currently hosts Drennan Live on the network.

Lisa Wong – Lisa Wong is the President of OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates, Greater Cleveland Chapter, co-founder of the Cleveland Asian Festival, and recently elected Vice President of Communications for the national OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates. Lisa has worked for the Cleveland Council on World Affairs, The Plain Dealer, The City of Cleveland Department of Public Health, and Minority Business Assistance Center at the Urban League of Greater Cleveland as a Consulting Business Advisor. She is a Cleveland native of Chinese descent and longtime community advocate who was named one of Cleveland's 2017 Most Interesting People by Cleveland Magazine. In her spare time, Lisa enjoys working on film projects, both in front of and behind the scenes, from the Cleveland 48-hour film project to independent films to Hollywood productions, and performing on the OCA Cleveland Dragon Dance Team.