Our Directors
Christina LeGros
Chair
clegros@waitehillfoundation.org
Chris moved to Waite Hill from Chagrin Falls in 1987 with her husband, whose family were longtime residents of the Village. She served on the Charter Review Commission in 2014.
Chris is a former president of the Willoughby Junior Women's Club, an Executive Committee Member of the Chagrin River Watershed Partners, a former Supervisor of the Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District, and a member of the National Association of Professional Women.
After graduating from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science, Chris moved to Ohio and earned an MBA from Case Western Reserve University. She is Executive Vice President at the engineering firm of CT Consultants, Inc., located in Mentor.
Chris and her husband, Andy, currently reside in Waite Hill, and have two daughters who grew up in their house on Hobart Road.
Ralph Lustri
Director, Treasurer
rlustri@waitehillfoundation.org
Ralph moved from Kirtland to Waite Hill in 2008 and served on the Waite Hill Charter Review Commission in 2013.
Ralph obtained his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Case Western Reserve University and his Juris Doctor degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He worked with both Ernst & Whinney and Arthur Young before the two firms merged while attending law school and after graduation. He later became a percentage shareholder with Wickens, Herzer, and Panza, a Northeast Ohio law firm, where he worked for nine years before establishing his law practice in 1998. Ralph's practice includes business transactions, estate planning, and real estate.
Ralph has served on boards of several nonprofit organizations and business advisory boards.
He currently lives on Eagle Road with his spouse, Nancy, and two children, Anthony and Kristina. Ralph's in-laws live next door and can often be seen tending to the rows of apple trees that cross both yards.
Wendell Hiltsley
Director
Wendell has lived in Waite Hill Village for more than a decade. Having grown up in Vermont, Wendell particularly appreciates the summer pastoral activity and full-time peacefulness uniquely found in the village.
Wendell is no stranger to helping out in his community, having served the Special Olympics, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Fair Housing Law Clinic, and Habitat for Humanity over the years. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a Juris Doctor from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. No longer practicing, Wendell co-directs the daily operation of a closely held custom design and construction corporation.
Wendell lives on Waite Hill Road with his wife, Abby, and their two children in one of the original Waite Hill farmhouses, which they are lovingly restoring.