Denny Abbuhl. Board President; HSEC committee

Denny and Becky live in North Ridgeville with their five sons, three daughters-in-law, and two grandchildren. Four of their sons attended WCA (two are U.S. alumni, and one is a current student). Denny is the Executive Pastor at Providence Church in Avon, his church since 2011. Before joining the Providence staff in 2022, he spent over 25 years as CFO and COO in the corporate world. He served on the WCA Board from 2012 to 2019 and on the Finance Committee until 2025. Since 2017, he has been passionate about global missions and has traveled to Central Asia. He’s a poor golfer and a slow backpacker, but he enjoys both immensely.

Jeff Swartz. Board Vice President; Head Support and Evaluation Committee (HSEC)

Jenna Isaacs. Secretary; Committee on Trustees

Jenna and her husband, Andrew, live in Bay Village and they are the proud parents of four WCA students. She owns a custom home remodeling company. She holds a BA from the University of Notre Dame and a JD from The Ohio State University.

Andy Tanner. Treasurer; Finance committee 

Andy has a wealth of experience, wisdom and expertise that will benefit our board. He previously served on the WCA Board of Trustees for five years beginning in 2015. While in that role he participated in two capital campaigns and various fundraisers, was active on the building committee responsible for planning the purchase and construction of WCA’s current facilities and roles on various other committees. Andy and his wife Donna have three children and five grandchildren. Their youngest child, Danny, attended WCA beginning in kindergarten and graduated high school in 2020. Today Andy has two grandchildren attending WCA, Tanner and Knox Elwell. Andy was Chief Financial Officer for The NRP Group for 23 years prior to retiring at the end of 2023. Andy and Donna are members of Grace Church in Middleburg Heights.

Natalie Taylor. Resource Dev. & Planning Committee; Strategic Planning Committee

Natalie Taylor moved to Cleveland in 2008 as part of a church-planting team. She serves alongside her husband who pastors CityView Baptist Church in downtown Cleveland. Bill and Natalie have 4 adult children and one enrolled in WCA’s upper school. Their youngest daughter graduated in WCA’s first senior class. Natalie has an eclectic background that includes laboratory microbiology, vaccine manufacturing, inside sales, and current part-time work in social science with the University of Chicago.  She also has worked in community development for a local non-profit. While her older children were in school she stayed at home to support raising her family and currently works from home.

Tom Demitrack. Committee on Trustees

Tom Demitrack is a partner in the Jones Day law firm, where he has practiced since 1979 following his graduation from The Ohio State University Law School that year. Tom and his wife Peggy live in Lakewood, Ohio. They have three grown children, all of whom are married. Tom and Peggy have been blessed with nine grandchildren. Tom is a member of Cornerstone Bible Fellowship in North Ridgeville where he serves as the Treasurer. He is also on the Board of Trustees at the City Mission in Cleveland.

Amy Allamon. Resource Development and Planning Committee

Amy and her husband Bill were both born and raised in NEO and now live in Strongsville. They joined the WCA community in 2016 and have four children. Amy was homeschooled as a child and attended Cleveland State University, graduating summa cum laude in both English Literature and Speech-language pathology.  She graduated with her Masters in Speech-language pathology and currently practices part-time at a local hospital. Amy is deeply committed to WCA’s mission of equipping students to fulfill God’s purpose for their lives through education that integrates faith and learning. Amy and Bill have been members of their church Grace Covenant in Olmsted Township since 2007. 

Godon Daily. Resource Development and Planning Committee

Gordon and his wife, Cara, live in Rocky River Ohio with their 3 children, all who attend WCA. Gordon is CEO and Co-founder of BoxCast, a Cleveland technology startup that streams millions of events for churches, schools, municipalities and businesses each year. The Daily family are members of Providence Church of Avon. Gordon has spent some time serving WCA on the finance committee and often volunteers his time to assist WCA with technology.