Summit County Historical Society
Sep 13, 2022 11:45 AM
Leianne Neff Heppner, President & CEO
Summit County Historical Society

Leianne Neff Heppner has worked at the Society since 1999, first serving as curator assisting with exhibits for the city and county, as well as, county government records consultant. She has been the head of the agency since 2009 and looks towards the nonprofit organization’s 100th anniversary in 2024. Leianne has been a leader in the John Brown House preservation and restoration project including its most recent efforts to make the one-time home of the man who died trying to end slavery in the United States to be “Accessible to All.” The Society board reinstated the John Brown Institute Task Force in 2020 to continue sharing the abolitionist's legacy of commitment to absolute racial equality.

She is a Regional Representative for the Ohio Local History Alliance based in Columbus, an ArtsNow founding board member and current DEIA Advisory member, a representative on the City of Akron’s Urban Design and Historic Preservation Commission and the Sojourner Truth Statue and Plaza committee.
 
Leianne holds a Master of Arts in Public History from Kent State University and a Bachelor of Science in Historic Preservation from Southeast Missouri State University.
 
A transplant to Akron from rural southeast Ohio, Leianne and her family (a number four legged) enjoy living in Akron/Summit County where life is good.
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