Renee Richard

Renee Richard
Renee Richard
Vice President and General Counsel
Cuyahoga Community College

Renee Tramble Richard is Vice President and General Counsel for Cuyahoga Community College. She has served in this position since December 2012. Ms. Richard and her team handle all in-house legal issues for the College, including Board of Trustee resolutions and matters, employment issues, construction and real estate matters, union negotiations, contract review, academic and student issues, and public record requests. In addition, Ms. Richard oversees the College’s Risk Management, Compliance, Audit and Records Management Department, which includes the College archives and records retention operations.

Ms. Richard comes to the College after being a Partner with Roetzel & Andress, LPA, in their Public Finance Department. While with Roetzel she focused her practice on public law and public finance. She has extensive experience serving as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, bank counsel and placement agent’s counsel. She has worked extensively with municipal and state governments, nonprofit organizations, housing finance agencies, housing authorities, institutions of higher education and community development corporations.

Ms. Richard worked in a similar capacity with Squire Sanders LLP (now Squire Patton Boggs), Calfee Halter LLP and Benesch Friedlander. Ms. Richard holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration-Accounting from Kent State University, a Master’s in Business Administration from Cleveland State University and a Juris Doctor from Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University. Ms. Richard has been active in NACUA and its program committee since 2013.