Eleanor Hayes
Eleanor Hayes is an award-winning journalist who has anchored television news in Cleveland, Columbus, Milwaukee and Nashville and reported on major events across the United States, Europe and Cuba. A four-time Emmy Award winner, she earned her latest honor in 2025 for the documentary "Sheltering Hope." She also received the Thurgood Marshall Journalism Award for investigative reporting on a wrongful conviction in Ohio. Hayes earned an MBA from Cleveland State University's Monte Ahuja College of Business and serves on its Weston Ideation Lab Advisory Board. She is also an entrepreneur, communications consultant and graduate of Leadership Cleveland.