Business and Economic Development
- Immediate Past President of the Ohio Venture Association
- Founding member of the North Coast Angel Fund
- Association for Corporate Growth, Cleveland Chapter
- Northeast Ohio Software Association
- Formerly served as a Board Member of the Cleveland Area Development Finance Corporation
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Formerly served on the Advisory Committee to the Dean of the Kent State University Geauga Campus
Professional
- American Bar Association
- Ohio Bar Association
- District of Columbia Bar Association
- Cleveland Bar Association
- Former Vice President of the Greater Cleveland International Lawyers Group
Education and Youth Development
- Member of the Harvard University Club of Northeast Ohio. As a Member of the Schools & Scholarships Committee, Ben Calkins interviews applicants to Harvard College and awards the Harvard Book Prize at schools throughout Geauga County, Ohio. As a member of the Crimson on the Cuyahoga Committee, Ben Calkins works to provide summer employment opportunities for Harvard College students. Formerly, Ben Calkins served as President of the Club.
- Member of the Michigan Alumni Association
- Advisor to the Geauga Livestock 4-H Club
- Marketing Chairman of the Great Geauga County Fair's Livestock Sales Committee and initiated the Committee's marketing brochure
- Founder and Treasurer of Friends of Newbury Schools
- Founder of the Newbury Education Foundation
- Formerly served on Strategic Planning Committees for both the West Geauga and the Newbury Local Schools
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Formerly served on the Citizens League of Greater Cleveland's Task Force on Educational Governance
Agriculture
- Policy Development Chairman of the Geauga County Farm Bureau. Formerly, Ben was Treasurer and Vice President.
- Initiated the Geauga County Agriculture Products and Services Guide
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Member of the Continental Dorset Club, the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association and the Geauga County Agricultural Society
Church
- Member of the Session of Valley Presbyterian Church and Chairman of its Membership Commission; formerly Chairman of its Stewardship and Finance Commission.