Around the Community
Business and Economic Development
- Member, Northeast Ohio Ag Bio Cluster Leadership Council
- 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
- 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.