Gina Harrell, Executive Assistant

Gina Harrell

Gina Harrell lives in the Cleveland Heights Community with her husband, Jeff, and 3 year old, Eli.  Growing up in  a small rural town in central Pennsylvania, Gina has led her to hold high value in the benefits of a close knit community.  She attended Kent State University, and later graduated from Mt. Nittany Institute of Natural Health and School of Massage Therapy, in State College, PA.  Gina is now back in school pursuing a degree in nursing en route a Master's Degree in Midwifery.

Gina brings to our team nearly five years of administrative experience.  She served for over 2 years in dual roles of Patient Coordinator and Director of Massage Therapy at a bustling, holistic chiropractic office located just outside of Boston, MA.  Upon relocating back to Northeast Ohio in 2008 she took on the role of Wellness Coordinator at a holistic wellness center.  These positions have allowed her to utilize her passion for working with lots of different types of people with all kinds of needs. 

Although she has always found these jobs rewarding, she was eager to find a position that would satisfy her desire to work with kids.  She feels that at Open Doors she is part of a team that is doing truly important work…enriching the lives of children.  She is committed to taking the administrative burdens off of the program’s coordinators so that they may devote their attention to developing outstanding programming that will truly impact the students that we serve.  She plans to always be involved, in some way, with the program even after she begins her new career path.

Aside from believing in what Open Doors does for the children of our community, she enjoys that she gets to work with her husband.  With busy schedules, she feels fortunate to have the opportunity to share a lunch break with him from time to time.  The other wonderful part about her job is the amazing staff that she gets to work side by side with everyday.  She will no doubt take many things away from the youth at Open Doors, but has already been changed by the positive impact the rest of the staff as left on her.

When she is not busy with school or work, she enjoys running and working out.  Gina loves spending time with her family and friends…especially when she can cook for them.  And enjoys making up songs for her 3 year old (he still thinks she’s cool!).