Berenice E. Kleiman

Prior to Herb’s stroke, Berenice Kleiman served as executive vice-president of Kleiman Associates Inc., a marketing communications company specializing in high-tech companies. (She and Herb fought over the title of president but he won the coin toss). Most of her four decades in marketing encompassed senior counsel in issues management, crisis communications, corporate positioning, strategic marketing, and media relations. Active in professional and community organizations, she is past president of both the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and the board of a local organization that aids victims of domestic violence. She is also a long-time member of the Cleveland Press Club. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of Syracuse University with majors in political science and education, she attended the University of Maryland School of Law and later earned a Master of Arts degree in history from The Ohio State University. The stroke curtailed her status as a part-time avocational student at Cleveland-Marshall School of Law.

Herbert S. Kleiman

Herb Kleiman served as president of Kleiman Associates Inc., a firm he and Berenice formed in 1987. For four decades he worked closely with top managements, as a high-technology management consultant, Wall Street securities analyst, and then as a business leader and community strategist. His numerous articles, op-ed columns, and speeches have helped translate and position complex and often fast-changing technologies for audiences with minimal technical background. As a member of the Cleveland Engineering Society he chaired its Management of Technology Division. Herb holds business degrees from George Washington University (DBA) and New York University (MBA). He earned his first degree in electrical engineering (BSEE) from The Cooper Union. His 1966 doctoral dissertation about the birth of the microchip is considered a seminal contribution to the history of 20^th century technology.

Since Herb’s stroke

The Kleimans in 2004 co-authored an article for Stroke Smart, a publication of the National Stroke Association, titled “One Stroke, Two Survivors. That article later became the title of our book. Herb contributes periodic op-ed articles and commentaries for Crain’s Cleveland Business. A front-page news story in The Cleveland Plain Dealer (May 4, 2004) featured the Kleimans and the strategies they recommend to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.

They actively participate in pilot therapy programs developed by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in conjunction with the Baltimore VA Hospital, National Institutes of Health, and Claude D. Pepper Legacy Programs. They are also members of the MetroHealth and Cleveland Stroke Clubs and the Peter B. Lewis Therapy and Fitness Center, all in Cleveland. The latter is a division of the Menorah Park Center for Senior Living.