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LINDSAY SILVERSTEIN, 37
Executive director; Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Northern Ohio
At work, Lindsay Silverstein can be found building relationships to grow the nonprofit she leads. On stage, she's been known to build plot lines as the cowardly lion or one wicked octopus.
Though her nonprofit work is her career and acting her hobby, they're similar in that each has its moving pieces and parts.
Each also has a "show" that must go on, even when Ursula's wig falls off on stage at Beachwood Community Theater.
"I improvised, and the audience started cheering," recalled Silverstein, who lives in Lyndhurst with her husband, David, and their two children. "It was a mistake on stage, and...