When a group of Kent State University architecture students visited Cuba, incidentally around the same time as President Barack Obama, a Wooster man played a role in the trip.
Chris Cupples, a Wooster High School graduate and former aide to Gov. Ted Strickland, has moved from politics to business, joining a friend from his Strickland-for-governor campaigning days (attorney Nick York) and a former “global ambassador” for the Cleveland Foundation (Jorge Delgado) in expanding the reach of To Cuba Now, a company that arranges trips to the Communist island 90 miles off the coast of Key West, Fla.
When Cupples’ wife accepted a position on the main campus of The Ohio State University, their alma mater, the couple moved to Columbus, and Cupples began …show more content…
He has also been reaching out to businesses, nonprofit groups and others in the Cleveland and Youngstown areas, as well as other parts of the country, arranging trips.
“My wife, Bonnie, and I were pleased to visit Cuba a couple years ago through the auspices of the Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce,” attorney J. Douglas Drushal said. “The trip was fascinating, and every day was interesting. From the vintage 1950s American cars, to the Soviet-style newer buildings, to the Spanish-style elegant older buildings, to the beautiful cities and rural areas, all was interesting.”
Though Cupples and the students were in Cuba at the same time as Obama, “We were not officially part of the delegation,” Cupples said. However, the president knew the students were there, and they were able to get tickets to the baseball game Obama attended in Havana. They did not meet with him, but they could see him at the game from their
Chris Cupples, a Wooster High School graduate and former aide to Gov. Ted Strickland, has moved from politics to business, joining a friend from his Strickland-for-governor campaigning days (attorney Nick York) and a former “global ambassador” for the Cleveland Foundation (Jorge Delgado) in expanding the reach of To Cuba Now, a company that arranges trips to the Communist island 90 miles off the coast of Key West, Fla.
When Cupples’ wife accepted a position on the main campus of The Ohio State University, their alma mater, the couple moved to Columbus, and Cupples began …show more content…
He has also been reaching out to businesses, nonprofit groups and others in the Cleveland and Youngstown areas, as well as other parts of the country, arranging trips.
“My wife, Bonnie, and I were pleased to visit Cuba a couple years ago through the auspices of the Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce,” attorney J. Douglas Drushal said. “The trip was fascinating, and every day was interesting. From the vintage 1950s American cars, to the Soviet-style newer buildings, to the Spanish-style elegant older buildings, to the beautiful cities and rural areas, all was interesting.”
Though Cupples and the students were in Cuba at the same time as Obama, “We were not officially part of the delegation,” Cupples said. However, the president knew the students were there, and they were able to get tickets to the baseball game Obama attended in Havana. They did not meet with him, but they could see him at the game from their