Meet the Crossroads Team

Craig A. Nicholson, MD
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Dr. Craig Nicholson

Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Crossroads Urology Center

Dr. Nicholson has been committed to the people of Lima and the surrounding region for the 15 years he has lived and worked as a Urologist in the community. He currently serves as the Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Crossroads Urology.   He previously served as the Medical Director of the Urology Service Line and the Director of the Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery program for the Kettering Health Network and as the Director of Urology and Robotic Surgery at Mercy Health St. Rita’s.  He is working to improve the community through his work as a Urologist and through Crossroads of Northwest Ohio and the current project.

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Josh Bloomfield

Project Director and WAEDC Executive Director

Mr. Bloomfield has a BBA from the University of Toledo. He has 15 years of Sales Management experience. Born and raised less than 7 miles from Cridersville, he is very excited about the positive impact a project of this scope will have on the local community.  In January 2024, Mr. Bloomfield became the Executive Director of WAEDC (Wapakoneta Area Economic Development Council).  This council is a collaborative effort of the public-private partnership focused on pooling resources and efforts around one common mission.  At the same time, working day-to-day with Dr. Nicholson on all aspects of the project. 

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Blain Brock

Project Lead Attorney

Blain was born in Lima in 1968. He graduated from Elida Local Schools in 1986. Blain received his BBA from the University of Toledo in 1990 and his JD from Ohio Northern University in 1993. Blain and his wife, Becky, have four children, Elizabeth, Trey, MacKenzie and Olivia. They attend Lima Missionary Baptist Church.

Matt Huffman Project Attorney
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Matt Huffman

Project Attorney

Matthew H. Huffman was born in Lima, Ohio and graduated high school from Lima Central Catholic. He attended the University of Dayton as an undergraduate, where he double majored in accounting and finance and graduated cum laude. After graduating from the University of Dayton, Matthew became licensed as a Certified Public Accountant and worked as an Audit Associate with Deloitte & Touche In 2013 Matthew left public accounting to attend law school at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he was an associate member of the Law Review, a volunteer in the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic, and a volunteer in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistant program. Matthew graduated magna cum laude from law school and was named a member of the Order of the Coif and the Dean’s Honor List.

J. Grant Neal
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J. Grant Neal

Project Attorney

J. Grant Neal is from Lima, Ohio and graduated from Tri-Valley High School in Dresden, Ohio. Grant is also a 2016 graduate of Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania, and attended law school at Ohio Northern University. While in law school, Grant clerked for HK&B for two years.

Grant’s practice extends to the fields of Personal Injury, Real Estate, Estates and Wills, civil litigation, contract review, appeals, and business formation. He has served as the City Law Director for Wapakoneta since the beginning of 2020.

Grant’s family has deep roots in the greater Lima area and he was proud to return to the region after moving to southeast Ohio for high school and western Pennsylvania for college. Outside of work, Grant enjoys spending a Saturday deer hunting, reading, or watching college football. He lives in Wapakoneta with his wife Brooke, a native of Columbus Grove. They are active members of Lima Community Church.

Lane Williamson Lead Development Attorney
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Lane Williamson

Lead Development Attorney

Location, location, location is the mantra of the real estate profession. As a lifelong and community minded resident of Northwest Ohio, Lane D. Williamson knows the location quite well. Mr. Williamson has handled multiple real estate matters including real estate acquisition and development with a concentration on land use, annexation, eminent domain, zoning and planning law and permits/entitlements that also encompasses aspects of public law. Construction, mining, manufacturing, retail, distribution and transportation are just a few industries which he serves. Additionally, he regularly counsels both for profit and nonprofit organizations, and maintains an estate planning practice involving the representation of a multi generational family office.

As a member of Eastman & Smith, Mr. Williamson was involved with Firm management, most recently as chair of the Firm’s Executive Committee, after serving separate terms on the Executive Committee and as section head of the Firm’s Business Section.

Steven D. Reinbolt Development Attorney
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Steven D. Reinbolt

Development Attorney

For his entire career, Steven D. Reinbolt has focused his practice on commercial real estate law, representing developers, investors, public corporations, private corporations and lending institutions. This focus provides Mr. Reinbolt a thorough understanding of the numerous and varied real estate legal issues faced by real estate clients. This experience, knowledge and familiarity with the real estate business allow Mr. Reinbolt to creatively, effectively and efficiently address his client’s real estate matters.

Mr. Reinbolt is a member of Eastman & Smith. In addition to his Ohio license to practice law, Mr. Reinbolt is licensed to practice law in Michigan.

Christopher Meyers, NCARB, AIA, Lead AP Lead Architect
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Christopher Meyers, NCARB, AIA, Lead AP

Lead Architect

Christopher Meyers is the Principal Architect and founding owner of Meyers + Associates Architecture. Chris has based his architectural practice on a focused approach to client service. He provides excellence in attention to detail, responsive services, and thoroughness of project reviews. Being an active member of the community, he seeks opportunities to design buildings that bring about positive development of the community and have a delicate impact on our environment. Chris has received numerous awards for design, business, and community service.

Jessika Phillip, CMO

Jessika Phillips

Chief Marketing Officer
Lima, Ohio native – Jessika Phillips is an award-winning marketing strategist known for her outspoken dedication to relationship marketing. Jessika helps brands organically build sustainable, craveable, and profitable businesses by out-CARE-ing the competition. Founder of NOW Marketing Group and the Relationship Marketing System both brands located in the Legacy Arts Building downtown Lima…, Jessika has been named the go-to expert on Relationship Marketing & has aligned with global brands such as Facebook, NASA, Forbes, Inc., TED, and Social Media Examiner, among others, to share her knowledge and insight as an industry-leading influencer. Jessika wants to give back to her community and welcomes 300+ attendees & world-renowned speakers to her Social Media Week Lima conference annually. She is one who leads from the heart to help others love more, give more and be more every day.
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Greg Daniels

Public/Private Partnerships - Squire Patton Boggs
Greg Daniels’ practice focuses on the creation and implementation of public-private partnerships from both public and private sector client perspectives. He has negotiated and drafted a broad scope of contracts on behalf of business and governmental entities including numerous incentive, development, and infrastructure agreements; various asset and real estate purchase contracts and leases; various secured financing and loan agreements; and facility construction, operation, and maintenance agreements.
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Greg Shak

Titles/Oil & Gas Leases - Northwest Law
Greg is Director of the Commercial Division of Northwest Title and a practicing lawyer with Northwest Law. Greg started in the legal profession focusing on title claims litigation while also serving as Director of Operations for an affiliated title agency. Most recently, Greg served as Underwriting Counsel for another title agency that specialized in high-end commercial transactions. Greg’s title experience has almost exclusively focused on commercial transactions and development projects.

Jack Amormino

CEO - American Medical Buildings

AMB’s 35 year history of working exclusively with hospitals and doctors in 45 states has earned us unrivaled qualifications and capabilities to address all medical facility needs.  The business of healthcare is more complex today than ever before. Healthcare providers struggle to deliver quality care in an environment of falling reimbursements and rising costs. A focus on achieving operational efficiencies and attracting oustanding medical staff is essential. Outpatient facilities are important tools for delivering patient-focused care and efficient services and sustaining your organization’s future in a changing environment.

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Steve Kolwicz

PLA, ASLA, LEED AP
Steve has developed a wealth of experience for both public and private clients. His project experience includes everything from theme parks to pocket parks, from community to campus planning. He has consistently demonstrated a competent technical capability as well as a fresh approach to design challenges that has resulted in numerous design awards and a dedicated repeat client base.

Steve Fox, P.E.

Senior Partner, Civil, Site, Development Consultant - Prime AE
No matter what the size of the project, Becky applies the same energy and drive to obtain the best overall results for her clients. Becky serves as Project Architect on some of Wellogy’s most admired higher education projects. She understands the issues related to complex renovations and how to balance demands and timelines. A master at problem-solving and organizing her work, she excels at integrating new working methods such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) into projects to deliver higher quality in a reduced timeframe. Becky joined Wellogy in 2000 with a Masters of Architecture from Clemson University and a Bachelor of Science from The Ohio State University.
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Michael DiPerna

Bond Financing/Advisors - DiPerna & Company
In June of 2011, Michael DiPerna founded DiPerna Advisors (DiPerna), focusing on community and economic development, in order to provide creative advice and project finance opportunities to political subdivisions, corporations, and real estate developers. To date, DiPerna Advisors has closed and funded hundreds of bond and loan transactions.

Phillip Blair

Urology Center/Medical Operations/Business Pro Forma Consultant - SCSA
Philip is an accomplished healthcare consulting executive with over 10 years’ of experience in the healthcare industry. Philip is currently CEO of Surgery Center Services of America and his responsibilities include managing SCSA’s overall corporate strategy and overseeing the divisions for surgery center development and consulting.

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