Harvey Oppmann is the owner and developer of various real estate projects in Cleveland and other U.S. cities. In 1978, he purchased The Arcade, built in 1890 as one of America’s first indoor shopping centers (and the first Cleveland building to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places), and restored much of it to its original splendor. He chaired the Ohio Building Authority, overseeing the construction of $800 million in state buildings. An active civic leader with a special interest in education and culture, he was board chair of the Cleveland Institute of Art and a trustee of Hawken School, College Now (formerly Cleveland Scholarship Programs) and Western Reserve Historical Society.