Warrior Gala

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• Adam and Robin Huff (Brennan '25)

  Adam and Robin Huff are excited and honored to be co-chairs of the 2025 Warrior Gala, alongside their dear friends, Sal and Allison Papalardo.  Together, they look forward to making this a fun and successful event, benefitting all students at Walsh Jesuit.  
  
  

  Adam and Robin reside in Medina and have been married for 25 years. They have three grown adult children, Ashley, Cody and Nick and their youngest, Brennan, is currently a senior at Walsh Jesuit. They also have seven grandchildren between the ages of one and nine.  Brennan is the first in their family to attend Walsh. The wonderful community environment paired with academic excellence is one of many reasons they wish to give back to the school by volunteering as co-chairs for this year’s gala. 
  
  

  Adam is a graduate of Waterloo High School and began his career in the automotive industry at a very young age. Starting as a salesperson, he quickly rose through the ranks and was promoted to management positions at Rick Case Honda and Blossom Motorcars.  In 1992, he joined Fred Martin Motor Company in Norton, Ohio as the General Manager which resulted in him purchasing the dealership and becoming President in 1999.  Adam has grown this company into what it is today, a company comprising of 13 different corporations including dealerships in the Akron/Canton area and Louisville, Kentucky. Throughout his career, Adam has always strived to do good in the community by giving back. For many years he sponsored local DARE programs by providing SUVs for the Norton and Green chapters and he continues this endeavor today.  For over 25 years he has been committed to purchasing food for the Summit County Humane Society and in 2014 the Fred Martin Auto Group was awarded the highest honor by the Humane Society by receiving the Animal Hero Award.  Adam is also involved in various charities throughout the Akron area such as Akron Children’s Hospital, the Access Homeless Shelter, the Haven of Rest and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.  Throughout his career, Adam served as President of the Akron Auto Dealer Association for two terms and was nominated for Time Magazines Dealer of the Year award in 2022. Of all his accomplishments, if you ask Adam what his favorite title is, he will say loving husband, dad and Papa.

  
  Robin is a graduate of the University of Akron and furthered her education by obtaining her Master’s in Social Science Administration from Case Western University.  For twelve years she worked with children and adolescents by providing mental health counseling. During this time her work focused on children in the foster care system who had endured various forms of abuse and working with teens in the Cleveland area suffering from conduct and defiance disorders. Robin ran regular parenting groups, and anger management programs aside from individualized counseling. She later chose to remain at home with Brennan but still completes yearly training to uphold her credentials. She has always strived to be active in the community by volunteering at her son’s school, their church and local organizations.  
  
  

  Their time at Walsh Jesuit has been one of pride, a wonderful sense of community, and it has been an exceptional educational experience for Brennan. They are grateful to the faculty, staff, football coaches and everyone who makes this community so special and has provided us with such a wonderful experience. We are excited and honored to be a part of this year’s Warrior Gala, which will be nothing short of spectacular.

• Sal and Allison Papalardo (Sophia '25 & Ava '28)

  We are honored to have been chosen to co-chair Walsh Jesuit’s 53rd annual Warrior Gala, alongside our dear friends Adam and Robin Huff. We started our journey together at Old Trail School’s Kindergarten orientation, and are thrilled to continue this journey with them, in making this long-standing tradition a tremendous success.
  
  

  We have been married for 18 years, and have two beautiful daughters, Sophia ’25 a senior and Ava ’28 a freshman, who together will be a part of this seasons talented WJ Women’s Softball Team. They are heavily involved in extracurricular activities and have made many lasting friendships. We wanted our daughters to share in our Catholic upbringing and couldn’t be happier with our decision in choosing Walsh Jesuit.
  
  

  Allison attended Cardinal Mooney High School and received her BFA from Youngstown State University. She was a Territory Manager for American Hotel Register Company, and “retired” to be a full time stay at home mom.

  
  Sal is a graduate of St. Ignatius High School ’87, continued his baseball career at Allegheny College, and holds his MBA from Baldwin Wallace College. He has been in the Insurance industry for over 30 years and is a partner at United Agencies Insurance Group in downtown Cleveland.

  
  We reside in Brecksville and are members of St. Basil Parish. We have been contributing members at our children’s schools for many years, starting at Old Trail where Allison was room mother, a volunteer for numerous events, and currently assists as team parent for the WJ Softball team. Sal enjoyed coaching various sports teams our daughters were involved in. We are also active, long standing members and contributors of many charitable causes and organizations, such as Boys and Girls Club of America, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Foundation, American Diabetes Association, Cleveland Hunger Network, Ronald McDonald House, and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, including Sophia ’25 personally raising over $10,000 for her team last year. Allison also creates and donates pieces of artwork yearly to the Make-a-Wish Gala silent auction.

  
  We were fortunate to get our start at Walsh Jesuit High School by hosting one of the 50th annual zone parties. It was a tremendous success and pathed the way to assist in this year’s Warrior Gala. Entering the final year for one daughter, and the start for another, we couldn’t think of a better time to commit to this year’s Gala. We look forward to donating our time and resources as true men and women for others, and to honor the Warrior mission with the Walsh Jesuit community.