WARREN — The Warren City Schools Foundation’s board of directors and the Warren High School’s Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame committee will induct six new members into the Class of 2026 during the 34th annual awards dinner May 2.

The event will be at Warren G. Harding High School, 860 Elm Road NE. Tours of the high school and a social hour will begin at 5 p.m. Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m.

The purpose of the award is to honor those individuals who, through their performance and achievements, reflect credit on the Warren High Schools (Warren High School, Warren G. Harding and Warren Western Reserve), so that today’s students may find inspiration from the past and establish goals for the future.

This year’s Hall of Fame inductees are:

• Korey Gall is a 2012 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and was named a Benjamin Franklin Scholar, graduating magna cum laude.

He is a military intelligence officer assigned as an operations officer to the 25th Infantry Division G2, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. In March 2021, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, where he now ranks as a captain. He is a graduate of the Military Intelligence Basic Officer Leader Course and the Military Intelligence Captains Career Course. He resides in Mililani, Hawaii.

• Patrick McBane, a 1980 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School, is an accomplished leadership speaker, trainer and organizational consultant. He is the owner of Life Needs Leadership LLC, lead trainer and director of Global Initiatives with FSH Consulting Group, and founder and executive director of the nonprofit Marketplace Solutions.

Through coaching, consulting and international leadership training and development, he has helped leaders and organizations build cohesive cultures, remove constraints and achieve purpose‒driven results across the private, public and nonprofit sectors in more than13 different countries. The greatest achievements are a life-changing personal faith, a 45-year marriage to Leslie, two daughters and five grandchildren.

• Tom Megalis is a 1977 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School.

An artist, filmmaker, animator, voice actor and commercial director​, Megalis has built a career spanning visual art, television, film, and broadcasting. His work has appeared at international film festivals, including Sundance, Hiroshima, Annecy and the New York Film Festival, and his animations and performances have been featured on Nickelodeon, MTV, FOX, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central and HBO.

He attended Carnegie Mellon University. After earning a BFA in design and completing an independent studio in filmmaking, Megalis became an art director at Ketchum Advertising, working on television commercials that took him around the world. Later, Megalis worked as an illustrator for numerous publications, including Pittsburgh Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and Print Magazine. He has received numerous awards and grants for his films, including support from the Southern Circuit, the Heinz Endowment, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, the Theater Association of Pittsburgh (TAP) Grant and the Laura Napar Grant.

• DeWayne Reed is a 1980 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School. He attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, where he earned a degree in psychology. While there, he was awarded a National Institute of Health Scholarship that allowed him to work on research projects at Emory University and at The National Institute of Mental Health in Washington, D.C.

He has built a successful career in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry working for companies Bristol Myers Squibb, Boston Scientific, Otsuka and AbbVie, where he has held roles in sales, sales leadership training, sales management, project coordination, executive coaching and mentoring. He also served as the assistant director of UNCF’s Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Telethon and the managing director for Soulful Symphony — a Baltimore-based orchestra. He is the co-founder and president of NobleTrust Consulting, LLC and the JADE Foundation based in Alexandria, Virginia.

• Jayni Sech graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in 1984 and earned a B.A. from Kent State University in 1989. She began her career at the corporate office of Kinko’s of Ohio, gaining experience in sales, public relations and marketing. Today, she is an entrepreneur leading a marketing firm dedicated to the credit union industry, having worked with more than 100 credit unions across 12 states and speaking at conferences nationwide. She also serves as the volunteer State Public Affairs Director for Ohio Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), an office in the Department of War, supporting military members and their employers.

• Derick Young graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in 1998. Soon after graduating, Derick enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, serving 14 years, and being honorably retired from wounds received in action at the rank of Staff Sergeant. Derick was awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Certificate of Commendation, Meritorious Mast, and numerous Unit and Operational Awards while in service.

After retiring from service, he attended Youngstown State University and completed his Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice, Master of Science, and Master of Social Work degrees, ultimately allowing him the privilege of becoming an adjunct professor with the criminal justice department at YSU. In 2018, he was awarded the Cincinnatus Award from the YSU Veterans Affairs for his continuing work within the veteran community.

He is also the director for the Mahoning County Veterans Honor Court and is a commissioner for the Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission. He serves on the Board of Directors for Meridian Healthcare and is an Eagle Scout.

Tickets are $30 per person and can be obtained by calling 330-841-2321, Ext. 7136, or by downloading a reservation form from the Warren City Schools website at www.warrencityschools.org by April 17.