CONTROLLER. Reports To: President CEO. Department: Administration. FLSA Status: Full Time, Exempt. ABOUT KARAMU HOUSE. In 1915, Oberlin College graduates Russell and Rowena Jelliffe opened the Playhouse Settlement in a Cleveland area called The Roaring Third. The Jelliffes wanted to build an environment where people of different races, religions, and social and economic backgrounds could come together to seek and share common ventures through the...