Board of Directors

Bill Baker

Manager Partner and Vice President
MSA Design

Jill Berkemeier

Chief Financial Officer
Cincinnati Museum Center
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

Luke Blocher

General Counsel & Chief Strategy Officer
Cincinnati Development Fund

Michael Cioffi

Partner
Blank Rome, LLP

Zahki Davis

Vice President of Legal
Harbinger Sports Partners

Rico Grant

Founder
Paloozanoire

Charnella Grossman

Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Portfolio Management
US Bank

Jackie Johnson

President
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Ambassadors

Damon Jones

Chief Communications Officer
The Procter & Gamble Company

Robert W. Jones

President and CEO
Realm Capital Ventures

Stephanie Jones

President
Nathaniel R. Jones Foundation

Ryan Kilpatrick

Director, Tax & Business Advisory Services
GBQ Partners

C. Ed Massey

Partner
C. Ed Massey & Associates

Roy A. Mitchell

Principal
Kunimura Mitchell & Company LLC

Michael Moore

President and CEO
Black Achievers, Inc.

Adam Morton, CFP

Partner & Wealth Advisor
Constellation Wealth Advisors

Kenneth Parker

Former Attorney
U.S. Attorney's Office

Kenneth B. Robinson

Director Emeritus
The Procter & Gamble Company, retired
Exelon Corporation, retired

Sean Rugless

Founder and President
The Katalyst Group

Brian Sand

Partner
Warehouse Collaborative

Tim Steigerwald

CEO
Messer Construction

Jaia Thomas, Esq.

Founder
Diverse Representation

Meggan E. Thompson

President and CEO
Dress for Success Cincinnati

Kevin Waklatsi

Counsel
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Sonya Walton

Vice President of Economic Inclusion
Messer Construction

Shawn Warren

Vice President & General Manager
GE Aerospace

Sarah Weiss

Chief Philanthropy Officer
Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Chair

Robert W. McDonald

Vice Chair

Dawn Gilmore

Secretary

Hon. Jeffery P. Hopkins

Treasurer

Charles Brown

Honorary Co-Chairs

Rev. Damon Lynch, Jr.

John Pepper

Edwin Rigaud

CEO

Elizabeth Pierce

President and COO

Woodrow "Woody" Keown, Jr.