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Executive Committee Officers

Chair

Chief Executive Officer Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

Immediate Past Chair

President & CEO
altafiber

First Vice Chair

President & CEO
Triversity Construction

President

President & CEO
Cincinnati Regional Chamber

Treasurer

Regional President
Fifth Third Bank

Secretary

VP, State Government Relations & Ohio Community Relations
The Procter & Gamble Company

Corporate Counsel

Partner 
Katz Teller

Executive Committee Members

President
Total Quality Logistics

Chief People Officer
Paycor

President
Journey Steel, Inc.

Chief Executive Office
d.e Foxx

President
Duke Energy Ohio and Kentucky

Board of Directors

  • Natalie L. Auzenne-Swan, SVP, Group Manager & Co-Regional Leader, Fidelity Investments
  • LaNae Barnes, SVP, Local Market Executive, Bank of America
  • Jeff Berding, Co-CEO, FC Cincinnati
  • Steven M. Bestard, SVP & COO, Messer Construction Co. 
  • Maureen Bickley, Vice Partner in Charge, Cincinnati Office, Frost Brown Todd LLC
  • Elizabeth Blackburn, Director of Strategy & Engagement, Cincinnati Bengals
  • Derrick J. Braziel, Owner, Pata Roja Taqueria
  • Troy D. Brodie, President, Western & Southern Life Insurance Company
  • Archie M. Brown, President & CEO, First Financial Bank
  • Sylvia Buxton, President and CEO, North America, Perfetti van Melle
  • Stephen L. Bybee, Office Managing Partner, PwC
  • Andrew D. Ciafardini, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Worldpay
  • Keith G. Dailey, Group Vice President, Corporate Affairs, The Kroger Co.
  • Stephanie Ebken, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and Chief of Staff – President’s Office, Cincinnati Children’s
  • Whitney M. Eckert, COO, Jostin Construction, Inc.
  • Konstantinos Elefter, Delivery Center Head, Tata Consulting Services (TCS)
  • Stephen P. Ewald, General Council, Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary, Medpace
  • Karen Forgus, SVP of Business Operations, Cincinnati Reds
  • Lonnie C. Grayson, President & CEO, Environmental and Safety Solutions Inc.
  • Gregory W. Harmeyer, CEO, Tier1 Performance Solutions, LLC
  • Deborah Hayes, President & CEO, The Christ Hospital Health Network
  • Dr. Ryan Hays, EVP, Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer, University of Cincinnati
  • Stephen L. Hightower II, Chief Operating Officer, Hightowers Petroleum Co.
  • Kreg W. Keesee, Chief Operating Officer, Cold Jet, LLC.
  • Patrick Lafley, Managing Partner Constellation
  • Kai Lewars, Principal + Founder, Kaiker Development + Construction
  • Douglas L. Marsh, President/CEO, KZF Design, Inc.
  • Robert W. McDonald, Partner, Taft Stettinius & Hollister
  • Kenneth McNutt, Co-Founder, MadTree Brewing Company
  • Carolyn Pione Micheli, EVP/Chief Communications and Investor Relations Officer, E.W. Scripps
  • Steven D. Mullinger, Regional President, Huntington Bank
  • Molly North, CEO, Al. Neyer
  • J. Scott Robertson, Chairman, RCF Group
  • Regina Carsell Russo, Founder/CEO, RRight Now Communications
  • Dr. Anya Sanchez, Vice President, Corporated Transportation, CTI
  • Jeremy Vaughan, Cincinnati Office Managing Partner, EY
  • John R. Ward, Senior Vice President Regional Operations, TriHealth Inc.
  • Warren Weber, Regional President, PNC Bank Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
  • Philip Wickler, Chief Transportation Officer, GE Areospace
  • Thomas L. Williams, President & CEO, North American Properties
  • Alexander M. Yastrebenetsky, CEO, InfoTrust

Senior Council

  • Phillip J. Castellini, Chief Operating Officer, Cincinnati Reds
  • Brendon J. Cull, President, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber
  • Leigh R. Fox, President and CEO,altafiber
  • Kay Geiger, Retired, PNC Bank, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
  • Melvin J. Gravely II, CEO, TriVersity Construction
  • Candace S. McGraw, Chief Executive Officer, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
  • Ralph S. “Mike” Michael III, Chairman, Fifth Third Bank Cincinnati
  • Molly North, CEO, Al. Neyer
  • Julia W. Poston, Retired, EY
  • George Vincent, Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
  • James A. Watkins, CEO, Triversity Construction