Annual Dinner
Join leaders of the community and your fellow Cincinnati Chamber members at the premier business event of the year, highlighted by the induction of the newest class of Great Living Cincinnatians and Making Black History honorees.
Annual Dinner
Since 1967, the Great Living Cincinnatian Award has been presented annually by the Cincinnati Chamber. The 2026 honorees join our previous 178 awardees chosen by the Chamber’s Senior Council for service to the community; business and civic attainment on a local, state, national or international level; leadership; awareness of the needs of others; and distinctive accomplishments that have brought favorable attention to their community, institution, or organization. This year’s honoree are Karen Bankston, Ph.D., Francie Hiltz, Pete Strange and Jeff Wyler.
Join us next year on February 26, 2026 for our next Annual Dinner – Legacy & Promise: A Celebration of Leadership, presented by PNC Bank, at the newly remodeled Cincinnati Convention Center.Â
Investors
Presenting Investor
Platinum Investor
Excellence Investors
Wine Investor
Preferred Partners
Community & Corporate Table Patrons
altafiber
BE NKY
Best Point Education & Behavioral Health
Center for Closing the Health Gap
Cincinnati Business Courier
Cincinnati May Festival
Cintrifuse
Comcast Business
Constellation Wealth Advisors
Corporex
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Fidelity Investments
Fifth Third Bank
GE Aerospace
First Financial Bank
Great American Insurance Group
Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Greenacres Foundation
Interact for Health
Johnson Investment Council
Katz Teller
Mercy Health
The Kroger Co.
Meridian Bioscience
P&G
Paycor
Signal Ohio
St. Xavier High School
TPI
TriHealth
Triversity Construction
Turner Construction
UC Foundation
2026 Great Living Cincinnatians
The 2026 Class of Great Living Cincinnatians featured four individuals who left an indelible mark on our Region. We were honored to recognize Karen Bankston, Ph.D., Francie Hiltz, Pete Strange and Jeff Wyler as Great Living Cincinnatians.
2025 We Are Making Black History Honorees
Our We Are Making Black History celebration recognized seven Black leaders living and working in our region creating legacies today. These are leaders who go the extra mile for their community, excel in their respective fields, and open doors for the future leaders coming up behind them.
The 2025 We Are Making Black History honorees will be celebrated at the 2025 Annual Dinner. They include:
- Damian Hoskins | Executive Director at Elementz Cincinnati
- Kai Lewars | Principal and Founder Kaiker Development and Construction
- Sheryl Long | City Manager at the City Of Cincinnati
- Roddell McCullough | Chief Corporate Officer at First Financial Bank
- David Minor | Director of Worship Arts & Media at Lincoln Heights Missionary Baptist Church
- Rickell Howard Smith | President & CEO of YWCA Greater Cincinnati
- Robie K. Suggs | President and CEO of Warsaw Federal Savings and Loan
- Siobhan Taylor | President & CEO at DePaul Cristo Rey High School
Presenting Investors
