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You could say that Carol Butler’s career has come full circle. Having grown up in her family’s orchard business and being the youngest of five children, Carol jokingly says that she couldn’t get promoted over seniority. Truth be told, she decided to take a different path. Leaving the family business, Carol pursued a career in the corporate world, successfully becoming a Fortune 500 executive. When Carol had the opportunity to take early retirement, she went back to her roots and started volunteering at The Goering Center for Family and Private Business as a facilitator for the Next Generation Institute. Today, Carol is President of The Goering Center, an organization founded by John Goering in 1989 that has a mission to nurture and educate family and private businesses to drive a vibrant economy in the greater Cincinnati region. “I feel that I have landed right where I’m supposed to be. The first half of my career was all about success and now the second half is all about significance,” says Butler. Less than 30 percent of small businesses survive to a second generation. The Goering Center works to improve that success rate in our community by educating its 450 members about succession planning, communication, culture building, strategic planning, leadership development, advisory boards, and conflict resolution. Throughout the year, members have the opportunity to come together at events hosted at Sharonville Convention Center. The space is ideal for having a variety of programs, ranging from large symposiums with national speakers to smaller sessions that offer families time to connect over a great meal and learn something impactful. In 2019, The Goering Center celebrates its 30th anniversary, having helped more than 750 family and private companies thrive in our community. To learn more about The Goering Center for Family and Private Business, visit goering.uc.edu. Photo credit: Bruce Crippen

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to new businesses and trends and the people behind them who impact this city every day. One of the hallmarks of Cincinnati’s recent renaissance is the amazing variety of business leaders—from untested entrepreneurs to established corporate executives—who shake up how business is done here and, in fact, what business is capable of doing. CEOs of the region’s largest companies worked with city officials to form 3CDC and kickstart serious redevelopment efforts in Over-the-Rhine. Business leaders on both sides of the river rallied to help pull the airport out of the tailspin caused by Delta’s flight reductions. And today a new generation of executives work together to “sell” Cincinnati nationally and internationally in order to attract jobs and talent. Given the growth in business activity and influence, it wasn’t difficult to identify 300 powerful business leaders to feature in this inaugural Cincinnati 300 publication. The real challenge came in limiting our scope to 300. We began the process by studying the region’s largest public, private, and nonprofit companies, knowing that those leading the most powerful businesses are powerful themselves. We considered those who serve on key business-related oversight boards at the Chambers of Commerce, REDI, 3CDC, United Way, and ArtsWave. We sought broad representation across the business community, so we limited the profiles to one person per organization, with rare exceptions, and highlighted similar numbers of people in each of our eight categories: banking and finance, consumer goods, culture and leisure, education and health, manufacturing and tech, nonprofit and government, professional services, and real estate. We asked all 300 leaders to share personal stories as well as helpful advice they got along the way. Many did, and I think those insights are the best part of Cincinnati 300. They help flesh out the names and titles of those who lead the region’s iconic brands and companies. Enjoy!

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William Bahl

Gregory Achten

Timothy Ballinger

MANAGING DIRECTOR AND MARKET HEAD UBS Financial Services

C O -F O UN DE R A N D C HA I R M A N Bahl & Gaynor

PRESIDENT AND CEO General Electric Credit Union

Achten, who ran the local office of Merrill Lynch for almost five years during his 28-year career with the company, returned to his hometown in 2016 to lead UBS operations in the region. He replaced longtime local chief Trey DeBord at the firm that launched as Gradison & Co. in 1925. UBS has 140 local advisors who manage about $20 billion in assets.

Bahl and Vere Gaynor founded the investment advisory firm in 1990. Bahl has almost 45 years in the business, working previously for Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh, Fifth Third in Cincinnati, and Northern Trust of Chicago. The firm has 45 employees who manage or advise clients with more than $25 billion in assets.

Ballinger joined the company in 1994, was named President in 1998, and CEO in 2015. GECU was chartered in 1954 as a not-for-profit institution for employees of GE Aircraft Engines and has expanded its membership to more than 200,000 across Greater Cincinnati. It’s the second-largest credit union in Ohio with 150 employees.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Florida (undergraduate), University of Michigan (MBA) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Not everybody will work as hard as you do or be as passionate about a cause as you are. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “If you’re proud of what you did yesterday, you must not have achieved much today.” Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: Cincinnati Zoo Favorite Greater Cincinnati restaurant: The Quarter Bistro

Archie Brown PRESIDENT AND CEO First Financial Bank

Brown was CEO of MainSource Financial Group of Greensburg, Ind., and became the leader of First Financial when the companies merged in 2018. The deal made First Financial the fourth-largest bank in Greater Cincinnati with more than $13.5 billion in assets and $3.6 billion in local deposits. Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Georgia (undergraduate), Xavier University (MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? I wanted my career to have a large impact, and banking afforded that possibility. I believe it’s a profession that not only provides valuable services to individuals and businesses while spurring economic growth, but one that significantly improves lives and communities. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Navigating through the financial crisis of 2008-09. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you don’t care who gets the credit.” —Harry S Truman

Greg Carmichael

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate), Xavier University (MBA), University of Delaware (Master’s in banking) First job: Splitting wood for my grandfather. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Always do the right thing, and do it the right way. What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Be patient and try to see the whole picture. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Grandkids, work, golf, and reading Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: Most golf courses

David Davis

CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, AND CEO Fifth Third Bank

CEO CNG Holdings

Carmichael, who was named President in 2012 and CEO in 2015, became Chairman of parent Fifth Third Bancorp in 2018. It’s one of Greater Cincinnati’s largest banks, money managers, and employers with more than 7,500 local workers. After three people were killed and two wounded in a shooting at the bank’s Fountain Square headquarters in September 2018, Carmichael led public efforts to heal the community, and the bank donated more than $1 million to families of the victims.

Davis leads the Kenwood-based specialized financial services company that owns Axcess Financial Services, which operates Check ’n Go, the second-largest payday advance provider in the U.S. with almost 1,000 locations, including more than 30 in Ohio. CNG posted more than $205 million in revenue in 2017 and is among the top 65 largest private companies in Greater Cincinnati.

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BANKING & FINANCE

Steve Foster

Charles Drucker

Kay Geiger

CEO Worldpay

PRESIDENT AND CEO LCNB Bank

REGIONAL PRESIDENT PNC Bank

Drucker led Symmes Township-based Vantiv before it acquired London-based Worldpay in an $11 billion transaction in 2018. Worldpay processes more than 40 billion payment transactions annually in more than 145 countries and 126 currencies. The merger made Worldpay the ninth-largest public company in Greater Cincinnati with over$4 billion in revenue for fiscal 2017. Drucker, who joined Vantiv in 2009, previously worked for MasterCard and Wells Fargo.

Foster has been with the Lebanon-based bank for more than 40 years, taking over the top job when longtime CEO and Chairman Stephen Wilson retired in 2015. The firm has made a number of acquisitions over the last five years, including banks in Brookville, Eaton, and Chillicothe. It moved into the Columbus market after acquiring Columbus First of Worthington in 2018.

Geiger has led the regional operation of the Pittsburgh-based bank since 2008. She managed a merger with National City Bank in 2010, which formed the region’s third-largest institution. PNC had almost $6.8 billion in local deposits in 2017 with more than 70 banking locations.

Andrew Howell

Andrew Hawking

Hometown: Columbus, Ohio Education: Miami University (undergraduate), Ohio State University (MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? I always dreamed of being an ambassador, which is why I chose to major in business and minor in two languages. But a professor’s encouragement convinced me to interview with a bank’s international department. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “Never doubt a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” —Margaret Mead What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: You will be a part of creating the future.

Jason Jackman

REGIONAL PRESIDENT BB&T

PRESIDENT AND CEO Federal Home Loan Bank

PRESIDENT Johnson Investment Counsel

Hawking joined Bank of Kentucky in 2008 as Chief Lending Officer and, when the bank was acquired by BB&T in 2015, was named to lead the regional operation. He began his career at First National Bank of Cincinnati in 1979 and has focused his career mostly on commercial lending and on providing top-notch customer service.

Howell joined the bank in 1989 and has led the regional wholesale operation that provides financial services to more than 650 member stockholders in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee since 2012. The Federal Home Loan Bank system was created by Congress in 1932 to support financing for local housing; the downtown-based facility is one of 11 in the U.S. and posted record earnings of $314 million in 2017.

Jackman, who is also Chief Investment Officer, has been with the company since 1993. The son of a JC Penney store manager who moved the family often during Jackman’s childhood, he has planted roots in Greater Cincinnati and serves on a number of community boards.

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Hometown: Howell, N.Y.; Rochester, N.H.; Pittsburgh Education: Wittenberg University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I originally entered the investment field because I enjoyed the challenge of trying to figure out the economy and the markets, but what I’ve grown to love about my job is the ability to truly help people. What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Come on in, we’re hiring! We are looking for top talent to add to our team and serve our clients in the years ahead. The industry is growing, and there is demand for younger talent as many senior advisors are approaching retirement.

BANKING & FINANCE

Kevin Jones

Arthur Kremer

Michael McCuen

REGIONAL PRESIDENT Huntington Bank

PRESIDENT AND CEO Sharefax Credit Union

MARKET PRESIDENT KeyBank

Jones, who has more than 25 years of banking experience, joined Huntington in 2013 as a business development leader before taking over the Southern Ohio-Kentucky Region. He previously was director of financial institutions and managing director of corporate banking at Fifth Third Bank. The Columbus-based bank has more than $3.3 billion in deposits and 36 locations in Greater Cincinnati.

Kremer started his career with the company as an accounting manager before becoming Chief Financial Officer. Sharefax was founded in 1960 by employees of the Ford Motor plants in Sharonville and Fairfax, and now, based in Batavia, is the region’s fourth-largest credit union with more than $370 million in deposits in 2017 and more than 30,000 members.

McCuen, who was the Cincinnati market leader for National City Bank from 2004-09, took charge of local operations of Cleveland-based Key in 2017 after working at PNC Bank following its acquisition of National City. He is also the commercial sales leader for Key, which is the region’s ninth-largest bank with more than $950 million in deposits and 24 offices in Greater Cincinnati.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Miami University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? Banking is a continual learning experience since you’re working across many industries, and the opportunity to have a community impact in our area is very rewarding. First job: Delivering prescriptions and medical supplies for Besse Pharmacy Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.” —Winston Churchill

Ralph S. “Mike” Michael

Education: Northern Kentucky University (undergraduate), Xavier University (MBA) Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Children’s Miracle Network

Hometown: Doylestown, Ohio Education: John Carroll University (undergraduate), University of Michigan (MBA) First job: Loading dock of a Kroger store Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Take the road less traveled and don’t chase the money early in the career, but choose the field you find most rewarding. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Hard work creates good luck.Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: I have four children living away from Cincinnati, so we enjoy trips to see them.

William Morgan

Michael Prescott

CHAIRMAN OF THE CINCINNATI REGION Fifth Third Bank

MANAGING DIRECTOR JP Morgan Asset Management

REGIONAL PRESIDENT U.S. Bank

Michael runs the bank’s hometown region, which has $9.7 billion in deposits, and oversees its other regional leaders as Group Regional President. He’s had a long career in the financial industry, including serving as president of the Ohio Casualty Insurance Co., and is the former CEO of PNC Wealth Management. He has served as board chairman of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, was honored as Cincinnatian of the Year in 2015 by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund, and led the 2012 ArtsWave community campaign.

Morgan has worked for 37 years in the financial services industry, 35 of those with JP Morgan. He leads the local office’s team of 30 employees that manages almost $35 billion. Morgan is the senior portfolio manager for the high-yield team and is responsible for overseeing loan strategies.

Prescott has led the Cincinnati market of the Minneapolis-headquartered bank since 2011. It announced plans in 2018 to add as many as 400 local jobs after receiving a 10-year credit from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority to help finance growth. U.S. Bank is the region’s largest bank by deposits with more than $53 billion and employs more than 3,500 in Greater Cincinnati.

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Maribeth Rahe

Mark Ryan

Rick Ross

PRESIDENT AND CEO Fort Washington Investment Advisors

CEO Summit Funding Group

MANAGING DIRECTOR , OHIO VALLEY MARKET Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Rahe was president and a board member of United States Trust Company in New York when recruited in 2003 by John Barrett, chairman of parent Western & Southern Financial. Fort Washington and its subsidiaries manage more than $55 billion in affiliated and external assets for international, national, regional, and local clients.

Founded by Ross, Harry Yeaggy, and Louis Beck in 1993, Summit is an equipment financing and leasing company that arranged for more than $300 million in original equipment costs in 2017, managing more than $1 billion in assets. The firm focuses on the technology, material handling, and construction sectors such as cranes, forklifts, and scissor lifts.

Ryan joined the company in 1995 and became head of the Ohio Valley office of its brokerage arm in 2016. He is also the Bank of America Market Integration Executive for Ohio and oversees 285 financial advisors, analysts, and investment and client associates at offices in Kenwood, Ft. Mitchell, downtown Cincinnati, and Dayton, Ohio.

Hometown: Evanston, Ill. Education: Bowling Green State University (undergraduate), Thunderbird School of Global Management (MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? Financial services is a field that offers a variety of opportunity for career diversity and opportunity. I began my career as an international commercial banker covering Latin America, enabling me to use both my language skills and international finance background. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: My dogs, friends, reading, and travel.

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Kelly Schultz

Jay Sigler

Daniel Sutton

S E N I OR VP A ND G E NE R AL M A N AGER Fidelity Investments

CEO Cinfed Credit Union

PRESIDENT AND CEO Kemba Credit Union

Schultz joined the company in 1993 as a sales associate in Cincinnati and rose through management to lead the firm’s operations in Covington. Fidelity has 2,000 brokers and 4,000 employees in the Tristate who provide investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, and benefits outsourcing. Schultz is a member of the company’s Personal Investing leadership team.

Sigler joined the company in 2002 as Vice President of Accounting and was promoted to the top job in 2011. Cinfed provides traditional banking services such as mortgages, auto and business loans, checking and savings accounts, and credit cards, transitioning from a closed-membership to a community-based operation in 2013. It has more than $400 million in assets and more than 33,000 members.

In 2018, Sutton replaced Stephen Behler, who had led the company since 2002. Sutton had been Chief Operating Officer of the credit union that traces its roots to 1934, when employees first organized the Kroger Employees Mutual Benefit Association (KEMBA). The region’s second-largest credit union has 11 locations serving more than 90,000 members with almost $815 million in assets in 2017.

Hometown: Wilmington, Ohio Education: Ohio University (undergraduate), Xavier University (MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? Growing up, I watched my father and grandfather actively investing in stocks. A cherished family memory is watching them do research every Sunday. Though we were squarely middle class income, they taught us how to be good savers and investors.

Hometown: Wooster, Ohio Education: Bowling Green State University (undergraduate and MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? Growing up, I was good with numbers and interested in business, so managing the balance sheet of a community-based financial institution seemed to be a logical fit. First job: It was on our family farm, where we raised cows and had a flock of 8,000 chickens.

Hometown: Indianapolis Education: Mount St. Joseph University (undergraduate and Master’s) Why did you choose this field of work? I strongly believe in and support the credit union philosophy of “people helping people.” What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: It’s OK to be unsure of what you want to be when you grow up.

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Joanie Arias

Mark Andreae

Chris Bateman

CEO Clarke Power Services

GENERAL M A N AG E R DHL

G E N E R A L M A N AG E R Amazon

Andreae is the top executive of the commercial vehicle maintenance provider that operates more than 25 full-service shops in nine states. It is part of the Clarke Companies group that includes Clarke Fire Protection Products, Clarke Power Generation, Clarke Power Services, VEHICARE, and WheelTime. The company posted more than $250 million in revenue in 2017.

Arias was single mother in 2003 when she left her job as an IT executive to load packages at the DHL air cargo hub from 1-3 a.m. so she could spend time with her children during the day. After quite a few promotions, in 2014 she was named General Manager of the hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport that employs more than 4,000 people. Germany-based DHL has invested more than $280 million in its operation at CVG since 2009.

The giant online retailer employs 4,000 people in sales, fulfillment, distribution, and office tasks at its Hebron location, and has announced plans for a $1.5 billion Prime Air hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The project includes a 50-year lease on up to 900 acres of airport land and the purchase of more than 200 additional acres. Amazon is projected to add more than 2,700 jobs by the time the hub opens in 2025.

Ryan Blevins H E A D B R E WE R MadTree Brewing

Blevins, who home-brewed beer for four years before joining MadTree in 2013, manages operations for the growing company that has released 50 different beers, including two of Blevins’ own recipes. After moving into its new taproom and brewing location in Oakley in 2017, MadTree is one of the largest craft breweries in the region with more than 26,000 barrels sold in 2017.

Bob Bonder

Tom Brennan

PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER Rhinegeist

CEO School Outfitters

Bonder, who owned the Tazza Mia coffee company, opened Rhinegeist in the old Christian Moerlein bottling plant near Findlay Market in Over-the-Rhine with partner Bryant Goulding and local investors in 2013. Rhinegeist, which has a brewing staff of 20 people, is the second-largest brewery in Greater Cincinnati (behind only MillerCoors in Trenton) with more than 86,740 barrels sold in 2017, and has expanded its home space to include a private events area, a rooftop bar, and Sartre restaurant.

Brennan founded the company that provides furniture, supplies, and support to schools in 1998. The firm helps manage purchasing programs for districts around the country, offering co-op programs and stocking more than 300 product brands ranging from lockers to microscopes to headphones. COO Betsy Neyer was named President in 2018 to oversee dayto-day operations and allow Brennan to focus on planning. Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Indiana University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? Education customers are so inspiring. Most are in it for the kids, not the money, so you feel a real sense of mission by supporting them. Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: Union Terminal Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: DePaul Cristo Rey High School

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Mike Castrucci

Chris Cicchinelli

Ken Cohen

PRESIDENT Mike Castrucci Automotive

PRESIDENT AND CEO Pure Romance

PRESIDENT Cohen Recycling

Castrucci worked for his father, Al, before buying the automobile dealership from him in 1994 and purchasing a Chevrolet franchise in 1997. The company, which has Ford and Chevrolet dealerships in Milford and Lincoln Mercury in Alexandria, sold more than 7,000 vehicles in 2017. It posted more than $285 million in revenue in 2017.

Cicchinelli, the son of founder Patty Brisben, joined the company in 2000 and became the top executive in 2007. The operation that sells intimacy products through independent consultants has become the world’s largest inhome party company with events in the U.S., Australia, Puerto Rico, and South Africa. Pure Romance increased its annual revenue from $164 million in 2015 to over $217 million in 2017.

Founded in 1924, the family-owned company is one of the largest metal recycling companies in North America, processing over 1.25 million tons annually. It operates more than 20 facilities in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and provides customer service around the world. Annual revenue increased to $428 million in 2017, up from $313 million in 2016, after expansion of its electronics scrap, data destruction, and electronics refurbishing division.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Xavier University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I wanted to be a veterinarian, but my grades were not good enough, so my father asked me to sell cars for our family business after graduating from college. I did as he asked, and the rest is history. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: During the great recession, I learned the fragility that exists in being in business for yourself. Many businesses were forced to close their doors. I learned that you’re guaranteed nothing and that your eye needs to be on the ball at all times.

Michael Dever

Hometown: Milford Education: University of Mount Union (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I was working at a Fortune 500 company in Atlanta but ready to switch jobs, and I agreed to take a few months off and come home and take a look at my mom’s business, Pure Romance. Once I realized the extreme growth potential and saw first-hand how this business can change women’s lives and truly improve relationships, I couldn’t walk away.

Hometown: Middletown, Ohio Education: University of Pennsylvania (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I am proud to have joined my family business as the third generation. Today, we’re now working toward our fourth generation of family ownership. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Exercise and spending time with my wife, my kids, and my grandkids. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Jewish Federation of Cincinnati

Tim Fogarty

Scott Farmer

CEO Performance Automotive

CEO Cintas Corporation

CEO West Chester Protective Gear

Dever has been in the automobile business for more than 45 years. The company has eight dealerships in Greater Cincinnati and 10 more in Columbus, Dayton, and Salt Lake City, in addition to several repair shops and a dealership dedicated to motorcycles and ATVs. It is the fourth-largest dealer in the region in sales with more than 14,440 vehicles in 2017, and No. 1 in revenue with over $1.3 billion.

In 2003, Farmer succeeded his father, Richard, as leader of the public company that supplies corporate uniforms and fire-protection products and services, operates almost 400 facilities, and employs more than 42,000 people. It reported revenue of more than $5.3 billion in 2017. The elder Farmer, who founded the company in 1968, left the board in 2018 but remains Chairman Emeritus. Scott is part of the ownership group of FC Cincinnati.

Fogarty leads the company that provides disposable clothing, rainwear, welding apparel, and head protection equipment, and is one of the largest importers of work gloves in the world. It works with clients to customize and offer private label products. One of the Tristate’s top 100 private firms, the company earned over $180 million in revenue in 2017 and has more than 170 employees.

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Leigh Fox

Adam Greenberg

Brian Habegger

PRESIDENT AND CEO Cincinnati Bell

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS Topicz

PRESIDENT AND CEO Habegger Corp.

Fox joined the company in 2001 and was named President in 2016 and CEO in 2017. He led the company’s 2018 acquisition of Hawaiian Telcom, the leading communications provider in that state. Cincinnati Bell reported almost $1.3 billion in revenue in 2017 as one of the region’s largest public corporations.

Greenberg is the grandson of Martin Schwartz, who in 1983 acquired the convenience-store distributor that was founded in 1926. It is among the 25 largest operations in its field in the U.S., serving 900 customers across Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, and West Virginia. The firm, which operates from a 120,000-square-foot facility in Amberley Village, had $344 million in revenue in 2017.

Habegger, the grandson of company founder Fred Habegger Sr. and the son of Fred Jr., now leads the family-owned company founded in 1952. It’s the 10th largest HVAC distributor in the U.S. and the largest independent Bryant distributor in North America, with more than 500 employees and 32 locations in seven states. The company posted revenue of $286 million in 2017, its 65th anniversary year.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Miami University (undergraduate), University of Cincinnati (MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? I was interested in the technology and excited to be in an environment where I could take on different roles and learn firsthand how different parts of the business operate. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: You’ll never work harder than when you have to manage exponential growth, which I learned working in finance and operations for CBTS, our IT Services business. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: CancerFree KIDS

Brian Hodgett

Tim Hardig

C H I E F OPE R AT I NG OFFI CE R G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers

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Ronald Joseph

CEO Joseph Auto Group

Procter & Gamble Hardig, who joined the company in 1988, works with third-generation founding family members T.R. Gross (Senior Vice President of Business Strategic Initiatives) and Steve Kaplan (Senior Vice President of Operations). Founded by the Gross and Jarson families in 1925, G&J became a Pepsi franchise manufacturer and distributor in 1935. It’s the nation’s largest wholly owned franchise bottler, operating 13 production and distribution centers in Ohio and Kentucky.

Hodgett is the local investment face of the consumer products giant that has a long tradition of supporting organizations and efforts in its hometown. He is a visible link to the local community as Chair of the Executive Committee of REDI, Vice Chair of the Board of Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, and a board member of Cintrifuse and 3CDC, among other contributions. Hometown: Middleburg Heights, Ohio Education: Ohio State University (undergraduate), Florida State University (Master’s) Why did you choose this field of work? I enjoy working with people and making a difference. Initially that was working for elected officials, which was interesting and challenging, but at P&G the combination of working public policy, philanthropy, and community relations allows for involvement in virtually any initiative that impacts the region.

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Joseph is the majority shareholder in the family-owned business, founded as Columbia Oldsmobile in 1938 by his father. The younger Joseph took over in 1966, expanding the company to 19 dealerships in Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, and Columbus. It is the third-largest dealer in the region with more than 14,700 vehicles sold in 2017, when it had revenue of over $750 million.

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Kurt Kaeser

Chuck Jung

Kim Klosterman

OWNER , VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES Family RV Group

CEO Kaeser & Blair

CEO Klosterman Baking

Jung is the son of Charles Jung, who founded Colerain RV in 1968. The dealership has expanded through acquisitions in Dayton (2007), Indianapolis (2011), Columbus (2013), and Lexington (2016), and was renamed Family RV Group in 2018, when it acquired a four-location dealership in Tennessee. Jung’s brother, sister, and brother-in-law manage the company with President and COO Wade Stepp.

Kaeser is the third-generation leader of the family business that traces its roots to 1894 as the Cincinnati Printing and Paper Products Company. Kaeser’s grandfather, Dutch, bought the company with Bill Blair in 1923, and they began selling promotional products such as pencils, matchbooks, calendars, and other items through a network of independent sellers. The company posted revenue of almost $110 million in 2017.

Klosterman has been the CEO of the 125-yearold family-owned company since 2008. She and her brother, Chip, run the company that supplies bread to restaurants and stores with locations in 11 cities, including Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Nashville. It had revenue of about $150 million in 2017. The company partnered with Fretboard Brewing of Blue Ash in 2018 for Klosterman Rye Bier, a copper-colored lager celebrating the craft brewer’s first anniversary.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Wittenberg University (undergraduate) First job: Delivered The Cincinnati Post newspaper Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted. What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Be prepared to be challenged each day, and stay creative. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Gardening, boating, and skiing

Dave Klotter

Brad Lindner

Brian Kocher

CEO TSC Apparel

PRESIDENT AND CEO The Castellini Group

CEO United Dairy Farmers

In 2018 Klotter replaced Bob Winget, who had led TSC since 2005. The wholesale supplier of T-shirts, hats, fleece, and other activewear that can be printed for promotional items has seven national distribution facilities, including one in Sharonville, and posted $205 million in revenue in 2017. The company, which doubled in size over the past 10 years, was sold to CenterGate Capital, a Texas private equity firm, in 2017.

Kocher, a former chairman of the United Fresh Produce Association, was named CEO of the Castellini Group of Companies in 2017 after joining as COO in 2015. The 121-year-old consortium, chaired by Reds Owner Bob Castellini and based in Wilder, posted revenue of $1.45 billion in 2017, employs more than 2,500 people, and distributes more than 2,500 fresh fruit and vegetable products.

Lindner is the third-generation leader of the family-owned retail store chain founded in 1940 that has almost 200 locations, around 3,000 employees, and earned more than $610 million in revenue in 2017. The business, which was founded on selling milk in stores for about half as much as it cost to be delivered, still relies on its core dairy products but has diversified to keep up with changing customer demographics.

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Jeff Lykins

Tony Maas

Alan Martin

PRESIDENT AND CEO Lykins Energy Solutions

PRESIDENT JTM Food Group

VICE PRESIDENT OF PHARMACY OPERATIONS Humana

Lykins is the third-generation leader of the family-owned company founded by his grandfather, Guy, in 1948. The Milford-based company supplies more than 160 independent service stations with Marathon, BP, Shell, and Gulf fuel products in addition to commercial fleet fueling, petroleum transportation, and residential heating oil and propane sales. It had revenue of more than $730 million in 2017 and employs over 300 people.

Maas is the second-generation leader of the family-owned provisions company that started as a Delhi Township butcher shop in 1960. It’s evolved into a national company that creates and sells more than 600 menu items to schools, military clients, grocery stores, and restaurants. JTM opened a $26 million expansion at its Harrison headquarters in 2017 and posted $170 million in revenue that year.

Martin oversees distribution operations for Humana Pharmacy, which employs more than 2,400 in Springdale and West Chester. The division received the highest score among mail-order pharmacies in the J.D. Power 2018 U.S. Pharmacy Study. Working in mail service and specialty pharmacy operations for his entire career, Martin has led the local Humana processing of prescriptions of members via mail and at retail pharmacies since 2010.

Rodney McMullen

Keith McCluskey

Kevin McNamara

CEO McCluskey Chevrolet

CHAIRMAN AND CEO Kroger Co.

PRESIDENT AND CEO Chemed

McCluskey runs the company founded by his father, Dan, in 1973. The new car showroom is at Kings Automall, with a used-car location on East Galbraith Road in Reading. McCluskey has been in the business for more than 40 years and recently oversaw a $7 million renovation in Mason. The company sold more than 8,000 vehicles in 2017, an increase of 23% from the previous year.

McMullen began his Kroger career as a parttime stock clerk in 1978 and, many promotions later, was appointed CEO in 2014. The grocery business has changed dramatically during that span, and he has increased the public company’s value and stature through innovations such as online ordering and home delivery to customers. Kroger is the region’s largest company in revenue (more than $122 billion in 2017) and local employees (over 15,660).

McNamara began his career with the company in 1980 as a corporate attorney and was named President in 1994 and CEO in 2001. Chemed is the parent company of VITAS Healthcare, the nation’s largest hospice organization, and Roto-Rooter, North America’s largest plumbing and drain cleaning service provider. It posted more than $1.6 billion in revenue in 2017 and employs almost 15,000 people through its subsidiaries.

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Daniel Rajczak

Robert Reichert

Scott Robertson

PRESIDENT AND CEO Totes-Isotoner

C HAI R M A N Kenwood Dealer Group

C HA I R M A N RCF Group

Rajczak held a variety of management positions during a 17-year career at Procter & Gamble, then joined Totes in 2016 after two years running the Shaklee Corp. The easy-to-carry rubber rain boots that birthed an international company were first manufactured in Lockland in 1942, and the company introduced the first easy-to-fold collapsible umbrella in 1970. Today it’s the world’s largest manufacturer of weather apparel, with six facilities around the world.

Reichert bought Schenke Lincoln Mercury in 1975 and expanded it into the largest volume auto group in Greater Cincinnati. He opened Kings Toyota in 1987, the first dealership at the Kings Auto Mall in Mason, and now runs 12 locations with more than 900 employees in sales, service, and repair roles. The company sold almost 24,000 vehicles in 2017, a 6% increase over the previous year.

Robertson, the owner of Globe Business Interiors, joined Carl Satterwhite to form RCF in 2003 to provide workplace solutions for office furniture, architectural services, and facilities maintenance to corporate, commercial, education, and government clients. The company had revenue of more than $60 million in 2017, making it one of the largest minority-owned businesses in Greater Cincinnati.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate), Southland University (J.D.) Why did you choose this field of work? One of my life ambitions was to become a lawyer, and that knowledge is beneficial in my career as an auto dealer. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Treat everyone with respect. Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: The Cincinnati Reds Favorite Greater Cincinnati charities: Dragonfly Foundation and Little Sisters of the Poor

Hometown: Cincinnati First job: Caddy, then on to construction Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: To be patient at least sometimes, selectively. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.” —George Bernard Shaw Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Golf, reading, and travel

Jake Rouse

William Rumpke Jr.

Tom Sedler

CEO Braxton Brewing

PRESIDENT AND CEO Rumpke Waste & Recycling

CEO Home City Ice

The Rouse family—including brother Evan and father Greg—created the Covington-based beverage company after playing around with beer recipes in Evan’s garage. They brought on veteran brewmaster Richard Dube, who had worked with big companies like Molson and Budweiser, and with Christian Moerlein. Braxton Brewing now serves as a prime destination in Covington’s Madison/Pike neighborhood; an expansion that will include a rooftop bar was announced in January 2019.

Rumpke, the grandson of founder William Rumpke, replaced his father as CEO in 2014 after 12 years as Chief Operating Officer, during which time the company’s revenue grew by 78%. William Jr. has expanded the company’s operation by acquiring nearly 100 smaller firms with customers in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The company had revenue of almost $600 million in 2017 and employs 3,000 people.

Sedler is the latest family member to run the company founded in Riverside in the 1890s. Home City operates 36 plants and 50 distribution centers from New York to Arkansas that produce more than 5,700 tons of ice per day. The company posted revenue of more than $170 million in 2017 and employs over 1,200.

Hometown: Union, Ky. Education: Indiana University (undergraduate) What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Be willing to work harder and longer than anyone else, and you’re going to set yourself apart in the beer business. Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: Bunbury Music Festival

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Miami University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? Like my grandfather and father, I was born with a passion for the waste and recycling industry. Mostly, the experience provided me with early exposure to hard work, the men and women who make the business run, customer service, and the essential strategic, long-term planning the business requires.

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Robert Slattery

Denny Smith

Amy Spiller

PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER Slatts Group

PRESIDENT AND CEO 360 Pharma Group

PRESIDENT, OHIO AND KENTUCKY REGION Duke Energy

The company that Slattery created in 1978 operates a diverse group of brands in the advertising, media, food and beverage, event marketing, and pet-related fields, including 50 West Brewing, Slatts Pub, Pizzelii Pizza, WagsPark, and Valpak coupon services. Slattery co-founded Reach coupon magazine in 1983 and published it through 2017, when he sold it to Valassis.

Smith founded Master Pharmaceuticals in 2001 to focus on sales and marketing of generic drugs. Since then, the company has expanded to include River City Pharma, MHC Medical Products (which manufactures medical devices), MHC Pharma, and RxTPL under the umbrella of 360 Pharma Group. In 2016, the company relocated its headquarters to Mason, and plans to add 100 more jobs at the facility by 2020.

Spiller has worked for the company and its predecessors for more than 15 years and most recently served as Vice President for Government and Community Affairs. She replaced Jim Henning in June 2018 to manage Duke’s regional operation that serves about 850,000 electric customers and more than 530,000 natural gas consumers. Hometown: Gaylord, Mich. Education: Albion College (undergraduate), Wake Forest University (J.D.) Why did you choose this field of work? My father was an attorney, but neither he nor my mother pushed me toward the legal profession. But I increasingly realized I wanted to become an attorney because I was captivated by the diverse career opportunities available and the challenges and gratification that come from studying, interpreting, applying, and defending legal principles. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “Learning never exhausts the mind.” —Leonardo da Vinci

Michael Stagnaro

Robert Sumerel

Jacob Sweeney

PRESIDENT AND CEO Stagnaro Distributing

CEO Bob Sumerel Tire

CEO Jake Sweeney Automotive

In the mid-1990s, Stagnaro and his brother, Chris, who serves as Vice President, took control of the business that their father, Arthur, started in 1975 when he bought Hamilton Distributing. Through a series of sales and acquisitions, the company has grown to distributing more than 7 million cases of beverages annually from more than 50 suppliers to 3,000 retail locations in Southwestern Ohio and Northern Kentucky, operating from facilities in Cincinnati and Erlanger.

Sumerel runs the family-owned manufacturing and distribution service founded in 1962. The company sold its retail tire sales and auto repair business to AAA in 2009 to focus on commercial clients with manufacturing, distribution, and service from its Erlanger headquarters and more than 15 locations in Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. It had more than $108 million in revenue in 2017 and employs over 350 people.

The Jake Sweeney family celebrated its 100th year in the automobile business in 2017, a century after Jake Sweeney Chevrolet was founded. The group, which sells new Chevrolet, BMW, Mazda, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, and Ram vehicles and used cars at 10 locations, is the fifth-largest dealer in Greater Cincinnati with more than 11,350 units sold in 2017. It posted revenue of more than $340 million in 2017.

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David Taylor

Tim Voelkerding

Josh Werthaiser

PRESIDENT AND CEO Procter & Gamble

COO Harvest Hill

CEO Downlite

Taylor has worked for the iconic consumer products company for 38 years and was named CEO in 2015. P&G is the second-largest company in the region with more than $65 billion in revenue in 2017. Following a rocky relationship with activist investor Nelson Peltz, who proposed breaking up the company, Taylor announced a reorganization that led P&G’s stock price to hit an all-time high in November 2018.

Voelkerding was the CEO of Sunny Delight before it merged with Harvest Hill in 2017 and now serves as the top local executive at the Blue Ash location housing procurement, engineering, and research and development functions. The company produces SunnyD fruit-flavored beverages, Veryfine juices and beverages, and Fruit2O flavored water, with more than $365 million in revenue in 2016. Voelkerding joined the firm in 2004 as Vice President of Finance.

Werthaiser began working for the family-owned manufacturer of down and feather bedding in 2001, was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in 2008, and was named CEO in 2017. He is the son of Larry Werthaiser, who coowns the Mason-based company he founded in 1983 with Marvin Werthaiser and Bob Altbaier. Downlite has five manufacturing plants in the U.S. and posted revenue of $200 million in 2017.

Chip Wood

Jeff Wyler

Hometown: Charlotte, N.C. Education: Duke University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I decided to work at P&G because it gave me the opportunity to combine my analytical and technical skills with leadership skills to solve problems for consumers. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: In 1998, I moved to China to be the General Manager of P&G’s Hair Care business and discovered just how important diversity and inclusion are in building a resilient business.

Bill Woeste

PRESIDENT Beechmont Automotive Group

C HAI R M A N Tire Discounters

CEO Jeff Wyler Automotive Family

Woeste manages the sixth-largest car dealer in the region, which sold more than 6,000 vehicles in 2017. Since joining the company in 1980, it’s grown to nine dealerships that sell and service Porsche, Maserati, Audi, Volvo, Toyota, Honda, and Alfa Romeo brands from locations throughout Greater Cincinnati and online at TheAutoMile.com. The company also owns Eastside Body Shop and Johnny’s Car Wash.

Wood started the company in a one-bay shop in 1976, and today it has more than 115 stores in six states, employs more than 1,200 people, and earned over $200 million in 2017. It stocks more than 225,000 tires in its warehouses in Sharonville and Murfreesboro, Tenn., and operates a 50,000-square-foot training center in Sharonville. In January, it bought a six-story office building at Fourth and Plum streets downtown for its new corporate headquarters.

Wyler began building his auto sales empire in 1973 with a Chevrolet dealership on Ohio Route 32 near Batavia, where he created his advertising catchphrase: “Cars, like eggs, are cheaper in the country.” He and 12 employees sold 180 cars that first year. More than 1,000 people now work at the company, which sells over 20,000 vehicles annually as one of the top 50 U.S. auto sales groups.

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Scott Altman

Linda Antus

Chad Barnhill

PRESIDENT AND CEO Cincinnati Ballet

PRESIDENT AND CEO Cincinnati USA Regional Tourism Network

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Altman joined Cincinnati Ballet in 2016 to lead the company with longtime Artistic Director Victoria Morgan, who has attracted topflight dancers to Cincinnati and choreographed local productions that received critical praise nationally, including collaborations with musicians Peter Frampton and Over the Rhine. Under Altman, the Ballet topped a $10 million operating budget for the first time and expanded education and outreach programs.

Antus has led the unique collaborative agency that attracts visitors to the 15-county region of Greater Cincinnati since 2007, two years after it was created. She has worked in strategic marketing for more than 30 years, relocating to Cincinnati after working on the launch of the Branson Landing mixed-use development in Missouri.

Barnhill took over the top spot at the downtown casino in 2015 and was promoted to Senior Vice President for regional operations of Jack Entertainment, the parent company, overseeing Turfway Park in Florence and Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit. Jack posted almost $198 million in adjusted gross gaming revenue in 2017, its best year since opening as the Horseshoe Casino in 2013.

Hometown: New York City Education: SUNY Purchase (undergraduate), Manhattan School of Music (Master’s) Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “A sign of a good leader is not how many followers you have, but how many leaders you create.” —Mahatma Gandhi Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Real Men Wear Pink

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Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Mount St. Joseph University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? Because it’s all about the experience. Working as the promoter of our regional destination with its rich tapestry of experiences, cultures, and welcoming people is what I began doing at Channel 12 (WKRC) as a TV producer and then embarked on a professional journey around the country in places and adventures from Kansas City to New York City to Branson, finally boomeranging back home.

Hometown: Metropolis, Ill. Education: Millikin University (undergraduate), Western Kentucky University (MBA) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: It’s hard when you get passed over for a job you felt you deserved. Patience is the key to your success. Learn something every day and continue to strive for your goals. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Golf

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Patricia Beggs

Jeff Berding

Ric Booth

GENERAL DIRECTOR AND CEO Cincinnati Opera

PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER FC Cincinnati

G E N E R A L M A N AG E R Duke Energy Convention Center

Beggs took over management of one of the country’s oldest (founded in 1920) and highly regarded opera companies in 1997. She manages a full-time staff of 28, which swells to more than 300 during the summer production season. Cincinnati Opera returned to its home stage in Music Hall in summer 2018, after its full renovation, and received national press for the American premiere of Another Brick in the Wall, a new opera based on the Pink Floyd album The Wall.

Berding is the public face of the professional soccer team that begins play in Major League Soccer this spring after three seasons in the second-division United Soccer League. He was instrumental in negotiating the deal for the team’s new stadium in the West End, the key for entry into MLS, as well as its partnership with UC that allowed the team to play at Nippert Stadium. Berding, who worked for the Bengals for 19 years, served on Cincinnati City Council from 2005 to 2011.

Booth came to the convention center from Houston in 2006 and leads Spectra Venue Management, which operates the facility. He oversees the downtown venue that hosts a wide array of events, from international and regional conventions to trade shows, charity benefits, and fund-raisers. The center occupies three city blocks, with three exhibition halls and almost 200,000 square feet of exhibit space. Hometown: Phoenix Education: Northeastern State University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? The opportunity to interact with people on a daily basis: staff, clients, and guests. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: My dad always said, “Be nice to everyone. You never know if they’re on the way up or on the way down.”

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Iris Simpson Bush

Mike Brown

Dan Busken

PRESIDENT Cincinnati Bengals

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Flying Pig Marathon

PRESIDENT AND CEO Busken Bakery

Brown took over the city’s NFL team after the death of his father and franchise founder, the legendary Paul Brown, in 1991. Several years later, he threatened to move the team if it didn’t get a new home funded primarily by public funds, and Hamilton County voters passed a sales tax to build Paul Brown Stadium, which opened in 2000. The Bengals have had mixed success during Brown’s tenure, developing many popular players but going winless in seven playoff appearances.

Bush became director of the event, first held in 1999, after the fourth year. The Pig celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018, and Bush is an integral part of its exponential growth. Just over 6,000 people ran the first race; in 2018, almost 40,000 took part in the three days of events that includes races for kids, a wheelchair division, a four-person relay, and a half-marathon.

Busken describes the family business, which celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2018, as one of the city’s iconic food businesses with Skyline and Gold Star chilis, Montgomery Inn ribs and Graeter’s ice cream. Although four generations have grown up immersed in the family business, it’s a longstanding policy that they have to work outside the company before returning. Busken worked in construction before coming back, and then took over the top job in 2007.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? After 20 years in broadcast sales, nine of which were as a general sales manager, plus 20 years of running and five years serving on the Flying Pig Marathon’s board of directors, it seemed like a good match of personal skills and organizational needs. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Do the right things for the right reasons. It has never failed me. Favorite Greater Cincinnati restaurant: Knotty Pine on the Bayou

Bob Castellini

Julie Calvert

Jon Coleman

PRESIDENT AND CEO Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau

CEO Cincinnati Reds

G E N E R A L M A N AG E R Westin Cincinnati

Calvert, a 15-year senior executive for the organization that promotes local tourism, returned in 2018 to replace the retiring Dan Lincoln. She’d left the bureau to create Source Cincinnati, an initiative dedicated to telling the region’s story to attract talent, investment, and positive media coverage. The CVB recently graduated its first high school students from the Dan Lincoln Institute for Hospitality Leadership, which is working to develop a more highly skilled and diverse hospitality workforce.

Castellini, who remains Chairman of his family’s food company Castellini Group, led a group of investors to acquire control of the Reds from Carl Lindner in 2006. He has been involved in Major League Baseball for 40 years, including investment positions with the Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, and St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds won National League Central Division titles in 2010 and 2012 but have finished in last place each of the past four seasons.

Coleman, a veteran of more than 20 years in the hospitality industry, runs the high-profile downtown hotel with more than 450 guest rooms and 30,000 square feet of event space, including the Fountain Square Suite with floorto-ceiling windows overlooking downtown’s prime gathering spot. The Westin features Ingredients restaurant in its lobby and McCormick & Schmick’s on the corner of Vine and Fifth streets.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Miami University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I want to help people understand what a special place our region is and connect them with opportunities that exist here. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “You are never wrong to do the right thing.” —Mark Twain

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Roger David

Jean-Robert de Cavel

Andrew DeWitt

PRESIDENT AND CEO Gold Star Chili

CHEF/OWNER JR Group

CEO Dewey’s

David’s father was one of four brothers who founded the restaurant chain in Mt. Washington in 1965. He is the first family member to lead the company in 25 years and is focused on modernizing the brand while preserving its traditions, a project he dubbed Gold Star 2.0. They opened a new location in Liberty Center in 2018 and redesigned 82 additional locations, including updated store designs and menus.

The native of France came to Cincinnati in 1993 as Chef de Cuisine at the five-star Maisonette restaurant, eventually leaving to became partner in a number of dining ventures in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky that spawned a new generation of star chefs and entrepreneurs. He now oversees operations at Jean-Robert’s Table, French Crust Café & Bistro, Le Bar a Boeuf, Frenchie Fresh, and Restaurant L.

DeWitt discovered a love for the art of pizza-making in Seattle in the mid-1990s, then returned to his hometown and opened the first Dewey’s restaurant in Oakley in 1998. Going against the prevailing wisdom that delivery is key to the pizza business, he focused on quality and customer service to grow the company known by his family nickname to 25 restaurants from Cleveland to Kansas City.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate), Xavier University (MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? I believe when you marry passion and experience, something exciting happens. I’ve always loved the business my father and his brothers started and the impact we’ve made on many lives throughout our franchise community.

Hometown: Lille, France Why did you choose this field of work? I wanted to be a cook since my early teenage years, so I did an apprenticeship to see if I would like it. I loved it and never looked back. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: As a cook, you have a dedication to your guests. We are not artists, we’re craftsmen. We have to be ready when guests are expecting the best.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Denison University (undergraduate) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Success in the restaurant industry has always been and always will be about having the right people. We’re so proud of the culture we’ve created as a team, bringing together warm, caring, intelligent people who love to serve and to grow.

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James Downton

Richard Eiswerth

David Falk

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sharonville Convention Center

PRESIDENT, GENERAL MANAGER , AND CEO Cincinnati Public Radio

CHEF AND OWNER Boca Restaurant Group

Downton has run the suburban facility that has 65,000 square feet of flexible space since 2012. The hospitality service veteran came to Sharonville from the Duke Energy Convention Center after working at Belterra Casino, Kings Island, and the Omni Netherland Plaza Hotel. The venue’s location near the interchange of I-75 and I-275 makes it a convenient destination for events that cater to Cincinnati’s booming northern suburbs.

For 20 years, Eiswerth has led the nonprofit radio group that operates classical music WGUC (90.0 FM), NPR affiliate WVXU (91.7 FM), and Miami University-affiliated WMUB (88.5 FM). The organization is working to acquire property next to City Hall to build its own facility. Eiswerth is co-founder of Maxia Media, a broadcast, webcast, programming, and strategic planning consulting firm.

After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Falk opened Boca in Northside in 2001 when he was just 26. The venue was an immediate success and he hasn’t slowed down since. The company has expanded to include the upscale Boca and Sotto restaurants downtown, and Nada locations in Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis, Nashville, and Bethesda, Md.

Hometown: Ft. Mitchell Education: Northern Kentucky University (undergraduate) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: You can’t do it all on your own. Surround yourself with capable, qualified, and intelligent people. Listen and learn. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Find yourself a mentor. They can be game-changers.

Hometown: Williamsport, Pa. Education: Syracuse University (undergraduate) Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I’ve ended up where I needed to be.” —Douglas Adams Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Matthew 25: Ministries

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Tamara Harkavy

Richard Graeter

Ray Harris

PRESIDENT AND CEO Graeter’s Ice Cream

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CEO ArtWorks

C HI E F O P E R AT I N G O FFI C E R Nederlander Entertainment

Graeter is the fourth-generation family member to lead the company that’s made and sold ice cream, candies, and baked goods since 1870. Since he moved into the top job in 2007, the company has opened a new manufacturing plant, expanded to more than 50 retail locations in the Midwest, distributes ice cream to more than 6,000 stories in the country, and launched a web store that ships products via next-day air to customers through the U.S.

Harkavy founded ArtWorks in 1996 as a job training and employment program for teenagers. The organization focuses on public art, including the popular mural program throughout Greater Cincinnati and the Big Pig Gigs in 2000 and 2012, and ArtRx, an art therapy division. Over the years, more than 3,000 teens and 2,700 local professional artists have been paid to work on ArtWorks projects.

Nederlander Entertainment and Anschutz Entertainment Group own and operate U.S. Bank Arena and its main tenant, the minor-league hockey Cyclones. The NCAA says the city will host a first-round weekend of men’s tournament basketball—its first since 1992—if the arena is upgraded, and Harris has floated plans to build a new facility on the same riverfront spot.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Arizona State University (undergraduate), University of Cincinnati (Master’s) Why did you choose this field of work? I’d graduated from DAAP with a Master’s in Urban Planning and a concentration in Economic Development and was looking for a career path. ArtWorks was modeled after Chicago’s Gallery 37, an employment and training program for youth. I joined a group of civic leaders to see the program in action, and we loved it.

Alecia Kintner

Hometown: Indian River, Mich. Education: Walsh College (undergraduate) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Buying a company out of bankruptcy and rebuilding it from the ground up. I learned that even though you weren’t responsible for the past, you still have to repair the damage caused by the previous ownership. Rebuilding trust and relationships take an extraordinary amount of effort and patience.

Cameron Kitchin

Michael LaRosa

PRESIDENT AND CEO ArtsWave

DIRECTOR Cincinnati Art Museum

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Kintner has led the country’s largest united community arts fund since 2014 and introduced the Blueprint for Collective Action in 2015, which seeks to use art to build economy and connect community in the region. This action has included a new partnership with the Cincinnati USA Regional Tourism Network and continued support for 125 area arts organizations. Its 2018 annual community campaign raised $12.5 million.

Kitchin, who in 2014 became only the ninth director of the 137-year-old museum, oversees a collection of more than 67,000 pieces in addition to its exhibitions, publications, education initiatives, and outreach programs, which are a key component of his desire to make the museum a place where the community can come together. More than 244,000 visitors attended the iconic museum in Eden Park in 2017, a 43 percent increase from three years earlier.

Michael and brother Mark, who is President, are the sons of founder Buddy LaRosa, and have worked at the family restaurant business for more than 40 years. In 1954, Buddy opened a West Side pizzeria that featured his Aunt Dena’s recipe, and the company has grown into an empire of 65 locations that feature more than 40 menu items, all of which are available for delivery. It had revenue of more than $165 million in 2017.

Hometown: Los Angeles Education: University of California – Riverside (undergraduate), University of Redlands (MBA) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Twice leaving home and family to live in different countries (Russia after graduate school and Honduras after babies were born). Learning how others in the world live and how much American citizenship and opportunity are envied.

Hometown: Norfolk, Va. Education: Harvard University (undergraduate), William & Mary (MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? Leading a team that makes art a civic value for our city is exhilarating. Art has a unique power to inspire and to connect people. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: People may forget what you said or did, but they’ll never forget how you made them feel.

Hometown: Cincinnati Why did you choose this field of work? Dad was such an inspiration to us, so we always were attracted to the family business and wanted to help in any way possible. We both worked our way up from hourly positions and learned all aspects of the business and how to support its success.

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Gretchen Landrum

Joe Lanni

Steve Loftin

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Northern Kentucky Convention Center

CO-OWNER AND CEO Thunderdome Restaurant Group

PRESIDENT Cincinnati Arts Association

Landrum joined the Covington venue as director of sales and marketing two years after it opened in 1998, and was named to the top job in 2006. Expansion of the 204,000-squarefoot facility (110,000 square feet of meeting and display space) has been a hot topic for years because the center is considered too small for events that have outgrown the space, and a feasibility study is underway.

Lanni joined his brother, John Lanni, and Alex Blust to start Currito in 2005, which expanded to 12 locations by 2011, and SoHi Grilled Sandwiches in 2010. In 2012, the three opened Bakersfield in Over-the-Rhine and formed Thunderdome, subsequently establishing Eagle, Krueger’s, Maplewood, and City Bird nearby. In 2018, Eagle was recognized by the Travel Channel as one of its “Ten Most Hype-Worthy Fried Chicken Restaurants.”

Since 2000, Loftin has been president of the organization that oversees the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall, which are home to the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops, Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Opera, May Festival, Broadway in Cincinnati, and numerous smaller arts organizations.

Jonathan Martin

Nader Masadeh

Hometown: Nashville, Tenn. Why did you choose this field of work? I started out in technical theater production and fell in love with live theater and music. The challenge of the creative process and the opportunity to be a part of a team providing quality arts and entertainment experiences for all ages is truly rewarding. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: The revitalization effort for Music Hall, but what a wonderful outcome. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Trust your instincts. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Camping, hiking, or anything outdoors Favorite Greater Cincinnati restaurant: Boca

Thayne Maynard

PRESIDENT Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

PRESIDENT AND CEO Buffalo Wings & Rings

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

Martin replaced Trey Devey in 2017 as the leader of the country’s sixth-oldest orchestra (founded in 1895) after running the business side of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He works with CSO Music Director Louis Langree and Pops Conductor John Morris Russell to present performances at Music Hall, which reopened in 2017 after a major renovation, and Riverbend Music Center, in addition to providing music accompaniment for the May Festival, Cincinnati Opera, and Cincinnati Ballet.

Masadeh purchased the Buffalo Wings & Rings brand with two partners in 2005, made improvements that included a chef-inspired menu, and took over as CEO in 2014. Under his leadership, the company has had 20 consecutive quarters of same-store sales growth and plans to operate 123 locations by 2021. The former Procter & Gamble purchasing manager appeared on Undercover Boss, showing his passion to provide families with a top-notch “club level” sports restaurant experience.

Maynard was named Director in 2007 after working at the zoo since 1977. He has written more than a dozen books and hosted public radio’s The 90-Second Naturalist for more than 30 years. A baby hippopotamus named Fiona, born at the zoo six weeks premature in 2017, beat long odds to thrive as people watched online and rooted, turning her and the zoo into worldwide celebrities, which helped staff and community supporters heal after Harambe the gorilla was shot and killed when a child fell into his enclosure the year before.

Hometown: Atlanta Education: Georgia State University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? Growing up, there was a band director who moved in next door and would give trumpet lessons. I asked my parents to rent an instrument, and a great passion for music grew from there. I love music and advocating for music-making as a way to elevate our and our children’s lives.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate), Xavier University (MBA) Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: The CEO role is not about yourself. It’s about your people. You have to think of them first, because people are not going to follow you until you show them that you care.

Hometown: Winter Park, Fla. Education: Rollins College (undergraduate), University of Michigan (Master’s) Why did you choose this field of work? Zoos have the broadest support of any conservation programs on Earth. The Cincinnati Zoo is here to tell the story of wildlife and explain how we can protect nature in the 21st century.

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Kevin McDonnell

D. Lynn Meyers

Jeff Osterfeld

CEO Skyline Chili

PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati

CEO Penn Station

McDonnell joined the iconic restaurant chain founded in 1949 by Nicholas Lambrinides in 1991 as Chief Financial Officer. After a series of ownership changes, he gained controlling interest in 2010 with other members of the management team. In 2017, the company earned more than $160 million in revenue from over 150 franchise locations and company-owned stores. Fun fact: Executives meet at 11 a.m. to taste test the chili made the day before.

Meyers arrived at ETC 10 years after the company was founded in 1986, but she’s become synonymous with the city’s second-largest theater in that time. Her determination to keep ETC’s Over-the-Rhine location open when the neighborhood was considered dangerous and the troupe was more than $1 million in debt has been rewarded with an expanded physical footprint, a string of world and regional premiere shows, and improved financial performance.

Osterfeld, who owned a delicatessen in the Dayton Mall, was impressed by the popularity of cheesesteaks during a trip to Philadelphia in 1983. He opened the first Penn Station featuring four sandwiches, fresh-cut French fries, and hand-squeezed lemonade in downtown Cincinnati in 1985, and the company has grown to more than 300 restaurants in 15 states. The Milford-based franchisor posted revenue of more than $195 million in 2017.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Thomas More University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I believe that theatre can be a transformative tool in healing and creating understanding in the world, particularly in dealing with the current needs of a community. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Wake up every day grateful for one more opportunity.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Miami University (undergraduate) First job: Painting houses Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: As a micro manager by nature, it was difficult to learn to delegate if you want to grow effectively. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Begin with the end in mind. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Hiking, fishing, golf, and reading

Elizabeth Pierce

Raphaela Platow

Mindy Rosen

PRESIDENT AND CEO Cincinnati Museum Center

DIRECTOR Contemporary Arts Center

INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CEO Downtown Cincinnati Inc.

Pierce joined the organization in 2007 as Vice President of Communications and Marketing, was named COO in 2014, and was chosen to lead the iconic facility in 2015. She was the driving force behind the 2014 tax levy campaign that passed with 62% of the vote to secure funding for the $228 million, two-plus-years renovation of the venue, most of which reopened in November 2018.

Platow is in her 11th year as head of the arts center with a rich history. From its beginning in 1939 through the controversial Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition in 1990 and its striking Zaha Hadid-designed home that opened downtown in 2003, the CAC has always stood out in this often conservative city. Platow’s stamp includes popular exhibits by artists like Keith Haring and Patti Smith, as well as introducing free admission in 2016.

DCI provides services to downtown businesses, residents, and visitors by promoting a safe and clean environment as well as through marketing, communications, and stakeholder services. Rosen, Executive Vice President for Communications and Strategic Development since 2007, was promoted upon David Ginsburg’s retirement in July 2018. DCI is being absorbed into 3CDC in order to coordinate marketing efforts in downtown and OTR and expand the highly visible Downtown Ambassador program.

Hometown: Mansfield, Ohio Education: Miami University (undergraduate), George Washington University (Master’s) Why did you choose this field of work? I fell in love with museums as a child and during my study abroad program. I’m relentlessly passionate about the wonder and awe created by access to “the real thing” when exposed to historic and scientific objects. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Learning how to move through profound grief.

Hometown: Munich, Germany Education: Albert-Ludwig University (undergraduate), Humboldt University (MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? Museums are crucial institutions within our communities as places for reflection, dialogue, inspiration, self-investigation, and community. They’re one of the few public spaces where we can safely be with strangers and explore our shared humanity.

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Hometown: Los Angeles Education: Miami University (undergraduate), University of Cincinnati (MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? To be able to use both sides of my brain, the analytical side and the creative side. I knew I’d always be happy and productive at work if challenged to think strategically with a creative flair.

CULTURE & LEISURE

Jeff Ruby

Robert Schutter

Mike Smith

OWNER Jeff Ruby Culinary

PRESIDENT Coney Island

CEO Music and Event Management, Inc. (MEMI)

Ruby is the recognizable face of his seven-restaurant empire, but his children now run much of the day-to-day operation: Britney Ruby Miller is President, Brandon is Corporate Director of Training, and Dillon is Corporate Traveling Manager. Ruby catered to the city’s sports stars—including Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Boomer Esiason, and Cris Collinsworth—in the 1970s and ’80s, and his establishments became the hip places to rub elbows with local heroes.

Schutter, a veteran of the entertainment park business who is also president of Leisure Systems Inc. of Milford, has added improvements to the venerable destination in Anderson Township as part of a five-year project he calls “crucial to its new vision.” The 16,000-squarefoot Typhoon Tower splash area was unveiled in 2016, followed by a new bath house, bar, and entrance to Sunlite Pool the following summer.

Smith works for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, which owns Riverbend Music Center and PNC Pavilion and is negotiating with the city to build a music venue on the riverfront that would seat 4,000. Through the Symphony’s MEMI subsidiary, Smith oversees concert and event booking at those venues in addition to the Taft Theatre downtown and the Rose Music Center near Dayton.

Hometown: Asbury Park, N.J. Education: Cornell University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I grew up in the restaurant business and spent the majority of my time at my mother’s restaurants. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Consistency. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: You will never be successful unless your employees want you to be.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: I was once presented with a plaque that had inscribed on it in capital letters DWYSYWD, which stands for “Do What You Said You Would Do.” Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Racquetball and golf Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: The Cincinnati Zoo

Adam Symson

Eddie Tyner

Jason Tyson

PRESIDENT AND CEO E.W. Scripps Co.

PRESIDENT The Cincinnati Enquirer

G E N E R A L M A N AG E R Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel

In 2017, Symson became the top executive at the media company that traces its local roots to the late 1800s, when Edward Scripps took control of the Cincinnati Penny Post from his brother. WCPO-TV became the company’s second station in 1949; today Scripps owns 36 TV stations in 26 U.S. markets. WCPO.com is a part of the firm’s growing internet and mobile business, much of which was developed under Symson when he was Chief Digital Officer from 2011 to 2016.

Tyner became President of the daily newspaper in 2017 after working for Cox Automotive in Atlanta, the Tribune Co., and The Washington Post. He is also president for the Midwest Region of Gannett, the Enquirer’s parent company. The Enquirer editorial staff won a 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for its “Seven Days of Heroin” project that described the devastation caused by the opioid epidemic across the region.

Tyson has been in the hospitality business since the late 1990s and took the reins of the downtown hotel in 2017. The iconic Art Deco building, built in 1931, is a National Historic Landmark that features the top-rated Orchids at Palm Court restaurant. It recently completed work on its common areas that included custom-designed carpeting, with plans to invest more than $2 million to upgrade the 561 guest rooms.

Hometown: Los Angeles Education: University of California – Los Angeles (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? Journalism plays a critical role in this country, providing the information that supports an informed electorate and uncovering wrongdoing to ensure the powerful are held accountable to the people they serve.

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Hometown: Marathon, Fla. Education: Northwood University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I’ve been infatuated with hotels and restaurants since childhood. The opportunity to make someone feel special with even the smallest gesture is pretty amazing stuff. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Adapting to constantly evolving technology can be challenging, but when embraced and executed properly it can greatly enhance the guest experience.

CULTURE & LEISURE

Jason Vaughn

Buzz Ward

CEO Frisch’s Restaurants

MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CO-CEO Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

Vaughan has spent more than 25 years in the business and in 2015 became leader of the iconic Cincinnati restaurant chain that was acquired from the Maier family by NRD Capital. He’s implemented updates to the locations, including remodeling the signature Mainliner in Fairfax, as well as implementing a new menu and returning Coca-Cola fountain drinks for the first time since 2013.

Ward joined the theater in Eden Park in 1992 as Executive Director and was promoted to his current position in 2012. Ward and Artistic Director Blake Robison, who replaced the legendary Ed Stern in 2012, oversee productions that draw nearly 190,000 people annually. It has earned two Tony Awards: Best Regional Theatre in 2004 and Best Revival of a Musical in 2007 for Company.

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Hometown: Haddonfield, N.J. Education: Princeton University (undergraduate), Harvard University (MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? I’ve been involved in theatre my entire life—my father directed, Mom stage managed, my sisters and I were in the shows, and everyone helped build the sets. My love of business eventually led me to blend my two passions. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Photography Favorite Greater Cincinnati restaurant: Lemon Grass

Jay Woffington

William Yung

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Cincinnati Shakespeare Company

PRESIDENT AND CEO Columbia Sussex

The company’s list of accomplishments during Woffington’s five years at the helm is impressive: opening its 230-seat Otto M. Budig Theater at the corner of 12th and Elm streets in Over-the-Rhine, along with increased attendance, community outreach, and donor support. In 2014, the professional theater troupe became one of the first in the country to have produced each of Shakespeare’s 38 plays.

Yung founded the Crestview Hills-based company in 1972 with one hotel and has expanded to 72 properties that feature the Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, and Starwood brands. The company owned the former Bavarian Brewery complex near I-75 in Covington from 2008 until 2016, when it was sold to Kenton County for new offices. In 2014, Yung converted downtown Cincinnati’s former Bartlett Building into the Renaissance Hotel after a $33 million renovation.

Hometown: Pittsburgh Education: Duke University (undergraduate), Northwestern University (MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? The ability to leverage my business skills and experience in the industry of professional theater means I’m living my passion every day and having an impact on the company and the city more broadly. First job: Investment banker in Chicago and London Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Don’t take no from someone who can’t say yes.

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EDUCATION EDUCATION & HEALTH

Randy Brunk

Clyde Bell

Michael Carrel

CEO Cincinnati Eye Institute

HEAD O F SC HO O L Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy

PRESIDENT AND CEO AtriCure

Bell became CEO in 2005 after serving as Chief Financial Officer for four years. The group, which has more than 60 doctors, expanded into the complementary fields of hearing and face and eye aesthetics while also operating an Urgent Eye Clinic at its Blue Ash headquarters. In 2018, Bell announced the launch of CEI Vision Partners, an initiative with Revelstoke Capital Partners of Denver that will be one of the country’s largest eye-care management providers.

Brunk came from Peoria, Ill., in 2003 to oversee the private institution’s Symmes Township campus and location in downtown Cincinnati with an enrollment of over 1,300 students from age 2 through grade 12 who represent more than 140 churches. Tuition for grades 9-12 in 2018– 2019 is $16,795.

Carrel has almost 25 years in the healthcare and technology business and has led the Mason-based medical device company that provides solutions for Atrial Fibrillation (Afib) since 2012. He’s helped grow the number of employees from 200 to more than 600 worldwide by focusing on innovation, clinical science, and education. AtriCure has acquired two leading technology companies, Estech and nContact, during Carrel’s tenure.

Hometown: Jackson Hole, Wyo. Education: Colorado State University (undergraduate), Regent University (Master’s in Educational Administration) Why did you choose this field of work? I was a real estate developer in Fort Collins, Colo., but I’d loved my teaching experience with Junior Achievement so I decided to take a break from real estate and try my hand at education, at least while my children were young. That decision was made in 1987, and I’ve never looked back. Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: FC Cincinnati

Mark Clement

Garren Colvin

Anthony Cook

PRESIDENT AND CEO TriHealth

PRESIDENT AND CEO St. Elizabeth Healthcare

PRESIDENT AND CEO Dental Care Plus

Clement leads the health-care provider that operates five Greater Cincinnati hospitals: Good Samaritan, Bethesda North, TriHealth Evendale, Bethesda Butler, and McCullough-Hyde in Oxford. It’s the fourth-largest employer in the region with more than 12,000 staff, including more than 500 doctors and an independent medical staff of more than 1,800. TriHealth also operates Hospice of Cincinnati and the Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science.

Colvin began working at St. Elizabeth as a co-op student in 1983 and was named to lead Northern Kentucky’s largest health-care provider in 2015. He has played an integral role in many of the mergers that made the company the second-largest employer in Northern Kentucky with more than 8,550 workers at 130 locations. It’s the fourth-largest hospital system in the region with almost $725 million in billing in 2017.

Cook took over leadership of the dental insurance provider in 2001 after stints at MidValley CareNet and Community Mutual Blue Cross/ Blue Shield. The company’s annual revenue has grown from $18 million to $98 million and the firm offers access to almost 250,000 provider locations in the U.S.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Xavier University (undergraduate and Master’s) Why did you choose this field of work? I come from a family of physicians but have always had more of a business mind. By getting into health-care administration, I’m still able to have a positive impact on the health of an entire community.

Hometown: Ludlow, Ky. Education: Thomas More College (undergraduate), Northern Kentucky University (MBA) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: I’ve always aspired to be a person who challenges himself to see what others can’t see. In the fast-paced and ever-changing world of health care, it’s sometimes difficult to see ahead as far as I would like to.

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Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio Education: Youngstown State University (undergraduate), Baldwin-Wallace College (MBA) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Early in my career, I learned the importance of being patient with others and not forcing solutions to a problem. I thought I knew the answers, so I pressed hard for staff to deliver those same answers to me. It became evident pretty quickly that people don’t buy into other’s ideas like they do their own. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: I collect pre-1950s science fiction. I find it fascinating to read what people thought the future would look like.

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Jonathan Cooper

Gregory Crawford

Bill DeVille

S U PE R I NT E ND E NT Mason City Schools

PRESIDENT Miami University

CEO Health Carousel

Cooper took over for Gail Kist-Kline, who retired in 2018 to become president of The Christ College of Nursing & Health Sciences. Cooper came to Mason in 2014 as the Chief Innovation Officer and helped develop the Experiential Learning and Personal Learning Device programs for the district, which has more than 10,500 students and teachers. He began his career as a teacher in Centerville before becoming a principal in Kettering.

Crawford took over leadership of the school in 2016 after serving as Vice President and Associate Provost at Notre Dame. Miami is one of the oldest public universities in the country, chartered in 1809 and opened in 1824. President Benjamin Harrison was a graduate, and Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and Ara Parseghian are among the football legends who helped the school become the Cradle of Coaches.

The co-founder of the health-care staffing company has more than 35 years of experience in recruiting and placing workers with healthcare providers. The company, which was created in 2004, now employs more than 1,500 healthcare professionals, with 450 internal employees and nine offices. Prior to Health Carousel, DeVille co-founded Health Personnel Options, a pioneer of rapid-response staffing.

Hometown: Elyria, Ohio Education: Kent State University (undergraduate, Master’s and Ph.D.) Why did you choose this field of work? I became a scientist because my high school physics teacher brought physics to life to me in tangible and interesting ways. As I moved into higher education leadership, it became clear that my science education transferred directly to new positions.

Hometown: Westerville, Ohio Education: Ohio State University (undergraduate and MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? Health-care and staffing are both growth industries, which helps to fulfill my business and professional goals, and both allow me the opportunity to fulfill my higher purpose, which is to make a difference and improve people’s lives.

WE SALUTE DR. MONICA POSEY Thank you for the leadership you provide each day at Cincinnati State and throughout our community. You inspire us through your example of academic and career success, your vision, and your ability to see potential in others. The Students and Staff of Cincinnati State

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EDUCATION & HEALTH

Michael Fisher

Andrew Ekdahl

Michael Faul

PRESIDENT Ethicon

PRESIDENT AND CEO Miami-Luken

PRESIDENT AND CEO Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Ekdahl was named in 2016 to lead the surgical products manufacturer that has more than 1,400 employees in Greater Cincinnati and traces its history to the first use of sutures in the 1880s. In addition to managing production for parent company Johnson & Johnson, Ekdahl encourages staff members to give back to the community through Habitat for Humanity and Cost of Poverty Experience (COPE) projects, among other outreach initiatives.

Faul became the top executive at the Springboro-based regional pharmaceutical distributor for independent drug stores in 2016 after the company’s board learned that the DEA had issued a number of subpoenas about the company’s reporting on opioid sales. Faul and Benjamin Mink, Director of Compliance and Security, overhauled the firm’s procedures and reduced the sale of Oxycodone and Hydrocodone by more than 50 percent.

Fisher took a five-month leave in 2018 for cancer treatment, and then returned to oversee the largest expansion in the medical center’s history, a five-year critical care building project. Ranked No. 2 best overall children’s hospital in the U.S. in 2018 by U.S. News & World Report, Children’s employs more than 15,000 staff who treated over 1.3 million patients from all 50 U.S. states and more than 60 countries in 2017.

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EDUCATION EDUCATION & HEALTH

Fernando Figueroa

Michael Graham

Christopher Garten

PRESIDENT Gateway Community & Technical College

HEAD O F SC HO O L Seven Hills School

PRESIDENT Xavier University

Figueroa was a vice chancellor at Dallas County Community College in Texas before he joined Gateway in 2016 after the board recognized his track record of student achievement and workforce development. Despite dealing with declining state support of higher education in Kentucky, the school has grown to more than 3,800 students on campuses in Covington, Florence, and Edgewood.

Garten has led the private school for pre-K through grade 12 since 2009. Almost 1,000 students attend classes at two campuses, Hillsdale on Red Bank Road and Doherty in East Walnut Hills. One hundred percent of graduates attend college, earning $11.5 million in scholarships over the past two years. The teacher-student ratio is 9-to-1, with those teachers averaging 18 years of experience. Full-time tuition for the 2018-19 school year ranged from $17,800 for preschool to $25,670 for high school.

The ordained priest, who took over in 2001, will this year become the longest-tenured leader at the Jesuit school that’s been of one U.S. News & World Report’s Top 10 Midwest Universities during his tenure. The school had almost 5,000 undergraduate students and more than 2,135 in graduate school in the fall semester of 2018.

Hometown: New Orleans Why did you choose this field of work? Education is all about helping people find the talent within that they need to share with the rest of us. Here lies the foundation for community and shared purpose. First job: Housekeeping in a hospital Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “We don’t see the world as it is, we see the world as we are.” —Anthony DeMello

Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa Education: Cornell College (undergraduate), University of Michigan (Master’s and Ph.D.), Weston School of Theology (Master’s in Divinity) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Four months after I began my presidency in January 2001, the riots happened in Cincinnati around Easter time. That, I think, was a clarion call for all of us here at Xavier to become more engaged with the community around us.

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EDUCATION EDUCATION & HEALTH

Tony Jaccaci

Gail Kist-Kline

Richard Lofgren

H E A D OF SCH OOL Cincinnati Country Day

PRESIDENT Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences

PRESIDENT AND CEO UC Health

Jaccaci took over the top spot at the K-12 private school in Indian Hill in 2015 after serving as the executive principal of YK Pao School Secondary Division in Shanghai, China, since 2010. CCD has approximately 900 students with an average class size of 16 at the upper school, where tuition for students in grades 10-12 is $26,480 for 2018-19. Every 2018 graduate was accepted to attend a four-year college.

Kist-Kline served as Superintendent of Mason Public Schools before taking over leadership last year of the college on the Mt. Auburn campus of The Christ Hospital Health Network. She’s been on the hospital’s board since 2012. The college, which was founded in 1902, offers degrees in nursing and health-care administration, and has trained more than 7,000 registered nurses since its inception.

Lofgren, who took over leadership of the region’s third-largest health-care provider in 2013, has more than 35 years of experience in the medical field. He oversees UC Medical Center, West Chester Hospital, UC Physicians Group, and Drake Center and their almost 11,000 employees. The University of Cincinnati is one of the nation’s top 25 public research universities, with many UC Health doctors teaching and doing research at the school.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Harvard University (undergraduate), Tufts University (Master’s) Why did you choose this field of work? I was born into a family of teachers, and so it “chose” me. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Bloom where you are planted. What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field: Study how children learn.

Hometown: College Corner, Ohio Education: Miami University (undergraduate, Master’s, and Ph.D.) Why did you choose this field of work? I chose education as a career to serve families and communities by making a difference in the lives of students. It’s both exciting and challenging to lead initiatives that shape the future while adapting to new approaches. First job: Lifeguard

Hometown: Royal Oak, Mich. Education: University of Michigan (undergraduate and medical school), University of Minnesota (Master’s) Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “Learn how to say yes.” As a leader, you have to dare to say yes. It’s all too easy to say no, but effective leaders do something different and special.

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to President Michael J. Graham, S.J., and the many Xavier alumni being recognized among the region’s 300 most powerful business leaders.

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EDUCATION & HEALTH

Matt Miller

Laura Mitchell

Neville Pinto

S U PE R I NT E ND E NT Lakota Local Schools

SUP ERIN T E N DE N T Cincinnati Public Schools

PRESIDENT University of Cincinnati

Miller was chosen to lead the state’s eighth-largest school district in 2017 after serving as superintendent of Mentor Schools in northern Ohio, where he led two successful tax levy campaigns. He oversees a district with 16,500 students, almost 1,000 teachers, and more than 700 support personnel.

Mitchell took over the top spot of the largest public school system in Southwest Ohio in 2017 after serving 12 years as Deputy Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer. The graduate of the School for Creative and Performing Arts has implemented Elementary Initiative, which raised achievement in the district’s 16 lowest performing elementary schools, and My Tomorrow, a college and career readiness initiative.

Pinto spent more than 25 years at UC as a faculty member, researcher, and administrator, and then returned as President in 2017 after serving as Interim President at the University of Louisville. He first came to UC in 1985 as a member of the Chemical Engineering department and left in 2011 as Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School. He leads an organization with almost 45,000 students and an annual budget of more than $1.2 billion.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Bennett College (undergraduate), University of Cincinnati (Master’s) Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Protect what is important. No one else can do that for you. Favorite Greater Cincinnati restaurant: Friday night is pizza and movie night in our home. We spread a blanket on the floor in front of the TV and order LaRosa’s.

Hometown: Mumbai, India Education: Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India (undergraduate), Penn State University (Master’s and Ph.D.) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: It was a difficult decision to leave UC to pursue new challenges at the University of Louisville. In hindsight, I’m glad I made the choice I did. It was invaluable in preparing me for the opportunity I would gladly return to at UC.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate and Master’s) Why did you choose this field of work? All children deserve to have access to a high-quality, student-centered education regardless of their circumstances. Every child learns differently, which is why personalized learning is so important—the way that school has been taught for the last 125 years no longer works. First job: Stock boy at Drug Emporium in Western Hills Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.” —Rita Pierson

Arturo Polizzi

Monica Posey

Tim Reilly

PRESIDENT AND CEO The Christ Hospital Health Network

PRESIDENT Cincinnati State Technical & Community College

PRESIDENT St. Xavier High School

In October 2018, Polizzi replaced Mike Keating, who had led the health-care organization since 2012. Polizzi was head of ProMedica’s Metro Region Acute Care division in Toledo, where he oversaw five hospitals. Christ is the second-largest medical institution in Greater Cincinnati, with six ambulatory centers, dozens of medical offices, 1,200 doctors, and more than 6,000 employees.

Posey, who began her career at the college in 1992, became the first African-American female president of a major educational institution in Greater Cincinnati in 2016. She served as interim president in 2015 and then became the first leader not hired from outside the school. Among her achievements is negotiating pathways to bachelor degrees for graduates at fouryear universities in the region.

Reilly, a 1976 graduate of St. Xavier, succeeded Father Timothy Rowe to become the first lay leader of the all-male Jesuit school that has more than 1,500 students. He previously served as principal for 28 years at St. Catharine and St. Ignatius. His wife and two daughters also teach in local Catholic schools. Tuition for the 201819 year is $14,995 with more than 40 percent of students receiving financial aid.

Hometown: Cleveland Education: Miami University (undergraduate), University of Michigan (MBA), University of Toledo (J.D.) What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field: Health-care workers have a tremendous opportunity to do good for people and for society. It’s a big responsibility to take care of others, and there is great fulfillment in doing it well.

Hometown: Philadelphia Education: Cornell University (undergraduate), University of Pennsylvania (MBA), University of Cincinnati (Ed.D.) First job: Chemistry lab tech Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.” —John Maxwell Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: Cincinnati Museum Center

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EDUCATION & HEALTH

John Starcher

August James Troendle

Ashish Vaidya

CEO Bon Secours Mercy Health

PRESIDENT AND CEO Medpace Holdings

PRESIDENT Northern Kentucky University

Starcher is the Cincinnati-based leader of the newly formed health-care system that merged in 2018. The combined company operates 43 hospitals and more than 1,000 practice sites in Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida. It employs more than 57,000 people, including 2,100 employed providers, and has net operating revenue of more than $8 billion.

Troendle founded the global clinical research company in 1992 to provide services for the development of drugs and medical devices; its 2017 revenue topped $435 million. Medpace has played an integral part in the revitalization of Madisonville, increasing its significant footprint at the intersection of Red Bank and Madison roads.

The Board of Regents selected Vaidya, who was interim president of St. Cloud State in Minnesota, to replace Geoffrey Mearns to become the university’s sixth leader as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. The school has grown to more than 14,000 students, moved into NCAA Division I athletics, and embraced its role as an incubator for technology and entrepreneurship in the region.

Hometown: Mansfield, Ohio Education: Bowling Green University (undergraduate), University of Toledo (J.D.) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: If you try to please everyone, you’ll end up pleasing no one. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” —Abraham Lincoln

Hometown: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Education: St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai, India (undergraduate), University of California Davis (Ph.D.) What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field: The work that public institutions of higher learning are doing in this country is important, significant, and essential for our democracy and future prosperity.

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Mark Anderson

Scott Anderson

Dean Backscheider

PRESIDENT AND CEO ProMach

CEO Enerfab

CO-PRESIDENT BGR

Anderson worked for Carrier Corp. and Caterpillar before being named to lead the Covington-based manufacturer of packaging machinery in 2005. The company, founded in 1998, provides packaging products and equipment for the food, beverage, household goods, and pharmaceutical industries, and markets its 26 brands around the world via 39 manufacturing facilities and 19 sales offices.

Anderson began working with the fabrication, construction, and maintenance services company in college and was named to lead the firm in 2017. Founded in 1901, Enerfab had revenue of $680 million in 2017 and employs 4,000 at seven locations in six states. He initiated the company’s Rising Star Management Program to identify and teach the next generation of leaders.

Backscheider, who runs BGR with brother Allen, has worked at the packaging company founded by their father, Al, since 1979. The firm focuses on lowering the cost of material handling and product protection as well as minimizing environment impact. The company occupies more than 300,000 square feet in West Chester, had more than $105 million in revenue in 2017, and employs more than 130 people.

Hometown: North Benton, Ohio Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I was a co-op with Enerfab while a student at UC and joined after graduation because I enjoy the industrial marketplace and being part of a team working together to build products and execute projects. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Being outdoors golfing, fishing, or working Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: Our college and professional sport teams Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Cincinnati Works

Pete Blackshaw

Jeff Boeh

Joe Bourgraf

CEO Cintrifuse

MANAGING DIRECTOR The Brandery

PRESIDENT AND CEO Ferno-Washington

Blackshaw heads the nonprofit created in 2012 by the Cincinnati Business Committee and supported by Kroger, Procter & Gamble, Western & Southern, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, among others, with the mission of making Cincinnati the top tech startup hub in the Midwest. Beginning his career at P&G and founding the PlanetFeedback start-up, Blackshaw last year replaced Wendy Lea, whose accomplishments included the creation of Union Hall, the Over-the-Rhine co-working space that also houses The Brandery.

Boeh joined the seed-stage accelerator, which opened its doors on Vine Street in Over-theRhine in 2010, as Program Director in 2017 before moving into the top job in 2018. The Brandery has partnered with Gener8tor, a Milwaukee accelerator, to run a four-month program for five to seven startups, each of which receives a $100,000 equity investment, a year of free office space at Union Hall, and more than $200,000 in additional benefits.

Bourgraf has led the family-owned business since 1991. The Wilmington-based group, which was founded as Washington Mortuary Supply in 1924 in Washington Court House, Ohio, manages 18 companies serving customers in over 100 countries with products for EMS, rescue, fire, police, and mortuary services. It posted more than $93 million in revenue in 2017 and employs over 250 people.

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MANUFAC TURING & TE CH

Otto Budig Jr.

Pamela Butcher

James Clark

C H A IR M A N Budco Group

PRESIDENT AND CEO Pilot Chemical

PRESIDENT AND CEO LSI Industries

Budig runs the transportation, logistics, equipment leasing, and venture capital firm that his father started as a trucking company in 1949. He has become one of the city’s bestknown philanthropists since he began donating millions of dollars to arts and cultural organizations, mainly through the Otto M. Budig Family Foundation. He was named a Great Living Cincinnatian in 2014 and Philanthropist of the Year in 2015.

Butcher joined the company as president in 2010 after more than 25 years with Dow Chemical, becoming CEO in 2017. Founded in 1952 by John Morrisroe, the inventor of ice-cold sulfonation, Pilot provides products and services to the manufacturing and personal-care industries, and is the world’s largest manufacturer of disulfonates. In addition to its headquarters in Cincinnati, it has five other facilities in the U.S.

Clark took over the reins of company in November 2018 after serving as the top executive of Alliance Tire Americas. LSI was founded in 1976 and is an industry leader in lighting and graphic solutions for commercial and industrial buildings, petroleum and convenience stores, and retail customers. It closed a manufacturing plant in New York in 2018 and moved all production to existing facilities in Blue Ash and Erlanger.

Hometown: Newport Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Throughout four decades I have been involved in Teamster negotiations, and I learned that it’s wiser to maintain your composure than to aggravate a difficult situation. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident. It’s not a matter of circumstance, but of choice. Favorite Greater Cincinnati restaurant: Boca

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Hometown: Carmel, Ind. Education: Purdue University (undergraduate and Master’s) Why did you choose this field of work? I always enjoyed science and the outdoors, plants and animals, which led me to study agronomy. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Hiking, skiing, and any outdoors or water sport Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: Smale Riverfront Park

Todd Dickson

Steve Cuntz

CEO Pro Football Focus

PRESIDENT AND CEO BlueStar

CEO Champion Windows

The former Bengals all-pro receiver and NBC Sunday Night Football commentator bought a majority interest in the analytics company founded by Englishman Neil Hornsby. Collinsworth moved the company to Over-theRhine in 2014, and Hornsby brought his family and several employees with him. PFF now has 30 people working in OTR and 500 others around the country to grade and analyze players on every play of every NFL and major college football game.

Cuntz has been with BlueStar since 1985 and was named to a leadership position in 1992. The Hebron-based company, which began in 1929 as United Radio, is the leading global provider of solutions-based electronics such as bar-code scanners and inventory tracking devices. BlueStar has expanded to 30-plus locations worldwide during Cuntz’s tenure, with more than $1.25 billion in revenue in 2017.

Dickson joined Champion Windows, one of the nation’s leading home improvement companies, in 2014. It began in 1953 as a small manufacturer of aluminum screen doors, windows, awnings, and screen rooms. Today, it’s located on a state-of-art headquarters and manufacturing campus in Sharonville, posted revenue of more than $220 million in 2017, and employs over 1,100 people with 50 showrooms across the U.S.

Hometown: Titusville, Fla. Education: University of Florida (undergraduate), University of Cincinnati (J.D.) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: My dad taught me there is no limit to the jokes you can tell as long as you’re the punchline. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “Stay humble.” That’s all my mom said after beating me in a 50-yard dash. I’d come home from school that day bragging I was the fastest kid at school.

Hometown: Miami, Fla. Education: University of Florida (undergraduate) Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: There is no elevator to success; you have to take the stairs. Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: American Sign Museum Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Habitat for Humanity Favorite Greater Cincinnati restaurant: Carlo & Johnny

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David Gelwicks

Michael Gilbert

Gregory Gluchowski Jr.

PRESIDENT AND CEO Hickman, Williams & Co.

CEO Aristech Surfaces

PRESIDENT AND CEO Hillman Group

Gelwicks leads the company that’s supplied raw materials—from carbon and steel production products to metals and alloys—to the foundry industry since 1890. After arriving in 1993 from North Star Steel, he joined the board in 2003, was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2012, and replaced William Snyder at the top in 2013. The firm has five regional offices in North America, with its corporate headquarters in downtown Cincinnati.

Gilbert was named to the top spot in 2018, replacing Ross McMillan, the interim CEO and board member of the Florence-based company that manufactures acrylic sheet and surface products for architects, designers, and fabricators in the construction industry. Gilbert, who was Vice President for the chemical company SABIC, has more than 30 years of experience in engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of thermoplastics.

Gluchowski joined the company in 2015 after serving as president of a division of Stanley Black & Decker. Hillman began as a fastener company in 1964 to serve small hardware stores and has grown into a leading hardware supplier to top home improvement and local hardware retailers including Lowe’s, Home Depot, and Walmart. Gluchowski has expanded the company’s holdings, acquiring Hargis Industries in 2017 and Minute Key Holdings in 2018.

Tom Goeke

Paul Gohr

Gary Heiman

PRESIDENT AND CEO Milacron Holdings

C HIEF AC C O UN T I N G O FFI C E R CECO Environmental Corporation

PRESIDENT AND CEO Standard Textile

Goeke was named CEO in 2012 and added the position of President in 2017 at the company whose name is synonymous with manufacturing in Cincinnati, dating to 1860 when the Cincinnati Screw Shop was founded. It is a global leader in the manufacture and distribution of systems for plastics technology and processing. It had more than $1.2 billion in revenue in 2017 and employs over 950 people locally.

Gohr joined the diversified energy technology company in 2014, and three years later he became the ranking company executive in the local office in Madisonville, which shares headquarter functions (accounting, IT, and human resources) with a Dallas office. The firm provides solutions for environmental air pollution, energy, and fluid handling and filtration for customers in businesses that include manufacturing, mining, water, chemical, and oil and gas.

Heiman is the third-generation leader of the technology-based textile business that his grandfather, Charles, started as a linen distributor in 1940 and his father, Paul, grew into a national operation. Standard has annual revenue of $740 million with four manufacturing centers and eight distribution locations across the U.S., plus operations in 10 foreign countries. The company holds more than 70 patents and serves customers in the health care, hospitality, decorative, and industrial apparel industries. Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Washington University (undergraduate), Georgia Institute of Technology (Master’s) Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.” —Simon Sinek Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: United Way; my wife (Kim) and I led the 2018 campaign.

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Stephen Hightower

Joe Hete

Jim Jurgensen II

PRESIDENT AND CEO Air Transport Services Group

PRESIDENT AND CEO Hightowers Petroleum

CEO Jurgensen Companies

Hete began working for ABX Air in 1980 as an Accounting Manager and was named President in 1999 and CEO in 2003. He held those positions when the company reorganized into Air Transport in 2007. Headquartered in Wilmington, the company provides leased air cargo transportation for customers such as DHL, Amazon, and the U.S. military. In November 2018, ATSG acquired Omni Air, a passenger and charter-services provider.

Hightower founded the wholesale fuel distribution business in 1984, following in the footsteps of his parents, who founded Hightowers Janitorial Service in 1956. His son, Stephen II, is COO. The Middletown-based firm is the largest minority-owned business in Greater Cincinnati, posting more than $260 million in revenue in 2017 servicing government, industrial, and commercial clients across the U.S.

Jurgensen is the third-generation leader of the family firm founded by his grandfather, John, as a small construction contractor in 1934. It’s grown to more than 25 companies providing an array of services from asphalt paving to tank, barge, and rail transloading. Jurgensen’s father, Jim, took over from his brother as the second generation of leadership until his death in 2017.

Hometown: Middletown Why did you choose this field of work? I was bidding opportunities with the State of Ohio and happened to win a petroleum contract, which after three years I turned into a business. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Never see failure as failure but as a learning experience and as a game I must play to win. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Black and White Cancer Survivor event

Dan Kroeger

Jack Kenny

Jay Lambke

CEO Meridian Bioscience, Inc.

CHAIRMAN AND CEO Gold Medal Products

PRESIDENT Government Acquisitions, Inc.

Kenny was named CEO in 2017 to replace John Kraeutler, who had been President and CEO since 1992 and was appointed Executive Chairman. The life science company, founded in 1976, manufactures and distributes diagnostic test kits and biopharmaceutical technologies to hospitals, research facilities, and doctors. It had revenue of more than $200 million in 2017 and employs 420 people. Kenny has more than 20 years of experience in the field with Siemens, BD, and Quest Diagnostics.

Kroeger became President of the family-owned manufacturer and distributor of concession food equipment and supplies in 1991. Founded by Dave Evans in 1931, the company has more 500 employees in 15 locations and almost doubled sales over the past decade. The third generation of the family leads the firm now and works alongside the fourth generation.

Lambke joined the IT firm in 2006 and became its top executive in 2015. GAI counts many federal government departments as clients, including the Army and U.S. Small Business Administration, providing and supporting capabilities such as cyber security, cloud computing, data center and network modernization, and mobile and end-user computing. It posted revenue of $170 million in 2017.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? Honestly, I was lucky. I found an opportunity in a growing industry that also happened to be a lot of fun. First job: Cleaning at North College Hill Bakery Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: When one of my mentors, Gold Medal President Bruce Evans, passed away unexpectedly in 1991. He left a void that was impossible to fill, yet the company came together.

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Doug Lang

Kris Nair

Dan Magarian

PRESIDENT Meyer Tool

C HAIRMA N Field Aerospace

PRESIDENT AND CEO Ascendum Solutions

Lang began his career as a tool designer for the company in 1981 and was named the top executive in 2016. Founded in 1951 as Meyer Tool & Die, it provides precision components to the aerospace and gas turbine manufacturing sectors. More than 1,500 people are employed in 11 locations in eight states, Canada, and Poland. It had revenue of more than $240 million in 2017.

Magarian has led the Kenwood-based company since 2012, delivering special mission aircraft solutions to customers around the world from facilities in Oklahoma City, Toronto, and Calgary. Founded as Field Aviation in 1947, the company acquired ARINC Aerospace in 2015 and was chosen in 2018 for a $155.7 million contract with the U.S. Air Force. It posted revenue of almost $80 million in 2017.

Nair has more than 20 years of experience in the IT business. During his decade-long tenure as CEO, Nair founded a software firm in Bangalore, India, that was one of the early adopters of the Internet of Things (IoT) with the goal of connecting smart devices to human lives. He facilitated its merger with Ascendum, which is part of Cincinnati-based Vora Group.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Finding a balance between growing a business and putting my family first. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: To live a life fulfilled, reflect on the things you have with gratitude to God. A negative mind will never give you a positive life. Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: Union Terminal

Education: University of Kerala (undergraduate) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Never relax or lose focus even if you are confident with your business operations. Ensure the entire organization is unwavering in dedication to customers and employees. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Traveling has been my favorite pursuit; I plan to visit three countries in 2019, which would make 50 countries total.

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Tom Nies

Roger K. Newport

Steve Niesman

CEO AK Steel Holding Corporation

CEO Cincom Systems

PRESIDENT AND CEO, NORTH AMERICA Itelligence

Newport started with the steel product manufacturer and distributor in 1985 and worked his way up through various finance positions. The company began as Armco in 1899 and is now the third-largest employer in Butler County, where it employs more than 2,400, a large percentage of the company’s 9,000 total employees in seven states, Canada, and Mexico.

In 1968, Nies was working for IBM when he concluded that software rather than hardware was the future of business information technology. Cincom is now one of the largest international independent software companies in the world, and Nies is the longest-serving CEO in the computer industry. In 2006, Start-It magazine named him a Top Ten IT visionary.

Niesman has overseen the global company’s North American IT operations since 2002. The company has its U.S. headquarters in Blue Ash, where Niesman directs coverage of its range of consulting and customer support services. The company posted local sales of more than $137 million in 2016 and employs about 150 people locally.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate and MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? During my career with IBM, I learned of the overwhelming possibilities I believed would be inevitable in the software industry. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Establishing and developing a start-up business. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Reading, study, and golf

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Ken Oaks

Joe Raver

John Richardson

CH AIRMAN AND CEO Total Quality Logistics

PRESIDENT AND CEO

C HA I R M A N

Hillenbrand

SugarCreek

Oaks founded the company in 1997 and has grown it into the largest privately-held company in Greater Cincinnati and second-largest freight brokerage firm in the U.S. TQL posted more than $2.93 billion in revenue in 2017, up from $2.2 billion in 2015, and has over 4,200 employees at more than 50 offices across the country, with headquarters in the Eastgate area of Union Township. The company has been recognized for its recruitment of and work environment for military veterans.

Raver was named President of Hillenbrand’s Process Equipment Group in 2011 and became the top executive of the parent company, which includes the Batesville division, in 2013. Process Equipment designs, develops, manufactures, and services industrial equipment, while Batesville is the North American leader in the death-care industry. The company traces its roots to 1906, when John Hillenbrand bought the Batesville Casket Company.

Since he was a teenager, Richardson has worked at the family business started by his father in 1966 as a raw bacon manufacturer. He took over the company in 1990 and has expanded the business to become a diversified manufacturing, packaging, and logistics company that employs more than 2,000 people at six facilities in three states. The company, which doesn’t produce brands under its own name, has more than $700 million in annual sales. Hometown: Washington Court House, Ohio Education: Illinois State University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I love food, friends, and family, and at SugarCreek I have all three. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Never give up. What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Never stop listening, and never stop learning. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: La Soupe

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Dayton (undergraduate) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Don’t juggle too many balls. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made.” —John Schaar

Ron Rosenbeck

Scott Seger

Steve Shifman

CEO Republic Wire

PRESIDENT CBTS

PRESIDENT AND CEO Michelman

In 1982, Rosenbeck was one of three founders of a copper wire wholesaler in a 3,000-squarefoot building. He bought out his partners over subsequent years, started to manufacture multiple kinds of aluminum and copper wire for distributors, utilities, and municipalities, and expanded to a 350,000-square-foot operation in West Chester with more than 15 companies serving as sales representatives across the country. Company revenue increased by more than 30% in 2017 to $245 million.

Seger joined the information technology arm of Cincinnati Bell in 2005 and was named president in 2017. CBTS combines deep technical expertise with a full suite of flexible technology solutions that drive business outcomes, improve operational efficiency, mitigate risk, and reduce costs for its clients. The company posted more than $320 million in sales in 2017 and employs over 800 people locally.

Shifman joined the company as Chief Financial Officer in 1992 and took over the family-owned enterprise in 2003. The Blue Ashbased firm, founded in 1949, manufactures water-, vapor-, and grease-resistant coatings for the packaging industry. It had revenue of more than $217 million in 2017 and employs over 400 people in two local plants and facilities in California, Singapore, and Belgium.

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James Stahl Jr.

Larry Stoddard

Greg Tucker

PR ESI D E NT CBT

P RESI DE N T A N D C EO RelaDyne

C EO ProAmpac

Stahl bought the distributor of electrical and mechanical products in 1975. The business began as the Belting Company of Cincinnati in 1921, and he grew it from five employees to more than 200 in three locations, including a central headquarters in Columbia Township that opened in 2016.

Stoddard became the top executive in 2010 and has helped grow RelaDyne via a series of acquisitions from an independent distribution company to an integrated network of lubricant, fuel distribution, and industrial-service segments with more than 75 locations in 23 states. The Montgomery-based business is the second-largest private company in Greater Cincinnati with $1.5 billion in revenue in 2017.

Tucker became CEO of the Springdale-based flexible packaging company in 2015 after three years at Prolamina in Boston. He oversees an operation with 35 manufacturing centers on three continents that serve 5,000 customers in 90 countries. The company is expanding rapidly, acquiring three companies in 2018. Since 2015, the annual revenue has grown from $446 million to $1.1 billion, and the company has more than 3,700 employees.

Hometown: Pittsburgh (born) and Cincinnati (raised) Education: University of Notre Dame (undergraduate), University of Virginia (MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? I was chasing the American Dream and wanted to have my own business. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: My father passed away when I was a senior in college, and I was the oldest of seven children. I went back home to work so I could help my mother support our family. I learned that you have to keep moving forward. What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Be a better listener than a talker.

Hometown: Atlanta Education: Auburn University (undergraduate) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: In the face of adversity, stay focused on the goal, keep others calm and on task, and accomplish the objective. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: If we really want to make a difference and create a company that’s lasting culturally and opportunistically, you must be bold and create change. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: United Way

Mike Venerable

Matt Ventura, Pete Ventura, James Steger

C EO CincyTech

OW N E R S Integrity Express Logistics

P R ESI DE N T A N D C EO Verst Logistics

Venerable, a veteran entrepreneur and software industry executive, joined CincyTech in 2006 as managing director. He moved to the top spot 10 years later when Bob Coy retired as president of the firm that galvanized the growth of high potential startups in Cincinnati. Venerable’s fingerprints are all over the seed fund’s mission of working with entrepreneurs, investors, research institutions, and community stakeholders to accelerate the growth of technology and life science startups.

The three partners founded Integrity Express Logistics in 2007 and have built it into the third-largest logistics company in Greater Cincinnati with more than $245 million in revenue from five offices in Ohio, Florida, and Tennessee. The firm has 300 full-time employees working locally and plans expansion into Dayton, Chicago, and Charlotte as it strives to maintain its record of doubling in size and revenue growth each year since its founding.

Verst has led the company founded in 1966 by his father, William, since 1993. The original warehousing company has grown into a multi-faceted fulfillment, packaging, transportation, and warehousing operation with more than 7 million square feet of space to serve customers in eight core industries: grocery; food and beverage; consumer packaged goods; health and beauty; paper; building materials and manufacturing; hardware; and automotive. It had almost $190 million in revenue in 2017.

Paul Verst

Hometown: Cold Spring, Ky. Education: Xavier University (undergraduate and MBA) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Business will present moral and ethical challenges, and as long as I hold by my Catholic morals and company values it all works out. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charities: Diocesan Catholic Children’s Home and Boy Scouts of America

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Mahendra Vora

Jeff Welsh

Stephen West

FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR Vora Ventures

PRESIDENT AND CEO DuBois Chemicals

MANAGING PA RTNER RoundTower Technologies

The equity group specializes in building innovative IT companies and consulting with clients that range from startups to large corporations. Founded more than 20 years ago, it includes more than 10 companies that provide technology services and solutions brands. It’s the third-largest minority-owned business in the region, posting over $95 million in revenue in 2017 with 500 local employees and more than 2,100 around the world.

Welsh joined the Sharonville-based chemical manufacturing company in 2008. The firm was founded in 1920 as the DuBois Soap Company and by 1990 had become one of the largest distributors of cleaning chemicals in the country. It began an aggressive expansion in 2009, acquiring eight firms that helped raise its 2017 revenue to more than $306 million.

West and Stephen Power started RoundTower, a technology systems integrator and solutions provider, in 2007 after working together in the sales department at EMC Corp. It has grown into the region’s second-largest IT consulting firm with more than $250 million in sales in 2017. It acquired three companies within an 18-month period during 2016-17 and was named one of Inc. magazine’s Top 50 places to work in the U.S.

Shane Wright

Ronald Wittekind

William Wulfsohn

PRESIDENT Hawkstone Associates

C HIEF F I N A N C I A L O FFI C E R GE Aviation

CHAIRMAN AND CEO Ashland

Wittekind runs the Harrison-based petroleum wholesaler and retailer that was founded in 1981. The company represents the Shell, BP, Sunoco, and Marathon brands by operating or supplying nearly 100 gas stations in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Dayton. It also provides facilities management for buildings, gas dispensers, canopies, landscaping, painting, and refrigeration. It posted $186 million in revenue in 2017.

One of the largest manufacturers in Greater Cincinnati, the company builds commercial and military jet engines and components as well as integrated digital, electric power, and mechanical systems for aircraft. Wright joined the company in 1988 and oversees financial strategy for GE Aviation’s $22 billion aerospace business with more than 80 facilities in 21 countries, including 8,000 employees locally.

After serving four years as president and CEO of Carpenter Technology Corporation, Wulfsohn became CEO of Ashland in 2015. The Covington-based public company has a global presence in markets such as adhesives, automotive, construction, and pharmaceuticals. In June 2018, Wulfsohn accepted an American Chemistry Council award for the Responsible Care Company of the Year.

Hometown: Walla Walla, Wash. Education: Whitman College (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I enjoy being a finance leader who collaborates with operational teams to drive profitable business growth. First job: Loan officer for a large consumer finance company Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Take stock in what you have before blindly leaping to different opportunities. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: ProKids

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better homes for them. better zoo for you.

From all the animals at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, congratulations to Thane Maynard for being named one of the Cincinnati 300! With Thane’s leadership, the Zoo is embarking on the More Home to Roam campaign. More Home to Roam is a bold, $150-million capital campaign with the goal to provide better homes for our animals and a better Zoo for you. It will enable us to dramatically enhance animal habitats, improve the visitor experience and remain a multi-generational source of pride for Cincinnati.

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Andrew Aiello

Jeffrey Aluotto

Patty Brisben

G E N E R A L M A NAG E R TANK

ADMINIST R ATO R Hamilton County

FO UN DE R The Patty Brisben Foundation

Aiello joined Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky as Manager of Planning in 2004 and took on the leadership role in 2010. He manages 275 employees who provide more than 4 million passenger trips annually. The agency operates more than 130 buses in its three-county (Boone, Campbell, Kenton) service area. Many routes, including the Southbank Shuttle, pick up and drop off riders in downtown Cincinnati. Its RAMP program provides transportation for people with disabilities.

Aluotto was named County Administrator in 2016 and has worked for the county for 20 years, first managing the Solid Waste District and then as Assistant Administrator. He is responsible for coordinating Hamilton County’s elected and independent agencies as well as overseeing the management of departments such as finance and budgeting, community development across the county, and all social services functions. Its 2019 budget is $239 million.

Brisben began selling intimacy products to women at in-home parties in 1983 to support four children as a single mother. Ten years later, she founded Pure Romance and built it into a multi-million-dollar company, meeting thousands of women who shared their stories. She created the foundation in 2006 to enhance women’s sexual health, and has raised more than $3.5 million to fund research, provide education, partner with organizations, and connect people to resources.

Hometown: Dayton, Ohio Education: Miami University (undergraduate), University of Cincinnati (MBA) Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.” —Mahatma Gandhi

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Brent Cooper

John Cranley

Dwight Ferrell

PRESIDENT AND CEO NKY Chamber of Commerce

MAYO R City of Cincinnati

C O N SULTA N T Metro/SORTA

Cooper, the founder of C-Forward Information Technologies in Covington, became the chamber chief in 2017 after serving as its interim leader twice previously. The organization advocates for and provides services to more than 1,400 businesses with more than 200,000 employees in the region and is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2019.

Cranley started his second term at the beginning of 2017, focusing on helping to bring more than 6,000 jobs to the city and adding 100 new police officers and 40 new firefighters. He was involved in negotiations to bring General Electric to The Banks, the FC Cincinnati stadium to the West End, and the new Kroger store to Central Parkway downtown. In 2015, Cranley created a Task Force on Immigration with the idea that it can bring economic benefits to the city.

The former County Manager of Fulton County, Ga., took over the Southwestern Ohio Regional Transit Authority as CEO and General Manager in 2015 and recently resigned, though he continues to support leadership via a personal services contract. SORTA is the agency responsible for Metro’s bus and streetcar operations. Ferrell proposed a Hamilton County sales tax increase to help the agency replace an aging fleet of buses and ongoing budget problems.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: John Carroll University (undergraduate), Harvard University (Master’s and J.D.) Why did you choose this field of work? I wanted to serve as Mayor to give back to the city that gave so much to me. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Ohio Innocence Project

Hometown: Dallas Education: Huston-Tillotson University (undergraduate) Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Simply make a decision. As leaders we can’t become paralyzed by the fear of not having 100% of the facts or info before making a decision.

Hometown: Covington Education: University of Kentucky (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I am passionate about the Northern Kentucky region and absolutely love working at our Chamber of Commerce, where I get to collaborate every day with business and civic leaders to make our neck of the woods the best place in the country to live, work, play, and raise a family. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Brighton Center

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UPTOWN CONSORTIUM, INC.

Uptown Consortium, Inc. continues to lead the revitalization of Uptown Cincinnati. Our Uptown Innovation Corridor is creating exciting new opportunities for high-growth, tech and creative companies and the people they employ. With vibrant neighborhoods and world-class anchor institutions, we’re pleased to give so many reasons to look up.

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Karen Finan

Marc Fisher

Jeanne Golliher

INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CEO Northern Kentucky Tri-ED

CEO Mayerson JCC

PRESIDENT AND CEO Cincinnati Development Fund

Finan, who is president and CEO of the Northern Kentucky Regional Alliance, is serving in a similar capacity for the Northern Kentucky Tri-County Economic Development Corporation (Tri-ED), which markets and promotes Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties to new or expanding businesses. Since its founding in 1987, the organization has led relocation or expansion efforts for 670 projects, representing a capital investment of more than $8.4 billion.

Fisher oversees the organization that celebrates Jewish life and welcomes people regardless of race, religion, or ability. The center features a state-of-the-art fitness facility with track and pool, early childhood and senior citizen centers, and a wide array of programs to help educate, and entertain community members. More than 27,000 visitors come to JCC each month, whether it’s for programs exploring Jewish life or supporting people with special needs.

Since 1998, Golliher has led the nonprofit development organization created by local financial institutions to share risk on innovative real estate financing that strengthens under-served and emerging neighborhoods. The former Vice President for Community Development for KeyBank is responsible for more than $250 million in loans that impact over $1 billion in development projects.

Hometown: Ft. Mitchell Education: Northern Kentucky University (undergraduate) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: The front door isn’t always the best point of entry. Career timing and success is about patience and can often be out of your control. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Redwood, which guides children and adults with disabilities to achieve

Ellen Katz PRESIDENT AND CEO Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Xavier University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I discovered the field of community development finance by accident, or perhaps by fate. In the early 1980s, working as a mortgage loan processor at Eagle Savings, I was asked to support the commercial real estate lender on a project with the City of Cincinnati to preserve several blocks of historic buildings in the Betts-Longworth District behind Music Hall. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: ArtsWave

Eric Kearney PRESIDENT AND CEO African American Chamber of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky

Katz, who led the Children’s Home of Cincinnati for 10 years, took over the top spot at GCF in 2015. It is the Tristate’s leading community foundation, bringing together donors, nonprofits, and changemakers to improve the region. With more than $636 million in assets, the foundation, which was founded in 1963, is the 35th largest organization of its type in the U.S.

The former Ohio state senator leads the organization that advocates for about 400 African American-owned businesses in the Tristate with a variety of programs, events, and resources. In addition, Kearney is the managing partner of Kearney & Kearney law firm and co-founder of Sesh Communications.

Hometown: Greenwich, Conn. Education: University of Vermont (undergraduate), University of Cincinnati (Master’s), Xavier University (MBA) Why did you choose this field of work? The ability to make a meaningful impact every day. First job: Haagen Dazs scooper Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: We believe that our greatest opportunity for growth and prosperity in our community is equity—everyone’s fair and just inclusion in our society—socially, economically, and spiritually.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Dartmouth College (undergraduate), University of Cincinnati (J.D.) Why did you choose this field of work? Being the president of a chamber of commerce combines my prior jobs and life experiences. The daily challenges of owning a small business prepared me to empathize with our members and to suggest relevant strategies. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: When my father had a heart attack and was ill while I was in high school. The lessons I learned were through my mother’s courage and perseverance.

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Peter Landgren PRESIDENT UC Foundation Landgren took over the university’s chief philanthropic operation in 2017 after serving as interim Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. He previously served as Dean of the College-Conservatory of Music, where he managed a budget of almost $35 million and endowments of more than $110 million. The foundation raised $140 million in fiscal 2017 to help fund everything from university scholarships to cutting-edge research at UC Health. Hometown: Rochester, N.Y. Education: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (undergraduate) First job: Third Horn, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: It is one thing to win the job and another thing to keep the job.

Iris Simpson Bush Executive Director, Flying Pig Marathon Cincinnati 300 Class of 2019

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Kimm Lauterbach

Gary Lindgren

Patrick Longo

PRESIDENT AND CEO REDI

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Cincinnati Business Committee

PRESIDENT AND CEO HCDC

Lauterbach took over the top job from Johnna Reeder in September 2018 to lead the Regional Economic Development Initiative, which was launched in 2014 to advocate for companies locating or growing in the 15-county region of Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana. Lauterbach, who had been REDI’s Vice President of Business Development and Project Management, previously served as Executive Director of the Warren County Port Authority.

Lindgren directs the business community’s collective efforts to identify and provide leadership on issues important to the economic vitality and well-being of Greater Cincinnati. Members are executives of local companies who often collaborate with agencies such as the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Regional Economic Development Initiative (REDI), and the Greater Cincinnati Redevelopment Authority (formerly Port Authority).

Longo, a 22-year veteran of the agency, was named in December 2018 to replace Peg Moertl at the nonprofit that helps build businesses and create jobs by providing incubation, lending, and economic development services. Founded in 1983 as Hamilton County Development Co., HCDC has supported more than 1,200 business projects that created more than 12,750 jobs with an overall economic impact of $1.2 billion.

Hometown: Dayton, Ohio Education: University of Dayton (undergraduate), Indiana University (Master’s) Why did you choose this field of work? I am one of those rare individuals who sought out a career in economic development. It’s the perfect intersection of mission-driven public service and private-sector business work that truly makes a difference in the Greater Cincinnati community.

Tim Maloney

Candace McGraw

Peter McLinden

PRESIDENT AND CEO Haile/U.S. Bank Foundation

CEO Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY-TREASURER Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council

Maloney, who spent more than 25 years in the banking industry, leads the private family foundation that works to improve communities through collaboration and innovation. The legacy of Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, who spent their lives in service to Greater Cincinnati, enables the foundation to fund numerous projects in arts and culture, community development, education, and human services, including high-profile endeavors like People’s Liberty, BLINK, and the Cincinnati streetcar. Carol Ann’s Carousel at Smale Riverfront Park pays tribute to Mrs. Haile’s spirit.

McGraw has been CEO since 2011 and recently received a contract extension through 2023. CVG increased seat capacity by 18 percent in 2017, with every airline flying from here experiencing double-digit growth; Southwest, Allegiant, and Frontier airlines helped lower the average airfare to the second-lowest in the Midwest in 2018. CVG also finalized a lease with Amazon for a cargo hub in a $1.5 billion deal that is expected to bring 2,700 jobs to the area.

McLinden has served on the board of the labor organization since 2006 and was elected President in 2014. He began working for labor groups in 1998 as General Counsel for the Ohio Council of AFSCME before becoming Regional Director in 2006. The Cincinnati AFL-CIO represents more than 100,000 members of almost 130 local unions throughout Ohio with the goal of obtaining economic justice in the workplace and social justice for working families.

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Jill Meyer

Joseph Meyer

Peg Moertl

PRESIDENT AND CEO Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber

MAYO R City of Covington

PRESIDENT Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing

Meyer was an attorney with Frost Brown Todd for 20 years when she left in 2015 to lead the chamber, which advocates for almost 4,000 businesses in the 15-county area of Greater Cincinnati. She supports collaboration with public officials to develop plans on crucial issues such as transportation, health care, and education that fuel economic growth and sustain the area’s positive momentum.

Meyer was elected in 2016 but had a wealth of prior public service. He served as Kentucky’s Secretary of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, where he instituted reforms to unemployment insurance and reorganized the secondary career and technical education program. He also served in the Kentucky General Assembly and was a member of the Covington School Board.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Mount St. Joseph University (undergraduate), Northern Kentucky University (J.D.) Why did you choose this field of work? Leading the Cincinnati Chamber provides the opportunity to make real and lasting impact in the community I love. First job: A bakery Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “Keep your eye on the ball.” —Advice from my late mentor, Dick Goehler What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Go big.

Hometown: Covington Education: Bellarmine University (undergraduate), St. Louis University (Master’s), Northern Kentucky University (J.D.) Why did you choose this field of work? My term as Covington Mayor continues a long career in public service. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: I spend time with my grandchildren, rehab houses, and serve as an international elections observer, which I’ve done for 14 years, in countries such as Bosnia, Albania, Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan.

Moertl recently left her role as president and CEO at nonprofit HCDC, which helps build businesses and create jobs, to join Columbus-based Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing, a nonprofit that works with private and public developers to create affordable housing opportunities. She previously was Senior Vice President of Community Development for PNC Bank and director of the City of Cincinnati Department of Community Development and Planning.

Beth Robinson

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Northern Kentucky University (undergraduate) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Good customer service with a smile and hard work pay off, we can work hard and have fun, and I don’t have to eat meat to survive. What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: There is no upside to average, and no reason to stay in misery.

Dennis Schnurr

Brian Tome

PRESIDENT AND CEO Uptown Consortium

ARCHBI SHO P Archdiocese of Cincinnati

SE N I O R PASTO R Crossroads Church

For nine years, Robinson has led the organization created in 2004 by leaders of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, UC Health, TriHealth, and the University of Cincinnati to collaborate on transportation, safety, economic development, and inclusion in Cincinnati’s “uptown” area. It’s driven projects totaling more than $400 million, including U Square at the Loop and the Martin Luther King Interchange on I-71.

Most Rev. Schnurr oversees a local organization of almost a half-million Catholics that has a long, rich tradition of faith, education, and health care in 19 counties of Greater Cincinnati and Dayton. The Iowa native, who succeeded Daniel Pilarczyk in 2009, also chairs the Catholic Conference of Ohio, and in the dual role offers guidance on issues that impact church members in their everyday lives.

Tome founded the nondenominational congregation in 1995 with 10 friends and now oversees an operation that’s run with an entrepreneurial zeal on 14 campuses, with 38,000 in weekly attendance (largest group is 30- to 39-year-olds). Outreach Magazine called it the fastest-growing church in America twice in the past four years. Crossroads sponsors a number of support groups that work in the local community and around the world.

Hometown: Georgetown, Ohio Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate and Master’s) Why did you choose this field of work? I chose community and economic development to have a hand in revitalizing communities and to provide economic opportunities. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Never promise what you can’t deliver. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: UC football and Cincinnati Reds games

Hometown: Sheldon, Iowa Education: Loras College (undergraduate), Gregorian University (Master’s), Catholic University of America (Ph.D.) Why did you choose this field of work? Through prayer and discernment, I came to understand that God was calling me to the Catholic priesthood to serve Him and His people. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Planning all of the logistics for World Youth Day in Denver (1993), which brought together Pope John Paul II and 750,000 young people.

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Cincinnati has its fair share of Brands. Institutions. Landmarks.

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Stuart Aitken

Michael Allen

John Barrett

CEO

84.51

CEO Allen.Associates

CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT, AND CEO

Aitken served as CEO of dunnhumbyUSA for six years before the data analysis company was bought by Kroger in 2015 and renamed 84.51 (the longitude of its downtown headquarters). The largest market research firm in the region with more than 750 employees has made Kroger a grocery industry leader in data use.

Allen founded the search firm in 1994 to serve clients seeking senior executives across all disciplines, including home goods, building products, consumer goods and services, retail, and nonprofits. The Cincinnati Business Courier ranked it No. 1 in local executive search firms with 51 placements in 2017 and 53 in 2016.

Barrett joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer in 1987 and was named President in 1989, CEO in 1994, and Chairman in 2002. He has transformed a life insurance company founded in 1888 into a national financial services enterprise that’s doubled in size every five years for the past 15 years. It’s the title sponsor of the W&S Open professional tennis tournament and the Western & Southern/WEBN Fireworks extravaganza.

Western & Southern Financial Group

Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland Education: Queen Margaret University (undergraduate), University of Strathclyde (Master’s) Why did you choose this field of work? I loved computers, and that passion led me to analytics and doing what is right by customers. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: My wife’s battles with cancer. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.” —John N. Mitchell What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Love what you do. It makes going to work fun, exciting, and energizing.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? It offered the best of two worlds for me, combining finance and helping people with their most important financial needs. What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Come in willing to learn, adapt to the professional environment, and leave your ego at the door. Favorite Greater Cincinnati restaurant: Restaurant L

Jeffrey Cail

Michael Comer

Robert Coughlin

C H I E F O PE R AT I NG OFFI CE R

MANAGING PA RTNER

CEO

Cail has led the local office of the Paris-based market research firm since 2011. He previously worked for Nielsen, a top competitor, on two different occasions and for Ipsos one other time during his 30-year career.

Comer joined the international accounting firm in 1992 and has been the Cincinnati office leader since 2007. He’s been responsible for the firm’s tax practice in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan since 2011. Comer manages almost 140 employees, which include 12 partners, 48 CPAs and 90 tax professionals.

Coughlin founded the firm in 1990 to provide human resources and payroll technology to small and medium-sized companies. Paycor has grown to more than 1,500 employees in 39 cities serving 32,000 clients and has increased its revenue from $130 million in 2015 to more than $207 million in 2017. It opened a 136,000-square-foot headquarters in Norwood in 2014 and announced plans to double the size of the building and the number of employees.

Ipsos

Hometown: Eaton, Ohio Education: Miami University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? Primarily due to my curiosity. I’ve always loved to understand why people make the decisions they do and then understand the impact of their choices. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Raising a special needs child. It’s easy to see the health-care elements of this challenge for the impacted child, but the real issues are much broader—educational, social, and family. What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Embrace the chance to learn. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Starfire, whose mission is to bring inclusion to individuals with developmental disabilities.

KPMG

Hometown: Wilmington, Del. Education: Virginia Tech (undergraduate and Master’s) First job: A book store Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” —Winnie-the-Pooh What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Be curious. Listen and ask the next question. Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: FC Cincinnati Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: United Way

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Tony Desjardins

James Dressman III

Marshall Dosker

MANAGING DIRECTOR

PRESIDENT

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Grey Midwest

Strauss Troy

DBL Law

Desjardins was named in 2018 to lead the new marketing hub of New York-based Grey Group advertising and communication firm. Grey Midwest includes partnerships with Grey, a full-service advertising agency; Grey Commerce, dedicated to making brands buyable; Possible, a leader in performance marketing through its digital, data, and ecommerce expertise; and Townhouse, a full-service creative production agency.

Dosker heads the office of 46 attorneys that was founded in 1953 by Orville Troy; his son Ken; Eugene Ruehlmann, who would serve as Cincinnati mayor from 1967-71; and Lucien Strauss. As a teenager, Dosker worked for his family’s floral business as a bookkeeper and earned his college degree in accounting before going to law school. He went to work at Strauss Troy during school and was named president 24 years later.

Dressman is the son of one of the founders of Dressman Benzinger Lavelle, the firm that began in Covington more than 60 years ago. It has offices in Cincinnati, Crestview Hills, and Louisville with 40 attorneys and is a member of Geneva Group International, one of the world’s top 10 alliances of independent firms.

Hometown: Louisville Education: University of Louisville (undergraduate), Northern Kentucky University (J.D.) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: How to accept people (and myself) the way they are in very tough situations, find the best in them, and encourage them to face things directly with energy and integrity. What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: The study and practice of law is a great base of knowledge that will allow a person to do all kinds of things.

Brian Erdman CEO, NORTH AMERICA CONSUMER AND RETAIL O PERATIO NS Interbrand

Erdman replaced Vicky Leavitt in 2018 to lead the North American consumer and retail operations of the global marketing and branding company. Leavitt oversaw the consolidation of the local workforce from offices in Norwood and the Dayton area to Longworth Hall downtown. The firm designed the new logo and branding for FC Cincinnati as it prepares to play its first season in Major League Soccer.

Hometown: Covington Education: Thomas More College (undergraduate), University of Kentucky (J.D.) Why did you choose this field of work? I can’t think of anybody on Earth I admire more than my father, who set a very high bar as a true law professional. I am very much who I am today because of him. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Finding the balance between work, family, and community service. There is just not enough time and so tough choices must be made. In the end, it’s in our relationships and the good we do that really matters. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Freestore Foodbank

Angie Fischer

Crystal Faulkner PART N E R , C I N C I N N AT I M A R K E T LE A DE R

PRESIDENT

MCM CPAs & Advisors

Gyro Cincinnati

Faulkner was a co-founder of Cooney Faulkner & Stevens in 1999 and became a key member of the new accounting firm, headquartered in Louisville, when the organizations merged in 2016. MCM has more than 300 employees in five offices, including two in Cincinnati (downtown and Hyde Park). Faulkner’s business interviews are a staple on local TV and radio.

Fischer, a veteran of the marketing and brand engagement business, returned in 2018 to Gyro, the B2B firm with 17 offices in more than 10 countries. She worked previously at Curiosity Marketing, with clients such as Procter & Gamble and Dean Foods, and as Vice President for Brand Development at Northlich. Gyro’s Kenwood office has been named a Best Place to Work for seven years in a row.

Hometown: Proctorville, Ohio Education: Marshall University and California State University – Fullerton (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I worked at a public accounting firm prior to college graduation, thinking it would help with my ultimate job goal of selling computers for IBM. I ended up falling in love with the work, not because of the “debits and credits” but because I enjoyed helping clients solve problems and grow their businesses. First job: My Italian family’s pizza shop

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Adam Hall CEO

Frost Brown Todd

Hall took over as the firm’s top executive in early 2018 upon George Yund’s retirement and had previously chaired its litigation department and business and commercial litigation practice group. Frost Brown Todd’s presence in Cincinnati dates to 1919, and today it employs 165 lawyers in 12 offices, including Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Charleston, W.Va.

Matthew Jessup O F F IC E M A N AG I N G PA R T N E R Grant Thornton

Jessup took over the local office in 2017 from Robert Taylor, who had led the national accounting firm’s Cincinnati operations before becoming national audit leader and a member of the company’s partnership board. Having worked for Grant Thornton for 15 years with experience in audits, mergers and acquisitions, and debt and equity offerings, Jessup is focusing on developing new business opportunities and building client relationships.

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Steven Johnston CEO

Cincinnati Financial

Johnston is top executive of the parent company and President and CEO of its lead subsidiary, Cincinnati Insurance Company. The property and casualty insurer, one of the largest public companies in Greater Cincinnati, acquired MSP Underwriting of London in a move that will expand its reach globally. The Fairfield-based firm had $1 billion in net income in 2017 on more than $5.7 billion in revenue.

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Lance Kwasniewski

Nathaniel Lampley Jr.

Carl H. Lindner III

CEO

MANAGING PA RTNER

Belcan

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease

Kwasniewski moved into the top job at the engineering, consulting, and technical recruiting firm after more than 20 years with the company. He first worked in business development, central services management, and general management. Belcan has more than 10,000 people working with clients around the world after acquiring Allegiant International in 2018.

Lampley runs the local office, which opened in 1984, of the firm that was founded in Columbus in 1909. He joined the firm in 1992 and was named Managing Partner in 2006. It’s the area’s fifth-largest law practice in the city with 78 attorneys. Lampley represented the University of Cincinnati in its settlement with the family of Samuel DuBose, who was shot and killed by a university police officer in 2015.

Hometown: Pittsburgh Education: University of Pittsburgh (undergraduate and Master’s) Why did you choose this field of work? I enjoy working with technical employees and solving complex problems. It’s exciting when you can move the needle for a customer. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Moving to multiple new cities early in my career. Tough to have balance when you don’t have roots.

CO-CEO American Financial Group Lindner and his brother, Craig, have led the holding company, the parent of Great American Insurance Group and one of Cincinnati’s largest public companies, since 2005. He also serves as CEO of Great American Property and Casualty Group. Carl is the majority owner of FC Cincinnati. Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) First job: Scooping ice cream at Norwood United Dairy Farmers Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.” —Ephesians 3:20 What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: The business of insurance is underappreciated as a great career opportunity for ambitious, bright college grads.

to Taft’s James Zimmerman and all the Cincinnati 300. Thank you for your leadership and impact.

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S. Craig Lindner

Brent Loring

Clement Luken Jr.

CO-CEO American Financial Group

CEO trustaff

SENIOR PA RTNER Wood Herron & Evans

Lindner and his brother, Carl III, have led the holding company, the parent of Great American Insurance Group and one of Cincinnati’s largest public companies, since 2005. It formed in Cincinnati in 1959, with roots going back to 1872 with the founding of Great American Insurance Company. Craig also serves as CEO of Great American Insurance Group Annuities.

Loring and Doug Dean co-founded the company in 2002 with a focus on providing healthcare professionals to fill staff shortages. Since then, the firm has grown to more than 300 employees at its Blue Ash headquarters and more than 1,400 internal and external workers at seven satellite offices nationwide. After posting revenue of $1.6 million in its first year, trustaff brought in more than $260 million in 2017.

Luken joined the region’s largest intellectual property firm when he graduated from law school in 1986, is a member of its three-person executive committee, and was named lead partner in 2018 upon Greg Lunn’s retirement. The law practice has 42 lawyers and works with 150 independent associates in more than 50 countries.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I have always had an interest in investing funds and creating value. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Fishing, cycling, and spending time with family Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: The Cincinnati Zoo Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Lindner Center of HOPE

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Xavier University (undergraduate and Master’s), Northern Kentucky University (J.D.) First job: Polisher at a metal plating shop What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Be flexible, understanding that business needs change more frequently than in the past, and service providers such as Intellectual Property lawyers need to adapt quickly to those needs. Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: The Cincinnati Zoo Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Steve Martenet

Mike McCaw

Sue McPartlin

PRESIDENT Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Ohio

OWNER AND CEO BelFlex Staffing Network

MIDWEST MARKET MANAGING PA RTNER

Martenet, who has worked in the insurance industry for more than two decades, leads Anthem’s commercial business and strategy in Ohio, serving more than 4 million customers. He was in charge of commercial business for Anthem in Missouri and Wisconsin before returning to his home state in 2017.

McCaw and his wife and business partner, Candace, retained BelFlex, a provider of workforce solutions for light industry, when Belcan was bought by a private equity company in 2015. Mike McCaw is the former CEO of Belcan and is a partner in Wealth Dimensions Groups, which manages more than $750 million for clients.

McPartlin leads the local office of the international accounting company PricewaterhouseCoopers, which is the third-largest accounting firm in Greater Cincinnati with more than 100 CPAs and 242 total employees. She oversees PwC’s operations in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, and is a Detroit native with expertise in acquisitions, divestitures, and regulatory filings. She joined PwC in 1986 and has been in her current position since 2011.

Hometown: Mansfield, Ohio Education: Bowling Green State University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? During my senior year of college, my dad sent my resume to his insurance agent, who sent it to some carriers, and the rest is history. Insurance and health care has been a great career. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Don’t boil the ocean. Focus on fewer and more impactful things in order to move things forward and achieve success. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Golf and travel Favorite Greater Cincinnati restaurants: The Precinct and Carlo & Johnny

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John Moster

Jeff Miller

Paul Muething

CEO

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Burke, Inc.

Clark Schaefer Hackett

Keating Muething & Klekamp

Miller oversees the firm, founded in 1931, that helps clients predict consumer behavior. The former Burke Marketing Research changed its name in 1995 to reflect growth into more diversified services. The employee-owned company, which employs more than 300, has three locations in Greater Cincinnati, including a downtown campus on West Seventh Street, and offices in 13 states.

Moster oversees the Cincinnati office of the top 100 accounting firm that also has offices in Northern Kentucky, Dayton, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, and Springfield. The firm has more than 400 shareholders and annual revenue of $68 million.

Muething served as Managing Partner from 1995 to 2017 and became Chairman in 2018. He is the son of John Muething, who founded the law firm in 1954 with William and Charles Keating; the name was changed in the mid-1960s when Donald Klekamp became a partner. KMK’s 115 attorneys operate from offices in downtown and Over-the-Rhine.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Notre Dame (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I chose accounting primarily because I wanted to eat. I really wanted to major in a literature field, but I knew that was pretty impractical. I took business classes and really like the problem-solving aspect of accounting, so I chose that major. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “When placed in command, take charge.” —General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: DePaul Cristo Rey High School. I’m so impressed with the passion each and every person at that school has to make a difference in these students’ lives.

Gus Perdikakis

Julia Poston

Thomas Prewitt

PRESIDENT AND CEO

MANAGING PA RTNER

CHAIR OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMIT TEE

Gus Perdikakis Associates

Ernst & Young

Graydon

Perdikakis founded the eponymous staffing company in 1979 with his wife, Jo Ann, and the original staff of three has grown to more than 350 with a regional office in Los Angeles. He serves as president of the American Staffing Association. The son of Greek immigrants, Perdikakis served six terms as president of Holy Trinity St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.

Poston has been a partner at the international accounting firm since 2002 and has managed the local office since 2008, leading almost 350 employees and more than 165 CPAs. She joined Ernst & Young after a 20-year career at Arthur Andersen. Poston also serves as Assurance Leader for the Ohio Valley Region that includes Columbus, Indianapolis, and Louisville.

Prewitt has primary responsibility for setting and implementing the law firm’s strategic direction and overseeing day-to-day operations. The son and brother of lawyers, he’s an accomplished trial lawyer who relieves the stress of the job by gardening and cooking. Graydon traces its downtown roots to 1871 and today serves clients from five offices in Greater Cincinnati.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? While in college, I worked as a janitor and office boy at an engineering company; after graduation I was promoted to personnel administrator and recruiting. I love helping people seek opportunities in their careers. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: To maintain stability while recognizing that the reality of business is fluctuation. The important thing is how to react to change and view it as another opportunity to grow and become stronger.

Hometown: Paris, Ky. Education: Ohio University (undergraduate), University of Kentucky (J.D.) Why did you choose this field of work? I grew up in the law firm environment and was pretty much destined to be a lawyer from early on. First job: Working on the farm Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you…” —Rudyard Kipling

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Jay Rammes

Kathy Selker

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Price, the son of founder Mary Beth Price, has been CEO of the 35-year-old firm since 2009. It is Greater Cincinnati’s largest woman-owned business and third-largest advertising/marketing/branding firm with 170 employees and $250 million in revenue in 2017.

Rammes was named the firm’s top executive to replace long-time Director Steve Hube, whose tenure featured growth into one of the country’s 200 largest accounting firms with more than 150 employees and new offices in Crestview Hills and Indianapolis. Rammes has served on the firm’s executive committee and human resources committee, through which he hired, trained, and/or developed almost every professional staff member.

Selker joined the 70-year-old advertising and marketing firm in 2000 as Chief Financial Officer, moved up to COO, and became the firm’s leader in 2007. She credits the lessons learned during stops at Accenture, Macy’s, and Coca-Cola—plus those as the mother of three sons—as shaping her strategy for clients. She writes TheFemFactor.com blog to explore ways that hospitals can better communicate with consumers.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Presbyterian College (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? Because I can constantly create for the future and selectively forget the past. First job: Empower Media Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: In almost all cases, culture eats strategy for breakfast. What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: In general, people don’t care how great you are; they care about how you will solve their problems. Favorite Greater Cincinnati restaurant: Salazar

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate and MBA) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Northlich was greatly impacted by the Great Recession, and since then we’ve gone about our business quite differently. We’re more thoughtful and perhaps more cautious about the business commitments we make.

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James Sowar

Larry Sheakley

Gerald Sparkman

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Sheakley has spent almost 50 years with the family-owned human resources firm that provides benefits management services to small and medium-sized businesses. The company represents more than 50,000 clients and, with 2017 revenue of more than $500 million, ranked on Deloitte’s list of top privately-held Cincinnati firms. Sheakley also has ownership stakes in a number of other interests, including the Cincinnati Reds and FC Cincinnati.

Sowar joined the global accounting firm in 2002 and became the top Cincinnati executive in 2013. He is also the company’s national tax leader for the Health Care Provider sector. Sowar worked for Arthur Andersen for 17 years before joining Deloitte.

Sparkman, who joined the company in 2012, was named CEO in 2017 when founder David Foxx became chairman. Sparkman was previously President and COO of subsidiary Versatex, one of three divisions of the company that provides facility and construction management, manufacturing services, warehouse management, and sourcing and supply chain management.

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Hometown: Coldwater, Ohio Education: University of Notre Dame (undergraduate) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: When Arthur Andersen went under. Our team really stuck together. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” —Maya Angelou Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: My wife, kids, and I wrote and published a children’s book, Tex the T. Rex Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Cincinnati Youth Collaborative

Hometown: Chicago Education: Anna Maria College (undergraduate), Notre Dame University (MBA) First job: A lock box processor at Northern Trust Bank in high school. What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Be goal-driven personally and professionally. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Sporting clay shooting, golf, and playing cards Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: Eden Park

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George Vincent

Sarah Tomes

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Starkey joined the law firm as a partner in 1997 and was named to lead 70 attorneys in the Cincinnati office, one of eight in the national organization, in 2010. He is a member of the firm’s tax and the corporate transactions and securities groups and is a frequent conference speaker on executive compensation.

Tomes, who left her job as a restaurant server to join the company as a co-op employee in 1996, leads strategic vision, business processes, and organizational design for the brand and innovation consulting firm that operates four offices around the world. The company was founded in 1983 when five employees bought the local office of Young & Rubicam, one of the world’s largest marketing firms, and set about making Cincinnati a branding center.

Vincent joined the firm in 1982 and now oversees the region’s largest law practice, with more than 220 attorneys among its 475 employees. He has driven the firm’s strategic expansion over the years, which includes opening an office in Cleveland in 2017. Dinsmore has relationships with many of the largest companies in the city, including Procter & Gamble, Castellini Companies and the Cincinnati Reds.

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Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio Education: Wittenberg University (undergraduate), University of Cincinnati (J.D.) First job: I ran a lawn care business as a teenager. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Playing tennis, running half marathons, participating in the local arts scene, and following the activities of my three children Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: Events at Music Hall, including performances by the Symphony, Ballet, May Festival, and Opera Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: ArtsWave

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Hometown: Detroit Education: University of Michigan (undergraduate and J.D.) First job: Detroit Free Press paper boy What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Work hard. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: American history, spending time with my grandchildren, travel, and Michigan football. Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: Cincinnati Reds

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Willke has been in charge of the local office of the market research and measurement firm since 2012. He added the title of President of Nielsen Innovation in 2018 when the company reorganized BASES, where Willke worked for more than 20 years, into an autonomous business unit to focus on new technology to help translate consumer data into insights for clients.

Zalla is Global President of Consumer Brands for the international branding firm WPP, with 26 offices in 19 countries, and personally leads the Chicago and Cincinnati offices. She’s worked in the industry for almost 30 years and is a frequent author and speaker on topics such as strategy, innovation, and organizational leadership in the business, including a presentation at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity.

Zimmerman oversees the local office of the now-national firm that traces its roots to 1885 and once included Robert and Charles Taft, sons of President William Howard Taft. The firm has 103 lawyers in Cincinnati and more than 450 in its 10 offices.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Notre Dame (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? After college, I went to France for a year of grad studies before returning to Cincinnati. I didn’t really know what I wanted to do, and a friend told me Burke Marketing Research was hiring for temporary roles. So, like many in marketing research, I ended up here mostly by accident. Favorite Greater Cincinnati restaurant: Abigail Street

Hometown: Atlanta until 14, then Cincinnati Education: Vanderbilt University (undergraduate and J.D.) Why did you choose this field of work? Growing up, I enjoyed friendly debates about all kinds of things—sports, current events, etc.—so several people said I should consider law school. First job: Working at a golf club; great training in customer service Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Having triplets, which taught me a lot about patience, humility, adaptability, and gratitude for my wife and for the support of others.

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Daniel Baker

Jeffrey Anderson

Neil Bortz

PRESIDENT AND CEO Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estate

CHAIRMAN AND CEO Baker Construction Enterprises

FOUNDING PA RTNER Towne Properties

Anderson founded the firm in 1975, focusing on building locations for Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and other restaurant chains. He moved on to regional retail centers and developed relationships with tenants such as Walmart, SteinMart, TJ Maxx and Home Goods. He developed Rookwood Commons in Norwood in 2000, along with Hyde Park Station, Alexandria Village Green, Kenwood Pavilion, and Union Centre Pavilion.

Three Baker brothers (Dan, Ken, and Jim) formed Baker Cement Contractors in Oxford in 1968. Fifty years and a name change later to reflect its growth in services, the Monroe-based firm has worked on projects from the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas to Mile High Stadium in Denver, renovated the Bristol Motor Speedway, and expanded to 12 regional offices to become the one of the largest specialty concrete contractors in the U.S. with over $1 billion in revenue in 2017.

Bortz founded the real estate empire in 1960 when he and Marvin Rosenberg began the Mt. Adams renaissance, buying buildings and renovating them into apartments. Almost 60 years later, the company owns or manages more than 15,000 apartments, 116,500 condominium units, and properties that include Kenwood Towne Centre, Four Seasons Marina, and the Club at Harper’s Point. Bortz’s son, Adam, who has worked for the company since 1991, is its CEO.

Hometown: Oxford, Ohio Why did you choose this field of work? I started apprenticing with my grandfather, who was a stonemason, and then joined my brothers to start our own business. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Form deep friendships with co-workers, look out for each other every day, and maintain a steadfast commitment to integrity in everything we do.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Harvard College (undergraduate and MBA) First job: Advertising department at Procter & Gamble, where I was staff assistant on Ivory Bar Soap. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: A dear old friend of mine once said, “The best day of my life was the day before I realized I had made it.” Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

William Butler

Sarah Close

John Danis

CHAIRMAN AND CEO Corporex Companies

OPERATING PA RTNER Keller Williams Advisors Realty

CEO Danis Building Construction

Butler founded the W.P. Butler Construction Company in 1965 and grew it into Corporex, a diversified real estate firm with more than $1 billion of assets that include Corporex Development and Construction Management, Commonwealth Hotels, Five Seasons Sports Clubs, Corporex Realty and Investment, and Corporex Capital. Ovation, its $1 billion mixed-use development along the Newport riverfront, is expected to break ground in 2019 after a decade of planning.

Close was one of five people who created the first local Keller Williams office in 2005 in Mason. Along with Jamie Hurtubise, Jerry Garrison, Doug Manzler, and Carol Meadows, she moved the main office to Columbia-Tusculum a few years later, then opened another location in Over-the-Rhine in 2017 as the agency grew from a handful of agents to more than 230 Realtors to become one of the region’s largest groups.

Danis became Midwest chairman and CEO in 1997 when the Danis Companies firm, which also operates in Florida and North Carolina, was restructured. The third-largest general contracting firm in Cincinnati, it’s one of the nation’s largest builders of health-care facilities with as many as 25 projects underway at any time and 2017 revenue of more than $310 million. Danis started working for the family business as a teenager.

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David Drees

Melvin Gravely

Rod Fussinger

PRESIDENT AND CEO Drees Homes

OWNER/BROKER RE/MAX Affiliates

CEO TriVersity Construction

Drees, grandson of founder Theodore Drees, is the third member of the family to lead the homebuilding company that built its first house in Wilder in 1928. He took over the Ft. Mitchell-based firm from his father, Ralph, in 2000. More than 60,000 families have worked with the nation’s 12th largest privately-owned homebuilder, which posted more than $875 million in revenue in 2017.

Fussinger began his real estate career with Huff Realty in 1981 before becoming the owner of the RE/MAX Affiliates office in Northern Kentucky in 1990. It was the seventh-largest residential real estate firm in Greater Cincinnati in 2016 with almost $357 million in sales on 2,200 transactions, with an average home price of over $165,000.

Gravely, who is majority shareholder, became CEO in 2011 at one of the largest general contractors in Greater Cincinnati, posting $95 million in revenue in 2017. Gravely is also founder of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Thinking, has written eight books, and was an assistant professor at Thomas More University for four years and served two terms on its Board of Trustees. Hometown: Canton, Ohio Education: Mount Union University (undergraduate), Kent State University (MBA), Union Institute and University (Ph.D.) First job: I started a cleaning company, and our best customer was a funeral home. It was tough getting people to staff that one. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Show up and try to make a difference. What you’d tell a recent college graduate about entering your field of business: Consider every little thing as a test. Your job is to pass them all.

Michael Habel

Louis Guttman

Bob Hawksley

CEO Hills Properties

CEO BHDP

CEO Fischer Homes

Guttman leads the family-owned real estate company founded by his father in 1958 that specializes in the development, construction, financing, and management of single-family homes, apartment communities, and commercial buildings. The firm has built more than 15,000 multi-family homes, 4,000 single-family homes, and 85 multi-family communities, and owns and manages more than 1 million square feet of commercial space (office, medical, retail, and warehouse) in seven states.

The company that Habel oversees is very different from the one that has its roots in the 1930s, when Cyrus Baxter opened an architecture firm and hired Jack Hodell, Jim Donnelly, and Jim Preston (BHDP). Today’s firm offers a variety of services such as architecture, interior design, master planning, experiential branding, strategy, industrial design, change management, and sustainability with offices in Columbus, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Raleigh, N.C.

Hawksley, who has worked for Fischer Homes for 24 years, was President and COO before replacing founder Henry Fischer as CEO in 2014. Hawksley has spent his career in the homebuilding business, first working for his father, owner of Royal Homes, and then eight years with Ryan Homes. The Erlanger-based company had $204 million in revenue on more than 750 housing starts in 2017.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I always had a keen interest in buildings and how they’re designed and built, inspired by my father, who was an architect. First job: Foodservice warehouse at Kings Island Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Treat every person as an individual.

Hometown: Ft. Myers, Fla. Education: University of Florida (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? My father was in the homebuilding business, and I enjoyed working with customers to deliver exceptional experiences and a well-built home. Studies show homeowners contribute more to the social fabric in positive ways.

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Mike Huseman

Jim Huff

Thomas Keckeis

C H A I R M A N E M E R I T US Huff Realty

PRESIDENT HGC Construction

PRESIDENT AND CEO Messer Construction

Huff founded the eponymous real estate company in 1975 before selling to Warren Buffett’s HomeServices of America division of Berskshire Hathaway in 2006, the height of the residential housing boom. Brad DeVries runs day-to-day operations of the Ft. Mitchell-based company that’s the fourth-largest residential firm in Greater Cincinnati with more than $968 million in sales in 2017 and an average home price of almost $175,000.

Huseman is the third generation to lead the construction company founded in 1931. The firm has been involved in two new downtown projects, Crane Factory Flats at the former Hamilton County Board of Elections and a hotel at the Jeweler’s Exchange Building at Seventh and Race, and worked on renovation of the Cincinnatian Hotel.

Keckeis joined the commercial construction company in 1977 as a field engineer and was named President in 2005. Messer has worked on many high-profile projects in the region, including the downtown Cincinnati Public Library in 1952, Aronoff Center for the Arts in 1995, and Dayton’s Schuster Center for the Arts in 2003. It has offices in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina and posted revenue of more than $1 billion in 2017.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Xavier University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I started out pursuing pre-med in college but couldn’t get past some serious mental blocks in chemistry. Fortunately, I had an “a ha” moment when I realized I could combine the creativity of the liberal arts with the pragmatism of the business world. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Vision without execution is a hallucination. Favorite Greater Cincinnati attraction: BLINK. I can’t wait for the fall 2019 version.

Steve Leeper

Joe King

Elizabeth Mangan

GROUP PRESIDENT Coldwell Banker West Shell

PRESIDENT AND CEO 3CDC

CEO Miller-Valentine Group

King was named the parent company’s President for Ohio, St. Louis, and Minnesota in 2017, after serving as President and COO for Greater Cincinnati since 2005. It is the third-largest residential real estate agency in Greater Cincinnati with more than $1.75 billion in 2017 sales with an average home price of over $213,000. The company acquired Link Realty, which represented 3CDC, in 2010 and opened an office near Washington Park in 2015 to focus on Overthe-Rhine sales.

Leeper has led the private nonprofit Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation since 2004, a year after its formation. Collaborating with the city, state, and members of the Greater Cincinnati corporate community, 3CDC has been one of the major forces behind the renaissance of Over-the-Rhine and downtown. It continues to pursue its goal of creating innovative civic spaces (Washington Park, Ziegler Park) and high-density, mixed-use developments (Fourth & Race, new Kroger store with apartments) while preserving historic structures when possible.

Mangan joined the fifth-largest contractor in Greater Cincinnati in 2008, was named General Counsel in 2011, and took over the top spot in 2018. She succeeds Bill Krul, who has been with the company since 1969 and was elevated to Co-Executive Chairman with Mike Green. The company was founded in 1964 and posted revenue of more than $295 million in 2017.

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Mark Meinhardt

Gary Mitchell

Shenan Murphy

PRESIDENT Star One Realtors

CEO Divisions Maintenance

CEO AND PRINCIPAL Colliers International

Meinhardt took over the top job in 2011 after the death of his father, George, who was a founding partner of the firm in 1990. Mark began his career with his father at West Shell, then moved with him to Star One, which ranked No. 6 among local real estate agencies with more than $485 million in sales in 2017 and an average home sale price of almost $200,000.

Mitchell founded the company in 1999 and has been the driving force behind its growth to almost $230 million in revenue in 2017. The firm leased more than 7,500 square feet of space at Newport on the Levee in 2017 after outgrowing its headquarters at One Riverfront Place. Its services include landscaping, snow and ice removal, plumbing, electrical, general construction, and parking lot care for retailers and property managers across the U.S.

Murphy leads the Greater Cincinnati and Dayton operations for the global commercial real estate company, which is the third-largest in the region with 39 full-time agents. Colliers entered the local market when it acquired West Shell Commercial in 2010; it added the Multifamily Advisory Group in 2018. The new service focuses on connecting buyers and sellers of Class B and C apartment buildings with 50 to 150 units.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I went to work for a large corporation after college and quickly decided I wanted more control of my destiny, while watching as my father completely enjoyed work every day. Selling houses seemed fun and a great way to scratch my entrepreneurial itch. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: My wife and I founded Sophie’s Angel Run after losing our youngest daughter to a brain tumor. Favorite Greater Cincinnati restaurant: Buddha Barn in Sayler Park

Hometown: Cold Spring, Ky. Why did you choose this field of work? My company began with a complaint, when I overheard a store manager lamenting difficulty in finding maintenance vendors. I knew I could get the jobs done while unburdening the manager. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: I’ve learned to fail fast. You can’t be on the cutting edge without making some mistakes—move quickly to the next idea if the first one doesn’t work.

Robert Myers

Scott Nelson

Dan Neyer

C H I EF OPE R AT I NG OFFI C ER Phillips Edison

CEO Comey & Shepherd

PRESIDENT AND CEO Neyer Properties

Myers runs the Cincinnati headquarters of one of the nation’s largest owners and operators of grocery store-anchored shopping centers. The company, founded by Mike Phillips and Jeff Edison in 1991, manages more than 340 locations in 32 states. He joined the firm in 2003 as Regional Leasing Manager before being named COO in 2010.

Nelson became CEO in 1990 at the firm that traces its origins to 1946, when Harold Comey started his commercial real estate company. It added residential sales when Edward Shepherd joined in 1950. Nelson and President Terry Hankner own and operate the business today, managing the second-largest residential firm in the region with $2.2 billion in sales in 2017 and an average home price of almost $233,000.

Neyer grew up in the family business of commercial real estate and construction, and then formed his own company in 1995. The company renovated the former Baldwin Piano Building, across from the entrance to Eden Park in Walnut Halls, into The Baldwin, a luxury apartment building with 190 units that opened in 2017. He’s been personally involved in projects that total $1.5 billion and cover more than 3,000 acres.

Hometown: Van Wert, Ohio Education: Huntington College (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? I have a passion for helping people find the right location and tenant mix for successful business ventures. Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: “Play like a champion today.” —Lou Holtz Favorite Greater Cincinnati charity: Broken Bus Ministry, which serves those in the area in need of food, clothing, toiletries, blankets, etc.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Miami University (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? Growing up, I noticed that the buildings along I-71 and I-75 seemed dirty, rundown, and smelly, and I thought our city would be better off if this was improved, since it’s what visitors see when traveling on the area’s main roads. So my passion and drive has become developing and transforming numerous real estate projects along the I-71 and I-75 corridors.

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Molly North

Matthew Schottelkotte

Jeremy Raby

PRESIDENT AND CEO Al. Neyer

PRESIDENT AND CEO ERA Real Solutions

CEO GBBN

North has led the company since 2015 and previously served as Chief Financial Officer after joining the firm in 2007. She was recently elected the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s new Board Chair. Al. Neyer celebrated its 120th anniversary by being recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in Greater Cincinnati in 2018. It focuses on built-to-suit office, medical, industrial, mixed-use, and residential projects from its headquarters in Cincinnati and offices in Pittsburgh and Nashville.

Raby founded the residential real estate company as a sole broker in 2007 and has developed it into a multi-office firm with more than 200 employees. ERA posted revenue of $215 million in 2017, closing on more than 1,200 transactions with an average home price of over $175,000. The “boutique” brokerage has six locations, including three in Greater Cincinnati.

Schottelkotte, who also holds the title Director of Architecture, has led the city’s third-largest architectural firm since 1995. GBBN has 33 registered architects and had more than $30 million in local billings in 2017. Recent projects include the Union Terminal restoration, the new Kroger development downtown, and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. He learned people skills as one of legendary newsman Al Schottelkotte’s 12 children. Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) Why did you choose this field of work? Architecture and design in general are such a natural fit to exercise creative thinking, my interest in making things, and helping to improve things for others around me. First job: Caddie at Maketewah Country Club Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: Have a plan, but be ready to revise it at all times.

Hometown: Wilmington, Ohio Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: The challenges of being a mom with a high-intensity job. Whether I’m missing a dinner with a client for the regular evening routine with my kids or missing an in-classroom volunteer activity for a board meeting, something important is always being sacrificed.

Kevin Schutte

Robert Sibcy

Steve Smith

MANAGING DIRECTOR CBRE

OWNER Sibcy Cline

CEO Model Group

Schutte joined CBRE to lead the local office in 2016, after working for Skanska, Duke Realty, and Paul Hemmer Companies. He leads more than 175 people at the commercial real estate company that’s one of the largest in the world, providing strategic advice and execution for property sales and leasing; property, facilities and project management; mortgage banking; appraisal and valuation; investment management; and research and consulting.

In 1969, Sibcy became President of the real estate firm his grandfather, Joseph Sibcy, founded in 1930. It is the largest residential real estate brokerage in the region, posting net sales of more than $2.5 billion in 2017 on more than 11,440 transactions with an average sale price of $224,421. Sibcy’s wife, Pam, has been in the business for more than 35 years; their daughter, Robin Sheakley, who is President, is the fourth generation to work for the company.

Smith created Model Property Development in 2001 to pioneer the Transformative Neighborhood Revitalization strategy that’s helped the company become a leader in affordable urban housing. The firm has been active in the revitalization of Over-the-Rhine and Walnut Hills by developing, building, and managing residential housing, senior living communities, and mixed-use properties.

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: University of Cincinnati (undergraduate) Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: Being poor is hard, being rich is hard, so choose your hard. I’m still somewhere in the middle, but I like the idea. Favorite hobbies or leisure activities: Boating, flying, skiing

Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Washington & Jefferson College (undergraduate) Best advice received or favorite inspirational quote: My father was a Realtor, and I once complained to how hard the job was, and he said, “If it was easy, everyone would do it and nobody would make any money.” I never complained again. Favorite Greater Cincinnati charities: The Lindner Center of HOPE and the Sibcy House

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David Spaulding

Robert Steele

Steve Steinman

VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER Turner Construction

PRESIDENT AND CEO KZF Design

CEO Sims-Lohman

Spaulding joined the company in 2008 as legal counsel and became leader of the local operation in 2016. The company’s projects include Great American Tower, St. Elizabeth Healthcare’s comprehensive cancer care center, and renovation of the former Bavarian Brewery in Covington into the home of Kenton County government offices. Turner has been chosen to build FC Cincinnati’s new soccer stadium.

Steele leads the company of more than 60 architects, engineers, interior designers, and urban planners that was founded in 1956. In 2017, the firm added 11 new owners from its core management team as it began a transition strategy to choose the fourth generation of leaders, who average 10 years with the company, to take leadership positions by 2020.

Steinman leads one of the country’s largest providers of granite and quartz countertops and kitchen cabinets to building professionals. The Carthage-based firm plans an 8,000-squarefoot headquarters expansion to house its sales team and a new showroom. It acquired Werthan Granite of Nashville in 2018, giving it five countertop manufacturing facilities in addition to three regional distribution centers and 20 sales/ showroom locations in six states.

Hometown: Ft. Mitchell, Ky. Education: Marshall University (undergraduate), Northern Kentucky University (J.D.) Why did you choose this field of work? Most of my family is in the industry. I started my career as an attorney, which I enjoyed, but working for Turner as in-house counsel was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. Toughest challenge faced or lesson learned: I was diagnosed with cancer five years ago. Cancer may leave your body and you might feel healthy, it but never leaves your mind.

Greg Williams

James Tippmann

Tom Williams

PRESIDENT AND CEO FRCH Design

AREA PRESIDENT M/I Homes

PRESIDENT AND CEO North American Properties

Tippmann’s background in operations, finance, and development dovetails with his experience in architecture and design. FRCH merged with Nelson, a global firm, in 2018, expanding its network to more than 1,100 employees in 25 offices around the world. FRCH is the largest architecture firm in Greater Cincinnati with almost $40 million in revenue and 44 registered architects. Tippman became co-CEO of the new company with John Nelson Jr.

Williams became the top executive at the homebuilding firm in 2011, with responsibility for operations in Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, and Northern Kentucky. He has more than 20 years of experience in the industry. M/I posted more than $180 million in revenue in 2017 on 421 home starts.

In 1986, Williams joined the family commercial real estate business that was founded in 1954, and led its expansion by opening offices in Ft. Myers, Dallas, and Atlanta. North American had revenue of more than $200 million in 2017. Williams is Vice Chairman and one of the principal owners of the Cincinnati Reds and was a member of ownership of the St. Louis Cardinals and Baltimore Orioles. Hometown: Cincinnati Education: Georgetown University (undergraduate), University of Cincinnati (J.D.)

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Index BY NAME

GREGORY ACHTEN (UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES) ANDREW AIELLO (TANK) STUART AITKEN (84.51) MICHAEL ALLEN (ALLEN.ASSOCIATES) SCOTT ALTMAN (CINCINNATI BALLET) JEFFREY ALUOTTO (HAMILTON COUNTY) JEFFREY ANDERSON (JEFFREY R. ANDERSON REAL ESTATE) MARK ANDERSON (PROMACH) SCOTT ANDERSON (ENERFAB) MARK ANDREAE (CLARKE POWER SERVICES) LINDA ANTUS (CINCINNATI REGIONAL TOURISM NETWORK) JOANIE ARIAS (DHL) DEAN BACKSCHEIDER (BGR) WILLIAM BAHL (BAHL & GAYNOR) DANIEL BAKER (BAKER CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES) TIMOTHY BALLINGER (GENERAL ELECTRIC CREDIT UNION) CHAD BARNHILL (JACK CASINO) JOHN BARRETT (WESTERN & SOUTHERN FINANCIAL GROUP) CHRIS BATEMAN (AMAZON) PATRICIA BEGGS (CINCINNATI OPERA) CLYDE BELL (CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE) JEFF BERDING (FC CINCINNATI) PETE BLACKSHAW (CINTRIFUSE) RYAN BLEVINS (MADTREE BREWING) JEFF BOEH (THE BRANDERY) BOB BONDER (RHINEGEIST) RIC BOOTH (DUKE ENERGY CONVENTION CENTER) NEIL BORTZ (TOWNE PROPERTIES) JOE BOURGRAF (FERNO-WASHINGTON) TOM BRENNAN (SCHOOL OUTFITTERS) PATTY BRISBEN (BRISBEN FOUNDATION) ARCHIE BROWN (FIRST FINANCIAL BANK) MIKE BROWN (CINCINNATI BENGALS) RANDY BRUNK (CINCINNATI HILLS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY) OTTO BUDIG JR. (BUDCO GROUP) IRIS SIMPSON BUSH (FLYING PIG MARATHON) DAN BUSKEN (BUSKEN BAKERY) PAMELA BUTCHER (PILOT CHEMICAL) WILLIAM BUTLER (CORPOREX COS.) JEFFREY CAIL (IPSOS) JULIE CALVERT (CINCINNATI CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU) GREG CARMICHAEL (FIFTH THIRD BANK) MICHAEL CARREL (ATRICURE) BOB CASTELLINI (CINCINNATI REDS) MIKE CASTRUCCI (MIKE CASTRUCCI AUTOMOTIVE) CHRIS CICCHINELLI (PURE ROMANCE) JAMES CLARK (LSI INDUSTRIES) MARK CLEMENT (TRIHEALTH) SARAH CLOSE (KELLER WILLIAMS ADVISORS REALTY) KEN COHEN (COHEN RECYCLING)

8 64 72 72 28 64 84 52 52 16 28 16 52 8 84 8 28 72 16 29 42 29 52 16 52 16 29 84 52 16 64 8 30 42 53 30 30 53 84 72 30 8 42 30 17 17 53 42 84 17

JON COLEMAN (WESTIN CINCINNATI) CRIS COLLINSWORTH (PRO FOOTBALL FOCUS) GARREN COLVIN (ST. ELIZABETH HEALTHCARE) MICHAEL COMER (KPMG) ANTHONY COOK (DENTAL CARE PLUS) BRENT COOPER (NORTHERN KENTUCKY CHAMBER) JONATHAN COOPER (MASON CITY SCHOOLS) ROBERT COUGHLIN (PAYCOR) GREGORY CRAWFORD (MIAMI UNIVERSITY) JOHN CRANLEY (CITY OF CINCINNATI) STEVE CUNTZ (BLUESTAR) JOHN DANIS (DANIS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION) ROGER DAVID (GOLD STAR CHILI) DAVID DAVIS (CNG HOLDINGS) JEAN-ROBERT DE CAVEL (JR GROUP) TONY DESJARDINS (GREY MIDWEST) MICHAEL DEVER (PERFORMANCE AUTOMOTIVE NETWORK) BILL DEVILLE (HEALTH CAROUSEL) ANDREW DEWITT (DEWEY’S) TODD DICKSON (CHAMPION WINDOWS) MARSHALL DOSKER (STRAUSS TROY) JAMES DOWNTON (SHARONVILLE CONVENTION CENTER) DAVID DREES (DREES HOMES) JAMES DRESSMAN III (DBL LAW) CHARLES DRUCKER (WORLDPAY) RICHARD EISWERTH (CINCINNATI PUBLIC RADIO) ANDREW EKDAHL (ETHICON) BRIAN ERDMAN (INTERBRAND) DAVID FALK (BOCA RESTAURANT GROUP) SCOTT FARMER (CINTAS CORPORATION) MICHAEL FAUL (MIAMI-LUKEN) CRYSTAL FAULKNER (MCM CPAS & ADVISORS) DWIGHT FERRELL (METRO/SORTA) FERNANDO FIGUEROA (GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE) KAREN FINAN (NORTHERN KENTUCKY TRI-ED) ANGIE FISCHER (GYRO) MARC FISHER (MAYERSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER) MICHAEL FISHER (CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL) TIM FOGARTY (WEST CHESTER PROTECTIVE GEAR) STEVE FOSTER (LCNB BANK) LEIGH FOX (CINCINNATI BELL) ROD FUSSINGER (RE/MAX AFFILIATES) CHRISTOPHER GARTEN (SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL) KAY GEIGER (PNC BANK) DAVID GELWICKS (HICKMAN, WILLIAMS & CO.) MICHAEL GILBERT (ARISTECH SURFACES) GREGORY GLUCHOWSKI JR. (HILLMAN GROUP) TOM GOEKE (MILACRON HOLDINGS) PAUL GOHR (CECO ENVIRONMENTAL) JEANNE GOLLIHER (CINCINNATI DEVELOPMENT FUND)

30 53 42 72 42 65 44 72 44 65 53 84 32 8 32 73 17 44 32 53 73 33 85 73 10 33 45 73 33 17 45 73 65 46 66 73 66 45 17 10 18 85 46 10 54 54 54 54 54 66

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RICHARD GRAETER (GRAETER’S ICE CREAM) MICHAEL GRAHAM (XAVIER UNIVERSITY) MEL GRAVELY (TRIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION) ADAM GREENBERG (TOPICZ) LOUIS GUTTMAN (HILLS PROPERTIES) BRIAN HABEGGER (HABEGGER CORP.) MICHAEL HABEL (BHDP) ADAM HALL (FROST BROWN TODD) TIM HARDIG (G&J PEPSI-COLA BOTTLERS) TAMARA HARKAVY (ARTWORKS) RAY HARRIS (NEDERLANDER/US BANK ARENA) ANDREW HAWKING (BB&T) BOB HAWKSLEY (FISCHER HOMES) GARY HEIMAN (STANDARD TEXTILE) JOE HETE (AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP) STEPHEN HIGHTOWER (HIGHTOWERS PETROLEUM) BRIAN HODGETT (PROCTER & GAMBLE) ANDREW HOWELL (FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK) JIM HUFF (HUFF REALTY) MIKE HUSEMAN (HGC CONSTRUCTION) TONY JACCACI (CINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY) JASON JACKMAN (JOHNSON INVESTMENT COUNSEL) MATTHEW JESSUP (GRANT THORNTON) STEVEN JOHNSTON (CINCINNATI FINANCIAL) KEVIN JONES (HUNTINGTON BANK) RONALD JOSEPH (JOSEPH AUTO GROUP) CHUCK JUNG (FAMILY RV GROUP) JIM JURGENSEN II (JURGENSEN COMPANIES) KURT KAESER (KAESER & BLAIR) ELLEN KATZ (GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION) ERIC KEARNEY (AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER) THOMAS KECKEIS (MESSER CONSTRUCTION) JACK KENNY (MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE) JOE KING (COLDWELL BANKER WEST SHELL) ALECIA KINTNER (ARTSWAVE) GAIL KIST-KLINE (CHRIST COLLEGE OF NURSING) CAMERON KITCHIN (CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM) KIM KLOSTERMAN (KLOSTERMAN BAKING) DAVE KLOTTER (TSC APPAREL) BRIAN KOCHER (CASTELLINI GROUP) LANCE KWASNIEWSKI (BELCAN) ARTHUR KREMER (SHAREFAX CREDIT UNION) DAN KROEGER (GOLD MEDAL PRODUCTS) JAY LAMBKE (GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS) NATHANIEL LAMPLEY JR. (VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE) PETER LANDGREN (UC FOUNDATION) GRETCHEN LANDRUM (NORTHERN KENTUCKY CONVENTION CENTER) DOUG LANG (MEYER TOOL) JOE LANNI (THUNDERDOME RESTAURANT GROUP) MICHAEL LAROSA (LAROSA’S) 9 2 C I N C I N N AT I M A G A Z I N E . C O M C I N C I N N AT I 3 0 0 | 2 0 1 9

34 46 85 18 85 18 85 74 18 34 34 10 85 54 55 55 18 10 86 86 47 10 74 74 11 18 19 55 19 66 66 86 55 86 34 47 34 19 19 19 75 11 55 55 75 66 35 56 35 34

KIMM LAUTERBACH (REDI) STEVE LEEPER (3CDC) GARY LINDGREN (CINCINNATI BUSINESS COMMITTEE) BRAD LINDNER (UNITED DAIRY FARMERS) CARL LINDNER III (AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP) S. CRAIG LINDNER (AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP) RICHARD LOFGREN (UC HEALTH) STEVE LOFTIN (CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION) PATRICK LONGO (HCDC) BRENT LORING (TRUSTAFF) CLEMENT LUKEN JR. (WOOD HERRON & EVANS) JEFF LYKINS (LYKINS ENERGY SOLUTIONS) TONY MAAS (JTM FOOD GROUP) DAN MAGARIAN (FIELD AEROSPACE) TIM MALONEY (HAILE/US BANK FOUNDATION) ELIZABETH MANGAN (MILLER-VALENTINE GROUP) STEVE MARTENET (ANTHEM BLUE CROSS) ALAN MARTIN (HUMANA) JONATHAN MARTIN (CINCINNATI SYMPHONY) NADER MASADEH (BUFFALO WINGS & RINGS) THANE MAYNARD (CINCINNATI ZOO) MIKE MCCAW (BELFLEX STAFFING NETWORK) KEITH MCCLUSKEY (MCCLUSKEY CHEVROLET) MICHAEL MCCUEN (KEYBANK) KEVIN MCDONNELL (SKYLINE CHILI) CANDACE MCGRAW (CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY AIRPORT) RODNEY MCMULLEN (KROGER CO.) KEVIN MCNAMARA (CHEMED) PETER MCLINDEN (CINCINNATI AFL-CIO LABOR COUNCIL) SUSAN MCPARTLIN (PWC) MARK MEINHARDT (STAR ONE REALTORS) JILL MEYER (CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER) JOSEPH MEYER (CITY OF COVINGTON) D. LYNN MEYERS (ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI) MIKE MICHAEL (FIFTH THIRD BANK) JEFF MILLER (BURKE) MATT MILLER (LAKOTA LOCAL SCHOOLS) GARY MITCHELL (DIVISIONS MAINTENANCE) LAURA MITCHELL (CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS) PEG MOERTL (OHIO CAPITAL CORPORATION FOR HOUSING) WILLIAM MORGAN (JP MORGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT) JOHN MOSTER (CLARK SCHAEFER HACKETT) PAUL MUETHING (KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP) SHENAN MURPHY (COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL) ROBERT MYERS (PHILLIPS EDISON) KRIS NAIR (ASCENDUM SOLUTIONS) SCOTT NELSON (COMEY & SHEPHERD) DAN NEYER (NEYER PROPERTIES) ROGER NEWPORT (AK STEEL HOLDING CORP.) TOM NIES (CINCOM SYSTEMS)

68 86 68 19 75 76 47 35 68 76 76 20 20 56 68 86 76 20 35 35 35 76 20 11 36 68 20 20 68 76 87 69 69 36 11 77 48 87 48 69 11 77 77 87 87 56 87 87 57 57

Index BY NAME

STEVE NIESMAN (ITELLIGENCE) MOLLY NORTH (AL. NEYER) KEN OAKS (TOTAL QUALITY LOGISTICS) JEFF OSTERFELD (PENN STATION) GUS PERDIKAKIS (GUS PERDIKAKIS ASSOCIATES) ELIZABETH PIERCE (CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER) NEVILLE PINTO (UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI) RAPHAELA PLATOW (CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER) ARTURO POLIZZI (CHRIST HOSPITAL HEALTH NETWORK) MONICA POSEY (CINCINNATI STATE) JULIA POSTON (ERNST & YOUNG) MICHAEL PRESCOTT (U.S. BANK) THOMAS PREWITT (GRAYDON) JIM PRICE (EMPOWER MEDIA) JEREMY RABY (ERA REAL SOLUTIONS) MARIBETH RAHE (FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS) DANIEL RAJCZAK (TOTES-ISOTONER) JAY RAMMES (BARNES DENNIG) JOE RAVER (HILLENBRAND) ROBERT REICHERT (KENWOOD DEALER GROUP) TIM REILLY (ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL) JOHN RICHARDSON (SUGARCREEK) SCOTT ROBERTSON (RCF GROUP) BETH ROBINSON (UPTOWN CONSORTIUM) MINDY ROSEN (DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI INC.) RON ROSENBECK (REPUBLIC WIRE) RICK ROSS (SUMMIT FUNDING GROUP) JAKE ROUSE (BRAXTON BREWING) JEFF RUBY (RUBY CULINARY) WILLIAM RUMPKE JR. (RUMPKE WASTE & RECYCLING) MARK RYAN (MERRILL LYNCH) DENNIS SCHNURR (ARCHDIOCESE OF CINCINNATI) MATT SCHOTTELKOTTE (GBBN) KELLY SCHULTZ (FIDELITY INVESTMENTS) KEVIN SCHUTTE (CBRE) ROBERT SCHUTTER (CONEY ISLAND/LEISURE SYSTEMS) TED SEDLER (HOME CITY ICE) SCOTT SEGER (CBTS) KATHY SELKER (NORTHLICH) LARRY SHEAKLEY (SHEAKLEY) STEVE SHIFMAN (MICHELMAN) ROBERT SIBCY (SIBCY CLINE) JAY SIGLER (CINFED CREDIT UNION) ROBERT SLATTERY (SLATTS GROUP) DENNY SMITH (360 PHARMA GROUP) MIKE SMITH (MEMI/RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER) STEVE SMITH (MODEL GROUP) JAMES SOWAR (DELOITTE) GERALD SPARKMAN (D.E. FOXX & ASSOCIATES) DAVID SPAULDING (TURNER CONSTRUCTION)

57 88 58 36 77 36 48 36 48 48 77 11 77 78 88 12 21 78 58 21 48 58 21 69 36 58 12 21 38 21 12 69 88 13 88 38 21 58 78 79 58 88 13 22 22 38 88 79 79 89

AMY SPILLER (DUKE ENERGY) MICHAEL STAGNARO (STAGNARO DISTRIBUTING) JAMES STAHL JR. (CBT) JOHN STARCHER (MERCY HEALTH/BON SECOUR) SHANE STARKEY (THOMPSON HINE) ROBERT STEELE (KZF DESIGN) STEVE STEINMAN (SIMS-LOHMAN) LARRY STODDARD (RELADYNE) ROBERT SUMEREL (BOB SUMEREL TIRE) DANIEL SUTTON (KEMBA CREDIT UNION) JACOB SWEENEY (JAKE SWEENEY AUTOMOTIVE) ADAM SYMSON (E.W. SCRIPPS CO.) DAVID TAYLOR (PROCTER & GAMBLE) JAMES TIPPMANN (FRCH DESIGN) BRIAN TOME (CROSSROADS CHURCH) SARAH TOMES (LPK) AUGUST JAMES TROENDLE (MEDPACE HOLDINGS) GREG TUCKER (PROAMPAC) EDDIE TYNER (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER) JASON TYSON (HILTON NETHERLAND PLAZA HOTEL) ASHISH VAIDYA (NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY) JASON VAUGHN (FRISCHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RESTAURANTS) MIKE VENERABLE (CINCYTECH) VENTURA, VENTURA, STEGER (INTEGRITY EXPRESS LOGISTICS) PAUL VERST (VERST LOGISTICS) GEORGE VINCENT (DINSMORE & SHOHL) TIM VOELKERDING (HARVEST HILL/SUNNY DELIGHT) MAHENDRA VORA (VORA VENTURES) BUZZ WARD (CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN PARK) JEFF WELSH (DUBOIS CHEMICALS) JOSH WERTHAISER (DOWNLITE) STEPHEN WEST (ROUNDTOWER TECHNOLOGIES) GREG WILLIAMS (M/I HOMES) TOM WILLIAMS (NORTH AMERICAN PROPERTIES) JOE WILLKE (NIELSEN) RONALD WITTEKIND (HAWKSTONE ASSOCIATES) BILL WOESTE (BEECHMONT AUTOMOTIVE GROUP) JAY WOFFINGTON (CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY) CHIP WOOD (TIRE DISCOUNTERS) SHANE WRIGHT (GE AVIATION) WILLIAM WULFSOHN (ASHLAND) JEFF WYLER (JEFF WYLER AUTOMOTIVE FAMILY) WILLIAM YUNG (COLUMBIA SUSSEX) MARY ZALLA (LANDOR CINCINNATI) JAMES ZIMMERMAN (TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER)

22 22 59 49 80 89 89 59 22 13 22 38 23 89 69 80 49 59 38 38 49 39 59 59 59 80 23 60 39 60 23 60 89 89 81 60 23 39 23 60 60 23 39 81 81

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360 PHARMA GROUP (DENNY SMITH) 3CDC (STEVE LEEPER) 84.51 (STUART AITKEN) AFRICAN AMERICAN CHAMBER (ERIC KEARNEY) AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP (JOE HETE) AK STEEL HOLDING CORP. (ROGER NEWPORT) AL. NEYER (MOLLY NORTH) ALLEN.ASSOCIATES (MICHAEL ALLEN) AMAZON (CHRIS BATEMAN) AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP (CARL LINDNER III) AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP (S. CRAIG LINDNER) ANTHEM BLUE CROSS (STEVE MARTENET) ARCHDIOCESE OF CINCINNATI (DENNIS SCHNURR) ARISTECH SURFACES (MICHAEL GILBERT) ARTSWAVE (ALECIA KINTNER) ARTWORKS (TAMARA HARKAVY) ASCENDUM SOLUTIONS (KRIS NAIR) ASHLAND (WILLIAM WULFSOHN) ATRICURE (MICHAEL CARREL) BB&T (ANDREW HAWKING) BGR (DEAN BACKSCHEIDER) BHDP (MICHAEL HABEL) BAHL & GAYNOR (WILLIAM BAHL) BAKER CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES (DANIEL BAKER) BARNES DENNIG (JAY RAMMES) BEECHMONT AUTOMOTIVE GROUP (BILL WOESTE) BELCAN (LANCE KWASNIEWSKI) BELFLEX STAFFING NETWORK (MIKE MCCAW) BLUESTAR (STEVE CUNTZ) BOB SUMEREL TIRE (ROBERT SUMEREL) BOCA RESTAURANT GROUP (DAVID FALK) BRAXTON BREWING (JAKE ROUSE) BRISBEN FOUNDATION (PATTY BRISBEN) BUDCO GROUP (OTTO BUDIG JR.) BUFFALO WINGS & RINGS (NADER MASADEH) BURKE (JEFF MILLER) BUSKEN BAKERY (DAN BUSKEN) CBRE (KEVIN SCHUTTE) CBT (JAMES STAHL JR.) CBTS (SCOTT SEGER) CECO ENVIRONMENTAL (PAUL GOHR) CNG HOLDINGS (DAVID DAVIS) CASTELLINI GROUP (BRIAN KOCHER) CHAMPION WINDOWS (TODD DICKSON) CHEMED (KEVIN MCNAMARA) CHRIST COLLEGE OF NURSING (GAIL KIST–KLINE) CHRIST HOSPITAL HEALTH NETWORK (ARTURO POLIZZI) CINCINNATI AFL–CIO LABOR COUNCIL (PETER MCLINDEN) CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM (CAMERON KITCHIN) CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION (STEVE LOFTIN) 9 4 C I N C I N N AT I M A G A Z I N E . C O M C I N C I N N AT I 3 0 0 | 2 0 1 9

22 86 72 66 55 57 88 72 16 75 76 76 69 54 34 34 56 60 42 10 52 85 8 84 78 23 75 76 53 22 33 21 64 53 35 77 30 88 59 58 54 8 19 53 20 47 48 68 34 35

CINCINNATI BALLET (SCOTT ALTMAN) CINCINNATI BELL (LEIGH FOX) CINCINNATI BENGALS (MIKE BROWN) CINCINNATI BUSINESS COMMITTEE (GARY LINDGREN) CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL (MICHAEL FISHER) CINCINNATI CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU (JULIE CALVERT) CINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY (TONY JACCACI) CINCINNATI DEVELOPMENT FUND (JEANNE GOLLIHER) CINCINNATI ENQUIRER (EDDIE TYNER) CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE (CLYDE BELL) CINCINNATI FINANCIAL (STEVEN JOHNSTON) CINCINNATI HILLS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (RANDY BRUNK) CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER (ELIZABETH PIERCE) CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY AIRPORT (CANDACE MCGRAW) CINCINNATI OPERA (PATRICIA BEGGS) CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN PARK (BUZZ WARD) CINCINNATI PUBLIC RADIO (RICHARD EISWERTH) CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS (LAURA MITCHELL) CINCINNATI REDS (BOB CASTELLINI) CINCINNATI REGIONAL TOURISM NETWORK (LINDA ANTUS) CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (JAY WOFFINGTON) CINCINNATI STATE (MONICA POSEY) CINCINNATI SYMPHONY (JONATHAN MARTIN) CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER (JILL MEYER) CINCINNATI ZOO (THANE MAYNARD) CINCOM SYSTEMS (TOM NIES) CINCYTECH (MIKE VENERABLE) CINFED CREDIT UNION (JAY SIGLER) CINTAS CORPORATION (SCOTT FARMER) CINTRIFUSE (PETE BLACKSHAW) CITY OF CINCINNATI (JOHN CRANLEY) CITY OF COVINGTON (JOSEPH MEYER) CLARK SCHAEFER HACKETT (JOHN MOSTER) CLARKE POWER SERVICES (MARK ANDREAE) COHEN RECYCLING (KEN COHEN) COLDWELL BANKER WEST SHELL (JOE KING) COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL (SHENAN MURPHY) COLUMBIA SUSSEX (WILLIAM YUNG) COMEY & SHEPHERD (SCOTT NELSON) CONEY ISLAND/LEISURE SYSTEMS (ROBERT SCHUTTER) CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER (RAPHAELA PLATOW) CORPOREX COS. (WILLIAM BUTLER) CROSSROADS CHURCH (BRIAN TOME) DBL LAW (JAMES DRESSMAN III) D.E. FOXX & ASSOCIATES (GERALD SPARKMAN) DHL (JOANIE ARIAS) DANIS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (JOHN DANIS) DELOITTE (JAMES SOWAR) DENTAL CARE PLUS (ANTHONY COOK) DEWEY’S (ANDREW DEWITT)

28 18 30 68 45 30 47 66 38 42 74 42 36 68 29 39 33 48 30 28 39 48 35 69 35 57 59 13 17 52 65 69 77 16 17 86 87 39 87 38 36 84 69 73 79 16 84 79 42 32

Index BY COMPANY

DINSMORE & SHOHL (GEORGE VINCENT) DIVISIONS MAINTENANCE (GARY MITCHELL) DOWNLITE (JOSH WERTHAISER) DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI INC. (MINDY ROSEN) DREES HOMES (DAVID DREES) DUBOIS CHEMICALS (JEFF WELSH) DUKE ENERGY (AMY SPILLER) DUKE ENERGY CONVENTION CENTER (RIC BOOTH) E.W. SCRIPPS CO. (ADAM SYMSON) ERA REAL SOLUTIONS (JEREMY RABY) EMPOWER MEDIA (JIM PRICE) ENERFAB (SCOTT ANDERSON) ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI (D. LYNN MEYERS) ERNST & YOUNG (JULIA POSTON) ETHICON (ANDREW EKDAHL) FC CINCINNATI (JEFF BERDING) FRCH DESIGN (JAMES TIPPMANN) FAMILY RV GROUP (CHUCK JUNG) FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK (ANDREW HOWELL) FERNO-WASHINGTON (JOE BOURGRAF) FIDELITY INVESTMENTS (KELLY SCHULTZ) FIELD AEROSPACE (DAN MAGARIAN) FIFTH THIRD BANK (GREG CARMICHAEL) FIFTH THIRD BANK (MIKE MICHAEL) FIRST FINANCIAL BANK (ARCHIE BROWN) FISCHER HOMES (BOB HAWKSLEY) FLYING PIG MARATHON (IRIS SIMPSON BUSH) FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS (MARIBETH RAHE) FRISCH’S RESTAURANTS (JASON VAUGHN) FROST BROWN TODD (ADAM HALL) G&J PEPSI-COLA BOTTLERS (TIM HARDIG) GBBN (MATT SCHOTTELKOTTE) GE AVIATION (SHANE WRIGHT) GATEWAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (FERNANDO FIGUEROA) GENERAL ELECTRIC CREDIT UNION (TIMOTHY BALLINGER) GOLD MEDAL PRODUCTS (DAN KROEGER) GOLD STAR CHILI (ROGER DAVID) GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS (JAY LAMBKE) GRAETER’S ICE CREAM (RICHARD GRAETER) GRANT THORNTON (MATTHEW JESSUP) GRAYDON (THOMAS PREWITT) GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION (ELLEN KATZ) GREY MIDWEST (TONY DESJARDINS) GUS PERDIKAKIS ASSOCIATES (GUS PERDIKAKIS) GYRO (ANGIE FISCHER) HCDC (PATRICK LONGO) HGC CONSTRUCTION (MIKE HUSEMAN) HABEGGER CORP. (BRIAN HABEGGER) HAILE/US BANK FOUNDATION (TIM MALONEY) HAMILTON COUNTY (JEFFREY ALUOTTO)

80 87 23 36 85 60 22 29 38 88 78 52 36 77 45 29 89 19 10 52 13 56 8 11 8 85 30 12 39 74 18 88 60 46 8 55 32 55 34 74 77 66 73 77 73 68 86 18 68 64

HARVEST HILL/SUNNY DELIGHT (TIM VOELKERDING) HAWKSTONE ASSOCIATES (RONALD WITTEKIND) HEALTH CAROUSEL (BILL DEVILLE) HICKMAN, WILLIAMS & CO. (DAVID GELWICKS) HIGHTOWERS PETROLEUM (STEPHEN HIGHTOWER) HILLENBRAND (JOE RAVER) HILLMAN GROUP (GREGORY GLUCHOWSKI JR.) HILLS PROPERTIES (LOUIS GUTTMAN) HILTON NETHERLAND PLAZA HOTEL (JASON TYSON) HOME CITY ICE (TED SEDLER) HUFF REALTY (JIM HUFF) HUMANA (ALAN MARTIN) HUNTINGTON BANK (KEVIN JONES) INTEGRITY EXPRESS LOGISTICS (VENTURA, VENTURA, STEGER) INTERBRAND (BRIAN ERDMAN) IPSOS (JEFFREY CAIL) ITELLIGENCE (STEVE NIESMAN) JP MORGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT (WILLIAM MORGAN) JR GROUP (JEAN-ROBERT DE CAVEL) JTM FOOD GROUP (TONY MAAS) JACK CASINO (CHAD BARNHILL) JAKE SWEENEY AUTOMOTIVE (JACOB SWEENEY) JEFF WYLER AUTOMOTIVE FAMILY (JEFF WYLER) JEFFREY R. ANDERSON REAL ESTATE (JEFFREY ANDERSON) JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER (MARC FISHER) JOHNSON INVESTMENT COUNSEL (JASON JACKMAN) JOSEPH AUTO GROUP (RONALD JOSEPH) JURGENSEN COMPANIES (JIM JURGENSEN II) KPMG (MICHAEL COMER) KZF DESIGN (ROBERT STEELE) KAESER & BLAIR (KURT KAESER) KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP (PAUL MUETHING) KELLER WILLIAMS ADVISORS REALTY (SARAH CLOSE) KEMBA CREDIT UNION (DANIEL SUTTON) KENWOOD DEALER GROUP (ROBERT REICHERT) KEYBANK (MICHAEL MCCUEN) KLOSTERMAN BAKING (KIM KLOSTERMAN) KROGER CO. (RODNEY MCMULLEN) LCNB BANK (STEVE FOSTER) LPK (SARAH TOMES) LSI INDUSTRIES (JAMES CLARK) LAKOTA LOCAL SCHOOLS (MATT MILLER) LANDOR CINCINNATI (MARY ZALLA) LAROSA’S (MICHAEL LAROSA) LYKINS ENERGY SOLUTIONS (JEFF LYKINS) M/I HOMES (GREG WILLIAMS) MCM CPAS & ADVISORS (CRYSTAL FAULKNER) MEMI/RIVERBEND MUSIC CENTER (MIKE SMITH) MADTREE BREWING (RYAN BLEVINS) MASON CITY SCHOOLS (JONATHAN COOPER)

23 60 44 54 55 58 54 85 38 21 86 20 11 59 73 72 57 11 32 20 28 22 23 84 66 10 18 55 72 89 19 77 84 13 21 11 19 20 10 80 53 48 81 34 20 89 73 38 16 44

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Index BY COMPANY

MCCLUSKEY CHEVROLET (KEITH MCCLUSKEY) MEDPACE HOLDINGS (AUGUST JAMES TROENDLE) MERCY HEALTH/BON SECOUR (JOHN STARCHER) MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE (JACK KENNY) MERRILL LYNCH (MARK RYAN) MESSER CONSTRUCTION (THOMAS KECKEIS) METRO/SORTA (DWIGHT FERRELL) MEYER TOOL (DOUG LANG) MIAMI UNIVERSITY (GREGORY CRAWFORD) MIAMI-LUKEN (MICHAEL FAUL) MICHELMAN (STEVE SHIFMAN) MIKE CASTRUCCI AUTOMOTIVE (MIKE CASTRUCCI) MILACRON HOLDINGS (TOM GOEKE) MILLER-VALENTINE GROUP (ELIZABETH MANGAN) MODEL GROUP (STEVE SMITH) NEDERLANDER/US BANK ARENA (RAY HARRIS) NEYER PROPERTIES (DAN NEYER) NIELSEN (JOE WILLKE) NORTH AMERICAN PROPERTIES (TOM WILLIAMS) NORTHERN KENTUCKY CHAMBER (BRENT COOPER) NORTHERN KENTUCKY CONVENTION CENTER (GRETCHEN LANDRUM) NORTHERN KENTUCKY TRI-ED (KAREN FINAN) NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (ASHISH VAIDYA) NORTHLICH (KATHY SELKER) OHIO CAPITAL CORPORATION FOR HOUSING (PEG MOERTL) PNC BANK (KAY GEIGER) PWC (SUSAN MCPARTLIN) PAYCOR (ROBERT COUGHLIN) PENN STATION (JEFF OSTERFELD) PERFORMANCE AUTOMOTIVE (MICHAEL DEVER) PHILLIPS EDISON (ROBERT MYERS) PILOT CHEMICAL (PAMELA BUTCHER) PRO FOOTBALL FOCUS (CRIS COLLINSWORTH) PROAMPAC (GREG TUCKER) PROMACH (MARK ANDERSON) PROCTER & GAMBLE (BRIAN HODGETT) PROCTER & GAMBLE (DAVID TAYLOR) PURE ROMANCE (CHRIS CICCHINELLI) RCF GROUP (SCOTT ROBERTSON) RE/MAX AFFILIATES (ROD FUSSINGER) REDI (KIMM LAUTERBACH) RELADYNE (LARRY STODDARD) REPUBLIC WIRE (RON ROSENBECK) RHINEGEIST (BOB BONDER) ROUNDTOWER TECHNOLOGIES (STEPHEN WEST) RUBY CULINARY (JEFF RUBY) RUMPKE WASTE & RECYCLING (WILLIAM RUMPKE JR.) SCHOOL OUTFITTERS (TOM BRENNAN) SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL (CHRISTOPHER GARTEN) SHAREFAX CREDIT UNION (ARTHUR KREMER) 9 6 C I N C I N N AT I M A G A Z I N E . C O M C I N C I N N AT I 3 0 0 | 2 0 1 9

20 49 49 55 12 86 65 56 44 45 58 17 54 86 88 34 87 81 89 65 35 66 49 78 69 10 76 72 36 17 87 53 53 59 52 18 23 17 21 85 68 59 58 16 60 38 21 16 46 11

SHARONVILLE CONVENTION CENTER (JAMES DOWNTON) SHEAKLEY (LARRY SHEAKLEY) SIBCY CLINE (ROBERT SIBCY) SIMS-LOHMAN (STEVE STEINMAN) SKYLINE CHILI (KEVIN MCDONNELL) SLATTS GROUP (ROBERT SLATTERY) ST. ELIZABETH HEALTHCARE (GARREN COLVIN) ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL (TIM REILLY) STAGNARO DISTRIBUTING (MICHAEL STAGNARO) STANDARD TEXTILE (GARY HEIMAN) STAR ONE REALTORS (MARK MEINHARDT) STRAUSS TROY (MARSHALL DOSKER) SUGARCREEK (JOHN RICHARDSON) SUMMIT FUNDING GROUP (RICK ROSS) TANK (ANDREW AIELLO) TSC APPAREL (DAVE KLOTTER) TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER (JAMES ZIMMERMAN) THE BRANDERY (JEFF BOEH) THOMPSON HINE (SHANE STARKEY) THUNDERDOME RESTAURANT GROUP (JOE LANNI) TIRE DISCOUNTERS (CHIP WOOD) TOPICZ (ADAM GREENBERG) TOTAL QUALITY LOGISTICS (KEN OAKS) TOTES-ISOTONER (DANIEL RAJCZAK) TOWNE PROPERTIES (NEIL BORTZ) TRIHEALTH (MARK CLEMENT) TRIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION (MEL GRAVELY) TRUSTAFF (BRENT LORING) TURNER CONSTRUCTION (DAVID SPAULDING) UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES (GREGORY ACHTEN) UC FOUNDATION (PETER LANDGREN) UC HEALTH (RICHARD LOFGREN) U.S. BANK (MICHAEL PRESCOTT) UNITED DAIRY FARMERS (BRAD LINDNER) UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI (NEVILLE PINTO) UPTOWN CONSORTIUM (BETH ROBINSON) VERST LOGISTICS (PAUL VERST) VORA VENTURES (MAHENDRA VORA) VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE (NATHANIEL LAMPLEY JR.) WEST CHESTER PROTECTIVE GEAR (TIM FOGARTY) WESTERN & SOUTHERN FINANCIAL GROUP (JOHN BARRETT) WESTIN CINCINNATI (JON COLEMAN) WOOD HERRON & EVANS (CLEMENT LUKEN JR.) WORLDPAY (CHARLES DRUCKER) XAVIER UNIVERSITY (MICHAEL GRAHAM)

33 79 88 89 36 22 42 48 22 54 87 73 58 12 64 19 81 52 80 35 23 18 58 21 84 42 85 76 89 8 66 47 11 19 48 69 59 60 75 17 72 30 76 10 46