Leaders of representative and diverse local groups appoint volunteers to serve on The Greater Cincinnati Foundation’s Governing Board for three-year terms.
(The following listing of Governing Board members and volunteers reflects changes that became effective January 1, 2011.)
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David W. Ellis III, Chairman
Managing Director, Private Wealth Advisor, UBS Financial Services
Appointed by the Governing Board | | Peter S. Strange, Vice Chairman
CEO, Messer Construction
Appointed by the Governing Board | | Calvin D. Buford, Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl
Appointed by the Governing Board | | Thomas G. Cody
Civic volunteer
Appointed by Universities' Presidents |
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Neil Comber
Partner, The Partnering Group
Appointed by the Trustees' Committee | | Alva Jean Crawford
Civic volunteer
Appointed by the Governing Board | | Thomas D. Croft
Civic volunteer
Appointed by the Trustees' Committee | | Jane V. Domaschko
Civic volunteer
Appointed by the Governing Board |
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| Linda C. Fath
Civic volunteer
Appointed by the Governing Board | | Christopher L. Fister
Partner, Castellini Management Company
Appointed by Trustees’ Committee | | John L. Henderson,Ed.D. Civic volunteer
Appointed by the Governing Board | | Molly A. Katz, M.D.
Drs. Katz, Kade & Hewitt, Inc.
Appointed by the Academy of Medicine |
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Teri L. List-Stoll
Sr. Vice President and Treasurer, The Procter & Gamble Co.
Appointed by Trustees’ Committee | | Dianne M. Rosenberg
Civic volunteer
Appointed by the Governing Board | | Patricia Mann Smitson, Esq.
Thompson Hine
Appointed by the United Way of Greater Cincinnati | | Joseph P. Tomain
Dean Emeritus, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Appointed by the Cincinnati Bar Association |
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Daniel J. Hoffheimer, Esq.
Partner, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP | | President/CEO:
Kathryn E. Merchant | | |
This list represents the many individuals who have served as volunteer leaders of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation since 1963. They led the organization through its formative years, guided its transition to a paid staff and provided the diverse and thoughtful guidance needed to guarantee the continued success of this community foundation in the Tristate region.
Current Governing Board members listed in italics
* Deceased
+ Currently serving on a Governing Board committee or task force
| Distribution Committee & Governing Board 1963-Present |
| Edward F. Willenborg* 1963-64
Frank T. Hamilton* 1963-68
Jacob E. Davis* 1963-74
James L. Elder* 1963-75
Louis Nippert* 1963-72
Ralph Lazarus* 1963-70
Charles Sawyer* 1963-78
John J. Cranley, Jr., M.D.* 1965-66
Joseph E. Ghory, M.D.* 1966-69
Lawrence H. Rogers II 1968-76
Elmer R. Maurer, M.D.* 1970-73
Philip Steiner* 1971-80
Harold S. Schiro, M.D.* 1973
Mark Upson* 1973-77
Eugene J. Burns, M.D.* 1974-76
Dean P. Fite 1974-82
Robert O. Klausmeyer 1976-85
Edmund C. Casey, M.D.* 1977-79
Marjorie Hiatt Marx 1977-86
William T. Earls* 1978-79
William C. Portman 1979-83
Robert H. Castellini 1979-87
Neal N. Earley, M.D.* 1980-84
William A. Friedlander 1981-90
John L. Strubbe* 1983-92
Kathryn M. Pettengill 1984-93
Richard B. Budde, M.D. 1985-89
Robert G. Stachler 1985-95
Doris R. Sells* 1987-88
Charles S. Mechem, Jr. 1987-91
Louise A. Head 1987-96
W. Wallace Abbott 1988
William D. Atteberry* 1989-92
Cynthia O. Booth 1989-97
Sidney A. Peerless, M.D. 1990-92
John G. Smale 1991-94
Dwight H. Hibbard 1991-99
W. Monty Whitney, Ph.D. 1992
Frank Bloom 1992-2000 | Herbert R. Brown 1993-2000
Frank W. Cianciolo, M.D. 1993-2000
John T. Lawrence III 1993-2001
Paul G. Sittenfeld 1993-2001
Joseph A. Pichler 1994-96
Robert I. Westheimer* 1994-97
Elizabeth D. Goldsmith 1994-2002
Merri Gaither Smith 1994-2002
William R. Burleigh 1995-2001
John S. Stith 1996-2004
Walter E. Bartlett 1997-99
David B. O’Maley 1997-2002
Bert M. Huff 1998-2003
Lee A. Carter 1997-2005
Myrtis H. Powell, Ph.D. 2000-2007
Barbara G. Lewis 2001-2008
Jennifer M. Dauer 2001
Thomas A. Brennan 2001-2009
Marvin H. Rorick, M.D. 2001-2009
Johnathan M. Holifield 2002-2005
Paul W. Chellgren 2002-2010
William C. Portman III 2002-2010
Carole T. Rigaud 2003-2005
Cathy T. Crain 2003-2011
Nancy K. Swanson 2003-2011
Thomas G. Cody 2004-
Jane V. Domaschko 2004-
Ron D. Wright 2005-2008
Joseph P. Tomain 2005-
Alva Jean Crawford 2006-
David W. Ellis 2006-
Linda C. Fath 2006-
Peter S. Strange 2006-
Marie Michel-Tucker 2008-2009
John L. Henderson, Ed.D. 2009-
Dianne M. Rosenberg 2009-
Neil Comber 2010-
Patricia Mann Smitson 2010-
Molly A. Katz, M.D. 2010- |
| Directors |
Mark Upson* 1963-71
William E. Anderson* 1963-71
Jacob E. Davis* 1978-87 | William D. Atteberry* 1987-88
William O. Coleman 1988-90
William A. Friedlander 1990-94 |
| Associate Directors |
William E. Anderson* 1969-71, 78-80
Jacob E. Davis* 1974-78
Walter L. Lingle, Jr.* 1974-94
William D. Atteberry* 1979-87
James P. Orr II* 1981-83
Robert I. Westheimer* 1982-93
Herbert R. Brown 1983-91 | Nelson Schwab, Jr.* 1984-94
William O. Coleman 1985
Charles W. Goering 1988-94
Daniel W. LeBlond 1988-94
Elizabeth D. Goldsmith 1990-93
Merri Gaither Smith 1992-93 |
| Legal Counsel |
Robert P. Goldman* 1963-76
William T. Bahlman, Jr.+ 1976-94 | Richard J. Ruebel* 1995-2006
Daniel J. Hoffheimer 2006- |
| Public Relations Counsel |
| Oliver M. Gale* 1963-83 |
| Controller |
| Raymond W. Klink* 1974-83 | Oliver H. Hunter, Jr.* 1983-87 |
| Administrative Associate |
| Thomas S. Heldman* 1990-94 |
| Volunteer Coordinator |
Barbara G. Lewis 1991-94
Raymond W. Klink* 1974-83 | Oliver H. Hunter, Jr.* 1983-87 |