Volunteer Leadership History
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-
William C. Portman III 2002-
Carole T. Rigaud 2003-2005
Cathy T. Crain 2003-
Nancy K. Swanson 2003-
Thomas G. Cody 2004-
Jane V. Domaschko 2004-
Ron D. Wright 2005-2008