Our Board

The Board of Directors at Downtown Cincinnati Inc. (DCI) come from a wide variety of backgrounds, but they all have one thing in common – a desire to see Cincinnati thrive as the heart of our region. Below are the names and titles of those who serve on the DCI Board of Directors:

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chair:
Patricia Mann Smitson
Partner-In-Charge
Thompson Hine LLP

Honorary Chair:
Mark Mallory
Mayor
City of Cincinnati

Vice Chair:
Martine’ R. Dunn
Partner
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Treasurer:
James C. Ellerhorst
Managing Partner
Deloitte Tax LLP

Secretary:
Barry W. (Chip) Wood
Vice President, Business & Community Relations
Duke Energy

Pat DeWine
Commissioner
Hamilton County Board of Commissioners

Monica Donath Kohnen
Partner
Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP

Milton R. Dohoney, Jr.
City Manager
City of Cincinnati

David N. Ginsburg
President/Chief Executive Officer
Downtown Cincinnati Inc.

Melvin J. Gravely, II
Managing Director
Institute for Entrepreneurial Thinking

Louise Hughes
Director, Ohio Government & Community Relations
Procter & Gamble

Richard M. Kimbler
Principal
North Pointe Group



Steven G. Leeper
President & Chief Executive Officer
Cincinnati Center City Development Corp (3CDC)

Gary Lindgren
Executive Director
Cincinnati Business Committee

John Luken
Partner
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

William J. Moran
Senior Vice President, Corporate Facilities
Fifth Third Bank

Charlotte R. Otto
Global External Relations Officer
Procter & Gamble

Steve Richter
Director, Asset Services
CB Richard Ellis

Jack Rouse
Chief Executive Officer
Jack Rouse Associates, Inc.

Sean Rugless
President & Chief Executive Officer
Greater Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce

W. N. (Nick) Sanders
President
Tavern Restaurant Group, Inc.

Mario San Marco
President & Chief Executive Officer
Eagle Realty Group

LeVon Thompson, Jr.
Chief Operating Officer
Foxx Construction, LLC

Ellen van der Horst
President & Chief Executive Officer
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber

Cynthia Ray Walker
Vice President, Area Research
Macy’s, Inc.

DIRECTORS

Linda Antus
President & Chief Executive Officer
Cincinnati USA Regional Tourism Network

Barbara Aras
Chief Executive Officer
Main Street Ventures

Tom Besanceney
President
Marketplex, Inc.

Troy Blackburn
Vice President
Cincinnati Bengals

Brad Blettner
Vice President Business Development
Cincinnati Reds

Tony T. Brown
President & Chief Executive Officer
Uptown Consortium, Inc.

Laura Brunner
Managing Principal
Colliers Turley Martin Tucker

Kelly Downing
President & Chief Executive Officer
Bartlett & Co.

James T. Fitzgerald
Chairman & Founder
FRCH Design Worldwide

Quinten L. Harris
Governor's Regional Representative
Ohio Department of Development

Michael Kennedy
District Senior Vice President &
Manager Key Bank Community Devp.
Key Bank

Dan Lincoln
President & Chief Executive Officer
Greater Cincinnati Convention & Visitor Bureau

Stephen A. Loftin
President & Executive Director
Cincinnati Arts Association

Jill P. Meyer
Attorney at Law
Frost Brown Todd LLC

Ajay Murthy
Vice President Global Marketing
& Communications
Convergys

Rick Pender
Director of Development
Cincinnati Opera Association


Crystal B. Price
Director of Community Relations
The E.W. Scripps Company

Robert C. Reifsnyder
President & Chief Executive Officer
United Way of Greater Cincinnati

Mark Reitzes
President
Huntington Bank

Rod Robinson
Co-founder & Executive Vice President
Accel Advisors, Inc.

Ryan Rybolt
President & Chief Executive Officer
Infintech LLC

James E. Schwab
President, Cincinnati Market
U.S. Bank

Marilyn Shazor
Chief Executive Officer
Metro

Michel Sheer
General Manager
Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza

Steven R. Simpson
Vice President/Market Development
The Cincinnati Enquirer

William V. Strauss
President
Strauss & Troy

Thomas Streicher, Jr.
Chief of Police
Cincinnati Police Department

Conrad Foster Thiede
Vice President of Development
Phi Delta Theta Educational Foundation

Brian Tiffany
President
Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce

James Wiseman
Vice President Corporate Affairs
Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Pat Zerbe
Manager, Community & Government Relations
GE Aviation


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