Acknowledgements
Advisory Council
Chair: John Hayden, The Midland Co.; Jim Anderson, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; John Barrett, Western & Southern Financial Group; Neil Bortz, Towne Properties; Margaret Buchanan, Enquirer Media; Bill Burleigh, E.W. Scripps Co.; Tom Cody, Macy's; Scott Donnelly, GE Aviation; Scott Farmer, Cintas Corp.; Michael Fisher; Lindsay Goldberg; Steve Hightower, Hightower Petroleum; A.G. Lafley, Procter & Gamble; Joe Pichler, Kroger Co. (retired); Dr. Janet Reid, Global Lead Management Consulting; Ed Rigaud, EnovaPremier; Dr. Jim Votruba, Northern Kentucky University; Dr. Nancy Zimpher, University of Cincinnati.
Leadership Team
co-chairs: Kevin Ghassomian, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald; Dr. Myrtis Powell, Miami University (retired); Ellen G. van der Horst, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber.
University of Cincinnati consultant: Beth Honadle, Ph.D.
Other volunteers: Donna Jones Baker, Urban League; Tony T. Brown, Uptown Consortium; Alfonso Cornejo, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Kimm Coyner, Warren County; Kenny Craig, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce; Myrita Craig, Project Leader, Agenda 360; Jeff Edmondson, Strive; Chip Gerhardt, Government Strategies Group; Mike Hammons, Vision 2015; Chip Harrod, BRIDGES for a Just Community; Carrie Hayden, United Way; John Hayden, Midland Oil Company; Jay Hummel/Jared Simmons, Give Back Cincinnati; Adrienne C. James, Sycamore Community School District; Candace Klein, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald; Tim Maloney, Haile Foundation; Mary McCullough-Hudson, Fine Arts Fund; Louise Hughes, Procter & Gamble; Robert Maly, The Model Group; Jim McGraw, Keating Muething & Klekamp; Kathryn E. Merchant, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation; Ron Miller, Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission (retired); Bill Murphy, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber; William Myles, Western Economic Council; Mark Policinski, OKI; Gwen Robinson, Community Action Agency; Rob Reifsnyder, United Way; Robert E. Richardson Jr., University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees; Sean Rugless, African American Chamber of Commerce; Ryan Rybolt, Infintech; A.J. Schaeffer, Vision 2015; Doug Sizemore, AFL-CIO; Beth Smith, PK Smith Woodcarving (formerly Cincinnati Works); Dacia Snider, Soapbox Media; Mary Stagaman, University of Cincinnati; Steve Stevens, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce; Mark Silbersack, Cincinnatus Association; Chief Thomas H. Streicher Jr., Cincinnati Police Department; Jim Sluzewski, Macy's; Niqué Swan, Aventure Development; Bill Triick, Middletown Chamber of Commerce; Stacy Hege Tapke/Joshua Wice, Legacy; Matt Van Sant, Clermont County Chamber of Commerce; Auclair Walters, Avon Products; Chip Wood, Duke Energy; John Young, Freestore Foodbank; Allen Zaring IV, The ZAR Fund Group.
Action Teams
Competitive Economy co-chairs: Kimm Coyner, Warren County; Jim McGraw, Keating Muething & Klekamp; Chip Wood, Duke Energy.
University of Cincinnati consultants: Dorothy Air, George Vredeveld.
Other volunteers: Eric Avner, Stephen Bentley, Pete Blackshaw, Mark Carr, Michael Cain, Holly Childs, Gary Conley, Dan Corey, Bob Coy, Fred Craig, Jim Danis, Claude Davis, John Domaschko, Bill Donabedian, Robin Dreisigacker, Elizabeth Edwards, Cindy Fink, Jason Farler, Al Ferrara, Ken Fightmaster, John Fonner, J. R. Foster, Patricia Garry, Jack Goodwin, Larry Grypp, Rick Hardy, Quinten Harris, Geoff Hearsum, Neil Hensley, Ashley Hess, Doni Jessen, Kreg Keesee, Rick Kieser, Rich Kiley, Tom Kinder, Andy Kuchta, Chris Martin, Doug McNeill, Catherine Mills, Doug Moormann, Michael Motch, Shawn Mummert, Ken Oaks, Frank Parker, Ken Phelps, Erica Pontius, Maribeth Rahe, Mary Reimer, Clara Rice, Dan Rolfes, Joe Rozier, Della Rucker, Mark Sancrant, Barbara Schempf, Kathy Selker, David Smith, Karsten Sommer, Jennifer Spohr, John Spencer, Joe Sprengard, Rea Waldon, Ronald Warner.
Educational Excellence co-chairs: Jeff Edmondson, Strive; Adrienne C. James, Sycamore Community School District; Beth Smith, PK Smith Woodcarving (formerly Cincinnati Works).
University of Cincinnati consultants: Ted Fowler, Larry Johnson.
Other volunteers: Patricia Anderson Pryor, Andy Arken, Stephanie Byrd, Mary Bennett-Brown, Julie Brook, Kent Buckingham, Natasha Cavanaugh, Judy Clark, Erika Copeland, Greg Cox, Dick Denoyer , Dave Distel, Bari Ewing, David Fatherree, Kent Friel, Josh Gerth, Carol Graves, Yolande Grizinski, Jennifer Henderson, Maggie Hess, Sharon Hill, Chris Humphrey, Monique James, Cindy Jenkins, Larry Johnson, Jane Keller, Rebecca Kelley, Aaron Kinebrew, Bonnie Kroeger, Jennifer Manoukian, Tim Massa, Helen Mattheis, Zakia McKinney, Karen Muse, Tim Nolan, Judy Office, Susan Pahner, Jon Quatman, Khalilah Slater Harrington, Mary Ellen Steele-Pierce, Barb Terry, Patty Walker, Kathleen Ware, Robin White, Sue Wilke, Sallie Westheimer, Bob Yuenger.
Effective Governance co-chairs: Louise Hughes, Procter & Gamble; Robert Maly, The Model Group; Allen Zaring IV, The ZAR Fund Group.
University of Cincinnati consultant: Eric Rademacher.
Other volunteers: Julie Arostegui, Eric Avner, Shannon Barrow, Bob Bedinghaus, Lou Bilionis, Judi Boyko, Amber Burke, Mike Burns, Michael Cain, Jack Cameron, Holly Childs, Megan Clarke, Tony Condia, Bridget Doherty, Milton Dohoney, Dick Finan, Ken Geis, Jill Giles, Eric Hansen, Kathy Helmbock, Margaret Hulbert, Jason Jackman, Andy Johns, Robert Johnson, Christine Matacic, J. Rita McNeil, Doug Moormann, Jerry Newfarmer, Ashani O'Mard, Jim O'Reilly, Art Pizzano, Mark Policinski, Tom Raga, Dave Rager, Mike Rahal, Chris Romano, Melissa Saladonis, Dave Savage, Robert Schrage, Tracy Schwetschenau, Chris Smith, Rob Sommers, Joe Sprengard, Neil Tilow, Greg Vehr, Kathy Wagner, Tom West, Wade Williams.
Livable Communities co-chairs: Carrie Hayden, United Way of Greater Cincinnati; Mary Stagaman, University of Cincinnati; Niqué Swan, Aventure Development.
University of Cincinnati consultants: Andrea Dixon, David Lentz, Ron Horner, Ph.D.
Other volunteers: Doug Adams, Linda Antus, Carol Aquino, Stephanie Arvin, Timothy Bachman, Karen Bankston, Mike Boberg, Jymi Bolden, Chris Boex, MD, Chris Bolling, MD, Leon Boothe, Paula Braverman, Ph.D., Neil Comber, Dick Brewer, Raymond Buse, Willie Carden Jr., Mark Carrozza, Jan Brown Checco, Gérald Checco, Jim Cheng, Chris Clingman, James Czar, Dave Duckworth, Cheryl Eagleson, Chad Edwards, Larry Falkin, Matthew Fenton, Kendall Fisher, Bridgett Fitzgerald, Josh Gerth, John Gillespie, John Granville, Colin Groth, Heather Hallenberg, Cindy Herrick, Tillie Hidalgo Lima, Mike Hinnenkamp, Joe Hinson, Lee Hoffheimer, Bill Hopple, Martin Hudson, Tim Ingram, Rick Jones, Jay Kalagayan, Rabbi Lewis Kamrass, Danya Karram, John Kennedy, Robert Knauer, Brendon Kull, Ronald Kull, Jenny Laster, Kelly Leon, Yumei Leventhal, Steve Loftin, Renee Mahaffey-Harris, Chris Manning, Mona Mansour, MD, Julie Maslov, Noble Maseru, Ph.D., Norman Merrifield, Lisa C. Mills, Ph.D., Joe Mumper, Latondra Newton, Meg Olberding, Dan Oerther, Pete Owendoff, Steve Page, Ph.D., Sue Pinney, Ph.D., Karl Preissner, Elizabeth Rabkin, MD, Jackie Reau, Sean Rhiney, Tammy Riddle, Barbara Rinto, Mindy Rosen, Eric Russo, Tom Schaefer, Shirley Seifert, Pickett Slater Harrington, Edgar Smith, Mike Smith, Doug Smucker, MD, David Stern, MD, Jack Sutton, Eric Villegas, Jen Walke, Alan Warner, Gregg Warshaw, MD.
Urban Renaissance co-chairs: Bill Murphy, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber; Dacia Snider, Soapbox Media; Tony T. Brown, Uptown Consortium.
University of Cincinnati consultants: David Edelman, Robin Engel, Frank Russell.
Bob Alexander, Rick Biehl, Doug Brandt, Treva Brinkley, Laura Brunner, Melanie Burden, Andy Chirch, Karyl Cunningham, Kyle Dant, Tim Eppstein, Kimber Fender, Bill Fischer, Rick Fisher, JR Foster, Patricia Garry, Ellen Gilligan, David Ginsburg, J. Scott Golan, Jeannie Golliher, Charles Graves, Terry Grundy, Willie Hill, Peter Horton, Martin Hudson, Jessica Johnson, Al Kanters, Steve Kenat, Don Lenz, Lajuana Miller, Danielle Minson, Ed Owens, Bob Pickford, Mike Prus, Tim Riordan, Della Rucker, Christine Russell, Christine Schoonover, Pickett Slater Harrington, Cynthia Smith, Jennifer Spieser, Scott Stiles, Donald Troendle, Marsha Visher, Brandon Wiers, Chuck Winger.
Support Teams
Advocacy co-Chairs: Chip Gerhardt, Government Strategies Group; Candace Klein, Greenebaum Doll & McDonald; Robert E. Richardson Jr., University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees; Mark Silbersack, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP.
Inclusion co-chairs: Chip Harrod, BRIDGES for a Just Community; Auclair Walters, Avon Products
Other volunteers: Julie Arostegui, Dr. Prince Brown, Meghan Clarke, Dhana Donaldson, George Ellis, Georgine Getty, Dr. Peg Gutsell, Khalilah Slater Harrington, Isabelle Healy, Cheryl Meadows, Jenny Mendelson, Maria Molina, Jason Riveiro, Deborah Robb, John P. Scott, Maureen Sullivan, Charleston C.K. Wang, Lynn Watts, David Weaver, Sue Wilke.
Communications co-chairs: Ryan Rybolt, Infintech; Jim Sluzewski, Macy's.
Other volunteers: Shirley Bonekemper, Raymond Buse, Beth Charlton, Kara Clark, Jose Cuesta, Mae Hanna, Dennis Hetzel, Orest Holubec, James Jackson, Melinda Kruyer, Melissa Lutz, Sean Parker, Crystal Price, Hollis Towns.
Project Consultants: Kathy DeLaura, Partners in Change; Ann Flynn/Janet Metzelaar, Beyond Data; Steve Johns, Citizens for Civic Renewal; Joan Riehm (deceased), Alliance for Regional Stewardship; Jody Weber, Center for Great Neighborhoods
Report writer: Carolyn Pione
Interns and staff support: Porsche Nance, Ohio University; Frederick Hall, Princeton University; Jennifer Hackman, University of Cincinnati; Katie Perica, Ohio University; Sandra Dennis, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber.
Community Engagement Facilitators: Shonita Black, Marvin Blade, Wilton Blake, Shelly Bromberg, Prince Brown, Ed Burdell, Michael Cain, Kyle Canavera, Brandon Cozzi, Bob Craig, Steve Dana, Amy Dulle, Diana Durr, Amy Gerowitz, Alex Glutz, Peter Keiser, Peggy Kelly, Jo Krippenstapel, Doug McNeill, Rosemary Meyer, Joff Moine, Maria Molina, Shawn Mummert, Tiffany Porter, Mike Prus, Clara Rice, Della Rucker, Alice Schneider, Maxwell Schneider, Mark Silbersack, John Scott, Margaret Singer, Khalilah Slater Harrington, Kiril Stanilov, Dan Stauft, Jeff Stec, Bill Thornton, Steve Van Kuiken, Darin Vilano, Todd Ward, Ben Weber, Nancy Wiley, Bill Woods.
Geospatial Mapping: Jay Mittal
Photography: Philip Groshong
The Agenda 360 Leadership Team would like to extend special appreciation to the public officials throughout the region who actively participated in the process. Your time, insight and guidance were invaluable to the identification of priorities, strategies and projects. We invite your continued involvement. Agenda 360 extends heartfelt thanks to all the individuals and organizations that participated in the planning process as Advisory Council members, Leadership Team Co-Chairs and members, Action Team Co-Chairs and members, Support Team Co-Chairs and members, consultants, facilitators, funders, and community engagement hosts. Our apologies to anyone we may have inadvertently omitted from the list.