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:
Jill P. Meyer
Member-in-Charge
Frost Brown Todd LLC

Honorary Chair:  
Mark Mallory
Mayor
City of Cincinnati    

Vice Co-Chair:
Mark T. Reitzes
President
Huntington Bank

Vice Co-Chair:
LeVon Thompson, Jr.
Chief Operating Officer
Foxx Construction, LLC

Treasurer:
David A. Eshman
Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP     

Secretary:
Kelley Downing
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bartlett & Co.     

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

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

Greg Hartmann
Commissioner
Hamilton County Board of Commissioners     

Louise Hughes
Director, Ohio Government & Community Relations
P&G

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

Gary Lindgren
Executive Director
Cincinnati Business Committee

Stephen A. Loftin
President and Executive Director
Cincinnati Arts Association

John Luken
Partner
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

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

Steve Richter
Director, Asset Services
CB Richard Ellis

Sean Rugless
President and Chief Executive Officer
Greater Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce
    
Mario San Marco
President and Chief Executive Officer
Eagle Realty Group

Kevin Shibley
General Manager
Saks Fifth Avenue     

Patricia Mann Smitson
Partner
Thompson Hine LLP     

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

DIRECTORS
Linda Antus
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cincinnati USA Regional Tourism Network     

Eric P. Avner
VP and Sr. Program Manager, Community Development
The Carol Anne and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. US Bank Foundation     

Troy Blackburn
Vice President
Cincinnati Bengals     

Marvin Blade
Director, Government and Community Relations
Duke Energy

Wayne Bodington
General Manager
Westin Hotel Cincinnati     

Laura N. Brunner
Executive Vice President of Business Development
Al Neyer, Inc.     

Deborah Dent
President and Founder
Aim Straight Up     

James T. Fitzgerald
Chairman and Founder
FRCH Design Worldwide     

Karen Forgus
Senior Vice President of Business Operations
Cincinnati Reds

Dr. LaVaughn M. Henry
Vice President and Senior Regional Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland - Cincinnati Branch

Sallie L. Hilvers
Chief Administrative Officer
Metro      

Michael M. Kennedy      

Dan Lincoln
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau     

James J. McGraw, Jr.
President
KMK Consulting

Peg Moertl
Central Territory Executive Senior Vice President, PNC Community Development Banking

PNC Bank

Donald W. Murphy
Chief Executive Officer
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

Ajay Murthy
Vice President Global Marketing and Communications
Convergys Corporation     

Rick Pender
Director of Development
Cincinnati Opera Association     

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

Gwen Robinson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Community Action Agency  

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

Brian Ross
Chief Operating Officer
Cincinnati Bell Inc.

John Ryan
Senior Vice President, Investments
Raymond James & Associates

Ryan Rybolt
President and Chief Executive Officer
Infintech LLC

Carl Satterwhite
President
River City Furniture

Jim Sluzewski
SR. Vice President, Corporate Communications and External Affairs
Macy’s Inc.

William V. Strauss
President
Strauss & Troy

Thomas Streicher, Jr.
Chief of Police
Cincinnati Police Department

Stephen Taylor
District Manager and Vice President
US Bank

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

Brian Tiffany
President
Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce  

Stanford T. Williams, Jr.
Vice President, Economic Inclusion
Messer Construction Company

Mark Woodruff
Vice President, Market Development
Enquirer Media

Pat Zerbe
Manager, Community & Government Relations
GE Aviation