Brown wants to work “in a holistic, committed way” to solidify partnerships and make sure groups have the tools they need – from humble staplers and desk chairs to more robust leadership.
Rising leaders and researchers at the University of Cincinnati focus not only on making a difference in their classes and the lives of their students but also in doing so in their communities and the world.
Page through almost any issue of Movers & Makers, and you’ll encounter the Western & Southern Financial Group brand, its family of companies, its foundation or their associates. Through annual contributions of approximately $10 million in each of the past five years, W&S is powerfully invested and involved in the region’s nonprofit community – as sponsors, donors, honorees, board members, event chairs and volunteers.
“At a certain point, when I was younger, I kind of lost interest,” Coleman said. He pauses for a moment, then rephrases. “Not ‘lost interest,’ but I was leading a double life as a … as a kid, as a skateboarder and as a miscreant, and they had to pull me back from that and say, ‘Enough of the skateboarding.’ ”
Outside her window, it was a perfect Cincinnati summer afternoon. The Reds were winning; Fountain Square was filled with office workers and families taking advantage of a humidity-free day; and down the street, the valet line was full outside two hotels as visitors arrived for the weekend.
Dion Brown, the new president and chief operating officer of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, likes to say he doesn’t know a lot about history because he’s an “operations and numbers guy.” But that’s not exactly true.
“I’ve always had a ‘giving back’ philosophy,” Boehne said. “I grew up in a Southern Baptist family where it was always: What’s mine is yours … and if much has been given, much is expected.”
Some are born to music. Others take a more circuitous route. Jason Harris was one of those slow starters, but when he arrived on the musical scene he landed dramatically.
If you ask David Rippe what he’s reading, he rattles off a list of titles and authors. He’s never reading just one book – a fitting characteristic for the newly elected president of Cincinnati’s regional book festival, Books By The Banks…
“Ballet” would rarely be among the first terms people would use to describe Jennifer Archibald’s choreography. But here she is, creating another world premiere piece for Cincinnati Ballet as part of the company’s Bold Moves program – April 26-29 at the Aronoff Center.
