Cincinnati, OH - March 27, 2008 (For immediate release)

The Cincinnatus Association, a group of community leaders dedicated to improving the quality of life in Greater Cincinnati, was pleased to announce its new members for 2008.  At its meeting on March 18, the Executive Committee approved the following new members:

H. Bren Blaine, Chief Executive Officer, Tender Mercies, Inc.
Tony T. Brown, President & Chief Executive Officer, Uptown Consortium
Thomas R. Dietz, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Schiff, Kreidler-Shell, Inc.
Joellen W. Grady, Executive Director & Chief Executive Director, Council of Christian Communions
John C. Greiner, Partner, Graydon Head & Ritchey LLP
Barbara B. Henshaw, Vice President and Officer in Charge, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cincinnati Branch
David A. Houston, Management Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton
Terry Bayard Joyner, President & Chief Executive Officer, Systems Solutions, LLC
Jane Keller, President & Chief Executive Officer, Cincinnati Youth Collaborative
Tillia H. Lima, President & Chief Executive Officer, Best Upon Request
William Muse, business and educational consultant and formerly President, Auburn University
Mark A. Neikirk, Director, Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement, Northern Kentucky University
Polly Lusk Page, Director, Partnership for Successful Schools, Northern Kentucky University
Leonard M. Randolph, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Mercy Health Partners
Timothy M. Riordan, Manager, Numbers & Money, LLC
Seena M. Skelton, Educational Consultant, Southwestern Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center
Sandra Berlin Walker, President & Chief Executive Officer, YMCA of Greater Cincinnati
Roberta White, President & Chief Executive Officer, Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Career Development
Owen J. Wrassman, First Vice President-Investments, Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc.

Commenting on the announcement, Peter Hoyt, Architect, DesignToo, and membership chairman for Cincinnatus, said, “We are pleased that we were able to attract these business and community leaders who have demonstrated their commitment to civic betterment in our community.”

 

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The Cincinnatus Association, founded in 1920 by Cincinnati leaders to fight corruption in city government, is now comprised of 100 community leaders committed to initiating, participating in, and promoting projects that improve the quality of life for the citizens in Greater Cincinnati.  The efforts of Cincinnatus are coordinated and attributed to organizational sub-groups, known as panels, each delegated a specific area of the Association's overall mission.  The Excellence in Government panel focuses on the effectiveness and efficiency of local and state government; Excellence in Education on improvement and support of public education; Community Inclusion on uniting all citizens across racial, ethnic, economic and religious boundaries; and Arts & Culture on improvement and support of arts and culture organizations.

More information is available at www.CincinnatusAssoc.org.

Cincinnatus Association may be contacted at Cincinnatus_Assoc@hotmail.com.