Volunteer Leadership
ArtsWave is fortunate to have so many committed leaders who volunteer their time and talent to make Greater Cincinnati an amazing place to live.
2024-25 ArtsWave Trustees
Officers:
Leigh Fox, Chair
Deborah Hayes, Vice Chair
Matthew Stautberg, Treasurer
Kala Gibson, Secretary
Alecia T. Kintner, President & CEO
Trustees:
Ron Bates†
Tysonn Betts
Carri Chandler
Brendon J. Cull
Phil Duncan*
Chip Finke†
Angie Fischer
Charles H. Gerhardt, III
Agnes Godwin Hall*
Mel Gravely†
Michael Hall
Michelle Hershey*
Vada Hill
Todd M. Immell*
Danielle Ivory
Craig Jackson
Emily Kokenge†
Allison Kropp†
Jamie Leonard†
Jill McGruder†
Jeffery Meek
Rick Michelman†
Emerson Moser†
Joe Muraca*
Raj Narang
Lou Nazir
Emma Off*
Eugene Partridge, III
Bruce Petrie†
Thanh Pham
Dianne Rosenberg†
Jens Rosenkrantz†
Megan Shaffer*
Cady Short-Thompson
Murray Sinclaire, Jr.
Reginald L. Staples, Jr.*
Deana Taylor-Brewer
Alicia B. Townsend
Sonya Turner
David Voelker
Sonya Walton
Rhonda Whitaker Hurtt*
Kelly Wittich
Justin Wyborn
Sam Zeller*
Life Trustees:
Otto M. Budig, Jr.
Lee A. Carter
A. B. Closson, Jr.
Nancy Heffner Donovan
John J. Kron
Susan S. Laffoon
Mitchel D. Livingston
Richard H. Rosenthal*
Jack Rouse
Lisa Sauer*
Thomas R. Schiff
Edgar L. Smith, Jr.
Mary Stagaman
Peter S. Strange
Dudley S. Taft
Ellen G. van der Horst
* Executive Committee
† Ex-Officio
2025 ArtsWave Community Campaign Chair Mel Gravely has recruited a stellar team of corporate leaders and community volunteers to ensure the Campaign's success.
2025 Community Campaign Cabinet
2025 Campaign Cabinet
Mel Gravely, Chair
Candace McGraw, Vice Chair
Laura Berkemeier, Ignite Philanthropy
Kim Best, CVG
Kelly Bonnell, Constellation Wealth Advisors
Jody Brant, Katz Teller
Archie Brown, First Financial Bank
Brendon Cull, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber
Ryan Dunlap, Triversity
Kay Geiger, Retired PNC
John Gray, Fifth Third Bank
Devon Greco, BE NKY Growth Partnership
Leon Hampton, Dinsmore
Amy Hanson, Amy Hanson Advisory Services
Don Hogle, Atomic Robot
Todd Immel, Deloitte
Steve Kenat, SHP
Marcene Kinney, GBBN
Jes Laine, Guaranteed Rate, The DiBari Laine Group
Danny Lipson, Urban Sites
Samuel Moore, Jr., Retired P&G
Amber Ostaszewski, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Matthew Randazzo, Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Jackie Reau, Game Day
Greg Riley, Schaefer
Cheryl Rose, Constellation Wealth Advisors
Devon Stansbury, MeetNKY
Kitty Strauss Rosenthal, Community Volunteer
Lisa Sauer, Retired P&G
Kate Smith, Wood, Herron & Evans
Tim Steigerwald, Messer Construction Co.
Warren Weber, PNC
Tira Williams