Meet Our Boards

The Goering Center is privileged to benefit from the passion and insight of the many community leaders that serve as its advisors. This group acts as a sounding board for the Center's activities, and provides critical volunteer assistance, expertise and support through participation in educational programs.

  • Lewis Waitt, ALINITI - Board Chair
  • Todd Wilkowski, Frost Brown Todd - Vice Chair
  • Michael Ansari, Axis Interior Systems, Inc.
  • Justin Austin, USI Insurance Services, LLC
  • Dan Barnett, Johnson Investment Counsel
  • Jamie Bierman, HR Elements
  • Tim Blankenhorn, Park National Bank
  • Jeff Blumental, McGohan Brabender
  • Heather Bucher, KSM CPAs and Advisors
  • Ross Bextermueller, KMK
  • Chris Brennan, MAI Capital Management
  • Carol Butler, Goering Center
  • Kyle Caja, Schueler Group
  • Michele Carey, Greater Cincinnati Foundation
  • Adam Davey, Dean Dorton
  • David Deye, Deye Enterprises
  • Karl Dostal, MCM CPAs & Advisors, LLP
  • Steve Dunn, US Bank/Ascent
  • Peter Ellington, Office Furniture Source
  • Barbara Fant, Clinical Research Consultants, Inc.
  • Kevin Feazell, Cors & Bassett, LLC
  • Joe Fiorito, Fifth Third Bank
  • Mark Gaudet, Clark Schaefer Hackett
  • Alan Greenwell, Brixey & Meyer
  • Brad Haas, Katz Teller
  • Jacob Holbrook, First Financial Bank
  • Amoury Hollins, JPMorgan Chase
  • Ken Jenkins, RSM US LLP
  • Missy Karrick, Custom Traffic Solutions
  • Andy Lyall, Optimized IT
  • Ian Murray, SpotOn Productions
  • Mike Napier, Horan
  • Mitch Nice, Stock Yards Bank & Trust
  • Mark Palazzo, Huntington Bank
  • Mandie Perdikakis, Gus Perdikakis Associates
  • Chris Pratt, Hub International
  • Tim Rettig, Intrust IT
  • Christine Rochester, Minority Business Accelerator
  • John Ruebel, City Wide Maintenance of Cincinnati
  • Tracy Ruberg, T6 Group, LLC
  • Patrick Rumpler, Mellott & Mellott
  • Becky Scheeler, Centennial, Inc.
  • Tom Shumaker, Cincinnati Commercial Contracting
  • Kelly Snyder, Cincinnati Business Courier
  • Lee Stautberg, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
  • Jonathan Theders, RiskSOURCE/OneDigital
  • Rick Weber, Batesville Products, Inc.
  • Amy Willenborg, Melink Corporation
  • J.D. Willett, Beer House Distributing/Cavalier Distributing
  • Joe Wilson, KeyBank
  • Keith Wilson, ScrogginsGreer Consultants and CPAs
  • Jonathan Theders, Chief Growth Officer, RiskSOURCE Clark-Theders – Chair Emeritus
  • Jonathan Adams, President, SALIX Data
  • Kelly Bonnell, Chief Operations Officer, Constellation Wealth Advisors
  • Carol Butler, President, Goering Center
  • Tara Halpin, Chief Executive Officer, Steinhauser, Inc.
  • Aaron Hansen, President, Hansen Scaffolding
  • Susan Hill, Board Member
  • Laurence Jones, Managing Principal, RiskVersity LLC
  • Marianne Lewis, PhD, Dean, University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business
  • Sarah Grace Mohr, Chief Operating Officer, MACKEY
  • Jim Samocki, President, Doran Manufacturing
  • Laurens Steed, Faculty Executive, Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati
  • Lewis Waitt, Director of Client Solutions, Aliniti