Board & Cabinet

ArtsWave’s board of trustees and rotating campaign cabinet lead the stewardship of our community’s gifts.

2025-26 ArtsWave Trustees

Officers
Deborah Hayes, Chair
Kala Gibson, Vice Chair
Joe Muraca, Treasurer
Megan Shaffer, Secretary
Alecia T. Kintner, President & CEO

Trustees
Ron Bates
Tysonn Betts

Carri Chandler

Brendon J. Cull

Phil Duncan*
Sylvester Dupree
Angie Fischer
Leigh Fox*
Charles H. Gerhardt, III
Agnes Godwin Hall*
Trey Grayson
Michael Hall
Vada Hill
Caroline Hyatt
Todd M. Immell
Danielle Ivory
Craig Jackson
Emily Kokenge
Allison Kropp
Jamie Leonard
Jill McGruder
Jeffrey Meek
Rick Michelman
Emerson Moser
Ken Muth
Lou Nazir
Emma Off*
Eugene Partridge, III
Thanh Pham
Andrew Quinn
Katy Sheehan
Cady-Short Thompson
Deb Silverman
Murray Sinclaire, Jr.
Deana Taylor-Brewer
Alicia B. Townsend
Sonya Turner
David Voelker
Sonya Walton
Charla Weiss
Rhonda Whitaker Hurtt
Kelly Wittich
Justin Wyborn
Sam Zeller*
James Zimmerman

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

Campaign Leadership

2026 ArtsWave Community Campaign Chair James Zimmerman has recruited a stellar team of corporate leaders and community volunteers to ensure the Campaign’s success.

2026 Community Campaign Cabinet

James Zimmerman, Chair

Matt Barney, Messer Construction Co.
Catherine Botos, GE Aerospace
Eric Combs, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Kathy Cook
Anna Coutts, Cintas
Brendon Cull, Cincinnati Regional Chamber
Jennifer Damiano, KeyBank
Patrick Dingeldein, PNC Bank
Douglas Fox, Plante Moran
John Gray, Fifth Third Bank
Trey Grayson, Frost Brown Todd LLP
Devon Greco, BE NKY
Gregory Harris, First Financial Bank
Barbara Hauser, P&G
Heather Hawkins, Taft Law
Renee Hevia
Andrew Hof, Novus Foods
Paul Jenny, Cincinnati Children’s
Marcene Kinney, GBBN Architects
Holly Mazzocca, Bartlett Wealth Management
Rob McDonald, Taft Law
Peter Metz, Cincinnati Regional Chamber
Samuel Moore, P&G, Retired
Theodore Nelson, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Gregory Olson, Urban Sites
James Smith, Cincinnati Business Courier
Chet Swisher, Cincinnati Insurance Companies
Susan Zaunbrecher, Fifth Third Bank
Sam Zeller, Taft Law