Board & Cabinet
ArtsWave’s board of trustees and rotating campaign cabinet lead the stewardship of our community’s gifts.
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†
Jeffrey 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
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
Sam Zeller, Taft Law


