CYC Staff and Board Members

Meet the People Who Bring CYC to Life

Administration:

Jane Keller, CEO and President
513-363-5210
 
Karen Connell, Assistant to the President
513-363-5201
 
Finance and Human Resources Director
513-363-52
 
Chris Lipscombe, Technology Manager
513-363-5261
 
Development and Communications:
 
Danielle Gentry-Barth, Chief Development Officer
513-363-5250
 
Cherrylyn Bacani, Communications Specialist
363-5252
 
Kathy Chambers, Grants Manager
363-5252
 
Shannan Schmitt, Director, Partners in Education and Communications
513-363-5251
 
College Access:

Dr Monica Adkins, Vice President
513-363-5240
 
Amy Gass, Administrative Assistant to College Access
513-363-5204

James Cullen, Director Talent Search
513-363-5241

Katrina Bruce, AmeriCorps Project REACH Director
513-363-5242

 
Talent Search College Advisors:

Kelly McWhorter

Mentoring:

Simone Bess, Vice President
513-363-5230

Eileene Douthard-Harris, Administrative Assistant
513-363-5203
 
Carman Toler, Volunteer Manager
513-363-5236
 
Mentoring Coordinators:
 
 
 
Executive Board Members:
 
Chuck Ackerman, Brokerage Sr. VP Industrial Services Group, Colliers International

Harold Brown - President, EdWorks, a subsidiary of KnowledgeWorks Foundation

Ken Cartwright, VP Operations, XLC LLC

Kim Combs, The Kroger Co.

Steve Condon, Managing Principal, Truepoint Inc.

Sandra J. Degen, PhD - Associate Chair of Academic Affairs, Professor of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Chris Dirksing - Managing Director, Brighton Capital Partners, LLC

Bob Jackson, District Manager, Staples

Toi C. Jones, Owner, Onyx Sourcing Solutions

Tom Lampe, VP Business Development, Messer Construction

Ralph O. Lee, VP of Human Resources, Total Quality Logistics

Mayor Mark Mallory - City of Cincinnati

Dan Molina - Director, Global Enterprise Architecture, Accenture

Catherine A. Myers, Senior VP Enterprise Revenue Office, Consumer Strategies, US Bank

Rick Oliver - Program and Operations Director, WXIX-Fox19

John Pepper - Retired Chairman and CEO, Procter and Gamble

David Plogmann, Senior Vice President, Luxottica Group

Susan Robinson

Mary Ronan - Superintendent, Cincinnati Public Schools

Rolonda Smith - Executive Director, Parents for Public Schools of Greater Cincinnati

Amy B.Spiller, General Counsel, Duke Energy

Jim Sowar - Partner, Deloitte and Touche

Barbara R.Szucsik, Esq. Executive Counsel, Convergys

Denise Thomas, Director, Corporate Supplier Diversity, The Kroger Co.

Adrienne Trimble, General Manager of Diversity & Inclusion, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing

Jeff Wampler, Marketing Director, Procter and Gamble

Kent Wellington,Partner, Graydon Head

 

Barbara Seibel, Strategic Consultant, Retired Executive Director, Jobs for Cincnnati Graduates

Jane Keller - President/CEO, Cincinnati Youth Collaborative  

Emeritus

Kathy Beechem

Sister Jean Patrice Harrington - CYC Founding Executive Director

The Honorable Judge Nathaniel Jones - Of Counsel, Blank Rome LLP

Ms. Mary Beth Price - Founder, Empower MediaMarketing

Mr. Chad Wick - President and CEO, KnowledgeWorks Foundation






results that count

  • 95% of CYC seniors graduated from high school
  • 8 out of 10 of these students enrolled in college
  • 85% of CYC students were promoted to the next grade
See CYC's report card in full.