2022 Board of Directors & Advisory Group Announced

Thank you to the following members of the World Affairs Council’s board of directors and advisory group who are rolling off this year:

Board of Directors

Rich Lauf, PhD, Leamington Group, Past Treasurer and Board Chair

Oxana Prokhorova, University of Cincinnati

Jason Riveiro, Realogy Holdings Corp.

Advisory Group

Chris Huntington, Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati​

Leslie Maloney, Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile U.S. Bank Foundation​

Congratulations to the 2022 Board of Directors and Advisory Group Members!​

A special thank you and congratulations to Craig Lane will be our 2022 Treasurer, Doug Goldberg & Dale Dean for renewing for a second term as board of directors, and Rich Lauf who will be joining the Advisory Group.

Board Chair

Michele Mansfield
Retired, The Procter & Gamble Company

Vice Chair

John Pinney, Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Client Services Department & Chair, International Practice Group, Graydon, Head, & Ritchey LLP

Treasurer

Craig Lane
Vice President, Risk Management, MunichRe America

Secretary

Tim Roberts
The BAUTE | ROBERTS Group – Comey & Shepherd Realtors

Directors

  • Bob Betz, Retired, President, Cognis Corporation
  • Dale Dean, President & CEO, DeanHouston, Inc.
  • Asawari Deshmukh, Assistant Professor Department of Economics, Carl H. Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati
  • Doug Goldberg, Principal, Goldberg Partners International LLC
  • Karlee Hilliard, Retired, Ford Motor Company
  • Michael Hawkins, Partner in the Labor & Employment and Appellate Practice Groups, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
  • Sean Brislin, Director of Merchandising for Deli Prepared Foods, Kroger Co.
  • Jay Scherger, Director Ecommerce Accelerator, Kroger Co.
  • Nita Vaidya, PhD, Sociologist, Northern Kentucky University

Advisory Group

  • Bill Sena, Retired, Investment Counsel
  • Martin Wilhelmy, Senior Vice President-Investments, PIM Portfolio Manager, Wells Fargo Advisors, Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Cincinnati
  • Richard King, Retired, The Procter & Gamble Company
  • Tim Swallow, Executive Director, Cincinnati World Cinema
  • Steve Black, Retired, Graydon, Head, & Ritchey LLP
  • Katherine Brun, Senior Community Engagement Specialist, Wayfair
  • Mary Ann Buchino, Ed.D. Retired School Psychologist, Cincinnati Public Schools
  • Kim Harp, Scripps National Spelling Bee
  • Richard Lauf, Consultant, Leamington Group; Retired, The Procter & Gamble Company
  • Melissa Loyd, University of Cincinnati Cancer Center
  • Deborah Schultz, President, Transborder Solutions
  • Deborah Tyson, Senior Marketing & Development Advisor, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
  • Shelly Williams, Director, Sales, Sony Pictures Entertainment

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