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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