Our Staff

Michelle Harpenau Glandorf, CFRE, President & CEO

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Melissa McDonald, M.Ed., Vice President

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Azalea Laverde, Programs Associate

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Eavan Kuehnle, IVLP Programs Assistant

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The World Affairs Council – Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization.

Board of Directors

Board Chair

Dale Dean

DeanHouston Inc.

Vice Chair


Tim Roberts

The TIM | ROBERTS Group – Comey & Shepherd Realtors

Treasurer

Asawari Deshmukh
University of Cincinnati

Secretary

Cheryl D. Young
Miami University

Directors

  • Dominique Ellison
  • Samuel Foulkes, Clovernook Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired
  • Karlee Hilliard, Retired, Ford Motor Company
  • Mrudula Jillella, Director of Product Management, dunnhumby
  • Sri Kumar, President and CEO, Connico
  • Francois LeRoy, Northern Kentucky University
  • Bryan McCleary, Principal, Relevance Communications; Board Member, P&G Alumni Foundation
  • Amanda “Mandy” McLaughlin, Graduate Studies – University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Tyler Roe, New York Life
  • Ben Press, Founder & CEO of PressPlay Media Advisors
  • Jay Scherger, Jukebox

Young Professionals Board Liaison: 

  • Morgan Miller, Category Development Manager, Wells Enterprises

Advisory Group

  • Charles Azuka, Retired, P&G
  • Mary Ann Buchino, EdD, Retired School Psychologist
  • Leo Chan, Asia Chamber of Commerce
  • Denise Esteves-Hicks
  • Doug Goldberg, Goldberg Partners International LLC
  • Dr. James Kaya, Clermont County Public Health
  • Craig Lane, Munich Re America Services, Inc.
  • Michele Mansfield, Retired, P&G
  • John Pinney, Graydon, Head, & Ritchey LLP
  • Pat Raverty, Retired
  • Deborah Schultz, Trans-Borders Solutions
  • Deborah Tyson, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

Young Professionals Advisory Group

  • Phillip Arceneaux, Assistant Professor of Strategic Communication, Miami University
  • Prerna Gandhi, Strategic Sourcing Manager, Rotex Global, LLC
  • Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson, Program Director, Groundwork Ohio River Valley
  • Angel He, Investment Associate, Softbank
  • Lucas Threlfall, Donation Processing Coordinator, Cooperative for Education
  • Gaurav Yadav, Program Manager, United States Air Force

The diversity of the event and content was quite remarkable. More importantly the engagement of the attendees really spoke to the idea of embracing diversity and making community and business leaders realize how important it is to focus on inclusion rather than exclusion in interactions both professional and personal. It was such an interesting group of people that attended the event. The organization stands for everything that is right with Cincinnati and its goals moving forward. It was a pleasure to attend.”
- One World Gala, Sponsor and Participant