Friday, July 17, 2009

Business Courier of Cincinnati

The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s Agenda 360 effort has appointed a new team of leaders.

The group, called Council 360, will be charged with helping to move forward on the Agenda 360 regional strategic plan drafted by local business leaders. The leaders and their “priority areas” are:

Quality Place: Margy Waller, the Fine Arts Fund; Liz Blume, Community Building Institute-Xavier University; Dan Oerther, UC Center for Urban Environment.

Business Growth: Kimm Coyner, economic development for Warren County; Doug Moormann, Cincinnati USA Regional Partnership; Sean Rugless, the African American Chamber of Commerce; Rich Kiley, retired, Procter & Gamble Co.; Robin Dreisigacker, UC Academic Health Center.

Qualified Work Force: Robin White, CEO of Great Oaks Community College; Stephanie Byrd, Success by Six; Jeff Edmondson, STRIVE; Ross Meyer, Greater Cincinnati Workforce Network.

Transportation: Marilyn Shazor, president of Metro; Bobby Maly, Model Management; Kim Satzger, Regional Port Authority.

Inclusion: Alfonso Cornejo, president of the Hispanic Chamber; Karen Bankston, Drake/Health Care; Chip Harrod, Bridges for a Just Community, Peg Fox, Metropolitan Area Religious Coalition of Cincinnati (MARCC).

Government Collaboration: Greg Jolivette, Butler County Commissioner; Matt van Sant, Clermont Chamber of Commerce; Louise Hughes, Procter & Gamble; Milton Dohoney, city of Cincinnati.

Regional Communications: Dacia Snider, Soapbox Media; Ryan Rybolt, Infintech; A.J. Schaeffer, Vision 2015.

The effort will be led by co-chairs Kevin Ghassomian, an attorney with Greenbaum Doll & McDonald, and Mary Stagaman, associate vice president at the University of Cincinnati.