The Library Foundation is led by a group of dedicated volunteers who share a love for the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Libraryand those it serves.  Click on the links below for comments from our Directors on why they value the Library.

Foundation Directors

Matt Davis, Chairman
President, DSD Advisors

Lee Ann Bissmeyer, Vice Chair
Councilperson, City of Montgomery

Thomas D. Sundermann, Treasurer
Retired, Financial Advisor, Wells Fargo

Jacob G. Samad, Esq., Secretary
Partner, Robbins, Kelly, Patterson & Tucker

Ryan Adcock
Director of Patient and Family Experience, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Jeanette Altenau
Director of Community Relations, TriHealth

Lee Ann Bissmeyer
Councilperson, City of Montgomery

JB Buse, Jr.
Chairman & CEO, Loth Inc.

James Brun, Esq.,
Partner, Keating, Muething and Klekamp

Michael E. Dantley, Ed.D.
Senior Pastor, Christ Emmanuel Christian Fellowship; CEO MED Consulting

Robert D. Festenstein
Executive Director, Independence Alliance

Kelly L. Harvey
Private Wealth Management Portfolio Manager, US Bank

Deborah Heater, Esq.
Senior Director, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, UC Health

Gina Hemenway
Executive Director of Community Health, Mercy Health Cincinnati

Scott E. Knox
Owner, Scott E. Knox Attorneys

Christie Kuhns, Esq.
President and CEO, Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio

Patrick N. Longo
President/CEO, Alloy Development Co., Inc.

Ed Loyd
Executive Communications – Health Care, Procter & Gamble

Dan McKenna
President, F&M Mafco, Inc.

Laura Mitchell
President and CEO, Beech Acres Parenting Center

Todd S. Neumann, CPA
Sr. Reimbursement Consultant, UC Health

Diane Cunningham Redden
Head of CBRN & Uniform Sales, the LION Group Inc.

Casey Ruschman
Community Giving Manager, Scripps Howard Foundation

Kara Sanders
Craftforce Development Executive, Messer Construction Co.

Matthew Selker
Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley

Kristen Smitherman-Voltaire
Community & Citizenship Manager, Turner Construction Company

Maurice Stewart, MSOL, CDP
Director of Diversity Outreach & Engagement, University of Cincinnati Alumni Association

Peter H. Williams
Registered Investment Advisor, Osborn Williams & Donohoe

Ex-Officio Member

Paula Brehm-Heeger  
Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Director, Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library