Who We Are · Foundation Directors
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
Scott Richards, Chairman
Finance Manager, Procter & Gamble
Matt Davis, Vice Chairman
President of DSD Advisors
Thomas D. Sundermann, Treasurer
Retired, Financial Advisor, Wells Fargo
James Brun, Esq., Secretary
Partner, Keating, Muething and Klekamp
Ryan Adcock
Executive Director, Cradle Cincinnati
Jeanette Altenau
Director of Community Relations, TriHealth
Lee Ann Bissmeyer
Councilperson, City of Montgomery
JB Buse, Jr.
Chairman & CEO, Loth Inc.
Victoria Chester
CFO, Pure Romance, LLC
Susan D. Cranley
Retired, Cincinnati School Board
Stephanie Crockett, Esq.
Designer, Elevar Design Group
Missy Hendon Deters
Executive Director, Boys Hope Girls Hope of Cincinnati
Chrissey Barrett Haslam
Community Relations, The Children’s Home of Cincinnati
Deborah Heater, Esq.
Regional Director, Ohio Civil Rights Commission
Christie Kuhns
Chief of Staff to the COO & VP of Operations and Community Relations, UC Health
John Lomax
News Anchor, Local 12 WKRC –TV
Dan McKenna
President, F&M Mafco, Inc.
Laura Mitchell
Superintendent, Cincinnati Public Schools
Diane Cunningham Redden
Head of CBRN & Uniform Sales, the LION Group Inc.
Kate Rippe
Founder, Rippe Financial Group
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
Peter J. Stern M.D.
Hand Surgeon, University of Cincinnati
Noah Stern, Esq.
Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP
Laura Tepe
Marketing Consultant
EX-OFFICIO MEMBER
Paula Brehm-Heeger, Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Director, Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County
Emeritus Member
Thomas E. Huenefeld