BUSINESS

Cincy Business People: Who’s on the move?

Stephen Roy Wilder
swilder@enquirer.com
84.51° hires Kate Walker as project consultant.

APPOINTMENTS:

  • Tom Williams joins Interact for Health’s board of directors.

AWARDS:

  • RTDNF will honor E.W. Scripps Company CEO Rich Boehne with the 2016 First Amendment Leadership Award March 16 at a ceremony at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C.

  • The Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber celebrated a decade of Women Excel (WE) at the 10th annual WE Celebrate Breakfast. The following women and women-owned businesses were honored for their achievements, innovation, social responsibility and mentoring: strategic HR, inc., Woman-Owned Business of the Year (small); JANCOA Janitorial Services, Woman-Owned Business of the Year (mid-large); Gina Drosos, Assurex Health, Woman of Year - Corporate; Elizabeth Knuppel, Skystone Partners, Woman of Year - Entrepreneur; Patty Beggs, Cincinnati Opera, Woman of Year - Nonprofit; Terry Segerberg, Mesa Industries, Inc., Community Impact; and Bill Keating Jr., Keating Muething & Klekamp, The Empowerment Award presented by Fifth Third Bank.

  • The Wornick Company, a Cincinnati-based food manufacturer and convenience-packaging leader, announced that Eugene Vassar III was awarded as a top honoree of the Fearless Frontline Leader Award for 2015.

HONORS:

  • Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky NAIOP honors a Wayfair, Inc. transaction as Industrial Deal of the Year.

  • FirstLight Homecare was chosen as a Top 100 Franchise Business for Veterans by Franchise Business Review magazine.

  • The City of Erlanger honors Jeff Simpson, president and owner of Johnny’s Car Wash in Erlanger, by commemorating the company’s 50th anniversary.

  • Autism Society of Greater Cincinnati honors the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Delta Air Lines and TSA with the 2015 Faces of Autism Community Appreciation Award.

MILESTONES:

  • Commonwealth Orthopaedic Centers opens its first Cincinnati office location in Suite 231 of the Christ Hospital Medical office building, located at 2123 Auburn Avenue in Mt. Auburn.

PROMOTIONS AND HIRES:

Harley Grim, MD, joins The Christ Hospital Physicians – Obstetrics and Gynecology.

  • Harley Grim, MD, joins The Christ Hospital Physicians – Obstetrics and Gynecology.

  • The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission names Pastor “Pete” Mingo as the new program manager of the Community Outreach Advocates.

  • 3CDC names Zach Napier as a civic space supervisor.

  • The Kleingers Group names Josh Shaw as a project manager.

  • Robert Louis Capital, a provider of commercial real estate and small business financing, hires Kevin Berlon as the vice president of Capital Markets.  

  • 84.51° announces the following hires: Kate Walker, project consultant; Chris Stratton, data developer; Yasser Elbissaty, senior data scientist; and Heather McHone, media analyst.

  • Mercy Health – Cincinnati hires internal medicine specialist Robert Rubin, MD.

  • U.S. Bank names John Benevides as the East region president of the Private Client Reserve.

  • Fives Group names Stéphane Mayer as the new head of the Metal Cutting and Composites business line.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

  • Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Choices will hold a dedication ceremony for its newest small house neighborhood at 4150 Bach Buxton Road in Union Township. The ceremony is planned for Dec. 15, starting with refreshments at 9:15 a.m., the ceremony at 10 a.m. and tours the rest of the day. Speakers include state representative Doug Green, Union Township Board of Trustees chair John McGraw, Clermont County Chamber president Matt Van Sant, as well as Otterbein executives, representatives from the architect and builder and other members of the community. This event is open to the public.

  • The executive director of Scarf It Up For Those In Need, Tammy Simpson, will be the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Kenton County’s luncheon meeting Thursday, Dec. 17. The luncheon will begin at noon at the Colonial Cottage Inn (3140 Dixie Highway in Erlanger). There will be limited seating by reservation only. To make a reservation, contact Carol Margrave at 859-240-8227. The lunch costs $12 per person.

  • Northern Kentucky University's Mayerson Student Philanthropy Project will award $17,420 to 12 local nonprofit agencies that have partnered with students this fall on a range of community projects.

HIGHLIGHTS:​

  • Orthopaedic surgeons at The Christ Hospital Health Network provided free hip and knee replacements to three low-income patients without medical insurance on Dec. 5, as part of Operation Walk USA.