ANNUAL REPORT 2017–2018 Lindner Honors-PLUS University of l(_~ CARL H. LINDNER Cl NCI N NAJI I COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Lindner Honors-PLUS | 2017–2018 Academic Year ANNUAL REPORT

From the Director ...... 4

General Information ...... 6

Advisory Board Update...... 7

Domestic Trip ...... 9

International Trip ...... 10

Alumni Spotlights ...... 18

Student Spotlights ...... 23

Class of 2018 ...... 27

Class of 2019 ...... 32

Class of 2020 ...... 37

Class of 2021 ...... 42

Class of 2022 ...... 48

Partners & Scholarships ...... 53

Donors ...... 54 UC7773

Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS 3 FROM THE DIRECTOR

Dear Friends of Lindner throughout Cincinnati. Additionally, I was 2. Embrace the “AND”—In my role as suggestions on how we can continue Honors-PLUS, fully engaged with recruiting our incoming Associate Dean for our college and as to elevate the excellence of LHP. I look students for fall 2018—interviewing over Director of LHP, I am very excited to think forward to seeing many of you at our 150 prospective students and informing about new initiatives, ideas, and classes. Homecoming Event in October! It will be I am writing this letter with an them about the exciting things happening However, one of the things that I think is a wonderful opportunity to honor Jeri abundance of appreciation and inspiration around our new building (opening next most essential in my roles is to learn and Ricketts for her tremendous leadership as the Director of Lindner Honors-PLUS. fall!), across the honors programs at appreciate, before I try to innovate, and and to look to the future together in a Shortly after I arrived in Cincinnati to Lindner (we now have 3!), and my ideas for to embrace the “and.” That means not fun new location—Great American Ball begin my appointment as Associate Dean what’s next for LHP. Alumni involvement getting drawn into deciding that it is an A Park! I am grateful for your support of for Innovation and New Ventures, I was in the recruiting process extended this or B, but to be open to the possibility what our program, the warm welcome I have having lunch with Jeri Ricketts and learning year into our first admitted students A and B can generate when combined received as Director, and the collaborative about the heritage, innovation, and heart event during which we welcomed many together. This approach allows us to spirit we are co-creating. of the program. The honor to lead this of our admits and their parents to an build things up instead of knocking them program has been salient to me since that event at Lindner Hall where they learned down. It is also something that sets the With great appreciation, initial lunch with Jeri and a subsequent more about the program and met our stage for thoughtful experimentation and Dr. Daniel Gruber Dan breakfast with Lou Lauch and Norm Baker. current students and several alums—it collaboration. Executive Director Daniel A. Gruber, Ph.D. Lindner Honors-PLUS and Associate Those extended conversations instilled was awesome! Throughout my short time 3. Co-Creating the future of Lindner Dean of Innovation and New Ventures in me what this program means to the here, I have thoroughly enjoyed working Honors-PLUS—I am very excited to Lindner College of Business, the University with the LHP staff—Judy Magazine, Ashley co-create the future of LHP with our of Cincinnati and the City of Cincinnati. I McFarland, Mary Jo Frost, and our student current students, alumni, supporters and then had the great opportunity to meet workers. others who are invested in the ongoing nearly all of our current students over Additionally, I extend my ascendance and excellence of the a series of breakfasts in the fall before I congratulations and best wishes to the program. So please as you have ideas for began to transition the leadership with Jeri graduating seniors in both December what we can do next or things we should in January and completed that transition 2017 and April 2018 as they embark into be thinking about for the curriculum and in August. Through that collaborative the world to start their careers, drive elsewhere, please let me know. This co- handoff I have admired Jeri’s tremendous change, and influence the lives of others, creation process is something that allows leadership and I have been thoroughly just as they have during their time at the for an inclusive approach to shaping the impressed by the accomplishments of our University of Cincinnati. future of the LHP Program. students and alumni. As I look towards my first full academic I regularly think about Mr. Lindner’s Along the journey of the last year as Director of LHP, I am continued to quote about putting our business college six months has been an awesome be guided by three guiding principles: on the map as one of the finest in the international program to Europe where I 1. Ambassadors—LHP students, alums, nation as it has been along the fence of spent a week with the students in Geneva and supporters have been and continue the construction site for our new building and had a chance to meet a few of our to be amazing ambassadors of the and drives my work on a daily basis. I amazing alums in Switzerland as we visited program, the College, the University, and look forward to working with each of some of the world’s most fascinating the City. As new students join us I share you to advance LHP, the College, and companies. My engagement with alumni this expectation with them and it is quite the University towards achieving that also included a series of breakfasts here energizing for everyone involved in the objective. in Cincinnati where several great ideas program. I am inspired by the incredible Thank you for all that you continue to were shared about additions to the ways in which our students and alums do for our program and our students. I LHP program. I also was fortunate to are having a tremendous impact and look am honored to serve as Director of the spend time with some of the incredible forward to fostering more and more ways Program and appreciate your ideas and supporters of our program in Chicago and for them to continue to do so.

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Elizabeth Zirkelbach, Chairman CARL H. LINDNER HONORS-PLUS FACULTY AND STAFF Lena Schuler, Vice-Chairman Brien Dulle, Business Outreach Committee Chairman Kyle Snider, Development Committee Chairman Matt Yung, Recruitment Committee Chairman Todd Barnes, Alumni Affairs Committee Chairman Matt Oelrich, Curriculum Committee Chairman Meghan Cappel, Membership Committee Chairman

AT-LARGE MEMBERS CURRENT STUDENTS Dan Holthaus, Class of 1010 Barnes Dennig Dr. Dan Gruber Dr. Jeri Ricketts Judy Magazine Scott Gregory Ashley McFarland Mary Jo Frost Dr. Norm Baker Zach Allaben, Class of 2019 Jessica Iacobucci, Class of 2006 Executive Director Outgoing Executive Assistant Director Director Manager Coordinator of Projects University of Cincinnati, Lindner Honors-PLUS Lindner Honors-PLUS Director Lindner Honors-PLUS Undergraduate Enrollment Lindner Business & Programs Eric Bachus, Class of 2018 General Electric and Associate Dean of Lindner Honors-PLUS Honors & Lindner Honors-PLUS Todd Barnes, Class of 2004 Mackenzie Mayernik, Class of 2019 Andrew Laskey, Class of 2006 Innovation and New and Emeritus of Undergraduate The David J. Joseph Company RBC Capital Markets Ventures Accounting Enrollment Michael Murphy, Class of 2019 Paul Bessire, Class of 2005 Zach Logan, Class of 2005 AMEND Consulting Class of 2018 Rob Rankin, Direct Employers Association Bert Cannon Braden Martini, Class of 2007 Deloitte—Retired ALUMNI MEMBERS Merrill Lynch Evan Clinkenbeard, Class of 2010 Bhavik Modi, Class of 2015 Merrill Lynch Nick Bachus, Class of 2013 Merchandise Inc. BTS Sean Connell Matt Oelrich, Class of 2003 Connell + Associates, LLC Chase Beckman, Class of 2014 PROGRAM OVERVIEW Asurion American Financial Kyle Dragan, Class of 2009 Meghan Pope, Class of 2017 American Financial Group Molly Berger, Class of 2012 What sets the Lindner Honors-PLUS Program apart? The program’s goal is development of the PLUS criteria: Prom- Thread Paycom Greg Eling The Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Program is a unique and chal- ise as a business professional; Leadership in school and commu- Allison Burns, Class of 2008 Nick Puncer, Class of 2010 Cintas Corporation Bahl & Gaynor lenging honors program within the Carl H. Lindner College of nity activities; Understanding of the global marketplace and diverse Deloitte Jay Hummel, Class of 2003 Business at the University of Cincinnati. This 5-year, cohort-based cultures; and Success through talent, commitment, dedication, and Meghan Cappel, Class of 2016 Lena Schuler, Class of 2014 American Century Investments Crossroads Church program incorporates a demanding business honors curriculum, effort. Thanks to the generous contributions of Carl H. Lindner Jr., Burke, Inc. Stephen Lett, Class of 2002 Anne Seitz, Class of 2009 an enhanced, six semester, paid co-operative education program, The Procter & Gamble Company, EY, and many other corporate Procter & Gamble Amy Chase, Class of 2011 Danone North America American Financial a ten day domestic study program, a five week intensive inter- and individual donors, all Lindner Honors-PLUS students receive Mike Light Kyle Snider, Class of 2010 national study abroad program, widespread business exposure, merit scholarships sufficient to cover in-state tuition. Fidelity—Retired Sean Cox, Class of 2015 WorkJam Mars and deliberate leadership training. These components, along Lindner Honors-PLUS includes honors coursework in written Joe Mayernik Ty Wahlbrink, Class of 2017 with an active partnership with the Cincinnati business commu- and oral communication skills, interviewing skills, and business Doug Cushman, Class of 2009 Kyle Neumann, Class of 2004 Ernst & Young Fifth Third Bank nity, provide an unparalleled undergraduate business education, etiquette. Honors seminars also cover business ethics, the his- Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital Brian Delany, Class of 2007 Josh Willman, Class of 2016 which prepares students for long-term success in their careers tory of American business, entrepreneurship skills and character- Justin Shafer, Class of 2005 Merrill Lynch Procter & Gamble and their lives outside of work. based leadership. Lindner Honors-PLUS students are active Ernst & Young Phil DiCiero, Class of 2006 Matt Yung, Class of 2007 campus and community leaders as well. The emphasis of the program is not solely academic but also Steve Wilson Benefits Network Insurance Agency Johnson Investment Counsel stresses work ethic, integrity, good citizenship, leadership skills, Lindner Honors-PLUS graduates are recognized for their aca- VNU Advisory Services Brien Dulle, Class of 2013 and communication skills. Although students accepted to the demic preparation, their extensive work experience, their work Elizabeth Zirkelbach, Class of 2003 Cassady Schiller & Associates program possess exceptional academic records, their selection ethic, and the exposure they have had to global business. The Procter & Gamble Leif Edgar, Class of 2011 is also predicated on demonstrated involvement in extracur- well-rounded education they receive has resulted in our gradu- Procter & Gamble ates being placed in prestigious graduate programs, and finding ricular activities which may include athletics, student government, Jeff Hack,Class of 2004 school publications, volunteer and service activities, and other rewarding careers upon graduation. Their balanced preparation Catholic Health Partners evidence of leadership and a desire to give back to their institu- in analytical and soft skills positions them well to pursue many tions and communities. divergent opportunities after their time at UC.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. & NEW YORK CITY by Casmir Thornberry

The Lindner Honors-PLUS Class of 2020 proved to many in our class that lobbying else, gave a clear image of the priorities of stepped off our Crosswell bus at the isn’t necessarily the evil that it is made out the company. As we sat in the former Bear Capitol Hill Hotel, only half a mile from to be. And that while much in politics and Stearns building, I couldn’t help but smile the United States Capitol, grateful to in D.C. needs to be reformed, lobbyists to myself. I was remarkably grateful for the have made it to the first stop of our 2017 can be one aspect of DC culture that gets opportunity to listen to such a powerful Domestic Trip. As soon as each of us had something done. female executive and was inspired by her gotten our room keys, we quickly changed The next day we visited Deloitte’s story. Sitting in the room, it was as though then scattered towards the National Mall Government Relations office where we the events of nearly a decade ago never and through the streets of downtown D.C. met Suzy Samet and Patrick Givens. It was took place. The city that never sleeps is The next week would be an exciting foray clear during this visit that Deloitte’s priori- home to companies that never stop in into properly balancing our daily com- ties were that of many large accounting their pursuit of progress. pany visits and strong desire to see every firms: decrease regulation for themselves In the end, we were thankful for popular tourist destination. Regardless of and promote legislation that limits their the experience and opportunities the seeing the Presidential Portrait Gallery or competition. By the end of our time in the Domestic Trip had given us. Each one Washington Monument, the students of nation’s capital, this had become a com- of our company visits in New York and the Lindner Honors-PLUS Class of 2020 mon theme. Many of the companies we DC were fascinating and enlightening. received valuable insight and education visited in those few days had a specific Each gave us a new perspective on their through the variety of in-depth visits we and carefully planned agenda, carried out industry as a whole and appropriately made to many companies small and large. by offices full of lobbyists and government complimented the extensive lessons And while every company was memorable, relations teams, in order to influence we’ve learned as students in the Lindner a few truly stood out. lawmakers and the rest of the endless Honors-PLUS program. It began during our visit to The Majority bureaucracy. These people were slow Group with Rob Ellsworth. Majority Group and deliberate in their actions. It was this is a government relations consulting firm, observation that created such a stark dif- based in Washington D.C. Their team of ference for us when we arrived in New experienced professionals are “steeped in York City. the confluence of business demands, gov- Despite the boiling hot subway rides ernment processes, and evolving political and the terrifying costumed characters climates.” Rob discussed a variety of topics at Times Square, the class was in immedi- that were both inspiring and enlighten- ate awe at the opportunity and progress ing. From his first foray into politics to his so present in nearly every aspect of the position on the new administration, he city. The quintessential example of those touched on issues directly related to the qualities was on display when we visited intersection of business and politics. Rob J.P. Morgan. This last visit, if not anything

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TOULOUSE by Anna Armao BARCELONA by Alex Rack

Toulouse, France, was the second stop of company performance and reputation, When the 1992 Olympic Games were our International Trip, and the experience etc. I left the class with the belief that hosted in Barcelona, the city was at the I had there was one of the most impactful diversity truly enhances learning and beginning of a revival that made it one parts of the program for me. While in discussion and a desire to seek out more of the most attractive places to visit in Toulouse, we took courses at Toulouse environments where I can engage in this Europe. Not only does it have a beautiful Business School, a business school where type of dialogue. Mediterranean climate; it also boasts students from across the globe receive At the Airbus Leadership University in world-class museums, parks, restaurants, a business education in English. We all Toulouse, we had a conversation about sports teams, hotels, and the list goes took week-long elective courses on topics the importance of managing people while on and on. For me, one of the parts of ranging from Airline Marketing to App keeping in mind their humanity. This Barcelona that was most exciting was the Development to Global Finance and were means having diverse teams and being architecture. Barcelona’s star architect divided into classes with students from aware of and curious about what each is Antoni Gaudí, designer of La Sagrada many different places. In the afternoons, person brings to the table in terms of life Família, a colorful cathedral and an we went on company visits to Airbus experience and personal identity while unfinished masterpiece of Modernist and Pierre Fabre (a pharmaceutical and also knowing that we are all unified by architecture. A couple of my classmates cosmetics company). We were also able being human. We all want to be asked and I visited the church on one of our LONDON by Hannah Duckworth to spend time exploring the city and had a about ourselves and to contribute our free mornings, and the building lives up wonderful group dinner where we all tried gifts to the team, and this is important to the hype. For such a large and ornate Apparently, it doesn’t snow in London. for a tour of London’s famous street was had with friends, old and new, while authentic French cuisine. when leveraging diversity. We also went structure, definitely rivaling the size of the But when you pluck twenty-five bright- art. From Banksy to Ronzo to Swoon, many an early morning made us digest My experience during my elective to Airbus’ A380 factory and were able great gothic cathedrals of other European eyed and eager kids straight out of cold, the pieces we may have never noticed and discern the customs of international at TBS is my favorite example of how to learn about the process of building cities, La Sagrada Família is bright and wet Cincinnati amid a bleak, snowy winter otherwise revealed the diversity and business. I experienced the benefits of diversity the planes as well as selling them, which colorful inside with soaring ceilings and and drop them into the largest snow activist attitude of the city as speaking Between Credit Suisse, Bloomberg, during the trip. I was in an elective offered insight into the operations of a impossibly narrow columns carved to storm London has seen for decades, truth to power and civil disobedience are dunnhumby, and Unilever, we were course called The New Corporate Social large corporation. At Pierre Fabre, we resemble trees. But Gaudí is not the only watch them not know the difference and essential to street art and graffiti. A rightful fortunate enough to meet and learn from Responsibility (CSR) Agenda, and I made were able to get an up close look at notable architect of the city. Just walking not slow down for a second. Colloquially introduction to the many cultures, people, chief executive officers, chief financial a personal goal that I wanted to really product assembly lines, which brought through the streets, looking up you can the “Beast from the East,” the storm ideas, and values we would encounter officers, vice presidents, directors, and engage in this class, participate effectively, to life what we had learned earlier in see bold modern architecture blending followed us across the Atlantic and throughout the trip, London and its art leaders all the like, and the rarity of the and get to know my new classmates. the semester during our Operations into medieval ornamental structures, descended as we did on the U.K. The primed us for the weeks to come. Even opportunities was never lost on us. We I took this course with two other LHP Management course. something that could never be matched in streets were covered in snow and our when our fingers and toes were numb were inspired by Paul Polman’s dedication students (Claire and Brady) as well as Overall, I very much enjoyed our time the United States. footprints as we explored the first city on from the cold, our minds were alive and to the earth and Leena Nair’s dedication students from France, Italy, Spain, Saudi in Toulouse, and it encouraged me to Another memorable part of Barcelona our very own Tour de Europe, tromping buzzing with curiosity and wonder. to people. We left Bloomberg with new Arabia, China, Indonesia, and Norway. continue to seek out opportunities where was the food. I can’t claim to be a culinary upwards of fourteen miles on day one. Not to worry, though, as we quickly and hard skills after a demo of their terminal. Our instructor was originally from Ireland, I will meet people who have had different expert in any way, since my cooking While some tried to pack light and were frequently defrosted ourselves with lots We were taken out of our comfort zones attended Harvard Business School, and life experiences and to place an emphasis ability stops at being able to make a BLT ill-dressed for the weather, others were of London’s famous South Asian cuisine. by David Mathers and we were educated has worked for several companies as an on the positive societal impact that sandwich, but I felt like a pro foodie in bundled from head to toe in hats, scarves, Following the tour, we ate (although on GDPR and its implications by Jason executive including as VP of Franchising companies should have as I look toward Barcelona. Many of my most memorable parkas, gloves, and waterproof boots, demolished might be a better descriptor Nathan and Robert Machin. for McDonald’s for fifteen years. In terms my future as a business professional. meals from the trip were in Barcelona. none of which could truly save us from here) a group dinner at the city’s top Overall, London was one of the of diversity among students, this was the - One night, a few of us went to dinner the freezing temperatures and snow Bangladeshi restaurant where the tikka, most thought-provoking and diverse most unique classroom environment with one of the professors that was with dumping from the sky. bhuna, jalfriezi flowed and fully satisfied destinations of the trip, people-wise, I had ever experienced. Overall, the us for that portion of the trip, Gema As to keep us from sleeping our need for warmth, great food, and culture-wise, and company-wise. Plus, it environment was very engaging, and I Bahns. Being from Spain, she seemed immediately upon arrival in London, better company. As was a theme for the was definitely in the running for most fun was eager to hear my classmates’ and to know what she was talking about as which would have consequently set a entirety of the trip, we tended to overtake despite the snow and, depending on the instructor’s thoughts and share my we navigated through the maze of alleys very sluggish pace for the next morning’s entire restaurants or pubs with our time of night, because of it. own on CSR, the Triple Bottom Line in the medieval quarter near the port. company visits (thank you, Lee), we were laughter and purposeful enjoyment of - (People, Profit, and Planet), how people Eventually we reached a tapas restaurant, scheduled to walk through the East End each other’s presence. Many a late night from different countries view profit and which is a well-known Spanish type of dish sustainability, the impact of CSR on similar to if a restaurant served only small

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appetizers. The tapas options were mainly I really enjoyed our visit to Freixenet, seafood-focused, with delicious options which is a business headquartered in the LATVIA by Leigha Kraemer MILAN by Chandler Meador ranging from fresh crab to bruschetta. Catalonian countryside with products Another night; Chandler, Hannah, Anna, that can be found around the world. Since the beginning of freshman a more creative and targeted marketing The best part of Riga was how close While sitting at the laundromat in Milan and I went to a paella restaurant that we Their primary product is cava, a type of year, I have been thinking about the campaign. We also heard from an our class became. There were no tourist near our hotel, listening to the quiet whir found on Yelp to be the best paella place sparkling wine from northern Spain, but International trip. I have dreamt about attorney, a real estate firm, and the US attractions that we were dead-set on of the washing machines across from me, in Barcelona. Paella is another well-known Freixenet has grown into a group with the picturesque cities, the new people I Army that was stationed in Latvia. I was seeing and it was fairly cold the entire and observing an intense game of chess Spanish dish that is rice-based and (of wineries in more than a dozen countries. would met, and the incredible memories shocked to learn that Riga is burdened time we were there, so we had a lot of ensuing between two men, one younger course) often incorporates fresh seafood We were able to tour their headquarters, I would make with my classmates. I had with money laundering and fraudulent time to seek out hole-in-the-wall places and one older, I began to reflect on all like shrimp, clams, and squid. This which is where the family business was always pictured cities like London and activities. We also heard about the power and just hang out. We bonded on another that I had experienced over the course restaurant was a little off the beaten path, founded decades ago. The wine cellars Barcelona… never Riga, Latvia. When struggle between Russia and the United level in Riga because of the late nights of the last few weeks in Europe. I had in a neighborhood that was more locals were so vast that they don’t let people Jeri told us that we would be traveling to States to assert influence in Latvia. Diving we spent talking and rekindling our decided early on that a local laundromat than tourists, but was well worth the walk. walk through them, instead having London, Toulouse, Barcelona, Milan, Riga, deeper into Riga’s business culture was friendships formed during freshman of each city was going to be my place of The tiny restaurant served big portions amusement park-style trolleys to shuttle then Geneva, no one was excited about astounding due to how vastly different it year. A few of us went bobsledding in a solitude. For necessity’s sake, I had to be of their famous dish with extremely fresh groups through the underground cellars. Riga. If you would’ve asked anyone in my is from the United States. But, the reason town called Sigulda, which was another there in just about each city anyway, as I ingredients. ‘Extremely fresh’—meaning And while the sparkling wine was great, I class which city we were looking forward I found it so exhilarating to learn about unforgettable bonding moment. Our had just one small suitcase of clothes to that you have to look the cooked shrimp loved the fact that it was a family company to the most, not one person would have Riga was because it is different from the whole class also got to travel to Yurmula, get me through what would be an 8-week in the eyes and crack open your own that has managed to remain local and answered Riga. But, after spending just a norms I am used to. a beach town in Latvia. We walked along trip traversing the continent of Europe; clams—but if you can stomach that, the family oriented, staying in business couple days in the city, my perception was Another highlight of Riga was getting the frozen sand and water and laughed therefore, it came to be the perfect place tiny restaurant is worth a visit! through major 20th century challenges altered dramatically. to spend time with Matt Menzinskis, a along the way as well stumbled through for the type of quiet anonymity one would But we didn’t just eat and explore the like the Spanish Civil War. When we arrived in Latvia, the air was graduate of Lindner Honors-PLUS. We the ice. Riga is so unforgettable because it want for such a thing as reflection. city the entire time we were in Barcelona. To me, Barcelona was one my favorite crisp and cold and our moods were a little had the opportunity to ask questions is a reclusive place that not many people And, at this point, there was much We also visited a number of businesses places we visited and a nice break from dreary, but it was time for our walking about his transition to living in Riga and have the opportunity to visit. We fully to reflect on. Our trip was coming to and heard from locals about Barcelonan the cold weather of London or Latvia in tour. While we weren’t looking forward hear about his career as a speculator. He embraced it and had some of the best its tail end, Milan being our second culture, Catalonian politics, and the March! to it, the walking tour was actually very has an incredibly interesting life. He also days of our lives. After reflecting on the to last stop on this world tour, and it Spanish economy. - informative. We learned about the history encouraged us to follow our dreams and trip, I can confidently say that Riga was had been a whirlwind of a trip -- from of Riga and the rigorous battle between do what we truly want to do, no matter one of my favorite experiences. the “highs” of visiting top executives of the Latvians and the Russians for control where that path may take us. - multinational companies in London, of the land. Our tour guide described to the “lows” of losing my iPhone and the perseverance and determination the debit card in Barcelona—it was safe Latvian people displayed when fighting for to say I had experienced a full range their independence. I was very touched of emotions, lessons learned, and new and humbled by their efforts to win their ways of adapting to a range of situations independence because that is something in foreign places, both personally and that I have always taken for granted. We professionally. also saw various beautiful churches and Milan was a city of no exception. As buildings, the most notable being the in every city we had visited, we hit the House of the Blackheads, which used to ground running the first day we got there. be a merchant’s guild. I loved seeing and We often primed our visits to each city learning about the beautiful architecture with an initial walking tour, and Milan’s of the city. walking tour was by far my favorite. On The next day company visits began and this walk, we visited the infamous and everyone was a little unsure of what they ornate Milan Cathedral, walked through would entail. First, McDonalds explained one of the oldest upscale shopping malls their marketing tactics and how they in the world, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele have had to adjust their techniques in II, and had the chance to try the bitter the Baltic states. They informed us about bright red local liquor, Campari. Milan is their new strategies to make McDonalds a the center of the high-end fashion world. more respected restaurant by introducing In fact, Milan Fashion week had just taken a higher-end burger, the “Maestro,” and place a mere week before we were there.

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It came as no surprise to me, then, that we travelled through the mountainside our company visits were centered around of northern Italy to Luxottica’s first and GENEVA by Claire Suetholz the fashion industry: more specifically, highest volume manufacturing facility in the world of designer eyewear. On the world. It was here that we were able Geneva, Switzerland was the last stop To wrap up the trip, we met with the CFO our second day there, we went to the to understand the full picture of the how on the LHP European adventure and it Tom Hallam at Givaudan and were able to headquarters of the largest sunglass Luxottica moves from brand development certainly did not disappoint. We kicked do a SWOT analysis of the fragrance and design and manufacturing company in to the actual creation and distribution of off the week by visiting the Nestle flavor company. Later in the day, we had the world, Luxottica. Luxottica is known the product across the globe: a true “full headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland. the opportunity to visit the World Trade for designing eyewear frames for brands circle” perspective of a firm’s day to day After Nestle, we hopped back on the Organization. We heard from Dr. Dickson like Ray-Ban, Chanel, Prada, Burberry, operations. bus and headed to Zurich, where we Yeboah, the head of Trade Negotiations Persol, Tory Burch, and sportswear As I sat at this laundromat reflecting on met LHP alumni Jack and Sarah Habig. for the organization. The hour we spent brand, Oakley, which was the topic of the richness of this foreign city’s history, Jack and Sarah planned out a wonderful with him was full of positive outlooks conversation in our presentation by the culture, and influence on the rest of the afternoon for us which included dinner and riveting stories about trade across head brand manager of Oakley. She world, both in art, fashion, and commerce, at a traditional Swiss restaurant! First the globe. Dr. Yeboah told a story about spoke on Oakley’s latest partnership and my own ability and privilege to experi- thing Tuesday morning, we headed an important World Trade Organization with the Winter Olympics, in which they ence it all, I heard a winner’s cheer from to the Proctor and Gamble European meeting where the U.S. ambassador spoke designed a special type of goggle for the young man next to me playing chess headquarters. We met with employees last. Every other member in attendance athletes, which ultimately became a huge against the older man. I witnessed them in the IT function of P&G and got to stayed until the final minutes of the success as consumers flocked to Oakley shake hands and speak warmly to each hear from LHP grad Amy Steinmetz of conference to hear what our ambassador stores for this Olympic athlete-trusted other in their expressive and rolling lan- LPK later in the day. Amy presented an had to say. The United States of America, brand. They talked about their strategy in guage. They definitely said something like, interactive overview of her job in branding he conveyed, has the loudest voice in the being more of a sublime presence at the “This time next week?” And in that moment, and hosted us for a lovely happy hour in room. This message and our last night all Olympics instead of an official partner, I was equal parts grateful to witness this downtown Geneva with her colleagues. together as a group in Geneva made for and the pros and cons of such a strategy. small moment of joy in contrast to reflect- On Wednesday, I spent our free day skiing an incredible end to the official portion of It was a deeply informative presentation, ing on the vastness and reach this city has in Chamonix, France with a group of our adventure. We said goodbye to our very different from what we traditionally walking around Rome and seeing as which gave me a lot of insight into my on the rest of the world-- and melancholy classmates. We were wildly unprepared, fearless leaders, Dan & Jeri, and went our see in the US. There were small patches many landmarks as possible. On Saturday personal career goals of one day being a to know I wouldn’t be there to witness their but I look back on this adventure as my separate ways for the remaining days of of beach, however, most of the coast was morning, I flew from Rome to Ibiza to brand manager myself. The following day, next chess game. very favorite memory of the trip. our trip. large rock cliffs. Additionally, we explored meet up with a group of 13 people that - Porte Verne while in Cinque Terre where had been in Amsterdam and Nice, France. we saw an old Italian military fort. The 14 of us rented a villa in the hills EXTRA 10 DAYS After 6 days in Cinque Terre, Anna and of Ibiza. Since we were visiting in early Hannah departed for Florence, Italy while April, it was not peak tourist season yet on by Kevin Thomas Alex, Chandler and I left for Rome. The the Island. The villa was secluded which For my post-trip 10 days, I had the public transportation system in Rome was made for a nice relaxing few days. Due opportunity to spend time with 20 of my robust, which was good considering how to the location of the villa, the views were 24 LHP peers! Right after the program big Rome is. One of the reasons Rome spectacular and allowed us to watch the ended in Geneva, Switzerland, I traveled is so spread out is due to the ruins that sun set over the coastline from the pool. to Cinque Terre, Italy with Anna, Alex, occupy a large portion of the city. It was We were within walking distance of the Chandler, and Hannah. We stayed in the very unique to be walking down the street beach so we spent some time playing town of La Spezia and made day trips to and see structures that are hundreds of soccer in the sand and enjoying the nice see different parts of the Cinque Terre years old. On our first night in Rome, Alex, weather. It turned out to be an amazing region. We had originally set out to hike Chandler, and I met up with JR and RJ for few days with a great group of friends. between all five villages, however, due dinner. RJ then gave us all a walking tour After three days in Ibiza, I flew back to to recent weather events, the trails were of Rome due to his extensive knowledge London where I met up with Anna and closed during our time there. Instead, of Roman history. On our second day in Cassidy for one more night before we flew we used the hiking trails inland to hike Rome, Alex, Chandler, JR, and I waited a back to the States! above the town of Riomaggiore. The view couple hours in line to tour St. Peter’s - from the top of the mountain was breath- Basilica in Vatican City. Over the next taking. We could see for miles up and two days, Alex and Chandler departed down the Italian coast. The shoreline was Rome. I spent a good portion of time

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ANNDREA MOORE CLASS OF 2010 KYLE QUINN CLASS OF 2013

I had a non traditional path to Honors- basic German and meeting students at client teams. There, I learned how to be My career has recently led me to PLUS, entering the program as a transfer Johannes Kepler University. The 5 week analytical, create great presentations, and Facebook, another leader in the SMB student. At the end of winter quarter program included travels to Switzerland have a structured approach forecasting. segment, where I lead product marketing freshman year, I was encouraged to apply and Germany, with self-organized travel to Upon graduation, I joined Nielsen in the for multiple product teams. I continue by LaVandez Jones (LHP ‘08) and this the UK and Spain! The itch to travel led me Continuous Analytics group in New York to be passionate about “building for the marked the beginning of a life journey and to India my 5th year where I learned how City, completing two 6-month rotations SMB segment” because it feels like I’m career that I did not know was possible! the intersection of culture, business, and with Shopper Analytics team and Unilever actually building for multiple, evolving Honors PLUS sparked an incurable desire politics can impact economies. client team. There was a moment during micro-segments with limited common to see the world, provided a fundamental Over the past 10 years, I’ve traveled to annual brand planning at Unilever where attributes of finite time and minimal understanding of business, and inspired a Colombia, Thailand, Hong Kong and others I realized that although I knew nothing budget. It continues to be one of the most passion for leadership and impact! for work and vacation, recently visiting my about “digital,” it would have a huge impact challenging customer segments! 28th country this past May! on large brands. Incurable Desire to See the World I decided to leave Nielsen and join Passion for Leadership and Impact One of my most memorable experiences Fundamental Understanding of Business Honors-PLUS pushed me to think about Google as a strategist in the Sales division, with Honors-PLUS was the international The LHP case classes and the co-op the impact I wanted to make not only on consulting small and medium businesses trip to Europe in 2008. I was so nervous program provided relevant experience for campus but over my career. Throughout (SMBs) on how to grow their businesses and asked a ton of questions about my my career. During undergrad I co-oped at my career experiences in tech, I noticed utilizing AdWords. I remained in that role passport, our hotels, and not speaking the BASES (The Nielsen Company - Innovation that not many tech leaders or founders for two years, leading a rotation across various languages. After a brief first stop Practice), ultimately completing 3 rotations were black women. The funnel for the Mountain View and Ann Arbor offices in Paris, we were off to Austria, learning across Glaxosmithkline, Kraft, and P&G this talent is narrow and successful as well as trained new hires. Next, I joined advancement is nonexistent. This led product marketing where I relaunched me to create Black Tech Women, an our incentives program for SMBs, driving organization focused on retaining and a significant increase of new account advancing black women in the technology activations and ultimately receiving a ecosystem through community. The platinum award given by the SVP of 2079 ONYX & RUBY organization has grown to over 3000 Marketing, Lorraine Twohill. Each year, we highlight a Lindner Honors- prestigious David L. Boren fellowship and AWARD HONOREE members, and we’ve executed events with I knew that I wanted to stay in the tech PLUS alumni in the annual report. This studied business and Portuguese for a full PRESENTED BY 4A eBay, Google, Facebook, Village Global, industry long-term but identified gaps in year’s spotlight was the 2017 winner of academic year in São Paulo, Brazil. While First Round Capital and others to further my understanding of finance and venture the Lindner Honors-PLUS Norman Baker in Brazil, Kyle met his future wife, Isabel, our mission. At 18 months, I know there is capital, so I decided to go to business Outstanding Alumni Award, Kyle Quinn. whom he soon married after returning to ANNDREA still so much more left for me to do! school. Harvard Business School, and While at UC, Kyle was highly engaged in the US from his time abroad. Together, specifically the socratic method, was such - MOORE campus affairs. As a freshman, Kyle was they embarked on a new life together Bus 'JO a valuable experience. It taught me how appointed to a two-year term by then Ohio in the United States after finishing their different people think based on their life Governor, Ted Strickland, to UC’s Board of degrees, which ultimately led them to Emerging Leader experiences, industry expertise, functional Trustees as undergraduate representative. call São Paulo, Chicago, Atlanta and now expertise, and passions. During the Kyle was also a member of the Pi Kappa Cincinnati all “home” over the course of Award summer between my first and second year Alpha Fraternity, where he served as the last five years. at HBS, I joined Apple as product manager Chapter President in 2011 and was Kyle graduated with an Accounting de- and learned a ton about online retail, named the Fraternity’s most outstanding gree from UC in 2013 and was a recipient Tickets for the Onyx & Ruby creating great customer experiences, undergraduate in the country upon his of the Presidential Leadership Medal of and what it means to have an emphasis Gala are available today at graduation. His campus involvement Excellence, which is awarded annually to on design. I returned full time in a new alumni.uc.ed u/onyxand ruby ultimately led to his selection to several UC the top graduates of the University. Fol- role leading growth for SMB, working honorary organizations, including Sigma lowing his undergraduate degree, Kyle on strategy, marketing, product, and Sigma, Men of METRO, Cincinnatus, Order completed his Masters of Tax degree at merchandising. of Omega and Omicron Delta Kappa. UC and was named most outstanding In 2012, Kyle was selected for the graduate of the program in 2015.

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Kyle is a Certified Public Accountant in a year and a half ago. Luckily, Isabel was Any tips for current LHP students? Illinois and Ohio and is a Manager in the also able to secure a great opportunity as Take the program to the next level…we’re LENA SCHULER CLASS OF 2014 Mergers & Acquisitions Tax practice of the an in-house attorney for Macy’s and we ready for it. LHP students should have Cincinnati office of Ernst & Young LLP. haven’t looked back. It’s been wonderful to their eyes set on achieving their wildest I can vividly remember standing outside thought popped up, now I might even In the last 5 years we have sent 100 Kyle recently moved back to Cincinnati be back in Cincinnati. We’ve had a chance dreams and to do that, they’re going of the rec center as the sun went down, call it the nudging of God, that my time in students on service trips to South Africa and we had a chance to catch up with him to reconnect with many friends, be closer to have to make themselves stand out week 2 of freshman year, and stopping Lindner Honors-PLUS had been preparing and Nicaragua. We pair students with and ask a few questions about what he’s to family, re-engage with the community amongst their many talented peers. dead in my tracks. I had this overwhelming me for just a time as this. Little did I know mentors and people just ahead of them been up to! and continue building our careers. We can As I look at the exceptional young people thought that didn’t feel like my own, that I that in the years to follow each experience to help guide them through the trials and only hope that life will allow us to stay for a that we’re hiring at EY, they’re not just What brought you back to Cincinnati? was exactly where I was supposed to be. I gained going to college, was going to joys of college. Weekly we put on large

After I graduated from UC in 2013, I joined very long time! involved on campus, they’re winning I had not intended on attending UC until I help current students figure out what they productions testing new ways of doing national case competitions, they’re writing PwC as a Tax Associate in Chicago. I was You and your wife helped to found the was accepted into Lindner Honors-PLUS believed and who they were. church where we have over 1000 people articles that are published in academic working long hours and completing my inaugural LHP international trip to South and so going into college I was a bit un- In 2014, as a fresh alum, I embarked in attendance each weekend. A home journals, they’re living abroad, they’re Masters and the CPA all at the same time. America. What inspired you to give back sure; unsure of what was to come, unsure on starting a church. I wanted to give my away from home has been created for multilingual, they’re getting their Master’s I was also trying to figure out what the next to LHP in that way? as whether UC was the right fit for me or friends a place that they could honestly students in the Uptown neighborhood. degree their fifth year and are licensed steps were with Isabel, whom I met while I So many LHP alums give back to the not, and (if I’m being brutally honest) un- wrestle with tough questions and discover At Crossroads Uptown I’ve had the honor professionals. They’re credentialing was a study abroad student in Brazil. We program in so many ways. When I sure of what I believed and who I was. what they believed, not just gain more of hiring and working with LHP students themselves in impressive ways and ultimately decided that long-term career reflected on my collegiate experience I can still hear Jeri Ricketts saying to our knowledge. It started with a few friends and alumni, hosting the LHP freshman differentially branding themselves in the prospects for the both of us were better and gave some thought to the unique eager freshman class “Don’t just go to (many from LHP) meeting in Stratford seminars and board meetings, and simply in the US and so, Isabel went back to law experiences I had as a LHP student, I marketplace. I know our LHP students class, go to college.” So that’s what I did. Pavilion, then we moved to Bogart’s befriending new students each year. school at Northwestern so that she could continually thought of my experience in have these capabilities and in my opinion, Student Government, Club Tennis, Kappa where we created church experiences in I’m thankful that business school landed that’s what’s going to carry this program practice law in the US as well. We spent Brazil and how LHP supported me for a Alpha Theta, Serve Beyond Cincinnati, a bar, and ultimately led to purchasing me a job in a church. It has been through many long evenings with the coffee pot year of study there, which ultimately led to a more elite level of national respect. and The Red and Black Bash (Fall Concert and rehabbing Old St. George to turn a the church that I found purpose. It has brewing and were buried in textbooks me to find my wife. Given that fact and It may sound like a daunting task, but as Team) just to name a few. And oh the dead church into a thriving church once been through the church that I met my and the code and regulations at our little the substantial amount of connections they say, “nothing worth having is easy to companies I had the honor of working again. In the church I continually use my husband and have people to help me condo in the Chicago suburbs we have there, we thought it only made obtain”! So go forth and do good my fellow for on co-op; GE, Luxottica, and P&G. I Marketing degree and learnings from co- figure out how to be a new parent. It has

When Isabel graduated from sense that we give back to the program in LHP students. We’re counting on you to became your cookie cutter LHP student op to launch new programs, seasons, and been through the church that I have found Northwestern, she was offered a job in that way…by founding the first ever LHP raise the bar! being shaped into a leader. I was doing iterations of church. All of that campus joy. It has been through the church that Atlanta and so we headed South for a new international trip to South America. After - things I loved with people I loved and trying involvement and leadership training-- from I have met a God who doesn’t live in a adventure. I had just made the switch we convinced them that Latin America to figure out who I was along the way. Greek Life to the Concert Team—came fairytale or a book but one who knows me from PwC back to EY (where I had been was the perfect place to hold the next When it came time to make the in handy when starting a church and and has great plans for me—and I believe a co-op while at UC) to join the M&A Tax international trip, we worked with them decision if I was going to accept my full becoming a Community Pastor. for you too. practice and I was fortunate enough to for over a year to plan the program which time role with P&G as an Assistant Brand - be granted the transfer to Atlanta from ultimately led to the students studying Manager, I hesitated. I once again had this Chicago. We spent a good two years in in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Isabel overwhelming thought that I needed to Atlanta and made many friends. About and I owned the development of the wait, that it wasn’t time to accept. a year or so into our time in Atlanta, the Brazilian portion of the trip, leveraging Towards the end of college I became primary partner for whom I worked was our networks to plan company visits and more involved in Crossroads Church. I offered an opportunity to lead the Midwest cultural activities in both Rio de Janeiro was wrestling with who God was and who region M&A tax practice at EY. So when and São Paulo. It was incredibly rewarding He made me to to be. As I got closer to it came to him trying to build a practice to help plan such a formative experience those discoveries I wanted my friends here in Cincinnati, I was on the short-list for that LHP class and certainly shed light to experience what I was experiencing. of individuals given my connection to on how much work it must have been That led to taking on a position with the city. In fact, the only other M&A Tax for the LHP staff to plan these types of Crossroads to figure out what it looked professional in the Cincinnati office at the experiences year after year in regions like for more college students to go on time happened to be someone I knew around the world. We were so happy the journey of faith. I was paralyzed with quite well since I was his intern when I that the students got so much out of the fear. I wasn’t equipped for this! I mean, I was a UC co-op at EY. So it was a natural experience and we can only hope that we’ll really went to college not just class-- even fit to have me move back to Cincinnati have the opportunity to help lead another in the unhealthy-maybe not-so-good-for- and they made the transfer official about trip to South America for LHP in the future! me ways. But that same overwhelming

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ELIZABETH DINEVSKI CLASS OF 2018 POOJA PATEL CLASS OF 2018

challenging classes—were those in math that one can take in the financial industry, When I graduated high school, I had a would be taking on a role that requires me on developing security protocols, assess- and analytics, but they were also the most and (most importantly) that I was not a solid plan for the next five years of my to be a point of contact for multiple initia- ing operational risks, and enhancing the rewarding. I really enjoyed blending my banker. From there, I spent my remaining life. Looking back, I can say nothing went tives, manage the Special Meal Program, safety for each passenger we serve, I keep love for big data, analytical thinking, and co-ops with the City of Cincinnati in the as planned. It ended up far better than I and support food logistics for over 5,400 every individual in mind and strive to pro- business Office of Performance and Data Analytics. could have imagined! I was torn between flights a day. Within my first three weeks, vide support through the smallest of de- In terms of student experience, I In this role, I worked in a small, start-up two schools and originally accepted an- I was on a plane headed to London for a tails. A flight from Seattle to Narita could decided to join Kappa Alpha Theta, Lindner like office where I aided with performance other college. Four weeks before the be- business trip to meet with suppliers and be the reason someone a receives chance Ambassadors, and Student Government management of the various departments, ginning of school, I realized the mistake I discuss performance within the European to visit home after 5 years. A flight from as a way to meet other students as well open data initiatives, and learn process made and called UC immediately. I remem- market. I made my way over to Chicago, Cincinnati to Paris allows a student to em- as give back to UC. Throughout my five improvement events. I absolutely loved my ber the Lindner Honors-PLUS office saying, Dallas, Washington D.C., Minneapolis, Se- bark on their first study abroad adventure years, I served in various positions in time with the City of Cincinnati. I was given “You never left the family, you just took a attle, and New York to devise recommen- and create unforgettable memories. Or these organizations, from scholarship substantial responsibility and was able to vacation!” I have held that memory so dear dations for enhancing the communication even a flight from Atlanta to London could committees to Vice President of make a difference in my community. Due to my heart and cannot thank my LHP fam- between headquarters and operations. reunite a woman and her niece after 18 Membership. It was such an honor to be to my love for government, I decided to ily enough for having faith in my abilities. My position pushed me beyond limits and years—like it did for me. Delta is responsi- a part of many organizations that have apply to an LHP-sponsored fellowship with Throughout my time, I was given the made me realize the importance of tak- ble for so many life changing experiences impacted UC some as long as 100+ years! the Center of the Study of the Presidency chance to not only excel academically but ing risks and always moving forward. The daily, and it’s unbelievable to finally be a While I enjoyed contributing to student and Congress. Through this fellowship, I personally and professionally as well. I am best part? I was supporting the team that part of the team that makes these incred- life at UC, I knew I wanted to get more conducted research for the think tank on so thankful to have had such an enriching originally inspired my childhood dream of ible moments happen. involved in my community. I missed playing the opioid epidemic. academic experience complimented with wanting to be a flight attendant, wanting to The sense of fulfillment I receive, the sports in high school and had a desire “Life is what happens to you while you’re business excursions, an incredible study be a pilot, wanting to be a part of the team excitement that my role brings, and the to mentor others, which is why I decided busy making other plans.” This quote is abroad to South America, and an opportu- that helps others go above and beyond, memories I cherish from over 18 differ- to pursue coaching. I absolutely loved not only one of my favorites, but often nity to learn from the brightest professors. literally. ent countries goes back to that phone call coaching because it reconnected me with describes me. During undergrad, I planned It’s not every day that you get to serve as a Fortunately, this dream never left me, I made in the summer of 2013. The five the community I grew up in and I was able on going straight into a graduate school consultant, meet the CEO of Google Brazil, it became a reality when I received the years of opportunities I was presented, to empower young women to meet their for Business Analytics because I knew or look forward to 8ams! Professionally, I incredible opportunity to join Delta Private and the endless amount of encourage- full potential beyond just sports. it would open up opportunities for me received amazing exposure and the op- Jets as a Safety, Security, and Compliance ment I received. I’m so thankful I never left Looking back, I would like to thank After my sophomore year, I was in data science. Before my senior year, I portunity to develop myself tremendously. Specialist in the Cincinnati area. As I work the Lindner Honors-PLUS family. 17-year old me for choosing to go to approached by Professor Burrell and applied to an internship with IBM, but was One of my favorite memories continues to - the University of Cincinnati and for was asked to be a teaching assistant for instead interviewed for a full-time decision. be the time I spent with Delta Air Lines in working hard to get into the Honors- his undergraduate Business Law class I received and accepted an offer with IBM Atlanta, GA. I had the chance to work with PLUS program. My academic, student along with his MBA level Corporate Social in their Consulting by Degrees program in a brilliant team, study complex operations, involvement, and professional Responsibility class. I ended up staying in Chicago before the school year began— and see the world! My experiences al- experiences have truly shaped me to be that position for 8 semesters and loved something I definitely was not planning! lowed me to step outside my comfort zone, the best version of myself. being part of my fellow students’ learning. While I do not know what lies ahead lead with excitement, and understand the Like many other bright-eyed bushy tailed Spring semester of my senior year, I was of me as I move to Chicago, I feel fully world is more than ready to welcome me freshmen, I started off as International offered a position as a teaching assistant prepared knowing that I will always have with open arms. Business and Finance, thinking it would be for Decision Models with Dr. Sox where the LHP support system. My department was full of fun and ex- a great blend of technical capabilities with I was able to practice my analytics skills - citement. Refreshing international menus, my love of other cultures. After diving into while helping others develop theirs. being the first airline to launch Starbucks some of my classes and talking with the At UC, academics is only half of the Coffee, redesigning the Business Class ex- LHP office, I realized I wanted to pursue education; the other half is professional perience were just a few of the things that a more quantitative path with business. I experience. My first three co-ops were brought thrill to the office. Coming into my decided to drop my International Business with Fifth Third Bank in various roles where role, I expected to be “just a co-op”, but major since I had the international trip and I was able to experience various sides of instead I was introduced to an outstanding picked up minors in Business Analytics banking. During my time, I learned about amount of opportunities, responsibilities, and Mathematics. My favorite—and most how banks work, various career paths and excitement. I did not realize that I

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KATIE CHUNG CLASS OF 2019 MATT OVERSTREET CLASS OF 2019

As I enter my fifth-year at UC, it seems just celebrate the mentorship. At the time, brand launch truly inspired me to become little dealership.” Plus, it was an actual BMW employee rather than a like yesterday I told Jeri Ricketts during I hadn’t the slightest idea of the impact more engaged as an Adopter. Little did I always sweet telling everyone co-op. my LHP interview that I wanted to leave I would have on this organization. know as the LHP PACE Leader, our Project where I was working. Plant I could write 10 pages about everything my footprints on this campus. I wish at Two of my co-op rotations were spent Impact assignment would be Adopt A Spartanburg was responsible I worked on and lead in the spring of the time I was clever enough to have said at LPK—exploring the realm of branding Class! Besides the unique opportunity to for being the only plant in 2018. It was challenging and rewarding [Bearcat] paw prints instead! Since then, and falling in love with an innovative mentor 25 freshmen on their beginning the world that produced because BMW had just built a brand-new UC + Cincinnati have become my home culture. Each semester, the interns take steps into college, PACE Leaders guide the X3-X7 (soon to share body shop and launched two new models while my friends have become my family. on an entire project to rebrand a local the students through exploring non- some models). It was BMW’s and on the brink of building two more. The support I’ve received through LHP non-profit. It’s a really cool experience profit organizations. Students utilize their largest plant by production My very first week back, I had already from major changes to career shifts has to collaborate among all the interns’ skill newly-acquired business skills to help capacity, so it was a tense received four projects that I was leading. never wavered. I chose Cincinnati for the sets and produce a cohesive brand, an an organization achieve its goals and environment. Throughout my They ranged from lineside inventory co-op program, but I will be leaving with so opportunity that these organizations simultaneously improve the Cincinnati time that fall I was learning visualization to SAP report creation. I had much more. wouldn’t have otherwise. Last summer, community. With the momentum for the ropes. I got introduced to gained other Body Shop departments’ Last year, Jeri announced LHP would our Intern Project was a total rebrand LPK’s rebrand, Adopt A Class wanted SAP, the backbone of every trust as well, so even they were reaching support a local philanthropy, Adopt A for Adopt A Class! As an Adopter, I was us to brainstorm PR communication process that BMW had at that out to me for my opinion. My primary Class. Each LHP family would pair up able to connect to their purpose on a and outreach ideas to engage more plant. I learned the logistics project was creating a brand-new process with a teacher from a Cincinnati Public visceral level and effectively lead my team businesses to spark curiosity and processes and procedures for the lifecycle of service parts (new School for monthly visits with a focus to create a brand that encapsulated how imagination in a student’s life. of getting parts to the line parts sent to dealerships for damaged on educational activities, occasional they brought education to life. Knowing we could give back so much consistent to the safety and vehicles for the all new X7). I was the one pen-palling and an annual field trip to As I came back to campus, the new more, an additional focus Jeri and I quality measures the body making the standard that they would use set was to create a solid foundation shop followed. Everyone for the duration of the model. It took a It started back in the summer of 2016. It between our 10 LHP families and Adopt welcomed me immediately, so it was lot of trial and error, but it sharpened me was late July and I had already declined 2 A Class classrooms through increased extremely easy to ask questions on my immensely. co-ops for the upcoming fall. My main goal participation in monthly classroom assignments and projects. To my surprise, My time at BMW has taught me so for the upcoming co-op was to be placed visits and our first ever UC Field Trip. I gained my managers’ trust quickly when much about how to make an impact in out of town since all my previous ones The freshmen planned two field trip they assigned me a staging project. the workplace. There is so much more had been in Cincinnati and also work in a days in April; we had seven classrooms Two others and I were responsible for to it than sending in your assignments project-oriented environment that would participate, nearly 200 kids, who got the modifying the layout of the Body Shop in on time. It includes how you interact give me a heathy amount of responsibility opportunity to see their mentors’ home order to hold more hang-on parts (doors, with your managers and with your peers. but also freedom. As summer was slowly and aspire to become a Bearcat one day. hoods, liftgates, etc.) in the shop for daily The attitude you bring to your team is coming to a close, I met with my co-op I was so proud of my students as they production. It was amazing to have so contagious and can create a healthy advisor because he notified me about a planned and executed all the details from much influence that had such a large work environment or a damaging one. possible co-op that was consistent with getting the kiddos to campus, making impact to the entire shop. There was also Most of all, despite my position as a my interests. Upon meeting with him he sure they were happily fed to creating another project I led that resulted in a “co-op,” it taught me how to be a leader told me that BMW’s only manufacturing fun activities like a mini-ROAR tour with $1.6M contract. Everything I worked on in the workplace and set an example. plant in North America located in hotspot destinations on a passport and was a great step in the right direction for My time there has molded me to be a Spartanburg/Greenville, South Carolina Bearcat Bingo. my professional career. better, person, student and worker. I was looking for a last-minute co-op After all of our hard work, the University For my second rotation in summer plan on applying to their Engineering position to fill in their Body Shop Logistics of Cincinnati won the Adopter of the 2017, I focused on building my network and Operations Management and Department. I researched, applied, Year award! With 16 total teams through and developing confidence in my work Development Program Class that starts interviewed, and accepted; 3 co-ops later the university, we truly brought Adopt ability. The environment at BMW allowed July of 2019, which leads to a full-time it is one of the best decisions I made in A Class’s vision to life: Empower all me to grow tremendously internally. I position. Hopefully I will be able to make a college. Cincinnati students to unleash their full know where I stood professionally when it greater impact there in the future! During my first rotation there, potential and ignite their dreams through came to being on a team, communication, - everything felt so surreal to me. My first a breadth of life experiences and career taking lead, and asking the right couple weeks I kept saying to myself, opportunities. questions. It developed just in time for my “Wow I’m actually at BMW, and not just a - 3rd rotation during which I felt more like

24 Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS 25 STEPHANIE L. ADAMEC Sycamore High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Industrial Management, Information Systems Co-Op: Cintas Corporation Activities & Honors: UC Mock Trial Competition Team—President, Team Captain, Executive Board Member, Secretary (past); UC Panhellenic Council—Vice President of Recruitment, Judicial Board Member (past), Logistics Recruitment Director (past); Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity—Diversity and Inclusion Chair, Member Development Committee, Bylaws Committee (past), Nomination Committee (past), Mental Health Chairperson (past), Facility Management Director (past); UC Student Government’s Student Court—Founder; Rho Lambda Honorary—Membership Director; UC Administrative Review Committee; Lindner Ambassadors; Mortar Board Honor Society; Bearcat Buddies; UC Unified for Uganda—President (past), Founder; Sycamore High School Mock Trial—Coach (past); Awards—Case Western Reserve Mock Trial Invitational Outstanding Attorney and Witness Award, Xavier Mock Trial Invitational Outstanding Attorney Award, Kappa Alpha Theta Kite Award (Outstanding Freshman), Julia Wright Merrill Award (Outstanding Junior for Service to Theta), Martha Vordenberg Coons Award (Outstanding Senior for Campus Involvement)

CLASSES OF ERIC BACHUS (Milton J. Schloss, Sr. Scholar) LaSalle High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Finance, Marketing Co-Op: Johnson Investment Counsel; Great American Insurance Group 2018–2022 Activities & Honors: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity—External Vice President, Province Tribunal Council; Interfraternity Council—Treasurer; Student Alumni Council; Colleges Against Cancer/ Relay for Life—Student Organization Representative; Lindner Student Action Team, New Member Director (past), Cats on Deck (past); Interfraternal Recruitment Team (past); Future Greek Leaders (past); Wesley Chapel Mission Center Volunteer; Bayley Place Nursing Home Volunteer; University of Cincinnati Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship Recipient; Sigma Alpha Epsilon True Gentleman 2018 CLASS OF 2018 Scholarship Recipient

MEGAN T. BEISCHEL Notre Dame Academy; Park Hills, Kentucky Major(s): Marketing and International Business Co-Op: Kroger; Bayer Becker; Curiosity Advertising Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus Scholar; University Honors Program; Notre Dame Urban Education Center Tutor; ROAR Guide; National Panhellenic Conference—Vice President of Philanthropy (past); Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority—Public Relations Chairman (past)

KIRSTEN N. BRENNER (BASES Scholar) Reading High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Marketing, Business Analytics, Information Systems Co-Op: Siemens PLM Software; Paycor Activities & Honors: Unified for Uganda—Member, Director of Membership (past); Delta Sigma Pi Professional Fraternity—Member, Vice President of Finance, Corporate Sponsorship Committee Lead, Corporate Sponsorship Committee Member (past), Relay for Life Committee Member (past), Vice President of Membership (past); Junior Achievement—Volunteer Educator; CYO Youth Volleyball—Head Coach; University Honors Program; Cincinnatus Scholar; Dean’s List

BRIAN A. BUTZ Moeller High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Accounting, Information Systems Co-Op: PricewaterhouseCoopers Activities & Honors: Student Government—College of Business Tribunal Senator, Academic Affairs Committee Member; Lindner Student Action Team—Co-Director of Impact UC; Lindner Ambassadors —Vice President of Technology (past); First Year Leadership Program - Mentor, Director of Technology Intern (past); UC Invents—Leadership Team (past); Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity—Vice President of Finance, Recruitment Selection Team (past), Finance Committee (past); Bearcat Buddies—Tutor (past); Accounting for Kids—Tutor; Transforming Lives Club—Co-founder

26 Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS 27 BRETT CARLIN ABBY M. MEEHAN Moeller High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Ursuline Academy; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Accounting, Finance Majors(s): Accounting Co-Op: The Vanguard Group; Fund Evaluation Group; Deloitte Tax LLP Co-Op: PricewaterhouseCoopers Activities & Honors: Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity—Membership Development Chair (past) Internal Activities & Honors: Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority—Alumnae Engagement Director, Chief Vice President (past), Alumni Relations Chair (past), Pledge Class Philanthropy Chair (past); Student Administrative Officer (past), Chief Financial Officer (past); Lindner Student Action Team—Social Safety Board—Treasurer (past); Lindner Student Action Team—Career Fair Director (past); iCats Media Chair; Bearcat Buddies Tutor; Relay for Life; Mortar Board; UC CHAARG; Future Greek International Mentorship Program—Team Leader (past), Finance Club; Student Government—First Leaders (past); PricewaterhouseCoopers Case Study Competition (past); University Honors Program; Year Leadership Program (past); Cats on Deck (past); Saturday Morning Hoops Mentor; Cincinnatus Cincinnatus Scholar; Dean’s List Scholar; CE&CF SLAG Scholarship Recipient; William Simendinger Scholarship Recipient; CE&CF Campus Involvement Scholarship Recipient; Phi Rho Chi Men’s Honorary; Dean’s List LAURA M. MERSMANN (Richard J. Theryoung Scholar) LAUREN D. COCCA (Robert A. and Sandra W. Heimann Scholar) Seton High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Mason High School; Mason, Ohio Major(s): Operation Management, Information Systems Major(s): Marketing Co-Op: The Kroger Co. Co-Op: Ahalogy; Luxottica Activities & Honors: Homecoming Committee—Parade Chairwoman(past); ROAR Guide; Student Activities & Honors: Lindner Student Action Team—Director of Membership; Cats on Deck Mentor; Alumni Council—Vice President of Finance (past), Historian (past); Lindner Ambassadors(past); Lindner College of Business Grievance Panel Member; Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority—Social Knit for the Needy; Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority—Treasurer (past), Team Leader (past); Future Chairman, Finance Committee (past), Sigma Sigma Carnival Chair (past); Rho Gamma; Colleges Greek Leaders Council (past); Mount Notre Dame and Seton High School Rural Service Trip—Trip Against Cancer—Greek Team Development Chair; iCats International Mentorship Program—Team Coordinator, Chaperone; Serve Beyond Cincinnati—Trip Leader (past); Habitat for Humanity; Leader; Doing Business in Mexico Study Abroad Trip; Guatemala Service Learning Trip; Tutor, University Honors Program(past); Cincinnatus Presidential Scholar; Dean’s List; Summa Cum Laude Bearcat Buddies (past); UC CHAARG; PricewaterhouseCoopers Case Study Competition (past); Undergraduate Honors; Graduation Marshall; Master of Science, Scholarship Recipient; Outstanding University Honors Program; Cincinnatus Scholar; Dean’s List Junior Award Nominee

ELIZABETH M. DINEVSKI PRIYA A. MULLEN (Richard E. Thornburgh Scholar) 2018 CLASS OF 2018 CLASS OF 2018 Colerain High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Saint Ursula Academy; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Finance, International Business, Business Analytics Major(s): Accounting, Finance Co-Op: City of Cincinnati Office of Performance and Data Analytics; Fifth Third Bank Co-Op: Deloitte; Barnes Dennig & Co. Activities & Honors: Business Law Teaching Assistant; Lindner Ambassadors—Member, Vice Activities & Honors: Lindner Women in Business—Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating President of Membership (past); Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority—Health and Fitness Chair (past), Risk Officer (past), Director of Internal Events (past); UC Amazon Brand Ambassador; PwC Audit Case Management and Scholarship Committees (past); Rho Gamma (Recruitment Guide) (past); White Competition Winner—University Level; Italy and Spain Study Abroad; Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority; Oak Middle School—Head Cheerleading Coach (past); Colerain High School—Assistant Cheerleading Cats on Deck—Mentor; Bearcat Buddies—Tutor; Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Coach (past), Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach (past); Student Government—Director of Health and (SPCA)—Volunteer; Intramural Basketball; Intramural Soccer; Cincinnatus Century Scholar; UCAA Wellness (past), First Year Leadership Program (past); University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Kappa Undergraduate Legacy Scholarship Recipient; Dean’s List Alpha Theta Foundation Scholar; Cincinnatus Scholar; Nielsen Case Competition 2016 Runner Up

MOLLY E. HINKEN (Michael and Linda Light Scholar) POOJA PATEL Notre Dame Academy; Park Hills, Kentucky Carroll County High School; Carrollton, Kentucky Major(s): Accounting, Entrepreneurship Major(s): Operations Management Co-Op: EY Co-Op: Luxottica, Delta Air Lines; Samtec Inc. Activities & Honors: Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority—Vice President of Academics, Recruitment Activities & Honors: Roar Guide; Bearcat Buddies Tutor; Cincinnati Women in Excellence and Spirit Chairman (past), Assistant Treasurer (past); Student Government—Director of Campus Services Together Honorary; Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary; 2017 Ivy Chain Woman; Previous: UC Tobacco (past), Bearcat Re-carding Committee Student Representative, First Year Leadership Mentor, Free Committee, Morgens Hall Government—Vice President (past); Unified for Uganda—Vice Campaign Team Member, First Year Leadership Program (past); Lindner Women in Business (past); President (past); Lindner Women in Business—Chief Information Officer (past); Cincinnati Dance University of Cincinnati Presidential Bicentennial Commission; Relay for Life; Lindner Honors-PLUS Marathon—Operations Committee (past); Serve Beyond Cincinnati—Peru (past); Atlanta Food Student Worker; Mary Rose Mission Volunteer; The Aruna Project Team Coordinator; CHAARG Bank—Product Rescue Volunteer (past) Member; PwC Tax Case Competition (past); Accounting for Kid’s Day (past); Dean’s List; Cincinnatus Scholar; CWEST Red Rose Awards Finalist AYANNA PATTERSON MARISA A. LORCH Stivers School for the Arts; Dayton, Ohio Notre Dame Academy; Park Hills, Kentucky Major(s): Marketing, International Business Major(s): Business Economics, Business Analytics, Psychology Co-Op: PepsiCo Chicago Co-Op: The Hershey Company; Luxottica (past), Amend Consulting (past); Great American Insurance Activities & Honors: Darwin T. Turner Scholarship; Cincinnatus Scholarship; Alpha Kappa Alpha Group (past); Vantiv (past) Sorority, Inc.—President; National Diversity Case Competition First Place Winner; Management Activities & Honors: Lindner Ambassadors—VP of Programming; UC Panhellenic Association— Leadership for Tomorrow Career Prep Fellow; Business Fellows; Student Activities Board—University Recruitment Guide; Rho Lambda Women’s Greek Honorary; Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority; University Funding Board Representative (past); Kujifunza Grade Recognition, Transitions Program Graduate, Honors Program; Serve Beyond Cincinnati—Service Trip to Peru; Lindner College of Business B.A.S.E. Steering Committee Member (past)—African American Cultural and Resource Center; Office of Admissions—Student Worker (past); Lindner Women in Business—High School Outreach Bearcat Buddies (past); ADVANCE—Marketing Director (past) Director (past); Student Government—Elections Facilitations Committee (past); P&G Mentoring and Leadership Program (past)

28 Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS 29 MITCHELL PHELPS ROBERT K. WELLINGTON Ontario High School; Mansfield, Ohio Summit Country Day School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Marketing, International Business Major(s): Finance, Marketing, Real Estate Co-Op: FRCH Design Worldwide; LPK—SpiceFire; Morgan Stanley Co-Op: Macys, Inc. Activities & Honors: Student Body President; Student Government Business Fellows Leadership Activities & Honors: ROAR Guides—Marketing Director; Student Government—First Year Circle—Residential Advisor, Treasurer; Student Government Mr. Kuamka 2015; Student Leadership Program (past), Community Service Chair; Lindner Student Action Team—20/20 Speaker Government—At-Large Senator, First Year Leadership Program (past); Provost Student Advisory Coordinator; Red and Black Bash—Finance Team; Bearcat Launchpad; Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity— Board; Gentleman’s Quarterly Member; Sidall Hall Government—Multicultural Residents’ Committee Philanthropy Chair; University Honors Program; Basketball Intramural; Soccer Intramural; Cincinnati Chairman; Ethnic Leaders Institute—Young Leader Youth Collaborative—Mentor; Saturday Hoops/Dribblethon Over the Rhine Basketball Program— Coach; KWF Foundation for LIVING with Breast Cancer—Chair Jr. Board; Camp Kesem—Counselor; University of Cincinnati Snowcats—Exec Team

ROBERT M. RANKIN (Roger Bacon Scholar) St. Xavier High School; Cincinnati, Ohio LAURA M. ZENNI Major: Finance, Marketing Little Miami High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Co-Op: Procter & Gamble, General Cable Corporation Major(s): Marketing, International Business Activities & Honors: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity—Scholarship Chair, Judicial Board Member, Co-Op: Delta Air Lines; Luxottica; The Brandery; Paycor; GE Aviation Recruitment Committee; RallyCats—External Vice President; Cincinnati Dance Marathon—Corporate Activities & Honors: Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority—Education Chairman (past), Academic Fundraising Chair; Lindner Ambassadors—High School Shadow Program Chair; Lindner Student Excellence At-Large Representative (past); Relay for Life—Greek Life Team Development Co-Chair Action Team—Director of Technology; Sigma Alpha Epsilon True Gentleman Scholarship Recipient; (past), Alumni Recruitment Chair (past); University of Cincinnati Mock Trial (past); CHAARG (past); Bearcat Buddies; Blue Jays Lacrosse Program—Assistant Coach Serve Beyond Cincinnati; Panhellenic Recruitment Guide—Rho Gamma (past); Students Consulting Nonprofit Organizations (past); Atlanta Community Food Bank

SAMANTHA N. RISER (Lindner College of Business Alumni Association Scholar) Seton High School; Cincinnati, Ohio 2018 CLASS OF 2018 CLASS OF 2018 Major(s): Accounting, Business Analytics ERIC J. ZINS (RBC Capital Markets Scholar) Co-Op: The Kroger Co.; Grant Thornton LLP; General Cable St. Xavier High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Activities & Honors: Dr. Joseph A. Steger Named Cincinnatus Presidential Scholar; Philashy Book Major(s): Finance, Business Analytics Award Recipient; Dean’s List; Learning Assistance Center—Academic Coach; Rho Lambda Greek Co-Op: Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel, Merrill Lynch Honorary; Chi Omega Fraternity—Executive Board Member, Recruitment Logistics Director, Treasurer Activities & Honors: Student Alumni Council—President, Vice President of Membership, Vice (past), Social Director (past), Alumni Relations Chair (past); Student Alumni Council—Vice President of President of Communication, Homecoming Pep Rally Chair; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity— Alumni Affairs (past); Lindner Student Association—Co-Director of Lindner Outreach (past); University Recruitment Chairman, Eminent Recorder (Secretary), Recruitment Committee, Judicial Affairs Board Honors Program; Give Kids the World Service Trip—Participant; Camp Restore New Orleans Service Member, Scholarship Committee; Lindner Investment Banking Club; Cincinnati Dance Marathon— Trip—Organizer and Lead; WorkFest Alternative Spring Break to Rural Appalachia—Participant Corporate Fundraising Director, Recruitment Director; Interfraternity Recruitment Team; Bearcat Buddies—Student Mentor; Cats on Deck—Student Mentor; Place Nursing Home Volunteer

IMAN H. SAID Walnut Hills High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Industrial Management, International Business Co-Op: Toyota; Samtec Activities & Honors: Delta Sigma Pi Professional Fraternity—Vice President Alumni Relations; Scholars for Ashley—Recruiting Captain; Undergraduate Student Senate—Secretary; Undergraduate Student Cabinet—Marketing Director; Member of Bearcat Marching Bands (past); College Mentors for Kids (past); Junior Achievement Volunteer; New Brother of the Year Award (Delta Sigma Pi); Excellence in Leadership Award (Darwin T. Turner Scholars); University Honors Program

ALEXANDER J. STAUTBERG Elder High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Accounting, Information Systems Co-Op: EY Activities & Honors: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity—Community Service Chairman, New Member Educator, Member Educator, Judicial Board, Scholarship Committee, Recruitment Committee; Alliance 4 Abilities—Member; UC IBD Group—Founding Member; UC Newman Club—Member; Unified 4 Uganda—Member; UC Mortar Board—Member; Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Mentor at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital; Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America—Volunteer; Our Lady of the Visitation Retreat—Leader; Cincinnatus Scholar; Dean’s List

30 Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS 31 KATIE ABRAHAM JAY BRANNAN Saint Ursula Academy; Cincinnati, Ohio St. Xavier High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Accounting Major(s): Finance, Economics Co-Op: EY Co-Op: Macquarie Group, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Activities &Honors: Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority—Registrar, Membership Committee, Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Sigma Alpha Organizational Committee; CHAARG; Bearcat Buddies—Student Mentor; Serve Beyond Cincinnati— Epsilon—Member Educator, Community Service Chairman; Lindner Investment Banking Club; Nicaragua Fuller Center for Housing Service Trip; UC International Guatemala Service Learning Lindner Student Association—Cats on Deck Director; UC Club Waterski Team—Fundraising Trip; Lindner Women in Business (past); Cincinnatus Scholar; Christos P. Demakes Scholar; UCAA Chairman; Serve Beyond Cincinnati; Bearcat Buddies Undergraduate Legacy Scholar

ZACH ALLABEN SAM BURCHELL (Richard E. Thornburgh Scholar) La Salle High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Covington Catholic High School; Park Hills, Kentucky Major(s): Finance, Accounting Major(s): Finance Co-Op: Deloitte, Nielsen, Two Pillars Capital Co-Op: Goldman Sachs, MAYWIC Select Investments Activities & Honors: Sigma Chi Fraternity—President, Risk Manager, Scholarship Chairman, Judicial Activites & Honors: Sigma Chi Fraternity—Recruitment Chairman, Derby Days (Philanthropy) Board Representative, New Member Educator; Student Alumni Council; Lindner Ambassadors; Committee, Scholarship Committee; Student Government—First Year Leadership Program; Lindner Inner City Youth Opportunities—Volunteer Tutor; The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati—Volunteer; Investment Banking Club; Inner City Youth Organization Tutoring—Volunteer; P&G Leadership University Honors Program; Cincinnatus Scholar Experience 2015; Dean’s List; Sigma Alpha Epsilon True Gentleman Scholarship Recipient

BRAD ARMSTRONG (Eagle-Picher Industries Scholar) KATIE CHUNG (Floyd Klingbiel Memorial Scholarship) Conner High School; Hebron, Kentucky Shawnee High School; Lima, Ohio 2019 CLASS OF 2019 CLASS OF 2019 Major(s): Marketing, Entrepreneurship Major(s): Marketing Co-Op: STACK Construction Technologies Co-Op: LPK; BANDI Wear; Samtec Activities & Honors: Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity—Interfraternity Council, Risk Management Chairman, Activities & Honors: Club Swimming, PACE Leader, Campus Recreation Center Group Fitness Housing Chairman; Cincinnatus Scholar; Benefit of Hope Charity Event; Relay for Life Instructor, BearCHATS, UC SCUBA Club, University Honors Program, Dean’s List. | Past Involvement: Student-Athlete Support Service Intern, Bearcats Marketing Academy, Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Fraternity—Vice President of Alumni Relations, Judiciary Assistant; Club Swimming—Vice President of Operations; Bearcat Buddies; Student Government—First Year Leadership Program, Elections Facilitations Committee; Cats on Deck.

JACK BENDER ELLIE FATHMAN (Clifford H. Coors Northside Bank Scholar) St. Xavier High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Notre Dame Academy; Park Hills, Kentucky Major(s): Finance and Marketing Major(s): Finance, Real Estate Co-Op: Delta Air Lines, Luxottica, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Co-Op: Snow Commerce, LLC; AMEND Consulting, Callibrity Solutions ' . ' . i1:,1 Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity—External Vice President, Scholarship Activities & Honors: Chi Omega Fraternity—Sisterhood Support Team, New Member Educator; Activities & Honors: - Chairman (past); Interfraternity Council—Director of Community Service and Philanthropy, Judicial Student Alumni Council—Vice President of Communications, Bearcats 101 Chairman; Cincinnati Board Member (past); Student Alumni Council—Red and Black Book Committee; Cats on Deck— Intern Network Connection—Rally Squad Chairman; Student Government—First Year Leadership Mentor; Bearcat Buddies—Tutor; Lindner Student Association; Forever Bearcats; University Honors Program Program; Cincinnatus Scholarship Recipient: UC Alumni Scholarship Recipient; True Gentleman ff Scholarship Recipient

MADELINE BENNETT MADELEINE GREIWE Indian Hill High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Saint Ursula Academy; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Marketing and Business Analytics Major(s): Marketing Co-Op: P&G Co-Op: Nielsen Catalina Solutions; Colliers International; Ohio National Financial Services Activities & Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta Honorary; National Society of Leadership and Success Activities & Honors: Student Safety Board (Student Government)—Marketing Director, Director of Honorary; Dean’s List; Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority; Cats on Deck; Lindner Women in Business; Mental Health; Programs and Activities Council—Director of Design, Marketing Committee; Kappa Cincinnati Intern Network Connection (CINC) Member; Project HEAL—Sponsorship Committee, Alpha Theta Fraternity—Event Director, Finance Committee, Risk Management Team; iCats—Senior Adopt-A-Class—Team Leader Mentor for International Students; Cats On Deck; Dean’s List; Cincinnatus Scholar

32 Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS 33 ALEX HENGGE BENITA MUNNERLYN (Donald E. Weston Scholar) Villa Madonna, Academy; Villa Hills, Kentucky Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Operations Management Major(s): International Business, Marketing Co-Op: OneSight, GE Aviation, Meritor Co-Op: Zid Zid Activities & Honors: Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority—Chief Education Officer; Lindner Student Action Activities & Honors: Association of Fundraising Professionals UC Collegiate Chapter—Secretary; Team—External Vice President, President; Camp Kesem—Unit Leader, Co-President; Women’s Club Lindner Ambassadors; Habitat for Humanity UC—Volunteer; Business Fellows—Mentor; Darwin Soccer Team; Lindner Ambassadors; Cincinnatus Scholar; T. Turner Scholar; Cincinnatus Scholar; Every Nation Campus Ministries—Lead Team; Student Associate for the University’s President’s Office

JILLIAN KAVINSKY (Kirk and Jacki Perry Family Scholar) MICHAEL MURPHY Walnut Hills High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Elder High School; Cincinnati, OH Major(s): Marketing, Entrepreneurship Major(s): Industrial Management, Finance Co-Op: Crossroads Church, Curiosity Advertising Co-Op: Cardinal Pointe Financial Group; General Cable Activities & Honors: Design for America—President, Studio Lead TEDxUCincinnati—Design & Web Activities & Honors: University Honors Program; Cincinnatus Scholar; Dean’s List; Pi Kappa Chair; Bearcast Media—Radio Host & DJ; Crossroads Uptown—Campus Representative; Alpha Fraternity—Mission Trip Chair, Philanthropy Committee, Campus Involvement Scholarship The Innovation Initiative; Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honorary Recipient; Lindner Student Association—Lindner Outreach Director; Lindner Ambassadors; Waweza Movement—Director of Business Development, Mission Trip to Kenya; Cats on Deck (past); Future Greek Leaders (past)

JOEY KREYENHAGEN (Norman R. Baker Family Scholar) MATTHEW OVERSTREET Summit Country Day School; Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy; Cincinnati, Ohio 2019 CLASS OF 2019 Major(s): Accounting, Finance CLASS OF 2019 Major(s): Operations Management Co-Op: EY, RKCA, Deloitte Co-Op: BMW Manufacturing Co.; Fifth Third Activities & Honors: University of Cincinnati Dance Marathon—Corporate Fundraising Chair; Sigma Activities & Honors: Darwin T. Turner Scholar—Turner Ambassador; ADVANCE—External Vice Alpha Epsilon Fraternity—Philanthropy Chairman, New Member Educator, Judicial Board Member; President; Disciples on Campus—Bible Talk Leader; Business Fellows—Mentor, Leadership Circle; Lindner Student Association—Treasurer, Special Events Chair; Future Greek Leaders; Cincinnatus Student Activities Board; Cincinnatus Scholar; New Orphan Asylum Scholarship Recipient; Dean’s List Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Sigma Alpha Epsilon True Gentleman Scholarship Recipient; Saturday Hoops Mentor; Relay For Life; Special Olympics

CAMERON LAATSCH HADIS PALIC (Robert A. and Sandra W. Heimann Scholar) St. Xavier High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Sycamore High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Accounting, Finance Major(s): Economics, Operations Management Co-Op: Credit Suisse, Delta Air Lines, S&P Global Ratings, PwC Co-Op: Siemens, Delta Airlines, GE Aviation Activities & Honors: Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity—Public Relations Chairman; Lindner Student Activities & Honors: Fossil Free UC Divestment Campaign—Co-Coordinator; 2015 Hispanic Association—Historian; Finance Club; GenFKD—Vice President; Interfraternal Recruitment Team; Scholarship Fund National Leadership Conference; 2015 Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar; Cincinnatus Scholar; University Honors Program; Pi Kappa Alpha New Member GPA Scholarship Lindner Investment Banking Club Student Advisory Committee on the University Budget (SACUB) Recipient Representative (past), University Funding Board Treasurer (past); Undergraduate Student Government—Senator (past); First Year Leadership Program(past); 2014 GE Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar; Cincinnatus Scholar; 2015 EY Diversity Leadership Conference; 2015 KeyBank Campus Summit Participant

MACKENZIE MAYERNIK (John and Rae Ann Mang Scholar) Avonworth High School; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania JAY RUGG Major(s): Finance Lakota East High School; Liberty Township, Ohio Co-Op: P&G Major(s): Finance, Accounting Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus Presidential Scholar; Student Alumni Council—President; Lindner 1.. ' Co-Op: EY Ambassadors—President, Vice President of Recruitment (past); Lindner Honors Office Student ,.-• Activities & Honors: Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity—Campus Involvement Chair; Lindner Student Worker (past); University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Kappa Alpha Theta Social Sorority—Chief Association—External Vice President, Alumni Relations Chair; Student Government—First Year Marketing Officer, Historian/Archivist (past); ROAR Guides—Communications Chair, Veteran Guide Leadership Program; Finance Club; Cincinnatus Scholar (past), Recruitment Team Member; Lindner Student Association—Director of Special Events, Membership Director (past); St. Monica—St. George Parish Lector; Serve Beyond Cincinnati—Peru Service Trip Leader (past), Courts for Kids Tanzania Service Trip (past); Crossroads Uptown—First ~ Impressions Team

34 Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS 35 BENJAMIN SCHLOSS ANNA ARMAO Summit Country Day School; Cincinnati, Ohio Archbishop Hoban High School; Akron, Ohio Major(s): Finance, Information Systems Major(s): Accounting, Finance Co-Op: Thermo Fischer Scientific, Johnson Investment Council, Curiosity Advertising Co-Op: Braintree Payments – A PayPal Company Activities & Honors: Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity—Scholarship Chair; American Marketing Association; Activities & Honors: Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations—Vice President; ROAR Tour Cats on Deck; Dean’s List Guides; Emerging Campus Leaders; LeaderShape Institute—On-Site Coordinator; Lindner Summer Institute—Peer Leader; Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity; WordPlay Cincy—Tutor; University Honors Program—Ambassador; Cincinnatus Excellence Scholar; Dean’s List

SARAH STONER LAITH BARAKAT Centerville High School; Centerville, Ohio Walnut Hills High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Industrial Management Major(s): Operations Management, Finance Co-Op: Givaudan, GE Aviation Co-Op: AMEND Consulting, Fifth Third Bank Activities & Honors: Panhellenic Executive Board—Vice President of Community Standards; Kappa Activities & Honors: Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity—Recruitment Chairman; Alumni Relations Kappa Gamma Sorority; CHAARG—Small Group Coordinator; TEDxUCincinnati—Finance Director, Chairman; Student Government—Student Government Mentorship Program; Lindner Student previously Speaker Relations Director; Lindner Women in Business; University Honors Program— Association—Bearcat Launchpad Chairman; FC Cincinnati—Game Day Operations; University of Ambassador; UC Boxing Club; Rho Lambda Honorary Cincinnati Dance Marathon—Recruitment Chairman

MOLLY TALKERS (Nancy M. Lorenzi and Robert T. Riley Scholar) TYLER CREEL Notre Dame Academy; Park Hills, Kentucky Glen Este High School; Cincinnati, Ohio 2019 CLASS OF 2019 CLASS OF 2020 Major(s): Accounting, Marketing Major(s): Operations Management, Information Systems Co-Op: Deloitte & Touche LLP Co-Op: Meritor, DHL, Kroger Activities & Honors: Christos P. Demakes Legacy Scholarship; Dean’s List; Cats on Deck; Kappa Activities & Honors: Sigma Chi Fraternity—President, VP of Recruitment (past), Judicial Board Kappa Gamma Sorority—Membership Chairman; Lindner Student Association—Membership Representative, Assistant Pledge Educator, Alumni Relations Chairman; ROAR Tour Guides; Director, Employee Relations Director; Lindner Ambassadors Student Advisory Committee to the University Budget—At-large Representative; Student Government—Tribunal Senator, Governmental Affairs Committee, Mentorship Program, Lindner Student Association—Treasurer; Student Safety Board; Competitive Club Golf Team—Fundraising Chairman; Interfraternity Council—Recruitment Team; Student Body Presidential Election Campaign Team Member; Camp Restore—New Orleans; Serve Beyond Cincinnati—Nicaragua; Parker Woods Montessori—Tutor; Cincinnatus Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List JACOB WHYLE Recipient; Sigma Sigma Men’s Honorary La Salle High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Finance Co-Op: AMEND Consulting, Fifth Third, GE Healthcare, Ultimus HANNAH DUCKWORTH Activities & Honors: Student Government—At-Large Senator, First Year Leadership Program; Wheelersburg High School; Wheelersburg, Ohio Sigma Chi Fraternity—Scholarship Chair Committee, Future Greek Leaders Representative; UC Major(s): Finance Men’s Club Soccer; Cincinnatus Scholar Co-Op: North American Properties Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; University Funding Board—Internal Vice President; Chi Omega Fraternity; Lindner Ambassadors; Student Government—Election Facilitation Committee—Vice Chair; Sigma Phi Women’s Honorary

KYLE ZIMMERMAN (Louis and Joanie Lauch Scholar) Moeller High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Finance, Marketing BENJAMIN KEATING (Richard E. Thornburgh Scholar) Co-Op: Dollar Shave Club St. Xavier High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Activities & Honors: Student Alumni Council—Red and Black Book Chairman; ROAR Guide; Red Major(s): Finance, Accounting and Black Bash Concert Team—Fundraising Team; PACE Leader—Lindner College of Business; Co-Op: US Bank, Fund Evaluation Group Sigma Chi Fraternity—Campus Relations Chairman (past); Inner City Youth Opportunities—Tutor; Activities & Honors: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity—President, Treasurer (past), Philanthropy Cincinnatus Scholar; Dean’s List Chair (past), IFC Representative (past), and Recruitment Committee; Club Golf—Membership Chair; ROAR Tour Guides; Lindner Student Association—Director of Grants (past); Investment Banking Club; Cats on Deck (past); Cincinnatus Scholar; Sigma Alpha Epsilon True Gentlemen Scholarship— Recipient; New Orleans Service Trip (Twice); Clean Up Cincinnati; Dean’s List

36 Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS 37 RACHEL KIMURA (Robert and Rose Fealy Scholar) MATTHEW LEKOWSKI Walnut Hills High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Xavier High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Finance, Biology, Premedicine Major(s): Finance, Information Systems Co-Op: River Cities Capital Funds, Mercy Health Co-Op: Macquarie Capital, Paycor Activities & Honors: Lindner Ambassadors—President, Vice President of Membership; Kappa Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus Presidential Scholar; University Honors Scholar; Dean’s List; Sigma Alpha Theta Fraternity—Scholarship Director; Panhellenic Council—Rho Gamma; ROAR Tour Guides; Alpha Epsilon Social Fraternity—IFC Delegate (past); Lindner Student Association—Director of the Student Alumni Council; Serve Beyond Cincinnati; Bearcat Buddies—Tutor; Cincinnatus Presidential New College of Business; Emerging Campus Leaders; Interfraternity Recruitment Team—Marketing Scholar; Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary—Membership Director; Cincinnatus Honorary Committee; Howard J. Morgens Hall Government—Vice President (past); University of Cincinnati Dance Marathon—Food and Beverage Chairman; United Saints New Orleans Service Trip; Cincy Snowcats—Treasurer; Lindner Investment Banking Club

EMMA KOMRSKA CHANDLER MEADOR Wyoming High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Marketing, Business Analytics Major(s): Finance, Marketing Co-Op: Perfect Search Media Co-Op: Zimmerman Advertising Agency Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; Dean’s List; Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity— Activities & Honors: ROAR Tour Guides—President, External Vice President (past); Teach for Scholarship Director; HER Campus—Campus Editor; CHAARG—Event Coordinator; Matthew America—Campus Campaign Coordinator; Student Government—Executive Director of Student 25 Ministries Volunteer; Aruna Project Volunteer; P&G Mentoring Program Participant; Bearcat Input; WordPlay After School Program—Tutor; The David Project—Intern; Cincinnatus University Buddies—Tutor Scholar

BRADY KRAEMER JAMES (JR) NIXON Elder High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Minster High School CLASS OF 2020 CLASS OF 2020 Major(s): Finance Major(s): Marketing, International Business Co-Op: Luxottica Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Peer Leader; Activities & Honors: Dean’s List; Cincinnatus Excellence Scholar; University Honors Program; Pi UC Learning Commons—Supplemental Review Session (SRS) Leader; Miami Valley Adult Baseball Kappa Alpha Fraternity—Mission Trip Chairman, Treasurer (past), Financial Awareness Chairman League; Minister Youth Baseball—Head Baseball Coach; UC Residential Education and Development ·I (past), Nepal Mission Trip Participant; Beta Gamma Sigma—Treasurer; Lindner Student Association; —Resident Advisor; Beta Theta Pi Fraternity—Scholarship Chair Cats on Deck; Serve Beyond Cincinnati—Uganda Mission Trip Participant; Leadershape Institute •l.~ Participant; UC Club Boxing Team

LEIGHA KRAEMER CASSIDY PEEBLES Seton High School; Cincinnati, Ohio William Mason High School; Mason, Ohio Major(s): Accounting and Finance Major(s): Business Economics Co-Op: EY Co-Op: City of Cincinnati, Office of Performance and Data Analytics Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Lindner Student Association—Vice President of Communications, New Orleans Mission Trip TEDxUCincinnati—President; Student Government—Governmental Affairs Committee Chair; Participant; Kappa Alpha Theta Social Fraternity—Service Deputy, Bid Day Committee; Lindner University Funding Board—Internal VP, Girl Scouts of Southwestern Ohio—Series leader, UC Junoon Women in Business—Events Committee; Emerging Campus Leaders; University Honors Program Acapella Ambassador; LeaderShape Institute Participant; Bearcat Buddies Tutor; Habitat for Humanity— Volunteer Awareness Committee; Bethany House Services—Volunteer Coordinator

ALEC PETRIE DEVIN LALLY (Ohio National Financial Services Scholar) The Summit Country Day School; Cincinnati, Ohio Loveland High School; Loveland, Ohio Major(s): Finance Major(s): Information Systems Co-Op: Paycor, Fort Washington Investment Advisers, RKCA Capital Advisors Co-Op: dunnhumby, Orchestrate Technologies, Cincinnati CIO Roundtable, Flywheel Activities & Honors: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity—External Vice President, Philanthropy, Communications, FC Cincinnati Recruitment Committee; Lindner Investment Banking Club—Executive Team, Treasurer (past); Activities & Honors: Cincinnati Chamber Intern Network Connection Committee; INTERalliance Lindner Student Association—Executive Team; UC Club Golf Team; Adventis Financial Modeling— of Greater Cincinnati—Alumni Board Chair; TEDxUCincinnati—Vice President of External Affairs; Campus Representative; Cincinnatus Scholar; Sigma Alpha Epsilon True Gentlemen Scholarship Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity—Vice President of Professional Affairs; Students Consulting Non-Profit Recipient; Saturday Hoops Mentor, Bearcat Buddies Tutor Organizations—Team Lead; Chi Omega Fraternity—Sisterhood Support Team; University Honors Program—Ambassador; Brazilian Amazon Study Abroad; Serve Beyond Cincinnati—Peru; Dean’s List—Cincinnatus Scholar

38 Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS 39 ALEX RACK KEVIN THOMAS La Salle High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Hilliard Bradley High School; Hilliard, Ohio Major(s): Marketing, International Business Major(s): Industrial Management Co-Op: Southwest Airlines Co-Op: GE Digital—Aviation DT Intern Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Bearcats Food Activities & Honors: Lindner Student Association—Web Director & Career Fair Operations Chair, Pantry—Volunteer and Founding Member; Delta Sigma Pi Professional Fraternity—Vice President UC Student Government—Director of Technology; Bearcat Developers; Cincinnatus Scholar; of Finance; Undergraduate Student Government—Elections Facilitation Committee Member; University Honors Program Economics Department—Undergraduate Research Assistant; College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning—Business Affairs Student Worker

EMILY RASMUSSEN CASMIR THORNBERRY Loveland High School; Loveland, Ohio Dixie Heights High School; Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky Major(s): Marketing, Information Systems Major(s): Marketing, Communications Co-Op: Nielsen Co-Op: GE Aviation—Global Communication Activities & Honors: Forever Bearcats—President; Phi Mu Fraternity—Intramural Chairman; UC Activities & Honors: Re-Elect Representative Diane St.Onge—Communications Director; UC Mock Athletic Department—Student Worker, Sports Communication; Youth in Government—Treasurer; Trial—Vice President; NKY Young Republicans—Events & Outreach Chair; Kenton County Republican Student Advisory Council on the University Budget (SACUB)—Athletics Representative; Girl Scouts— Party—Youth Outreach Chair; Accessibility Network Steering Committee Member; Cincinnatus Gold Award Recipient, Cincinnati Young Woman of Distinction, Girl Scouts of Western Ohio Delegate Scholar to Washington D.C.

FRANCIE RUPPERT NOELLE WEBER Saint Ursula Academy; Cincinnati, Ohio The Summit Country Day School; Cincinnati, Ohio CLASS OF 2020 CLASS OF 2020 Major(s): Marketing, Entrepreneurship Major(s): Accounting, Marketing Co-Op: SaferSit Co-Op: EY Activities & Honors: Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority—Marketing Committee; SaferSit LLC Co-Founder; Activities & Honors: Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority—President, Vice President of Organization Lindner Women in Business; Karen Wellington Foundation Junior Board Member; Saturday Hoops (past); Lindner Student Association—Director of Membership; Saturday Hoops Mentor; Cincinnatus Mentor; Boys and Girls Clubs of America Volunteer; University Honors Program; Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List Scholar; Alpha Lambda Delta Honorary

ROBERT SENIOR (Thomas E. and Pamela M. Mischell Scholarship) ROB WEIDNER Huntington High School; Huntington, West Virginia Oak Hills High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Finance, Accounting Major(s): Finance, Accounting Co-Op: Phillips Edison & Co., Grant Thornton Co-Op: Cassady Schiller CPAs & Advisors; Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Activities & Honors: Thomas E. and Pamela M. Mischell Scholarship; Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity; Activities & Honors: University of Cincinnati Dance Marathon—President, External Vice President Lindner Student Association; Business Fellows; Lindner Ambassadors; Interventionist; UC Real (past), High School Relations (past); Forever Bearcats—Vice President of Marketing, Director of Estate Association; Cincinnatus Scholar; Dean’s List Alumni Engagement; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity—External Vice President (past), Community Service Chairman (past), Recruitment Committee (past); Students Consulting for Non-Profit Organizations—Co-Founder and Vice-President; Lindner Ambassadors; Overcomer Scholarship Fund—Founder; Serve Beyond Cincinnati; United Saints Recovery Project; Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Volunteer (past); University Honors Program; LeaderShape Institute; University Honors Program; Sigma Sigma Men’s Honorary; Men of METRO; Mortar Board CLAIRE SUETHOLZ Notre Dame Academy; Park Hills, Kentucky Major(s): Marketing VERONICA WOODSON (Robert A. and Sandra W. Heimann Scholar) Co-Op: Deloitte, Macy’s Inc., CincyTech William Mason High School; Mason, Ohio Activities & Honors: Kappa Kappa Gamma—Chapter President (past), Recording Secretary Major(s): Marketing, (past); Student Activities Board—External Vice President (past); Bearcat Buddies—Tutor; Student Co-Op: Prasco Laboratories Government—Campaign Team Member (past), Mentorship Program (past); College Mentors for Kids Activities & Honors: Impact Performance Horses Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer; —Volunteer (past); P&G UC Leadership Experience 2017 Attendee; Cincinnatus Scholar; University Business Fellows Community Service Committee Chair; H.A.R.T. Volunteer; Clean Up Cincinnati Honors Program; Dean’s List; UC Sorority President of the Year 2018 Volunteer; FreeStore Foodbank Volunteer; Mathew 25 Ministries Volunteer; Cincinnatus Excellence Scholar; National Achievement Finalist Scholar; University Honors Program

40 Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS 41 MATTHEW BARYLUK LOGAN DAVIS Upper Arlington High School; Upper Arlington, Ohio Mother of Mercy High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Finance Major(s): Operations Management and Marketing Co-Op: AMEND Consulting Co-Op: Phillips & Edison & Company, Paycor Activities & Honors: Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations—Consultant; Philosophy Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Lindner Women Club—President; University of Cincinnati Dance Marathon—Catering Team; University Honors in Business—Vice President, Chief Outreach Officer; Emerging Campus Leaders—Mentee (past), Program; Cincinnatus Excellence Scholar; Warren Bennis Leadership Experience—Staff; Internal Vice President (past); Fernside Center for Grieving Children—Group Facilitator LeaderShape Institute—Attendee; Dean’s List

ZANE DENNLER JEFFREY BOGENSCHUTZ Conner High School; Hebron, Kentucky La Salle High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Operations Management, Marketing Major(s): Operations Management Co-Op: AMEND Consulting, Ohio National Financial Services Co-Op: Fund Evaluation Group; AMEND Consulting, The Kroger Co. Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; UC Activities & Honors: Student Alumni Council—VP of Finance; Lindner Student Association— Club Waterski Team; University of Cincinnati Dance Marathon—Community Relations Director; Pi External Vice President; Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity—Home Improvement Chair; Finance Club— Kappa Alpha Fraternity—Scholarship Chairman (past) Events and Trips Chair; Cincinnatus Excellence Scholar

ADAM DEUBER NINA BRILLHART (Elmer S. Koehlke Scholar) Elder High School; Cincinnati, Ohio CLASS OF 2021 CLASS OF 2021 Lakota East High School; Liberty Township, Ohio Major(s): Accounting, Finance Major(s): Operations Management, Information Systems Co-Op: Deloitte Co-Op: 84.51°, Castellini Group of Companies, GE Aviation Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus Excellence Scholar; Dean’s List; International Justice Mission— Lindner Finance Club—President; Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations; Lindner President; Panhellenic Council—Recruitment Director; Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority—Standards Ambassadors; Lindner Student Association; Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity—Vice President Chairman; Lindner College of Business—Ambassador; Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations—VP Operations; Crossroads Uptown—Data Entry Team

DOMINIQUE DIFALCO LUKE BUSHMAN Saint Ursula Academy; Cincinnati, Ohio La Salle High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Entrepreneurship, Information Systems Major(s): Finance, Economics Co-Op: Guardian Roofing Co-Op: Alpine Investors, Alpine Software Group, Pohlad Family Office Activities & Honors: Gamma Phi Beta Sorority; Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity; Women in Activities & Honors: Morgens Hall Government—Treasurer; Students Consulting for Nonprofit Leadership and Learning cohort; Women’s Center Professional Development Intern; Lindner Organizations; Emerging Campus Leaders; University of Cincinnati Men’s Rugby Team; Philosophy Student Association—historian; Business Law TA Club; Lindner Student Association; University Honors Program; Robert R. and Susan G. Buck Named Scholar; Russel C. Meyers Balanced Man Scholar; University of Cincinnati Alumni Association Scholar; Cincinnatus Scholar

MOHAMED EMLEMDI PEYTON CURRY Lakota West High School; West Chester, Ohio St. Xavier High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Finance, Information Systems Major(s): Accounting, Finance Co-Op: VonLehman & Co. Co-Op: Needham & Company, EY Activities & Honors: Lindner Finance Club—Treasurer; Student Government—Executive Director Activities & Honors: University Honors Program; Cincinnatus Scholar; Dean’s List; Lindner of Treasurer Affairs, Student Government Mentorship Program; Cincinnatus Excellence Scholar; Investment Banking Club—Co-President University Honors Program; Robert A. & Sandra W. Heimann Scholar; Dean’s List

42 Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS 43 KATHRYN FASOLA BEN LEONARDI (Collins Family Named Scholar) Mount Notre Dame High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Walnut Hills High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Operations Management Major(s): Business Analytics, Computer Science Co-Op: AMEND Consulting Co-Op: Paycor, Great American Insurance Group Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Kappa Activities & Honors: Student Government—Senator and Co-Chair of Academic Affairs; Pi Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity—Chief Executive Officer, Chief Recruiting Officer (past); Lindner Ambassadors Alpha Fraternity—Sergeant-at-Arms; Lindner Ambassadors—Vice President, ROAR Campus Tour —Vice President of High School Engagement; Lindner Student Association Guides, Student Government Mentorship Program—Mentee; Emerging Campus Leaders—Mentee; University Honors Scholar; Cincinnatus Scholar

MAGGIE FISK JULIAN LITVAK Summit Country Day School; Cincinnati, Ohio Illinois Math and Science Academy Major(s): Marketing, Operations Management Major(s): Marketing, Electronic Media Co-Op: TiER1, OneSight Co-Op: Fund Evaluation Group Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Kappa Activities & Honors: Bearcast Media, AEPi Fraternity, E-Sports, ROAR Tour Guide, Residential Alpha Theta Fraternity—Public Relations Officer, Membership Development Committee; Students Advisor, Dean’s List Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations—Team Leader; Student Alumni Council

AVERY GRIFFIN BLAKE LITZINGER Glen Este High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Saint Xavier High School; Cincinnati, Ohio CLASS OF 2021 CLASS OF 2021 Major(s): Entrepreneurship Major(s): Economics, Finance Co-Op: Venture Smarter Co-op: Bank of America Merrill Lynch Activities & Honors: Hyperloop UC—Operations, Fundraising, Recruitment, Electronics; Business Activities & Honors: Beta Theta Pi Fraternity—Recruitment Assistant; Lindner Investment Banking Fellows; Cincinnatus Scholar; University Honors Program Club—Intern; Sales Team; Bearcat Buddies; Clean Up Cincinnati; University Honors Program; Cincinnatus Excellence Scholar; Dean’s List

DANIEL KLEIER ANNIE MAURER Covington Catholic High School Jonathan Alder High School Major(s): Finance, Accounting Major(s): Marketing Co-Op: Needham & Company, Castellini Management Company Co-Op: Vector Solutions Education Activities & Honors: University Honors; Cincinnatus Scholar; Dean’s List; Lindner Investment Activities & Honors: Lindner Women in Business, Pi Beta Phi Sorority—Vice President of Banking Club—Treasurer; Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity—Financial Awareness and Budget Chair; Lindner Membership Development, Young Life Leader, University Honors Program, Cincinnatus Excellence Student Association—Leadership Team(past); Howard J. Morgens Hall—Vice President; Colleges Scholar, Dean’s List Against Cancer—Relay for Life committee; Karen Wellington Foundation—Fundraising Team; Finance Club

LUKE LAMPE INÈS PALACIO La Salle High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Larry A. Ryle High School; Union, Kentucky Major(s): Business Economics & Information Systems Major(s): Marketing, Operations Management Co-Op: INTERalliance of Greater Cincinnati, The Kroger Co. Co-op: Vector Solutions Activities & Honors: TEDxUCincinnati—President; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity; Delta Sigma Activities & Honors: National Honor Society of Collegiate Scholars; UC Club Hispano—Vice Pi; Cincinnatus—Scholarship Recipient; Dean’s List; Associate Director—INTERalliance of Greater President, Treasurer (past); Model UN; Resident Education & Development—Resident Advisor; UC Cincinnati Equestrian Team (English Team); Cincinnatus Excellence Scholar; University Honors Program; IPALS —Marketing Chair; Lindner Women in Business; Milestones Equestrian Achievement Program—Head Volunteer; Master Provisions, Inc.

44 Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS 45 MADI RINALDI KELSEY SUCHER Ursuline Academy; Cincinnati, Ohio Notre Dame Academy; Park Hills, Kentucky Major(s): Entrepreneurship, Marketing Major(s): Finance Co-op: Batterii, Differential Co-op: AMEND Consulting, GE Aviation Activities & Honors: Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations—Internal Vice President; Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus Excellence Scholar; Kappa Delta Sorority—Vice President She | UC—Editor, & Newsletter Director; The David Project—Israel Uncovered: Campus Leaders . •_ j . Operations; University Honors Program—Ambassador; University of Cincinnati Learning Assistance I ' Mission; International Justice Mission—Vice President of Fundraising; Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority Center—Peer Tutor; Math and Science Support Center—Tutor; Bearcat Buddies—Volunteer (past); —Scholarship Committee; University Honors Program—Honors Ambassador; Cincinnatus Scholar; ... National Society of Leadership and Success; University of Cincinnati English Composition Prize; . ' Dean’s List ,,, Dean’s List \ 1,··:

MORGAN SMITH WAQAS TANVEER Bishop Fenwick High School Saint Xavier High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Accounting, International Business Major(s): Accounting, Finance Co-op: North American Properties, Delta Air Lines, Deloitte Co-op: Medpace Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Delta Activities & Honors: University of Cincinnati Dance Marathon—Catering Director, Board of Delta Delta Sorority; University of Cincinnati College Panhellenic Council—Director of Social Media; Directors; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity—Community Service Chair, Philanthropy Committee, UC | Sustainability; UC Real Estate Association; Lindner Women in Business—Chief Outreach Recruitment Committee; Lindner Finance Club; Lindner Investment Banking Club—Analyst; Officer (past) Emerging Campus Leaders; Lindner Student Association; University Honors Program; Cincinnatus Scholar; Dean’s List

JACOB STEVENS JESSIE WEICKERT (Richard E. Thornburgh Scholar) Floyd E Kellam High School; Virginia Beach Larry A. Ryle High School; Union, KY CLASS OF 2021 CLASS OF 2021 Major(s): Accounting Major(s): Marketing, International Business, German minor Co-op: Delta Air Lines, PricewaterhouseCoopers Co-op: Nielsen BASES Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Activities & Honors: Phi Mu Fraternity—Assistant VP of Chapter Development; Lindner Women Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity—Public Relations Chair; Lindner Ambassadors; Lindner Student in Business; University Honors Program; Crossroads Uptown—Kids’ Club, Worship Team; Ronald Association; Finance Club McDonald House; Mary Rose Mission; Cincinnatus Scholar; Dean’s List Recipient

46 Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS 47 LOUIS ACRA ANTHONY HALE William Henry Harrison High School; Harrison, Ohio LaSalle High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Finance and Real Estate Major(s): Information Systems Co-Op: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Co-Op: Medpace Activities & Honors: ROAR Tour Guides—Internal VP; University of Cincinnati Real Estate Activites & Honors: Beta Theta Pi Fraternity—Member; Cincinnatus Scholar; Christos P. Demakes Association—Social Chair; Sigma Phi Epsilon—VP of Communications, Balanced Man Scholarship Scholar; Dean’s List; Fishing Club—Vice President Recipient; Student Government—Mentorship Program, Campaign Team Volunteer; Lindner Student Association; LCB International Program—Student Buddy; Adopt-A-Class—Team Lead; Muscular Dystrophy Camp—Camp Counselor, Volunteer; Dean’s List; University Honors Program; Cincinnatus Scholar; Christos P. Demakes Scholar

LUKE BOWLES (LOUIS AND JOANIE LAUCH SCHOLAR) MCKENNA JOHNSON Moeller High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Walnut Hills High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Finance, Business Analytics Major(s): Business Economics, Finance Co-op: Nielsen Co-Op: Johnson Investment Counsel Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; McGuire Scholar; Howard Hebble Scholar; Activities & Honors: Student Alumni Council—Homecoming Finance Chair; Students Consulting Pi Kappa Alpha New Member GPA Scholarship Recipient; Dean’s List; University Honors Program; for Nonprofit Organizations—Team Leader; Chi Omega Fraternity—Sisterhood Support Team, Analytic Finance Academy; Pi Kappa Alpha—Executive Board: Membership Development Chairman, Outstanding Career and Personal Development Award Winner; Student Government—Election New Member Class President; Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations—YMCA Consultant; Facilitation Committee, Mentorship Program; Economics and Political Science Research Assistant; Lindner Ambassadors; Adopt A Class Foundation—Team Lead; UC Hall Opening Team; Moeller Lindner Student Association—Historian, Cincinnatus Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List High School—Class of 2017 Alumni Representative; Horter Investment Management—Investment Management Training

SAMUEL DOBROWOLSKI ELLIE KATHMAN Milford High School; Milford High School Notre Dame Academy; Park Hills, Kentucky CLASS OF 2022 CLASS OF 2022 Major(s): Business Analytics, Information Systems, Finance Major(s): Accounting, International Business Co-Op: Kroger Co-Op: PricewaterhouseCoopers Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar, University Honors Program, Lindner Honors Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Kappa Plus Program, Dean’s List, Cats for Cause- Member, Alpha Lamda Delta Honors Society- Member Kappa Gamma Fraternity—Treasurer Committee; Lindner Student Association; Lindner Women in Business

RACHEL GREEN DANIEL KEATING Benet Academy; Lisle, IL St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Accounting, Business Analytics Major(s): Finance, Business Analytics Co-Op: EY Tax Intern Co-Op: Deloitte Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus Scholar; Chicagoland Bearcat Scholarship Recipient; University Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Honors Program; Dean’s List; ROAR Tour Guide; Lindner College of Business Ambassador; Kappa Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity—Community Service Director; Students Consulting for Nonprofit Alpha Theta Fraternity—Finance Assistant; Adopt-A-Class—Team Lead; Girl Scouts of America— Organizations; ROAR Tour Guides; University of Cincinnati Dance Marathon Executive Board—High Series Facilitator School Relations Director

ANDREW GREINER ABIGAIL KLARE (JOE & LORRAINE MAYNERIK SCHOLAR) La Salle High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Ursuline Academy; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Business Analytics, Finance Major(s): Economics, Political Science Co-Op: Kroger Co. Co-Op: Bahl & Gaynor Investment Counsel Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Sigma Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus Presidential Scholar; Amanda J. Wait Kautz-Uible Economics Alpha Epsilon Fraternity—Judicial Board Member; Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations— Fellowship; NCA Aspire Scholar; Dean’s List; University Honors Program; Students Consulting for Consultant; Forever Bearcats—Director of Corporate Sponsorships; UC Dance Marathon—Director Nonprofit Organizations—President; Lindner Ambassadors—Vice President of Communications; of Catering Student Alumni Council; Student Research Aid; Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity—Finance Committee; Lindner Honors Office Student Worker.

48 Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS Carl H. Lindner College of Business Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS 49 JACOB KORNIAK AMALIA NICHIFOR (WESTERN AND SOUTHERN FOUNDATION SCHOLAR) Loveland High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Summit Country Day School; Cincinnati, Ohio Major(s): Marketing, Operations Management Major(s): Marketing, Entrepreneurship Minor(s): Professional Selling Co-op: Paycor Co-Op: Paycor Activities & Honors: Program and Activities Council—Red and Black Bash Concert Director; Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Chi Omega Fraternity—Formal Chair; Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations; Student University of Cincinnati Cheer Team; University of Cincinnati Varsity Sales Team—Competitor; Adopt Government Mentorship Program; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Cincinnatus University A Class—Team Lead; Sales Leadership Club—Vice President; Sigma Chi Fraternity- Athletic Director; Scholar University of Cincinnati Mountaineering Club; Lindner Student Association

SAMUEL MARTIN (RICHARD E. THORNBURGH SCHOLAR) MEGHAN OLDFIELD Summit Country Day School; Cincinnati, Ohio St. Henry High School; Erlanger, Kentucky Major(s): Finance Major(s): Accounting, Business Analytics Co-op: BDO USA, LLP Co-Op: The Christ Hospital Health Network Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; Dean’s List; University Honors Program; Activities & Honors: Lindner Women in Business—Director of Corporate Outreach; Kappa Kappa Student-Athlete Advisory Committee—Secretary; Men’s Varsity Basketball Team Gamma Sorority—Campus Liaison, Academic Excellence Committee; ROAR Tour Guides; Lindner Honors Office—Student Worker; Future Greek Leaders; Crossroads—Welcome Team; Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List

CHARLIE MACKENZIE William Mason High School; Mason, OH PAIGE OWEN CLASS OF 2022 CLASS OF 2022 Major(s): Business Analytics, Operations Management Kenston High School; Chagrin Falls, Ohio Co-op: Kroger Major(s): Accounting, Marketing Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Co-op: Deloitte & Touché LLP Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations- External Vice President; Sigma Chi Fraternity- Activities and Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Honors Program; Dean’s List; Recruitment Chair; Club Tennis; Student Advisory Committee on the University Budget- Athletics Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority—Vice President of Organization Committee; Lindner Women Representative; Lindner Ambassadors; UC Dance Marathon; Adopt-A-Class—Team Lead in Business—Online and Off Campus Outreach Committee Head; Adopt a Class—Team Lead; University of Cincinnati Dance Marathon—Catering Team Member; Lindner Student Ambassadors; University of Cincinnati Fashion Association

KYLE MILLER Norwood High School; Norwood, Ohio MATTHEW PETERSON Major(s): Accounting, Information Systems Elder High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Co-Op: Paycor Major(s): Finance, Accounting Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus University Scholar; Provost Scholar; University Honors Program; Co-op: Ernst & Young LLP Adopt-a-Class—Co-Team Leader; Matthew: 25 Ministries—Volunteer; Vacation Bible School at Christ Activities & Honors: Students Consulting For Nonprofit Organizations—Student Consultant; Sigma Lutheran Church—Station Leader/Coordinator; Vector Marketing Co.—Sales Representative Chi Fraternity—Campus Relations Chair; Future Greek Leaders; Adopt-A-Class—Team Lead; Student Government Mentorship Program; Dean’s List; William R. Nester Leadership Award; Men of Principle Scholarship Recipient; University Honors Program; Cincinnatus Scholar

ALAINA MONROE Highland High School; Medina, OH NICK POSTON Major(s): Finance Elder High School; Cincinnati, Ohio Co-op: Rea & Associates Major(s): Finance, Accounting Activities & Honors: Cincinnatus Excellence Scholar; Cincinnatus University Scholar; University Co-Op: Paycor Honors Program; Dean’s List; Habitat for Humanity-Fundraising Chair; Women’s Club Basketball; Activities & Honors: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity—Scholarship Chairman, Homecoming Lindner Women in Business; Adopt a Class-Team Lead; Lindner Student Association Chairman, Judicial Board Member; Finance Club; Lindner Student Association; University Honors Program; Adopt A Class; Dean’s List; Cincinnatus Scholarship Recipient; Balanced Man Scholarship Recipient

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LUCAS SCHIRR Canal Winchester High School; Canal Winchester, Ohio CORPORATE PARTNERS Major(s): Economics, Business Analytics Co-Op: GE Aviation LISTED BELOW ARE SOME OF OUR CORPORATE PARTNERS: Activities &Honors: Student Advisory Committee on the University Budget—Communications Chair, Alpine Investors Ethicon Endo-Surgery NASA Undergraduate At-Large Representative; Student Government Mentorship Program—First Year American Financial Group EY National City Bank Representative; Sigma Chi Fraternity—Historian, Alumni Relations Chair, Judicial Board, Philanthropy American Money Management FBI NBC Universal Committee; Future Greek Leaders—Representative; Adopt-A-Class—Team Leader; Lindner Corporation Fidelity Investments NorthSide Bank Ambassadors—Ambassador; Cincinnatus Scholar; Dean’s List; University Honors Program Bahl and Gaynor Investment Council Fifth Third Bank Ohio National Financial Services Barnes, Dennig & Co FRCH Design Worldwide Paycor BDO USA Fund Evaluation Group PNC Bank BRENNAN SCHRAND BHDP Architecture General Cable PricewaterhouseCoopers LaSalle High School Carl H. Lindner Honors-PLUS General Electric Company Procter & Gamble Major(s): Accounting and Information Systems Cincinnati Bell Grant Thornton International Riverpoint Capital Management Co-op: EY Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Great American Insurance Group Roth Partnership Incorporated Activities & Honors: Lindner Student Association, member; Phi Sigma Kappa Social Fraternity Center Highmark Samtec CincyTech Hoxworth Blood Center Sherwin-Williams Cintas Corporation International Business Machines Corp. SHP Leading Design Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co. Internal Revenue Service Siemens PLM Software Colliers International Property Johnson Investment Counsel Sotheby’s Consultants Journeyman USA The Christ Hospital

CLASS OF 2022 Copper Fox Kao Brands Company The Nielsen Company QUINN VILLARREAL Creative Morsels Kinetic Vision The Richwood Banking Company Brunswick High School; Brunswick, Ohio Credit Suisse The Kroger Company Tire Discounters Major(s): Information Systems, Marketing Crossroads Community Church Lenox Wealth Management Toyota Co-Op: Luxottica (LensCrafters brand); Kuno Creative Curiosity 360 Lindner College of Business IT (Mktg.) U.S. Bancorp Activities & Honors: Bearcast Media—Director of Videography & Photography; Lindner Student Deloitte Loth, Inc. Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC Association—Vice President of Communications; iCats International Student Organization—Director Delta Airlines LPK Vantiv of Marketing, Event Photographer; Music Resource Center—Media Volunteer; Adopt A Class—Team Duke Energy Corporation Luxottica Von Lehman Leader, Event Videographer; University Honors Program; Business Fellows; Cincinnatus Scholar; 84.51 Macy’s Warner Music Group Dean’s List; Videographer of the Year (Bearcast Media) Empower Media Marketing Medpace Western & Southern Financial Group Enerfab, Inc. Merrill Lynch Equity Inc. MRP Realty

MACKENZIE WHITEHEAD Anderson High School, Cincinnati, OH Major: Marketing NAMED SCHOLARSHIPS Co-Op: GE Aviation Activities and Honors: Cincinnatus Scholar; Dean’s List; University Honors Program; Adopt-A- Norman R. Baker Family Scholar Floyd Klingbiel Memorial Scholarship Clifford H. Coors Northside Bank Scholar Class—Team Lead BASES Scholar Elmer S. Koehlke Scholar Ohio National Financial Services Scholar Robert R. and Susan G. Buck Scholar Louis and Joan Lauch Scholars Kirk and Jacki Perry Family Scholar John and Susan Berding Scholar Jerry P. Leamon Scholar Roger Bacon Scholar Bert Cannon Family Scholar Lindner Honors-PLUS Class of 2004 Milton J. Schloss, Sr. Scholar James T. Christy Scholar Scholar Raymond and Dorothy Sheakley Scholars The Phil and Lela Collins Family Scholar Nancy M. Lorenzi and Robert T. Riley RBC Capital Markets Scholar Cintas Corporation Scholar Scholar Richard J. Theryoung Scholar LCB Alumni Association Scholar John and Rae Ann Mang Scholar Richard E. Thornburgh Scholars Matthew S. Cottle MBA ‘ 84 Scholar Mayernik Scholar Western-Southern Foundation Scholar Eagle-Picher Industries Scholar Mike Light Scholar Donald E. Weston Scholar Kate and Ted Emmerich Scholar Kenneth F. Meyer Scholar Steven and Kathy Wilson Scholar Robert and Rose Fealy Scholars Milacron Inc. Scholar Lindner Honors-PLUS Class of 2014 Scholar Paul and Sherry Green Scholar Thomas E. & Pamela M. Mischell Robert A. and Sandra W. Heimann Scholars Scholarship Jackson, Rolfes, Spurgeon & Co. Scholar National City Bank Scholar

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LIFETIME GIVING Mr. & Mrs. Pedro Martini BRONZE LEVEL Mr. & Mrs. Stephen G. Bybee Mr. & Mrs. Martin B. Kramer Mr. Theodore Scherpenberg FOUNDING DONORS Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Mayernik, Jr. (annual $1,000–$2,499) Ms. Meghan E. Cappel Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Kreyenhagen Mr. & Mrs. Carl R. Schlotman, Jr. (cumulative $1 Million+) Mr. Philip R. Myers American Century Investments Foundation Mr. John P. Carty Mr. & Mrs. William M. Kreyenhagen Mr. Andrew C. Emmert & Mrs. Marianne E. Carl & Edyth Lindner Mr. & Mrs. Brent Niese (Clarissa 2004) Bank of America Foundation Dr. Brent T. Cengia Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Laatsch Scott-Emmert The Procter & Gamble Company Jacki L. & Kirk L. Perry Mr. & Mrs. Todd D. Barnes Mrs. Allison L. Chapman Mr. & Mrs. Dominic A. Lacobucci Ms. Denise R. Seomin Mr. & Mrs. Theodore H. Emmerich, Jr. Plante Moran Mr. Braden M. Bennie Ms. Catherine A. Christy Mr. & Mrs. Jay Lame Mr. & Mrs. Kyle M. Silver PNC Bank Mr. & Mrs. Kyle J. Bertke Mr. David M. Clark Mr. & Mrs. John C. Lame Miss Luci R. Simon MENTOR LEVEL Mr. & Mrs. Brian A. Rapien (2010 & Michelle Brush & Ladder Painting, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Evan J. Clinkenbeard Mr. & Mrs. Andrew R. Laskey Mr. Larry S. Smith & Ms. Andrea J. Applegate (cumulative $250,000–$999,999) 2010) Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co. Mr. & Mrs. James H. Clinkenbeard Mrs. Jessica M. Lee Mr. & Mrs. Kyle W. Snider Anonymous Marilyn S. & Robert C. Rhein Mr. & Mrs. Philip G. Diciero Computer Associates International, Inc Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lekowski Ms. Adrienne C. Spuzzillo John & Susan Berding Jeri B. Ricketts, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Flaig Ms. Meredith H. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey A. LeMay Mr. Alexander J. Stautberg Mr. & Mrs. James T. Christy Mr. & Mrs. Vincent D. Rinaldi GE Foundation Mr. Alex&er E. Glavan Mr. Sean O. Cox Mrs. Estrella Ho Looney Mr. & Mrs. Bradley P. Stephens Bob & Rose Fealy Sara Lee Foods The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Scott Crawley Ms. Suzanne M. Lorch Mr. & Mrs. John R. Stewart Bob & Sandy Heimann Mr. & Mrs. Justin Shafer Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey S. Hack Mr. Daniel P. Cremons Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Ludwig Mr. Michael Sucher Dale Kiefer, PhD. Mr. Milton Schloss & Mrs. Frances Schloss Mr. William E. Henrich Mr. & Ms. Anthony L. DeBlasio Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Manning Mr. & Mrs. Steven M. Sueholtz Mr. & Mrs. Louis H. Lauch, Jr. Ms. Jennifer Schuster Mr. & Mrs. Dominic A. Iacobucci Mrs. Natasha Dempsey Mr. Braden J. Martini Mr. & Mrs. Paul G. Toth Nancy M. Lorenzi, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. S. Qaisar Shareef Mr. & Mrs. John A. Johnston Mr. & Mrs. John F. DiFalco Ms. Bethany Maynard Mr. & Mrs. Charles Vincent Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Mischell Mr. & Mrs. Larry A. Sheakley Honorable Beth A. Myers & Mr. Michael P. Mr. & Ms. Aleksandar Dinevski Mr. & Mrs. Adam R. McCuiston Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Voveris Raymond D. & Dorothy J. Sheakley Mr. & Mrs. Richard K. Taulbee Keefe DLS Real Estate LLC Mr. Ian J. McManis Mr. John T. Wahlbrink Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Thornburgh Richard J. Theryoung, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. David J. Mayernik Mr. & Mrs. Kyle R. Dragan Mr. & Mrs. Tim Meehan Mr. & Mrs. Joshua S. Weber Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Weston Mr. & Mrs. Kevin R. McDonnell Mr. Neil D. Drake Metlife Charity Trust Account Mr. Kent Wellington Mr. & Mrs. Luke Wiley Mr. & Mrs. James M. Mullen Mr. & Mrs. Brien M. Dulle Mr. & Mrs. Timothy G. Metzner Mr. John G. Wells COUNSELOR LEVEL Mr. & Mrs. Brent Niese (cumulative $100,000–$249,999) Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Zirkelbach (Elizabeth Mr. & Mrs. James R. Dulle Dr. & Mrs. Juris P. Mezinskis Ms. Christine E. Williams 2003) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Dr. & Mrs. Norman R. Baker Mr. & Mrs. Dennis C. Ehrhardt Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Mideli Mr. & Mrs. Joshua B. Willmann Mr. Nicholas W. Puncer Mrs. Joanne M. Brown Ms. Rosemary E. Emmert Mr. Andrew R. Miller Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas D. Woebkenberg ANNUAL CASH GIVING Mr. James W. Radley Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Buck Mr. & Mrs. Roger L. Enchelmeyer Mr. Clay R. Miller Mr. & Mrs. Anthony L. Woodson FOUNDERS LEVEL Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Reeder Bert & Carol Cannon Mrs. Linda A. Fasola Ms. Nancy S. Miller Miss Veronica S. Woodson (annual $10,000+) Mr. Robert J. Rinaldi Cintas Corporation Mr. Zach Franje Miss Anndrea M. Moore Ms. Suzanne K. Wycoff Mr. & Mrs. James T. Christy Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Schnieber EY U.S. LLP & EY Foundation Mr. Kevin T. Gade Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Morris, Jr. YourCause, LLC Mr. & Mrs.Theodore H. Emmerich, Jr. Ms. Jennifer S. Schuster General Mills, Inc. Miss Allison M. Gathof Mr. Neil J. Mullen Mr. & Mrs. Jim Zimmerman Ernst & Young Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Scott M. Schuster Paul D. & Sherry L. Green Mr. Samuel M. Geroulis Ms. Molly K. Mullinger Mr. & Mrs. James W. Zins Mr. & Mrs. Paul D. Green Mr. & Mrs. Wilbert F. Schwartz, CFA Mr. Elmer S. Koehlke Mrs. Elizabeth Giglio Mr. Matthew C. Murphy Billie J. Zirger, PhD Robert & Jeanne Diesel Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James P. Shanahan, Jr. John & Rae Ann Mang Mr. Zachary A. Glutz Mr. & Mrs. Matthew T. Nesbitt Mrs. Dorothy J. Sheakley Mr. & Mrs. James E. Stautberg Milacron Geier Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Jon W. Graeter Mr. & Mrs. Kyle R. Neumann UBS Donor-Advised Fund Mr. & Mrs. Frederick E. Vickery HERMAN SCHNEIDER LEGACY SOCIETY Nielsen Miss Hannah M. Greene Mr. & Mrs. Victor Nichifor Mr. & Mrs. Ben F. Wells In 1993, the Herman Schneider Legacy Society Ohio National Financial Services Inc. Mr. Robert T. Haverkamp Mr. & Mrs. Tyler S. Noel was founded to recognize University of Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Yung RBC Capital Markets GOLD LEVEL Ms. Marissa W. Hawk Mr. Christopher M. O’Brien Cincinnati donors whose legacies to educational (annual $5,000–$9,999) Mr. & Mrs. Scott Schuster Mr. & Mrs. Taylor Hayden Mr. Matthew C. Oelrich excellence are realized through the planned Pacific Medical, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Wilbert F. Schwartz DONORS Mr. Nicholas P. Hertlein Mrs. Stacey Oldfield gifts they commit to the University. These Mr. & Mrs. Daniel T. Poston Western-Southern Foundation, Inc. (annual $1–$999) Mr. Adam L. Hildebrand Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Overstreet Lindner Honors-PLUS alumni contribute for Jeri B. Ricketts, PhD the College’s future and in specific the Lindner Steve & Kathy Wilson Mr. & Mrs. John A. Abraham Mr. William E. Hoffer, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Penrod Mr. & Mrs. Todd A. Staley, CFA Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Acra Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Holladay Mr. & Mrs. Kenn A. Peterson Honors-PLUS program. AK Steel Foundation Dr. & Mrs. John H. Holmes PNC Foundation Brian & Michelle Rapien: 2010, Jennifer ADVISOR LEVEL Mr. & Mrs. Erik Allaben Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Holthaus Miss Meghan M. Pope (cumulative $25,000–$99,999) SILVER LEVEL Schuster: 2008, and Justin Shafer: 2005 (annual $2,500–$4,999) Apple, Inc. IBM International Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Brian A. Rapien Mr. & Mrs. Todd D. Barnes (2004) Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Adamec Mr. Nicholas M. Bachus Ms. Carolyn Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Dale D. Rayney Mr. & Mrs. Phil D. Collins Mr. & Mrs. Bert Cannon Mr. & Mrs. Craig J. Ballas Mr. Jason S. Jones RBC Capital Markets Corporation Mr. Clifford H. Coors Deloitte Foundation Mr. Jason M. Ballas Mr. LaVandez T. Jones Mr. Brian E. Redmond Deloitte Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Downie Mr. Maxwell Bauer-Nilsen Miss Megan M. Kelley Mr. Matthew C. Regnold Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. Mr. Adam C. Eling Ms. Christina A. Beer Mr. Scott N. Kelley Mr. & Mrs. Philip J. Reifenberg Mr. Adam C. Eling (2006) Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Mr. & Mrs. John D. Bender Mr. Andrew F. Kendall Mr. Joseph S. Reifenberg Mr. Walter E. Homan Google Inc. Ms. Christine M. Benken Ms. Stephanie A. Kenning Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Reinerman Ms. Patricia L. Klingbiel & Mr. Sean P. Connell Mr. & Mrs. Steven P. Hube Mr. & Mrs. Tyler J. Bertke Mr. Kevin B. Kessler Mr. & Mrs. Adam J. Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Samir J. Kulkarni Mr. & Mrs. Jay W. Hummel Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey L. Bevan Mr. & Mrs. Mark Kimura Robert Half Mr. & Mrs. John C. Lame Mr. & Mrs. Jerry P. Leamon Mr. Christopher S. Nesbitt Mr. & Mrs. Preston C. Bowles Ms. Janet K. Koenig Mrs. Diane S. Rose Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Light Mr. & Mrs. Kirk L. Perry Dr. & Mrs. John J. Brannan Mr. Andrew M. Koesterman Mr. & Mrs. Ryan R. Rosensweig Macy’s Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Zirkelbach Mrs. Sedgley Brockett Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy J. Korniak Mr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Rosfeld Mr. & Mrs. Aaron P. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Henry L. Kraemer Schwab Charitable Fund

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