Board Members

Robert Shimp, Ph.D., President
Associate Director, Global Business Services External Relations, Procter & Gamble.

Affiliations: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, American Society for Microbiology, and Sigma Xi.

Judi Cogen, Vice President
Owner, Designs of The Interior (DOTI), Mason, Ohio
Co-founder Ohio River Foundation

Thomas Conway, Trustee

President, Conway Company

Affiliations: Association of Fundraising Professionals

Former affiliations: Fine Arts Fund, O-K-I Greenspace Initiative

Marshal Compton, Trustee

Partner, Russell Compton Architects

President, Compton Foundation

Deborah D. Anderson, Ph.D., Trustee
President, Farsight Associates, Inc.
Retired, Vice President, Environmental Quality Worldwide and Emerging Issues Mgmt., Procter & Gamble.
Affiliations: Senior Associate, AHC Group; One Earth One People.

Donald R. Jones, Trustee
Vice President, General Manager, Champion, Inc.

Robert Buechner, Corporate Counsel
President, Buechner, Haffer, O'Connell, Meyers & Healey Co., L.P.A.
Former affiliations: Board of Directors of two publicly traded corporations.

Staff

Richard M. Cogen, Executive Director
Co-founder Ohio River Foundation. Mr. Cogen was formerly an assistant city solicitor with the City of Cincinnati, specializing in environmental law. Mr. Cogen received his J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School and his Masters in Environmental Law from Pace University. He has a B.S. in biology from the State University of New York at Albany.

Erin Crowley, Education Director

Prior to arriving at ORF Erin was an educator with the Maine Stream Team Program and a consultant with the Presumpscot River Watershed Coalition. Erin received a B.S. in Geology from MIT, and an M.E. in Hydrology from the University of Utah. She brings a wealth of experience in watershed education and outreach, including classroom and field presentations, volunteer stream surveying, web design, and installation of stormwater controls including rain gardens.

Julie Haidle, River Explorer Educator

Hannah Lubbers, River Explorer Educator

Leo Sack, River Explorer Educator

Tom Smith, GORP Coordinator

Beth Martinson, Administrative Assistant and Bookkeeper

Renee Kinkopf, Graphic Design Consultant

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