Amin Akbar is senior vice president of Public Affairs & National City Community Development Corporation (NCCDC). He is responsible for Charitable Giving and Government Relations under Public Affairs and has overall responsibility for development, implementation and management of community development projects in National City's Cincinnati footprint. Review of proposals to provide recommendations to the CDC's EIC Committee for corporate support is also his responsibility. Mr. Akbar began his banking career with Provident Bank in 1973 and has held a number of positions with increasing responsibilities in sales and management.
Mr. Akbar currently serves as president of the Boards of Mt. Auburn Housing Inc., Cutter Apartments, Ltd and BorrowSmart Public Foundation. He also serves on the Board of People Working Cooperatively and Cincinnati Reds Community Fund. He is an active member of his fraternity Omega Psi Phi, Beta Iota Chapter serving as the undergraduate chapter advisor. He is the former Board Treasurer of the Cincinnati Empowerment Corporation and the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati. He recently served as a member of the United Way Accountability and Services Committee. In 1989 and 1992, he was recognized as a Black Achiever by the Y.M.C.A. Mr. Akbar is a founding member of the Urban Bankers of Greater Cincinnati, now known as Urban Financial Services Coalition (and served as president from 1994-'96). In 1999, Mr. Akbar received the Applause Image Maker award in the category of Corporate Achievement.
Brad Blettner was named to his current position December 2006 and is responsible for all aspects of premium, season, group, and ticket office sales and service. He also oversees the Reds special events sales and catering department and directs the club's business interaction with MLB Advanced Media for reds.com. Brad previously served the Reds in several capacities as senior director of business development, director of corporate marketing, and director of ticket sales since October 1999. He had worked in the Reds season/group sales department since joining the organization in 1998.
Prior to working for the Reds, Brad worked in season/group sales for the Florida Marlins and sales/event management for Chris Evert Charities/IMG in Boca Raton, Fla. He is an alumni and steering committee member of Leadership Cincinnati, serves on the Board of Advisors for the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the Advisory Board for the Cincinnati Reds Community Fund, and the Advisory Board for the Sports Management undergraduate degree program at Northern Kentucky University. Brad graduated from the University of Kentucky with a bachelor's in management in 1994 and marketing in 1995. He earned his master's in sports administration in 1997 from St. Thomas University in Miami, Fla. Brad, his wife Christy and their two children, Rhett and Kate, reside in Park Hills, Ky.
Following the 2005 season, Phillip J. Castellini was hired as the Reds' senior director of business operations and in January 2007 was named senior vice president of business operations. Since 1993 he also has served as President of Merchants Cold Storage in Walton, Ky.
Since he joined the organization, Mr. Castellini has been instrumental in the revival and expansion of Redsfest, the club's annual fan festival, and Winter Caravan. He oversaw additions to the ballpark experience that include new party areas Frontgate Outdoor Luxury Suite and Cincinnati Bell Riverboat Deck, renovations to Scouts Alley, improvements to the Fan Zone, the addition of new mascot Mr. Redlegs and the development of new uniforms. Mr. Castellini also helped combine the Reds Community Fund and Community Relations department in an effort to put more focus on community affairs.
Mr. Castellini currently serves on the board of Joy Outdoor Education Center, is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization and is chairman of the board of the Xavier University Entrepreneurship advisory board. He serves on the board of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center and is on the Queen City Club board of governors. He also serves as a trustee on the Cincinnati Parks Foundation board.
Mr. Castellini graduated from Babson College with degrees in marketing and entrepreneurial studies and a minor in literature. He also has attended post-graduate studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Castellini and wife Britt have two children, Lucia and Gabriella.
Matt Crawford joined the Cincinnati Reds in November of 2006 as an outreach coordinator for the Reds Community Fund and worked in that capacity until leaving in January 2009 to pursue a new career in tenant and landlord representation. During his time with the Community Fund, Matt oversaw the operation of the field renovation outreach initiative and developed corporate relationships for the fund. Previously Matt worked as an intern and special projects assistant for Game Day Communications and as an intern for Ohio's 3rd District Congressman Michael R. Turner. Matt was a four-year varsity letter winning pitcher and co-captain of the Wright State University baseball team from 2002-2005. He is currently involved with the Salvation Army's Young Leaders Forum and the Miracle League of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, while also coaching instructional league baseball in Madisonville. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a minor in finance.
Charley Frank began his tenure as the Executive Director of the Reds Community Fund on March 1, 2004. In his current role, he oversees events, programs, outreach and day-to-day operations for the official non-profit organization of the Cincinnati Reds. To date, he has coordinated new events such as "Baseball 101, Luncheons for Ladies" and "Opening Night," the Gala grand opening of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. He has also helped steer the growth of the Community Fund's signature outreach program, the "Reds Rookie Success League," a noncompetitive, coed, character-building baseball league for at-risk kids ages 8-11.
Previously, Frank served as the Director of Communications for the Anthony Muņoz Foundation in Cincinnati. Prior to returning to his hometown of Cincinnati, he spent eleven years with the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves where he served as the Vice President of Communications, overseeing all broadcast, public relations, community relations, advertising, publications and AV production for the Timberwolves and WNBA's Minnesota Lynx. His broadcast credits include Timberwolves radio and television, a four-year stint as a coordinating producer for NBA Radio and a two-year stint as a producer for the Boston Celtics radio network. He continues to freelance with the NBA on select regional telecast assignments. Frank is a Northwestern University and Walnut Hills High School (Cincinnati) graduate. He and his wife, Dr. Amy Snyder, reside in the Lebanon area with their son, Sam, and daughter, Avery.
Victor Gray, MCP (Master of Community Planning) 1985 has over 24 years of community involvement and planning at the personal and professional levels. His involvement ranges from academic and admissions advising for high school and college students, has provided zoning and comprehensive planning for Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati neighborhoods, has developed substance abuse prevention and treatment programming at the community level, provided criminal justice and mental health counseling to adolescents and adults, has coached and developed recreational opportunities for area youth in baseball, basketball and football, as well as a past owner/operator of a Subway Sandwich Shop franchise, and finally a member of Allen Temple A.M.E. Church.
Jennifer Green is entering her 5th season with the Cincinnati Reds as Manager of Special Events. A 25year veteran of the hospitality industry in Cincinnati, Jennifer has been involved in several high-profile events including 4 Presidential visits and numerous foreign dignitary visits.
Jennifer was on the planning committee for the Grand Opening of Great American Ball Park and a committee member for the 1988 All Star Game and the 1990 World Series Celebration.
Jennifer has also volunteered her time for several community projects including founding Board member of "For the Love of Kids'; the Cincinnati Film Commission; the Sister City Project and the ATP Tennis Tournament.
Jennifer resides in Anderson Township with her 2 children, Adam and Brittany.
Mike completed over $150 million of office transactions in The Cincinnati Office Market in the last three years. Most recently he completed the sale of the Atrium I Building after successfully representing Convergys in their search for a new corporate headquarters. He also completed the 268,000 square foot Provident Bank and the 210,000 square foot AT&T leases which were the largest lease transactions in Downtown Cincinnati in over 17 years. His clients include a variety of major national and local companies such as Procter & Gamble, G.E. Aircraft Engines, Children's Hospital, Merrill Lynch, Convergys, Cincinnati Bell, Cinergy, The Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and The Kroger Company. His consistent production over the past 17 years has enabled Mike to be recognized as one of the leading office brokers in Cincinnati. Mike is a principal and serves on the Board of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker.
Prior to joining Colliers International, Mike was a Senior Associate with Everest Commercial Real Estate Services from 1990 to 1994, where he was responsible for sales, leasing and consultation for office properties focusing mainly on the CBD (Central Business District). Mike's additional real estate experience includes two years with Vollmer Realty concentrating on office properties in the Cincinnati CBD. His beginning in sales dates back to employment at Procter & Gamble. As a sales executive in the Food Service & Lodging Products Division, Mike was responsible for developing fifty of the largest food service accounts in the Ohio/Indiana region. In this capacity, Mike was awarded the Outstanding Distributor Development Award in 1986.
Mike has served on the Board of Catholic Social Services, and is a member of the Finance Committee of St. Pius X Parish. Mike is actively involved as a mentor at St. Francis Seraph in Over-the-Rhine, as well as, the lives of his three children. Among his professional accomplishments, Mike is a member of SIOR and CCIM. After graduating from Moeller High School in 1981, Mike attended Cornell University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations.
Douglas W. Healy is the Vice President and chief financial officer of the Cincinnati Reds, a role he has held since December 2006. Doug was hired by the Reds in March 2006 as the senior director of finance. Including his work with the Reds, Doug has spent his entire professional career in Cincinnati since graduating from Xavier University in 1997. He came to the Reds from Multi-Color Corporation where he was the director of financial reporting and prior to that a senior manager with Deloitte. Doug is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a licensed CPA. He also sits on several boards and committees for various nonprofits throughout Cincinnati. Doug's responsibilities with the Reds include finance, accounting, treasury, risk, and information technology. Doug and his wife Emily live in West Chester, Ohio along with their daughter Abigail.
Timothy E. Kremchek, MD begins his tenth year with the Cincinnati Reds as medical director and chief orthopaedic surgeon. His duties include covering for both the major and minor league program as well as the entire minor league medical system.
Dr.Kremchek is a Cincinnati native and 1986 graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.He completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Tufts University in Boston, Mass., and a sports medicine fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Ala under the direction of Dr. James Andrews.
In 2003, Dr.Kremchek and his partners, built the Beacon Orthopaedic Center in the northern Cincinnati suburb, of Sharonville .The world class orthopaedic and sports medicine center, houses surgical suites, family observation rooms, MRI , and rehabilitation services .His facility is the medical home of Reds players as well as many players throughout the major league baseball, who travel to Cincinnati to have Dr. Kremchek evaluate and treat their various injuries.
His professional interests range from advanced arthroscopic repair of the elbow, shoulder and knee to total joint replacements and reconstructions. He has taken an active role in teaching, and injury prevention in little league pitchers, providing him the opportunity to be published in local as well as national orthopaedic and sports medicine journals.
Dr. Kremchek serves as a team physician for the Cincinnati Kings, Cincinnati Excite, the professional soccer teams of Cincinnati, as well as Wittenberg University and Xavier University and Archbishop Moeller High School and many area high schools. Dr. Kremchek and his wife Hilary have five children; Katie, Christie, Alissa, Teddy and Jenna.
Robert S. Matteucci spent more than 20 years managing Procter & Gamble Hair Care business in North America and globally. During his tenure with P&G, Matteucci played a key role in many of the company's hair care successes. Rob is a native of Cincinnati and earned his undergraduate degree from Denison University in Ohio. He received his MBA from Vanderbilt University and joined P&G as an assistant brand manager in 1977. He is a strong believer in volunteerism and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Rob is currently the CEO for Even-Flo in Vandalia, Ohio.
Britton Martin became a member of the Reds Community Fund staff in January of 2009. Britton is primarily responsible for overseeing the Field Renovation program. He also assists with several other outreach initiatives including the Reds Rookie Success League, Youth Baseball Funding, RBI and the "Match" program. Prior to becoming an Outreach Coordinator with the Reds Community Fund, Britton spent the past four years at the Buenger Boys and Girls Club in Newport, KY as the Program Director. At the Boys and Girls Club, he developed and implemented programming for kids ages 6 - 18. Britton attended Weber State University in Ogden, Utah and the University of Cincinnati. He also spent two years serving a Mormon mission in Paraguay, South America. Britton resides in Mariemont with his wife Jennie and his two daughters, Malia and Isabella.
Dan is the President of F&M Mafco, Inc., a family owned and operated company that supplies tools and heavy equipment worldwide. He also serves as a Board Member for the Hamilton County Juvenile Court Advisory Board, the Tri-State Adoption Coalition, and the Thomas C. Page Center for Entrepreneurship at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
He is the President of the Florida Business Roundtable and a Trustee for the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Foundation and Chairman of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Society. He resides in Western Hills with his wife, Donna.
Hank Menninger is an attorney and partner with the Cincinnati law firm of Wood & Lamping LLP. There he chairs the Bankruptcy/Business Restructuring Practice Group, and his practice is concentrated in the areas of bankruptcy and real estate law. He is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University, where he received his J.D. in 1977. A long-time resident of Greater Cincinnati, he is a graduate of Elder High School and the University of Cincinnati. He is a former president and currently serves on the board of governors for the Chase College of Law Alumni Association. He also serves as a member of the Harrison Board of Zoning Appeals, and as a member of the board of directors for Main Street Harrison, Inc. a nonprofit entity committed to the economic development and preservation of downtown Harrison, Ohio. A charter member of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, his love for baseball is exceeded only by his commitment to insure that opportunity to participate in the national pastime is available to everyone regardless of economic circumstance or handicapping condition. To that end, he has committed to serve as a member of the board of advisors to the Reds Community Fund and as a member of the board of trustees of the "Miracle League of Cincinnati," one of the RCF's jewel projects slated to open at Oskamp Park in 2008.
Declan Mullin, a native of Northern Ireland, is a 28-year veteran in public-assembly management. He worked in England at such facilities as the Oval Sports Center in Merseyside, which became the training site for the English Olympic Committee for track and field, tennis, gymnastics, swimming, diving, soccer and rugby. It was also the location for the movie "Chariots of Fire." He graduated summa cum laude with a degree in recreation and business management from the University of St. Helen's in England. Declan came to the U.S. in 1988, working for Spectator Management Group and has had operational review responsibilities for the Louisiana Superdome, the Memphis Cook Convention Center, the Atlantic City Convention Center, the Pittsburgh Civic Center, Tampa Bay Ice Palace and Jacksonville Stadium. He became a United States Citizen in 1992.
Mullin was hired by the Cincinnati Reds in 2000 to manage facility and game-day operations at Cinergy Field, and has continued that position at the Reds' new home, Great American Ball Park. Declan serves on the board of the Reds Community Fund and the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum. He lives in Anderson Township with his wife Crystal and has four children, Christopher, Brandon, Madison and Kennedy.
Lorrie manages the club's day-to-day charitable outreach, including managing player/wives outreach, Reds alumni & Speaker's Bureau and MLB league-wide community programs. Prior to joining the Reds, her focus was in the field of strategic package design and brand identity. She is a graduate of Ohio University's College of Communication. She resides and is an active member of the downtown Cincinnati community, serving as an executive committee member of the Reds Community Fund, a former board and current school mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati, marketing committee member of Downtown Cincinnati Inc., a member of Deloitte & Touches' 100 Wise Women program and a 2005 Vietnamese American National Gala Honorees Selection Committee.
Chief Operating Officer of Game Day Communications, a sports and entertainment public relations firm she co-founded in 2002, has over a decade of experience in marketing and public relations, most recently as director of marketing and PR for the Cincinnati Art Museum. She has also completed Harvard Business School's program, Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management, and is a graduate of the United Way's Leadership and Volunteer Development Program, Cincinnati. She is a board member for Cincinnati Reds Community Fund, Dress for Success, Enjoy the Arts and National Arts Marketing Project-Cincinnati.
Bill Reinberger joined the Reds in December of 2005 as director of corporate sales and marketing, the first new hire of the Castellini ownership group, and in January 2007 was named vice president. He is responsible for acquiring and servicing Reds sponsors and corporate partners. In 2006 the club added 37 new sponsors leading to substantial revenue increase and 20 additional promotional giveaway nights for fans. Additionally, Reinberger's group raised the revenue to pull off a bigger and improved Redsfest for 2006. A 1984 Ball State University graduate, Reinberger first worked in sports at WGN Radio in Chicago, which at the time was the flagship radio station for the Chicago Cubs and Bears and DePaul Blue Demons. Before joining the Reds, the Cincinnati native spent 12 years at 700 WLW Radio as an account executive, sports sales manager and director of sales for the four Cincinnati Clear Channel AM radio stations overseeing the sales operations for Reds and Bengals on Radio. Reinberger serves in an advisory capacity to the Reds Community Fund. He and his wife Bridget have two sons, Cade and Clete.
Adam Shaffer started working for the Reds Community Fund in 2005 as a Reds Rookie Success League intern. The six-month internship quickly turned into a 12-month internship, which led to a full-time position with the Fund as the first outreach coordinator in May of 2006. Adam oversees two of the three main outreach pillars of the Reds Community Fund: the Reds Rookie Success League and the Knothole youth baseball funding initiative. Adam is currently working on projects to expand the Reds outreach and will re-establish Major League Baseball's Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program within Greater Cincinnati middle schools. Additionally, he is in the process of creating the Reds Community Fund Outreach Web site. This site will enhance the presence of the Reds Community Fund throughout Reds Country, and connect more kids to baseball opportunities. Previously, Adam worked for three years at the University of Cincinnati's Recreation department. He helped oversee their intramural athletic programs and staff, which serves more than 12,000 students per year. Adam graduated with a bachelor of science in sports business, with a minor in business administration at Northern Kentucky University.
Rick began his career with the Reds as a batboy and performed those duties from 1981-'83, when he became an assistant to his father, Bernie Stowe. Bernie has been the Senior Clubhouse and Equipment Manager since 1968. In the winter of 1977, Rick was promoted to his current position. Rick is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Reds' clubhouse, including the ordering of supplies and equipment and the upkeep of all equipment. Rick and his wife, Marsha, reside in Cincinnati with their children: Luke, Erica, Noah and Gabriel.
Kitty began her career with the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber in December, 1979 as Manager of Membership Development. In 1982 she was promoted to Group Executive and in 1984 to Vice President of Membership Development.
Her responsibilities included Membership Acquisition, Retention, Reevaluation, Printing & Publishing the Business and Industry Directory, and the Data Resource Center. During her tenure as Vice President of Membership Development, Kitty served as President of the National Association of Membership Directors in 1985-1986.
In October 1991, Kitty was promoted to Vice President - Chamber Institute for Small Enterprise, now the Business Development Group. Kitty's responsibilities included: developing and implementing programs and services for small businesses (250 employees or fewer), a group that constitutes 95% of the Chambers nearly 6,500 members. Kitty was responsible for all educational and networking programs, CEO Roundtables, the Strategic Eight Planning Process, the Center for Excellence, Annual Small Business Awards, the Chamber's Branch Office, as well as giving support to two Chamber affiliate organizations - the South Central Ohio Minority Business Council and the Cincinnati Minority Business Enterprise Mentoring Program.
In July 2002 Kitty took reduced responsibilities with the Chamber so she could spend more time with her husband who has Parkinson's Disease. Prior to her affiliation with the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Kitty was a buyer with a major department store chain.
Current Board positions include: the Schmidlapp Park Foundation Music Fund, Executive Committee and Chair of Development Committee of the Urban League of Greater Cincinnati, South Central Ohio Minority Business Council (Local Advisory Committee), Ohio Cancer Research Associates - state and local Board member, Cincinnati Ballet - member Associate Board, the Board of Executive Advisors - Williams College of Business, Xavier University, and the Cincinnati Reds Community Fund.
Jayne L. Walker is the Marketing and Patient Services Director at Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. She has served on the Arthritis Foundation of Southwestern Ohio, the Junior Board of Covington, Kentucky Childrens Home and the board of Fort Mitchell Country Club in Fort Mitchell, Ky. She works closely with and is the assistant to the medical director of the Cincinnati Reds, Dr. Timothy E. Kremchek, MD. She resides in Northern Kentucky with her husband, Michael.
Owen Wrassman graduated from Denison University and is the First Vice President - Investments for Robert W Baird & Co. Inc. in Cincinnati. He has been blessed to be in the securities industry and have the opportunity to serve the community in several ways. This could only be done with the blessing of his employers and his wife, Jan. What may have started out as a businessman's stab at community involvement, it has been developed into a plan that magnetizes him and his wife to various non-profit groups in the neighborhoods.
Owen is the president of the Reds Community Fund and also the president of Rotary Club of Cincinnati. He most recently initiated a partnership between Rotary Club of Cincinnati and the Reds Community Fund for a fundraiser and funding of a Miracle League Field at Oskamp Park in Cincinnati. He also currently serves on the board for other non-profits including Babies Milk Fund Pediatrics, Mathis Foundation for Children, and Children's Theatre. Previously he served on the board for Catholic Social Services, Cincinnati Park Board Association, ArtWorks - Art Opportunity, Inc., Friendly Sons of St. Patrick's Foundation.
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