Stronger Together: Price Hill
November 30, 2015
Presenters:
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Elder High School Schaeper Center
Welcome
Sister Sally Duffy, SC
SC Ministry Foundation
Mayor John Cranley
City of Cincinnati
Income
H.A. Musser, Jr.
Santa Maria Community Services
Janice Urbanick
Partners for a Competitive Workforce
Education
H.A. Musser, Jr.
Santa Maria Community Services
Jennifer O’Brien
Holy Family School
Housing &
Community
Stephanie Moes
Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio
Ken Smith
Price Hill Will
Health
Linda Smith-Berry
Good Samaritan Free Health Center
Dawn Denno
Sister Sally Duffy, SC
Ken Smith
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Medical Center
SC Ministry Foundation
Price Hill Will
Open Discussion Sister Sally Duffy, SC
SC Ministry Foundation
2015 Price Hill Community Convening
John Cranley became the City of Cincinnati’s 69th mayor in
2013. He has dedicated himself to moving the city forward
so it becomes a center of opportunity and innovation.
Raised in Price Hill, John was infused with a deep faith and
commitment to giving back at a young age. Now John and
his wife Dena are raising their son Joseph in the city,
committed to the same ideals of hard work, service and faith.
John earned degrees from John Carroll University, Harvard
Law School and Harvard Divinity School. He serves on the
boards of the Freestore Foodbank, Mercy Hospital
Foundation and the Jesuit Spiritual Center.
Dawn Denno, Ed. D. is senior director of community and
population health with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Medical Center. Dawn’s 30 years of experience in the fields
of early childhood education and community-based social
services supports her current role with community-based
efforts to address some of Cincinnati’s most stubborn
challenges—infant mortality, neighborhood health
disparities, third grade reading disparities, and the social
factors contributing to each of these issues. Dawn engages
community partners to find new ways for community
and neighborhood systems to work together to maximize
strengths and continuously improve where possible.
Sister Sally Duffy, SC is a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati and
serves as president and executive director with SC Ministry
Foundation. Sally previously served in various administrative
capacities including hospital president/CEO and university
vice president of student affairs. Sally currently serves on
boards for TriHealth, Seton High School, Price Hill Will,
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., and FADICA
(Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities).
Sally’s degrees include a Master in Education, a Master in
Public Administration, and a Master in Divinity. Sally has
been honored with the FADICA Charles Carroll Award
in Catholic Philanthropy, Doctor of Humane Letters from
Mount St. Joseph University, Recognition of Appreciation
from the Leadership Conference of Women Religious,
and the Gabriel Award for Best Religious Television as the
co-executive producer of the documentary “We Shall Not Be
Moved: The Catholic Sisters of New Orleans.”
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Stronger Together: Price Hill
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Stephanie Moes is a senior attorney with the Legal Aid
Society of Southwest Ohio, LLC. Stephanie joined the Legal
Aid Society in 2004 as an Equal Justice Fellow. Today she
practices in the areas of special education law and school
discipline law representing parents and students. Prior to
coming to the Legal Aid Society, Stephanie clerked for the
Honorable Judge Gwin in federal district court in the
Northern District of Ohio. Stephanie earned a Juris Doctor
degree from the University of Cincinnati. While in law
school, Stephanie was a Glen M. Weaver Institute of Law and
Psychiatry Fellow and a member of the University of
Cincinnati Law Review. Stephanie has a master’s degree in
social work and worked in both the public child welfare and
public mental health systems in Greater Cincinnati.
Ken Smith is the executive director of Price Hill Will, a
comprehensive community development organization
serving East, West and Lower Price Hill. Price Hill Will
focuses on systemic change through economic development,
community engagement and physical revitalization. Ken has
almost 20 years of experience with real estate development
and property management. He earned a Bachelor of Arts
in Political Science from Northern Kentucky University. He
has served on the Cincinnati Board of Housing Appeals,
MSD’s Citizen’s Advisory Panel, Cincinnati’s Comprehensive
Plan Steering Committee as well as on the board of directors
for Homesteading and Urban Redevelopment Corporation,
the Urban Appalachian Council and the MainStrasse
Foundation.
H. A. Musser, Jr., MA, MSW, LISW is in his 26th year as
president and CEO of Santa Maria Community Services
where he has worked since moving to Cincinnati in 1984.
He completed his undergraduate degree in music education
at Berea College in Kentucky and his Master of Social Work
at Virginia Commonwealth University. H.A. loves living and
working in Price Hill. He has served on numerous boards,
including Every Child Succeeds and United Way of Greater
Cincinnati, and currently serves as a board member of the
Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency,
Leadership Council of Human Service Executives, and Ohio
Association of Nonprofit Executives. He and his wife Rhonda
are thankful to the Lord for their four children and six
grandchildren.
Linda Smith-Berry is the manager of the Good Samaritan
Free Health Center, which is committed to serving those
who are uninsured. The facility is open six days a week
and provides various medical services including internal
medicine, physical therapy, dental, and psychology. Linda
serves on several boards including those for Good Samaritan
Hospital and Seton High School. She is past board chair of
Dress for Success, past board member of St. Ursula Villa
and Mathis Foundation for Children. In 2008 she was
awarded the Enquirer Woman of the Year and the Leading
Women Award.
Jenny O’Brien is in her sixth year as principal at
Holy Family School in Price Hill. Prior to becoming an
administrator, Jenny was a classroom teacher for 13 years at
two different west-side Catholic schools. Jenny loves to learn
and try new things. She serves as a member of the Master
Teacher Committee which reviews candidates’ portfolios
to determine if Master Teacher status can be assigned per
requirements stated by Ohio Department of Education. She
also participated in the ASCEND Performance Institute
whose mission is to develop high-performing teams of
principals and teacher leaders committed to building urban
schools of excellence, and serves as an external validation
chairperson for OCSAA process. Jenny received her
bachelor’s degree from Mount St. Joseph University and her
master’s degree from Xavier University.
Janice Urbanik is executive director of Partners for a
Competitive Workforce (PCW), a partnership in the tri-state
region. This United Way of Greater Cincinnati initiative
focuses on meeting employer demand by growing the
region’s current and future workforce skills. Created in 2008,
PCW builds on a 10-year history of collaboration to meet
regional workforce needs. Janice’s focus is developing talent
supply chains for regional industry sectors with in-demand
jobs by aligning education with industry needs through
career pathways. She serves on the Board/Leadership
Council for The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati
Foundation, Jostin Construction, National Network of
Sector Partners and Spirit of Construction Foundation.
Janice received a Bachelor of Science in mechanical
engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
This program was made possible by
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