Board of Trustees
Trustees serve three-year terms and are elected by member communities at the Annual Meeting.
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President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Assistant Secretary | Trustees at Large Meg Corwin Carol Smith
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Andria Y. Carter is a media and community relations expert who currently works for the Urban League as a Community Engagement Specialist/Media Coordinator. Her work with the CPPC is in many of Cincinnati’s 52 neighborhoods helping to find solutions to safety issues. She also is a contributing writer and podcast creator for The Herald. She previously worked as Communications Director for former President Pro Tem Yvette Simpson with the Cincinnati City Council and later for the Center for Closing the Health Gap. She also serves on the board of MAC (Multicultural Awareness Council with the Cincinnati Symphony), United We Stand, and Cincinnati-Nancy Sister City Association.
Vice President, Adam Tissot is a patent attorney with the US Department of Commerce and an active resident of Pendleton.
Secretary, Kat Pepmeyer is the Executive Director for Cincinnati Toolbank, a crucial backbone organization for the work in our neighborhoods. She lives in Madisonville and is currently on the Board of MCURC and has previously been on the Board of the Madisonville Community Council.
Keith Blake is an IT systems professional with over 30 years’ experience in development, administration and support of solutions for international companies. A former member of the USN Reserves, he is a father of three (all attended CPS), and has been a resident of the West End for 30 years. Keith is a long time community volunteer, including serving as President of the West End Community Council, working on CPD CPOP and other local initiatives in his community, and has received Keep Cincinnati Beautiful’s 5 Star Volunteer Award. Keith volunteered with Invest for several years and served as a Board Appointment from 2017-2018, before being elected to his first term in 2019.
Kerry Devery is currently the Transportation Committee chair, and a board member, for the Madisonville Community Council. He also recently completed a two-year term as President. Kerry grew up north of the Columbus suburbs in southern Delaware County experiencing how public infrastructure can quickly change a community. Before moving to Cincinnati, he served over 8 years on active duty in the Army with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, in addition to assignments in Fort Campbell, Kentucky and Okinawa, Japan. Upon leaving the military, Kerry moved to Cincinnati to attend school at the University of Cincinnati. Upon graduating he chose to settle in Cincinnati while working at Hixson Inc as an Automation Engineer. He is active in the local cycling community and lives in Madisonville with his wife, daughter, and their 2 dogs.
Jim Guthrie is the third owner of Hub + Weber since its founding in 1973. Hub + Weber is a small group of design professionals focused on the needs of our diverse clients and project types. Hub + Weber has a diverse client and project base where Jim guides and oversees design and process organization. Jim is particularly interested in elevating the firms design output and maintaining a fun firm culture and relationships with the community outside of architecture. He believes strongly in building relationships beyond the business of architecture, and Hub+Weber hosts the region’s largest (also only) badminton tournament annually. Jim currently serves on the boards of PAR Projects located in Northside and Devou Good in Covington. Previous board involvement includes Center for Great Neighborhoods in Covington, Kentucky Rural Urban Exchange, Renaissance Covington, Main Street Newport and Covington’s Urban Design Review Board. He is a founding member of Newport, Kentucky’s Design Review Committee and is currently organizing Mammoth Music and Arts Festival,
Elizabeth Bartley has been the Executive Director since 2017 and has been Chair of the Neighborhood Summit since 2015. Prior to starting as ED, she served on the IIN Board of Trustees for 4 years as Ass’t Secretary and Treasurer. Elizabeth’s committee work on behalf of IIN has included: co-chair of ECAT; member of the Core Team – All in Cincinnati, the Manager’s Advisory Group: Education and Training sub-committee, the Property Tax Workgroup, and the Housing Strategy Workgroup (LISC). Previously, Elizabeth worked for WestCURC, first as a consultant, then as Executive Director, implementing the vision for the revitalization of the Westwood Historic Business District. Her dedication to community work began while working in academia – both through her teaching (UC, Miami, Mt St Joe) and research programs (SUSCAP, CERHAS, CDRI). Elizabeth’s subject focus for teaching and research included community led place based design projects, and planning for revitalization emphasizing asset based economic development balanced with core neighborhood services in disinvested neighborhoods. Elizabeth currently serves on the Board of Urbanist Media, and has served on the Hopewell World Heritage Steering Committee and the Board of US-ICOMOS (World Heritage USA). She is a returned Cincinnatian, currently residing in Walnut Hills.