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1816 Old Oxford Rd, Hamilton
Hamilton, Ohio, 45013
United States

Dora Anim

Community Leader, Visionary

Dora joined Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) in March 2016 and serves as the Chief Operating Officer. She assists the CEO in providing leadership and vision for GCF. Her day to day management efforts ensure that GCF effectively accomplishes its mission, strategy and develops a high performing work culture. She is also responsible for ensuring the organization has the proper operational controls, reporting procedures, people and systems in place to effectively grow and promote operational efficiency. Previously, Dora was Senior Vice President of the Health Collaborative where she managed large scale healthcare improvement initiatives for diverse groups of stakeholders working together toward defined common goals.

Kent Wellington

Founder and Giver

Kent Wellington has been an attorney at the Graydon firm in Cincinnati, Ohio for almost 30 years. He is a founder and board chair of the Karen Wellington Foundation for LIVING with Breast Cancer for the past 13 years. And has been a leader and mentor in the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative’s inner city Saturday Hoops program for the past 16 years. Kent, his daughter Angeline (23) and son Robby (25) are all big Ohio State football fans.

Renee Seward

Ed.Tech, Professor

Reneé is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the Communication Design program at the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning. Her research focuses on the development of digital and physical tools addressing literacy problems in our society. Currently, she runs a company selling her reading tool, See Words Reading®. The impetus for See Words stems from a friend’s child whose reading struggle was due to the layout of letters on the page. Reneé is a Cincy Innovates winner, and recently was acknowledged as a Rising Tech star by ComSpark, awarded the Business Courier's Best Software of the Year, and the University of Cincinnati Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year. Additionally, she is a part of a research team that was awarded $3 million grant from the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, to develop a tool to help correct childhood speech problems.

Sanjay Shewakramani, MD

ER Doctor

Dr. Sanjay Shewakramani lives in Cincinnati, OH. He has been practicing emergency medicine for 17 years, and serves as president and CEO of Revive Strength & Wellness, which specializes in personalized coaching to maximize growth in life and fitness.

Sole Bros

Young Leaders

Kellen Newman, Curtis Harrison IV, Breiland Anderson and Spencer Boyd are the founders of Sole Bros. We are a 501C3 Non-profit Corporation founded in 2015 when we were 8th Graders. Since that time we have collected and distributed over 6,000 pairs of quality sneakers to youth in Kingston Jamaica, Montego Bay Jamaica, The Volta Region of Ghana, Houston Texas, Beaumont Texas as well as in our hometown, Cincinnati, Ohio through our Sole Bro Sneaker Closets! We have also written and published a Children's Book called "Sole Bros Change the World". We have hosted Warm4theWinter513 which made sure that 100s of Greater Cincinnati residents had warm coats and boots in the bitterly cold winter months. We have represented our brand, our families and our supporters all over the World!

Somi Javaid, MD

Doctor, Women's Sexual Health Advocate

Dr. Somi Javaid is a leading women’s sexual health provider and thought leader. She founded HERmd with the mission to close the gender gap and to provide all women with access to exceptional healthcare. Her goal is to educate, advocate, and empower. @somijavaidmd @hermdhealth