About Cincinnati Children's
Our Leadership

Executive Team

Led by Steve Davis, MD, president and CEO, our executive team is committed to ensuring Cincinnati Children’s remains a strong, healthy and vibrant organization that provides the best outcomes, experience and value for our patients, families and employees.

Board of Trustees

  • Liza D. Smitherman
    Chair
  • Steve Davis, MD, MMM
    President & Chief Executive Officer
  • Stuart Aitken
  • Mark Biegger
    Vice Chair
  • Pamela Brailsford
  • Chris Browner
  • Stacey Browning
    Vice Chair
  • David Cassady
  • Tina Cheng, MD, MPH
  • Holly B. Collinsworth
  • Thomas M. Finn
  • S. Kay Geiger
  • Beth Guttman
  • Darin C. Hall
  • Vada Hill
  • Michael A. Hirschfeld
    Vice Chair
  • Gary Huffman
  • David P. Osborn
  • Andrew Quinn
  • Susan Shelton
  • Joel Stone
  • Robert C. Taylor
  • Laura Tomlin
  • James J. Vance
  • Daniel von Allmen, MD
  • Hillary Weidner
  • Susan Street Whaley
  • Chiquita White
  • Rebecca Wood

Foundation Board

  • S. Kay Geiger – Co-Chair
  • Gary “Doc” Huffman – Co-Chair
  • Kit Andrews
  • John Atkinson
  • Michael Barnes
  • Kelly Brown
  • Bret Caller
  • David Cassady
  • Alvin Crawford, MD
  • Steve Davis, MD
  • Jenna DeBord
  • Robert Gramann 
  • Beth Guttman
  • Bryan Hamilton
  • Robert Herman
  • Michael Hirschfeld
  • Kevin Jones
  • Caroline Joseph
  • Donald Korengal
  • Michael McGraw
  • Wendy Ritch
  • J. Scott Robertson
  • William Sherman
  • Liza Smitherman
  • Brian Veith
  • Timothy Wittenbrook
  • Alexander Yastrebenetsky
  • Allen Zaring, IV

    Physician Ambassadors
  • John Perentesis, MD, FAAP
  • Robert Kahn, MD, MPH

Auxiliaries

Kindervelt President
Cindy Burger

Co-Operative Society President
Joan Biggs

Jr. Co-Operative Society President
Kathy Cassady

Association of Volunteers President
Susan VanVleet