The People Campaign Leadership Council
The Ready! Campaign is directed by a
distinguished panel of community leaders.
General Campaign Chairs:
Bob and Nancy Fairchild
David and Karen Shaffer
Bob Flagel (in memoriam)
Honorary Chairs:
Tina Breitenbach
Wilbur Cohen
Patti Gage
Steve Hightower
Dick Slagle
Legacy Circle:
Jim and Jody Akers
Ken and Janet Cohen
Sarah and Gary Kaup
Bill and Pat Schaefer
Carole and David Schul
Tom and Lynne Wiley
General Campaign Council:
Pat Edwards
Sharon Flagel
Stephen Hightower II
Richard Isroff
Cathie Mulligan
Jamie Murphy
Mike Scorti
Gene Snow
and more to be appointed
During the planning stages, several task forces and committees worked very hard developing the Ready! Campaign, primarily in 2012 and 2013.
Task Force I: High School
John Sawyer (Chair)- retired Realtor
Donna Banks - Atrium Medical Center
Frankie Carlson - Palmer Temps
Tim Carlson - attorney
Betsy Carter - Middletown City Schools
Bob Flagel - optometrist
Denise Hamet - Middletown Economic Development
Angela Howard - Middletown YMCA Director
Brad Levy - Cincinnati State
Pat McNab - Miami University
Patty Pratt - speech pathologist/volunteer
Greg Rassmussen - Middletown Schools Superintendent
Karen Shaffer - Miami University
Pat Ward - retired high school counselor
Tom Wiley - retired hospital administrator
Task Force II: Early Childhood
Cathie Milligan (Co-Chair) - retired Fenwick HS principal
Carole Schul (Co-Chair) - retired preschool teacher
Joy Carothers - Middletown Schools social worker
Carrie Corder - Head Start
Bob Flagel - optometrist
Kim Ginn - 4C for Children
Becky Hackney - Middletown Schools kindergarten
Debbie Houser - Middletown City Schools
Chris Humphrey - United Way, Success by Six
Jordan Kavanaugh - volunteer
Heather Kimbrough - Primary Health Solutions
Elizabeth Lolli - Monroe Schools Superintendent
Todd Moore - financial counselor
Tina Newlin - Miami University
Suzanne Prescott - Butler Co. Education Service Center
Nancy Rasmussen - Butler Co. Education Service Center
Patty Stefanik - Ohio Child Care Resource Referral
Verlena Stewart - Parent Resource Center Director
Lynne Wiley - retired educator
Leadership Committee
Chairman, Dr. Bob Flagel (MCF Board President) - Optometrist
Ken Cohen - Cohen Brothers
Patti Gage - community volunteer
Steve Hightower - Hightower Petroleum
Dr. Ray Keifhaber - orthopedic surgeon
Jean Manning - Cincinnati State
Alan McCoy - retired executive, AK Steel
Dr. Mike Pratt - Miami University
Tom Wortley - business owner
Rhonda Freeze (Resource Committee Co-Chair) - Mayor of Trenton
Mike Scorti (Resource Committee Co-Chair) - retired factory owner
John Sawyer (Task force I Chair) - retired Realtor
Cathie Mulligan (Task force II Co-Chair) - retired Fenwick HS Principal
Carole Schul (Task force II Co-Chair) - retired preschool teacher
Joan Stonitsch (Marketing Committee Co-Chair) - retired executive, Elizabeth Arden
Tom Dowden (Marketing Committee Co-Chair) - retired salesman
Richard Isroff (Visioning Committee Co-Chair) - jeweler
Jim Burke (Visioning Committee Co-Chair) - retired business owner
Marketing Committee
Joan Stonitsch (Co-Chair) - retired executive, Elizabeth
ArdenTom Dowden (Co-Chair) - retired salesman
Kevin Aldridge - Cox Ohio
Anita Carroll - Midpointe Library System Director
Peggy Darragh-Jeromos - Director, Franklin Chamber
A.J. Huff - Madison Local Schools
Wendy Kissell - ProCare Carpet Cleaning
Joe Mulligan - attorney
Janis Nein - Alliance Printing
Deborah Silcox - Lexis Nexis
Denise Sommers - volunteer
Ty Thomas - TV Middletown
Mike Wallner
Resource Committee
Rhonda Freeze (Resource Committee Co-Chair) - Mayor of Trenton
Mike Scorti (Resource Committee Co-Chair) - retired factory owner
Doug Bean - retired, Middletown Library Director
Tom Dowden - retired salesman
Jim Downing - investment advisor
Bob Flagel - optometrist
Patti Gage - volunteer
Karen Halsey - construction company owner
Tom Hazlebaker - Clark Schaefer Hackett CPAs
Mike Long - insurance agent
Dr. Tom Scott - physician
Andy Singer - attorney
Tom Wiley - retired hospital administratorScott Zollett - physician
Visioning Committee
Richard Isroff (Co-Chair) - Jeweler
Jim Burke (Co-Chair) - retired business owner
Amy Ashcraft - attorney, Edgewood School Board
David Binder - United Way
Bob Brietenbach - funeral home owner
Dora Bronson - President, Middletown Area NAACP
Susan Combs - retired educator
Kelly Cowen - Miami University
Pat Dupps - volunteer
Bob Flagel - optometrist
Larry Powell - Clark Schaefer Hackett CPAs
Bill Schaefer - Clark Schaefer Hackett CPAs
Gary Shupe - insurance agent
Roger Smith - Abilities First
Kathryn Wood - planning consultant
Mary Deas Wortley - retired social worker