Tri-ED Board Of Directors
Leadership
Tri-County Economic Development Corporation (Northern Kentucky Tri-ED), a nonprofit corporation under the auspices of the Fiscal Courts in Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties, is governed by a twenty-three member Board of Directors.
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Current Board Chair Robert A. Heil KLH Engineers |
Members of the Tri-ED Board
Boone County
- Gary W. Moore, Judge/Executive
- Ben Brandstetter, Brandstetter Carroll, Inc.
- John H. Hawkins, Pathfinder – MPI Consulting
- Candace S. McGraw, Secretary, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
- Rhonda Whitaker Hurtt, Duke Energy
Campbell County
- Steve Pendery, Judge/Executive
- Kim Halbauer, Fifth Third Bank
- Robert Heil, Chair, KLH Engineers
- John Hengelbrok, W. J. Baker Co.
- Dr. Ashish Vaidya, Northern Kentucky University
Kenton County
- Kris Knochelmann, Judge/Executive
- Tom Banta, Vice Chair, Corporex
- James Dressman, Treasurer, DBL Law
- Karen Finan, OneNKY Alliance
- Garren Colvin, St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Mayor
- Jude Hehman, Fort Mitchell
Additional Members:
- Colin Beynon, DHL Express, Americas CVG Hub
- Normand Desmarais, TiER1 Performance Solutions
- Dr. Fernando Figueroa, Gateway Community & Technical College
- Adrian Hothem, Camco Chemical Company
- Kimm Lauterbach, REDI Cincinnati
- James E. Parsons, Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL
- Carey Sanders, Fifth Third Bank