The Community Leaders Institute (CLI) is a leadership development training program offered over five consecutive weeks in February–March. The goal is to build research and leadership skills that the individual can use to improve or develop a health program. Training sessions are designed to build leadership and research/program evaluation skills in the following areas: Grant Writing; Accessing Public Datasets; Program Evaluation; Quality Improvement; Survey Development & Assessing Community Health Needs; Design Thinking; and Research Ethics. Participants receive a small grant ($1,500–$2,000) and have the opportunity to apply the skills learned to a health-related project (to be completed over the next 12 months).

Program administrators, organizational leaders, community physicians and other key program staff who want to gain skills in program evaluation/research and network with other community agencies/practices should apply as Community Leaders. Unpaid volunteers at community organizations or agencies should apply as Community Health Advocates. Members of CCTST partnering institutions (University of Cincinnati, CCHMC) may apply as Auditors and are accepted on a limited basis.

Jasmine Humphries - Heal n Build

Jodi Cunningham - The Community Builders

Michael Vinegar - Gabriel’s Place After-School

Mildred Patterson - Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses

Nkem Kayla Iheukwu - Soulful Change

Ruth Kelly - Families First

Shermikao Datcher - Beech Acres Parenting Center

Tara Jimison - Clermont County Public Health

Tyra Scherer - Clermont County Public Health

Valerie Bairnsfather - Safe Pastures Family Home

Tina Briggs-Brown - The Community Builders

Jennifer Foster - The Community Builders

Jeneya Lawrence - The Community Builders

Audrey Scott - The Community Builders

Priscilla Nash - SO-ACT

Dana Boll - Woven Oak Initiatives

Andrea Meisman - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Adolescent & Transition Medicine

Angela Molloy - University of Cincinnati Acute Care Research Council/CCTST

Angela White - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital & Cincinnati Debate Society

Emily Johnson - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Community Relations

Maya Wallace - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Community Health

Rhemecka Graham - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Community Relations

Stephanie Williams - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Rhyanne McDade — Apple of His Eye

Kiana Trabue — YMCA of Greater Cincinnati

Heather Cockram — Habitat for Humanity

Candice Tolbertq — Super Seeds

Sheila Nared — Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses

Aaron Grant — People Working Cooperatively

Jack Theurling — Lighthouse Youth Services

Latisha Owens — Guiding Light Mentoring

Aprina Johnson — Walnuts Hills Redevelopment Foundation

Reginald Brazzile — Project Nehemiah

Nikki Steele — Winton Terrace Resident Council

Marsha Thomas — Black Nurses Association of Greater Cincinnati

Chevelle Clayton — Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority

Lynmari Lopez — Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority

Angelica Hardee — Cancer Justice Network

Luwana Pettus Oglesby — West End Community Council

Dominique Love — CCHMC All Children Thrive

Natasha Miles — CCHMC

Julie Wijesooriya — Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Reuben Battley — Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Christina Klein — University of Cincinnati

Laura Sheldon — Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Marilyn Dew — CCHMC/Cradle Cincinnati Connections

Laura Allen — Prevention FIRST!

Chanel Bayless — Families Connected

Sherman Bradley — Consider the Poor

Ernest Ciambarella — Queen City Physicians

Cynthia McCarthy — Cincinnati Health Department

Jamie-Lee Morris — The AMOS Project

Angela Pancella — Woven Oak Initiatives

Steve Schumacher — Environmental ALI

Megan Schmittauer — Giving Kids a Fighting Chance

Lisa Marie Watkins — Santa Maria Community Services

Beth YantekSpina — Bifida Coalition of Cincinnati

Lisa Meatchem — Sickle Cell Alliance Foundation

Jalisa Holifield — Freestore Foodbank

Nakeisha Sloan — Winton Terrace Resident Council

Keith White — AED Heartsavers

Kristin Loiselle — CCHMC – Adherence Center

Jessica Seeberger — CCHMC – Cradle Cincinnati

Lauren Stenger — UC Medical Center – Emergency Medicine

April Mack-Williams — CCHMC – James M. Anderson Center

Michelle Hudgens — CCHMC – Heart Institute

Rigel Behrens — Working In Neighborhoods

Aalap Bommaraju — Cincinnati Health Department

Carmen Burks — Cincinnati Public Schools

Julian Collins — American Lung Association

Jonathan LamSt. Vincent de Paul — Charitable Pharmacy

Stacey Hall — Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cincinnati

Joseph Landers — The Children’s Home of Greater Cincinnati

Sara Sheets — Madisonville Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation

Jonathon Sherwood — Easter Seals Tristate

Elizabeth Waite — Walnut Hills Redevelopment Fund

Patricia Youngblood — Peaslee Center

Ryan Hall — Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health

Marlene Ostrow — Independent Community Health Advocate

Natashia Conner — Trinity Outreach

Nancy LairdLower — Price Hill Caring Connections

Tori Ames — Cincinnati Children’s

Shakeyrah Elmore — University of Cincinnati

Donnetta Jackson — UC Health

John Scott — Cincinnati Children’s

Jerusha Clark — University of Cincinnati

Emilie Graham - Great Miami Rowing Center

Jada Harris - National Black MBA Association

Barry Isaacs - HOPE4CHANGE

Shawn Jeffers - Public Allies Cincinnati

Gregg Kottyan - Avondale Moves!

Dinah Meister - Nurse Advocacy Center for the Underserved

Lakisha Porter - FamiliesFORWARD

Paul Rudolph - Growing Well Cincinnati

Evelyn Sears - Manifested Glory Ministries

Gauri Shevatekar - Cincinnati Health Department

Amanda Conn Starner - Coalition for a Drug Free Greater Cincinnati

Jamie Stoneham - Gorman Heritage Farm

Ennis Tait - CWFF Child Development

Corinn Taylor - Fetal Infant Mortality Review Program, Cincinnati Health Dept.

Claudia Velez - Santa Maria Community Service International Welcome Center

Martha Walter - Reproductive Health and Wellness Program, Cincinnati Health Dept.

Brittany Wells - Nutrition Council

Laura Brinson - Santa Maria Community Services

Charisse Brown - Gabriel’s Place

Katie Chadwell - YMCA of Greater Cincinnati

Ozie Davis III - Avondale Comprehensive Development Corporation

Joellen Grady - Whole Again International

Eric Hall - Coalition for a Drug Free Greater Cincinnati

Donna Jones - Urban Appalachian Council

Donald Jordan - Cincinnati Police Department

Alexis Kidd - Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses

Patricia Lee - Reviving the Human Spirit (RTHS)

Lisa Newton - REAL Women of Cincinnati

Stephanie Russo - BLOC Ministries

Gene Seay - Cincinnati Police Department

Brieanne Sheehan - Starfire Council of Greater Cincinnati

Kareem Simpson - Cin-Ham County Community Action Agency

James Alice Stringer - The Midwest Trans* and Queer Wellness Initiative

Stephanie Vogel - Northern Kentucky Health Department

Beth Wentz - Talbert House School Based Services

Joann Avant - YMCA of Greater Cincinnati

Ellen Berninger - Cincinnati Health Department

Gwendolyn Brown - Sickle Cell Affected Families of Greater Cincinnati

Monica Burns - HealthCare Access Now

Melissa Cornelius - Urban Appalachian Council

Nikki Fannin - Center for Great Neighborhoods

Sarah Halloran-Barnett - The Children’s Home of Cincinnati

Kimberly Hauser - Wyoming Youth Services

Gail Lewis - Lincoln Heights Missionary Baptist Church

Alfredo Mann - Cincinnati Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center

Katrina Wyche - Coalition for a Drug-Free Greater Cincinnati

Cathy Rafales - Santa Maria Community Services

Mary Sehlhorst - Freestore Foodbank

Leslie Stevenson - Gabriel’s Place

Karen Walker-Jones - Cincinnati Public Schools Early Childhood Education

Michon Woods - Freestore Foodbank

Denisha Garland - Cincinnati Health Department

Cara Good - YWCA of Greater Cincinnati

Erin Hamilton - Girls on the Run of Greater Cincinnati, Inc.

Stephanie M. Harris - Complete Wellness & Associates, LLC

Jeanne Haungs - Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cincinnati

Sara Lewis - Community Services YMCA, YMCA of Greater Cincinnati

Jenni Miller-Francis - Center for Great Neighborhoods of Covington

Becky Montenegro - Santa Maria Community Services

Lydia Morgan - Juneteenth Cincinnati

Angela Robinson - Growing Well Cincinnati

Jennifer Roehm - The HealthCare Connection

Michael Roman - Gorman Heritage Farm

Nicole Schiesler - Coalition for a Drug Free Greater Cincinnati

Cynthia Smith - Women & Infant Vitality Network

Carrie E. White - Urban League of Greater Cincinnati

Terresa Adams - The James M. Anderson Center

Giovanna Alvarez - Su Casa

Elaine S. Beeler - Healthy Beginnings

Robin Brandy - Project Nehemiah

Carla Butler - Avondale Community Council, Inc.

O'Shea Gamble - The Healthcare Connection

Lauren Neimes - Nutrition Council

William Parr - Cincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency

Maria Piombo - Central Clinic - Child & Family Treatment Center

Phyllis Shelton - Urban Appalachian Council