Dragonfly Staff
CHRISTINE NEITZKE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Christine Neitzke is an award-winning entrepreneur, marketer, and executive. An Ohio native and Miami University business graduate, Christine has put her skills in media relations, strategic planning, marketing, design, and events management to work in both the public and private sectors. Christine later tapped into her creative side by opening her own interior design practice, which maintained a thriving clientele of more than 30 private customers.
Like most, Christine and her husband Jim never thought their family would be affected by pediatric cancer. Unfortunately, in 2010, their 10-year-old son Matt was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Fortunately, Christine, Jim, Matt and Sam, who was 12 at the time, had the support of family, friends, and the community; many other inpatients/families were not as fortunate. Motivated by the lack of support some of Matt’s fellow pediatric cancer patients had in their lives, Christine, together with her best friend, created The Dragonfly Foundation. Today, Matt Neitzke is cancer-free and The Dragonfly Foundation has grown to support thousands and thousands.
Christine, a leading influencer in Cincinnati, OH, has been honored with multiple awards, including the Jefferson Award, Lead Magazine’s C-Suite Award, Venue Magazine’s Women of Influence and Civic Leadership Awards, and the Maureen Donnelly Courage Award.
Outside of her work at The Dragonfly Foundation, Christine enjoys spending time with her husband and their basset and bloodhound. She and her husband also relish every opportunity they have to visit their two boys at Miami University in Oxford, OH (Christine's alma mater).
AWARDS RECEIVED BY DRAGONFLY
Under Christine’s guidance, The Dragonfly Foundation has been recognized by Lead Magazine as recipient of the Emerging Business Award (2018), a finalist for the 2016 Business Awards in the Non-Profit Category by the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Northern Kentucky Regional Chamber’s Emerging 30 (2015) Duke Energy Children’s Museum as a Difference Maker Award nominee in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014-2015.
Key Staff
Ally Brokaw
Treasurer, Director of Business Operations
Kathy Doering
Finance Manager (Part-time)
Carrie Ellis
Director of Patient/Hospital Programs
Zak Geier
Director of Family Relations
Amy Hafner
Manager of Student Programs (Part-time)
Jessica Merar
Director of Programs, Chicago
Mary Tignor
Community Relations Manager
Greg Vehr
Senior Vice President of Development
Mike Witham
Property Manager of the New Landing
Board Members
Jack Brendamour
Chief Executive Officer, Junk King Cincinnati & Dayton
Robert Brown, Esq
Dragonfly Board Vice Chairman & Secretary & Attorney at Graydon
Bill Carigan
Regional President, ProMark
Brad Cates
CEO, Prosource
Jennifer Chung, MD
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, The Christ Hospital Health Network
Peter Clayton
Executive Director, Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati/UC Health
Dave Cook
Investor & Philanthropist
Corey Cover
Partner & General Manager, American WeatherTechs
Greg Elam
Co-Owner at Agra Greenhouse Group LLC
Dwayne Emerson
Chief Technology Advisor, Worldwide Technologies & Dragonfly Board Member/Volunteer CTO
Tom Fahey
Central Region Territory Manager, Lamar Advertising
Laurel Markley
Sr. Vice President, Investments, Raymond James & Dragonfly Board Chair
Jim Neitzke
Business Consultant
Megan Ossenbeck
Transaction Manager at Cushman and Wakefield
Beth Reichert
Inventory Control & Dealer Trade, Kings Toyota
Paula Scholz
Senior VP & Senior Banking Advisor, PNC Wealth Management
Advisory Board
Jim Browning
CEO, Marsh Brand Partners
John Burns
Founder & CEO, Encore Technologies
Trish Elam
President, Midwest Cactus & Pandy Cotton Candy
iHeart Media
Tony Ricci
Owner/Operator, Tony's Steaks & Seafood
Scott Seger
President, CBTS
Wayne Speer
Entrepreneur/Consultant at L.W. Speer& Associates LLC & Markley Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and Corporate Innovation at Miami University, Oxford, OH
Tom Stieritz
Executive Director/COO, The Christ Hospital
Steve Wanamaker
Founder and CEO at Lead Tribune Media Group
Bob Wysocki
Chief Technology Officer, Microland
George Vincent
Managing Partner and Chairman, Dinsmore
Kim Vincent
Realtor, Sibcy Cline
Emeritus Board
Marty & Amanda Brennaman
Hall of Fame Broadcasting Legend, Voice of the Cincinnati Reds on Radio & Dragonfly Spokesman
Capital Campaign Leadership for Cincinnati
The Dragonfly Foundation in Cincinnati has initiated a capital campaign to support our new patient/family space at 506 Oak Street, Cincinnati, OH.
The initiative is being managed by:
Greg Vehr
Christine Neitzke
Dave Cook, Board Member
Jim Neitzke, Board Member
External Relations Committee
The Dragonfly Foundation has created a committee of speakers and marketers to provide advocacy support.
The committee includes:
Committee Chair: Brad Cates, Dragonfly Board Member & CEO, ProSource
Bill Carigan, Dragonfly Board Member & Regional President, ProMark
Jen Chung, MD, Dragonfly Board Member and Doctor, The Christ Hospital
Dwayne Emerson, Technology & Business Strategy Executive, Dragonfly Board Member & CTO, and Consultant
Tom Fahey, Dragonfly Board Member and VP, Territory Manager, Lamar Advertising
Mark Fields, Sales, iHeart
Tory Kennedy, Wordsworth Communications
Kalonji Martin, Senior Solutions Manager, Frontline Education
Megan Ossenbeck, Property Manager, Cushman Wakefield
Greg Vehr, Senior Vice President of Development
Technology Team Advisors
Dwayne Emerson
Technology Strategy Consultant and Dragonfly CTO & B
Bob Wysocki
Chief Technology Officer, Microland
Greg Grewe
Software Developer, EASi
Jude Schramm
Chief Information Officer, Fifth Third
Krishna Babu Mohan Babu
Tata Consulting Services
Matt Berning
Uplift Studio
Tom Tally
T-2Design
Annual Reports, IRS Forms, and Audited Financials
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