Our Partners

Butler County Alliance
(513) 785-5850; www.butlercounty.biz
Brian Coughlin; coughlinbt@butlercountyohio.org
The Butler County Alliance promotes the advantages of locating your growing businesses in the desirable I-75 corridor, positioned in the heart of the Cincinnati and Dayton metro area.

CincyTechUSA
(513) 579-3158; www.cincytechusa.com
Rich Kiley; kleavitt@cincytechusa.com
CincyTechUSA is a regional initiative of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. With significant physical and intellectual assets in the region, CincyTechUSA aggregates, organizes, and leverages resources and opportunities to accelerate regional technology growth, create new tech-based opportunities, and generate lasting value for the community.

CMC Properties
(513) 984-3030; www.cmcproperties.com
James Cohen; jcohen@cmcproperties.com
CMC Properties can simplify your life by offering you the perfect small office. Our office centers are located at convenient locations throughout Greater Cincinnati, and can provide custom-designed office space that will grow as you grow. It's affordable office space and a risk-free investment.

Dearborn County Chamber of Commerce
(800) 322-8198; www.seidata.com/~dearcc
Mike Rozow; mrozow@seidata.com
The Dearborn County Chamber’s mission is to promote, inform, educate and assist members to improve and grow their business success, thus making our community a vital part of the local, state, and regional economy.

Edison Materials Technology Center (EMTEC)
(937) 259-1365; www.emtec.org
David W. Swenson; dswenson@emtec.org
EMTEC is a nonprofit serving Ohio and dedicated to the mission of “accelerating materials technology to the market.” EMTEC has a 16-year record of applied-research management, commercial successes, startups, and spin-offs.

GREAT OAKS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
(800) 441-OAKS (6257) or (513) 771-8881; www.greatoaks.com
Gary Gebhart; gebhartg@greatoaks.com
In addition to providing career technical programs for high school students in 36 affiliated school districts, Great Oaks offers full- and part-time programs for adults and customized training and other services for business and industry throughout the Greater Cincinnati area.

Haberer Registered Investment Advisors
(513) 381-8200, www.haberer.com
Marc Henn, CFP; mhenn@haberer.com
Krienik Advertising is a full-service marketing and communications firm that has received the American Marketing Association’s Marketing Award of the Year three times.

Main Street Ventures
(513) 241-6695; www.digitalrhine.com
Barbara Aras; barbara@digitalrhine.com
Main Street Ventures’ mission is to generate jobs and business development in downtown Cincinnati. It helps startups by offsetting costs of operations. Services include free office space, educational forums, and Web hosting.

MIAMI UNIVERSITY HAMILTON BUSINESS & INDUSTRY CENTER
(513) 785-3251; www.ham.muohio.edu/ce
Michele Dienno; diennomm@muohio.edu
Miami University Hamilton can bring its resources directly to your company through a variety of professional development programs and services. Training can be delivered at your facility, or on campus, for the convenience of your employees. Miami Hamilton will work with you to develop customized programs to meet your specific education and training objectives. You also can take advantage of the opportunity to send employees to open-enrollment courses of-fered throughout the year.

Middletown Economic Development Corp.
(513) 727-5320; www.MiddletownEDC.org
Larry Wood; Larryw@MiddletownEDC.org
MEDC is a public-private partnership devoted to retaining and attracting business development to Middletown.

NKU Fifth Third Bank Entrepreneurship Institute
www.53ei.org; (859) 572-5931
Rebecca J. White; whiter@nku.edu
The Fifth Third Bank Entrepreneurship Institute at NKU offers academic and outreach programs. Our mission is to serve the NKU region by maximizing learning opportunities for entrepreneurially inclined students and the regional business community.

Ohio Alpaca Breeders Association (OABA)
(440) 254-6304; www.alpaca-farms-breeders.com
Eric Folkman; info@alpaca-farms-breeders.com
Alpacas are intriguing, exquisite animals. Raising them can yield profits and a desirable lifestyle change. OABA’s role is to promote members’ farms, and the industry, to the public.

Ohio Small Business Development Center at The Raj Soin College of Business Wright State University
(937) 775-3487; www.docp.wright.edu/sbdc
Michael Bodey; michael.bodey@wright.edu
The Region 4 SBDC provides consulting services, implements educational programs, and links small businesses with research and resources to help small businesses grow and prosper. The Center also provides additional consulting services through Raj Soin College of Business faculty-guided student projects.

Raj Soin College of Business Wright State University
(937) 775-4859; www.wright.edu/business
Rosemary Ramsey; rscob-admin@wright.edu
The Raj Soin College of Business offers tools for entrepreneurs to understand today’s complex global marketplace, including an undergraduate business degree, MBA and master’s in accountancy, applied and social economics and logistics. Plus, dual MBA degrees in the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Applied Economics.

Road Runner Business Class - Time Warner Cable
(513) 618-6330
www.rrbusiness.com
Thad Kaiser; thad.kaiser@twcable.com
Road Runner Business Class offers a scaled suite of Internet Solutions. Products include connectivity, Web hosting, static IP, and fire-wall as well as dedicated access and hospitality solutions. Road Runner Business Class offers value packages to accommodate all your Internet needs.

Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Cincinnati: (513) 381-2838
Cleveland: (216) 241-2838
Columbus: (614) 221-2838
Dayton: (937) 228-2838
Lauralee Sawyer; sawyer@taftlaw.com
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP was founded in 1924. Our firm, with almost 190 attorneys, has offices in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colum-bus, and Dayton. We serve as general counsel for clients large and small, public and private, and whose businesses range from local to international.

TECHSOLVE INC.
(513) 948-2116; www.techsolve.org
Deb Perkins; perkins@techsolve.org
TechSolve implements supplier development, lean manufacturing, and machining process solutions that help companies worldwide increase profits and productivity on the factory floor and in the front office.

Thomas More College
(866) 505-5655
www.thomasmore.edu
Angela Campbell Mateyko
Angie.Campbell@apollogrp.edu
Thomas More College offers flexible business programming for the working adult at the associate, bachelor's, and master's levels. Programs are offered at the Cincinnati Learning Center in Blue Ash and on the Crestview Hills campus. Thomas More also sponsors a variety of non-credit courses geared for continuing education and professional development.

WILMINGTON COLLEGE - Cincinnati Branch
(513) 772-7516 (Tri-County)
(513) 943-3600 (Eastgate)
www.wilmington.edu/wccincy.htm
Amanda Thompson; Amanda_Thompson@wilmington.edu
Wilmington College Cincinnati Branch has been educating working adults in Greater Cincinnati for more than 18 years. Our transfer policy allows maximum credit for prior learning; our flexible class schedule of accelerated and nonaccelerated, evening and weekend classes will shorten the time it takes to earn a bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, liberal studies or organizational leadership.