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Catalin Macarie is an Associate Professor of Business Management and immediate past Director of Freshmen Experience at Carl H. Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati. He brings extensive domestic and international experience into his classroom, with over 35 years of achievements as a leader and operational manager in the corporate world.
While working with many national and international companies, Macarie directed large turn-around global business, corporate and executive leadership, human development, Web marketing and creative, Web systems, profit improvement, and cost reduction programs. Professor Macarie holds a Master of Science Degree in Engineering Design from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest and a Master of Business Administration Degree in Executive Leadership & Organizational Change from Northern Kentucky University.
For more information and contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmacarie
Steve Driehaus is an American public servant, educator, and former U.S. Representative known for his commitment to civic engagement and international development. He earned a B.A. in Political Science and Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs from Miami University in 1988 and later obtained a Master of Public Administration from Indiana University Bloomington in 1995. After his undergraduate studies, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal from 1988 to 1990, focusing on environmental education and sustainable practices.
Driehaus began his political career as an aide to Cincinnati City Council Member Todd Portune and U.S. Representative Charlie Luken. He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 2000, representing the 33rd District, and later the 31st District after redistricting. During his tenure, he served as Minority Whip and was recognized for his work on election law and redistricting reform.
In 2008, Driehaus was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio’s 1st congressional district, serving from 2009 to 2011. He served on the Financial Services Committee and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, focusing on financial reform and government accountability.
After his congressional term, Driehaus returned to international service, leading Peace Corps programs in Eswatini and Morocco, where he focused on youth empowerment and HIV/AIDS education. He later founded the Good Government Group, a Cincinnati-based consulting firm dedicated to promoting democratic governance and civic engagement.
Driehaus continues to reside in Cincinnati, where he remains active in community development and public service initiatives.
Tyrone Keith Yates is a distinguished American judge and public servant with a career spanning law, politics, and community advocacy. Born on January 22, 1954, in Cincinnati, Ohio, Yates graduated from Withrow High School in 1972, where he was honored as “Most Likely to Succeed” and served as Cincinnati’s Boy Mayor in 1971. He earned a B.A. in history from the University of Cincinnati in 1978 and a J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law in 1981. During law school, he interned at the White House under President Jimmy Carter and was active in moot court competitions and student leadership.
Yates began his legal career as an assistant attorney general for Ohio and later worked in private practice. He served on the Cincinnati City Council from 1990 to 1999, including two terms as vice mayor. In 2003, he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 33rd District until 2010. During his tenure, he chaired the Criminal Justice Committee and the Correctional Institution Inspection Committee.
In 2010, Governor Ted Strickland appointed Yates to the Hamilton County Municipal Court. He was subsequently elected in 2011 and re-elected in 2014 and 2019. His current term extends through January 2026.
Beyond his judicial duties, Yates is deeply involved in civic and cultural organizations. He has served on the boards of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, and SOTENI International, among others. He is also a life member of the NAACP and a senior warden at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.
Peter "Pete" Williams the Portfolio Manager for Osborne Williams & Donohoe Investment Counsel of Cincinnati. He is the past president of CFA Society of Cincinnati and served on The FAS Council of Presidents. In addition to 45 years of security analysis and portfolio management experience, Pete has served as advisor and officer of public and private and corporations with experience in public share offerings, mergers and cross-border joint ventures and acquisitions.
Joe is a graduate of Princeton's School of Public & International Affairs and of Harvard Law School. For more than five decades, he has counseled a wide range of domestic and foreign owned entities on cross-border matters. He has served as an advocate, litigator, and arbitrator for cross-border disputes. A traveler to eighty countries, he has lectured on five continents and published broadly on global matters. Joe has also represented firms and individuals in about two hundred securities arbitrations and court cases and is a nationally recognized expert in structured settlements.
Joe founded and led Frost Brown Todd LLC's International Services Group for thirty years. He also founded Privacy Rules, a global alliance of technology and law firms dedicated to data privacy compliance, of which Frost Brown Todd is a U.S. member. As the Data Privacy Detective, Joe has posted about a hundred podcasts on this popular series, carried by major podcast platforms. His civic and charitable endeavors include major arts and faith organizations, a solar project in Colombia to lift the incomes of poor farmers, and summer reading camps for struggling youth from under-resourced neighborhoods. His first novel, The Seventh Trumpet, was released in June 2022.
Deborah E. Schultz has over thirty-eight years of public, private and non-profit experience in the development and management of international projects and ventures which often result in new-to-market or never-done-before programs and organizations. She has worked with businesses, global non-profits at all government levels, embassies, consulates, and trade development agencies in over forty countries through her firm, Trans-Borders Solutions. Her work was often on behalf of Middfest International a forty-year venture she initiated while working in the City Manager's Office of her hometown, Middletown, Ohio. Strategic planning, project and program management, fundraising, grant writing, training, and organizational development are components of her skill sets.
Recently she assisted in founding All We Are/Solarize Uganda Now, (AWA/SUN) which installs solar power in clinics in rural Uganda, sixty installations to date with another forty funded and slated for installation in the next two years. She holds an A.B. from Miami University; M.A. in Public and International Affairs, Elliot School of Advanced International Studies at The George Washington University; and an M.P.A. University of Kansas, Edwin O. Steene School of Public Administration. Awards include the Governor’s E-Award for Export Promotion in Ohio; South African American Society in New York, Women Who Change Lives Award; Lifetime Recognition Award, the World Affairs Council of Greater Cincinnati; and Richard Bjornson Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Humanities in Ohio. Currently, Deborah is a member of the Ohio Advisory Board for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, Advisory Board of the Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council, current member and former Board Member, Rotary Club of Cincinnati, member of Noonday Literary Club, and Board Member, Foreign Policy Leadership Council.
James P. Buchanan, Ph.D., Co-Chair of Faith Communities Go Green, was educated at Yale University and the University of Chicago where he completed a Ph.D. in comparative religions and value systems. He also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, The University of Moscow, and the University of Beijing.
Dr. Buchanan's teaching and research has focused upon ethics, global systems, and interfaith dialogue. He held the Besl Family Chair in Ethics/Religion and Society from 2000-2003 when he became the Executive Director of the Edward B. Brueggeman Center for Dialogue in 2003 until his retirement in 2022.