STAFF
Donna Harris, CFRE,
Director of Museum Administration
Donna began in this role in May 2020 and is the museum’s first paid full-time staff person. Donna has expertise in evaluation, program development, and grant writing from her twenty plus years working in nonprofit organizations. She holds a BA in Psychology, an MS in Health Promotion, and graduate certificates in Museum Studies, Nonprofit Leadership, and Fundraising. In her role at the Over-the-Rhine Museum, she manages museum operations, supervises the walking tour program, and facilitates grant submission, fundraising, and evaluation.
BOARD members
Our board consists of committed and energetic historians, archivists, preservationists, urbanists, educators, developers, business owners, and residents who are working hard to bring this museum to life. They serve two-year terms and are allowed a maximum of six terms. Active committees include: Building, Events & Public Relations, Fundraising, Community Engagement, Board Development, and Oral History.
Anne Delano Steinert,
Board Chair
Anne Delano Steinert, PhD is a historian, preservationist, and educator with twenty-five years’ experience using the built world as a tool for historical understanding. She is a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati. Anne is the founding Board Chair of the Over-the-Rhine Museum. She has curated local exhibits including Look Here! (2015) which mounted fifty historic images on telephone poles throughout Over-the-Rhine, Schools for the City: Cincinnati’s Public School Architecture from 1832 to World War II (2016), and the award-winning Finding Kenyon-Barr: Exploring Photographs of Cincinnati’s Lost Lower West End (2017-2018). Anne holds a BA in historic preservation from Goucher College, an MS in historic preservation from Columbia University, and an MA and PhD in urban American history from the University of Cincinnati.
Destiny Moore, Secretary
Destiny Moore is the Human Resources Manager for Zillow’s customer fulfillment engineering organization. She has more than twenty years of experience as a trusted advisor to executive leaders of both private and public organizations. She grew up in Cincinnati’s West End and is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s College of Law. She wants to help preserve and publicize the history of Cincinnati's urban neighborhoods. Destiny facilitated the Museum’s Community Engagement Committee to connect long-term Over-the-Rhine residents with our interpretive planning project.
Joe Vallo, Treasurer
Joe and his wife renovated and live in an 1865 mixed-use building near Findlay Market. They love the people, architecture, history, and heritage of the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. Joe feels a close connection here as his ancestors were part of the early German immigration. Joe also works in Over-the-Rhine with Flywheel Social Enterprise Hub. He is a business consultant with many years of senior management experience. He focuses on assisting entrepreneurial ventures to clarify their strategic vision, increase their social impact, and improve their financial sustainability.
Carissa Barnard
Carissa has been embedded in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood for more than a decade. She is an Over-the-Rhine resident with an appreciation of the unique architecture of the neighborhood, recognizing that the community is as diverse in its residents as its buildings. Carissa believes that Over-the-Rhine stands as a unique example of historic architecture and human history–for not only Cincinnati, but also for the region and the nation–and the preservation and presentation of those stories is imperative. Carissa brings non-profit art and museum experience to the Over-the-Rhine Museum board. She serves as Board Secretary and Chair of the Board Development and Training Committee.
Jarrod M. Mohler, Esq.
Board member Jarrod Mohler is an attorney and a resident of Cincinnati’s Clifton neighborhood, where he and his wife are stewards to a 125 year-old Victorian. Jarrod came to Cincinnati for law school, fell in love with the abundance of historic architecture and fantastic people, and now thinks of it as home.
Teresa O'Farrell
Teresa is a native of Cincinnati and a resident of Over-the-Rhine. She also works in the neighborhood with real estate developer, The Model Group as Director of Development Accounting. In her role at Model, Teresa manages the accounting for projects in predevelopment and through construction. Her expertise includes financing structures which include LIHTC, NMTC & Historic tax credits. Teresa holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Xavier University and a master’s degree in Accounting from the University of Cincinnati. Her interests include outdoor adventures, running & enjoying the rich fine arts, & entertainment in Cincinnati.
Kimberly Starbuck
Kimberly lives in the Findlay Market community of Over-the-Rhine. A photographer with a passion for historic architecture and market communities, she has been engaged with historic preservation, property restoration and community development for 30 years. She believes Over-the-Rhine to be a unique place that holds the important stories of immigration and integration in our nation. Kimberly is committed to the success of the Over-the-Rhine Museum to share the stories of this historic community and educate the future. She serves the board as a member of the Building Committee.
Michael Stehlin
Michael is an architect specializing in historic restoration and is also the Chief Building Official of Hamilton County. A resident of Over-the-Rhine since 1989, he raised his family here and also helped save many historic buildings. Michael serves the board as Building Committee Chair.
Sean S. Suder, Esq.
Founder and Lead Principal of ZoneCo In addition to his work with ZoneCo, Sean is the founding partner of the law firm of Suder, LLC. Sean is licensed to practice law in Ohio, Kentucky, and the District of Columbia.
Sean served as Chief Counsel of Land Use and Planning for the City of Cincinnati where he represented the municipal corporation and its officials in all planning, land use, zoning, historic preservation and building matters; including serving as lead counsel for the award-winning Cincinnati Form-Based Code and Historic Preservation Ordinance.
Former Board Chair
Robert Gioielli,
Board Chair 2021-2023
Rob Gioielli is a historian and college professor previously with the University of Cincinnati and currently at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. His research, writing, and teaching focus on the history of urban environments, based on his belief that cities are the key to a just, equitable, and sustainable future. He is passionate about strip mall restaurants and public transportation. Rob participated on the board from 2016-2023.