| 2007
CHARACTER AWARDS - 2007 ADULT HONOREES
Randal
P. Claytor, Ph.D.
For the past 22 years
Dr. Claytor has been a professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health at
Miami University. Also, from 1997-1998 he served as Senior Program Advisor for
the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports in Washington, D.C. and
helped develop the President's Challenge Physical Activity Award that is used
in schools throughout the U.S to reward daily physical activity. In 1999, Dr.
Claytor joined the faculty at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in
the Division of Cardiology to work with the development of a clinical, pediatric
weight management program. Since the program's inception over 1,000 children and
adolescents have participated in the program. In addition, Dr. Claytor works with
several NIH sponsored research projects that involve the study of physical activity,
pediatric obesity and Type II Diabetes in adolescents.
Robert
C. Reifsnyder
Robert has been president
and CEO of United Way of Greater Cincinnati, the 9th largest United Way in the
United States, since 2001. During his tenure, United Way has initiated Vision
2010, United Way 2-1-1, Success By 6, the State of the Community Report and the
Agenda for Community Impact, an ambitious and focused plan to improve our community
and people's lives. Additionally, he serves on numerous boards and collaboratives.
They include Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Strive Regional Education Partnership,
Every Child Succeeds, Southwest Ohio Workforce Investment Board, Downtown Cincinnati
Inc., Health Improvement Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati, Better Together
Cincinnati, Metropolitan Club, Executive Service Corps, Ohio United Way, Hamilton
County Family and Children First Council and Xavier University Williams College
of Business Advisory Council. He served as an Action Team leader for Cincinnati
CAN and serves on the Steering Council of Success by 6®. Nationally, Rob chaired
United Way of America's National Professional Council in 2003 and 2004, and co-chaired
the 2000 Staff Leaders Conference. His is
a track record for success when it comes to making a difference. During his previous
14 year tenure as president of the Metro United Way in Louisville, he led the
agency to become the fourth fastest growing United Way in the country.
Sister
Juana Mendez
A Sister of Charity nun
since 1997, Sister Juana is director of Centro de Amistad, the educational and
social service outreach of the Covington Diocese. Born in Puerto Rico, she is
dedicated to the opportunity to help her fellow Hispanics and relishes her work
in a largely Hispanic parish. Assisting people with immigration problems, hearings
and learning English as a second language is a large part of what she does to
impact lives. Since she began her involvement, attendance at the Spanish-language
Mass has increased by more than 30%. Sister Juana's dream of becoming a nun was
ignited after reading about St. Elizabeth Seton, the first American-born saint
and the founder of the Sisters of Charity. Before her transition, she was busy
raising three children and teaching Catholic school religion classes. Sister Juana
lives on the College of Mount St. Joseph campus, where she is studying for a bachelor's
degree in religious studies. |
