Gov. Kasich reappoints Mark Walton, adds George Vincent to board
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November 24, 2014
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Gov. Kasich reappoints Mark Walton, adds George Vincent to board
Gov. John Kasich has appointed Cincinnati attorney George H. Vincent to fill an unexpired term on the
Cincinnati State Board of Trustees, and reappointed incumbent trustee Mark Walton to another full term
on the nine-member board.
Mr. Vincent is the managing partner of the Cincinnati-based law firm Dinsmore & Shohl. A graduate of the
University of Michigan and its Law School, he serves as chairman of the Christ Hospital Board of
Trustees, and is the former board chair of the Cincinnati Art Museum, former board chair of the Cincinnati
Museum Center, a member of the Artswave Executive Committee, a member of the Ohio Business
Roundtable, former chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party, and is a minority owner of the
Cincinnati Reds.
Mr. Vincent was appointed to a term ending Aug. 31, 2018. His appointment fills a vacancy on the board
created by the recent retirement of Robert McKenna from the Cincinnati State Board of Trustees.
Mr. Walton, a1978 graduate of Cincinnati State who subsequently earned a B.S. in accounting from the
University of Cincinnati, has been a member of the Cincinnati State Board of Trustees for 19 years.
Mr. Walton is Vice President & Director of Community and Economic Development for the Greater
Cincinnati Affiliate of Fifth Third Bank, responsible among other things for Community Reinvestment Act
compliance in an area that includes Dayton, Ohio and Northern Kentucky. He serves as a Dayton
Business Advisory Committee member for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cincinnati Branch. He
is chairman-elect of the Executive Committee that governs the Ohio Association of Community Colleges,
and serves on the Over-the-Rhine Foundation governing board and the Cincinnati Equity Fund
Committee.
His new term will expire Aug. 31, 2020.
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