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Leadership Through Adversity

Thursday, May 12, 2005 at the Oasis Conference Center

About the Speakers

 

Marvin Lewis is in his second season as Bengals head coach, following a 2003 campaign which saw him lead a new wave of enthusiasm among supporters of the Orange and Black.
     The Bengals posted an 8-8 record in Lewis' first season, rising from 2-14 in 2002, and fans turned out in record numbers at Paul Brown Stadium. The four largest crowds in team history were included in a total of five sellouts, and total regular season attendance was an all-time high of 479,488.
     The team's accomplishments included:
  • The biggest improvement among all NFL clubs in 2003 (six more wins than in '02.)
  • The second-largest one-season improvement in Bengals history (the 1988 team went 12-4 following a 4-11 record in '87).
  • Only the third instance (among 17 possibilities) of an NFL team finishing at .500 or better the year after a 2-14 season.
    Lewis finished second behind New England's Bill Belichick in Associated Press voting for NFL Coach of the Year. The Bengals finished second in the AFC North Division, and their playoff hopes were very much alive entering the season's final weekend.
     "Our guys made Sundays fun again for the fans," Lewis said, "and the fans helped us restore a real home-field advantage."
     Lewis still faces the challenge of ending a Cincinnati playoff drought that covers the last 13 seasons. His ground rule is that no one assume anything regarding the team's further improvement.
     "We don't get the chance to start where we left off," he says. "We don't get to go back to being just short of the playoffs and move on from there. We start from scratch like everybody else, and we know we've got to work harder than ever before."
     The '03 Bengals showed resilience in rebounding from an 0-3 start, winning eight of their next 11 games. Their 8-6 mark through 14 games tied them with Baltimore for the AFC North lead, with all possible tiebreakers in their favor. But the Bengals lost their last two, including a home setback against Cleveland in the season finale.
     "I felt from the start that we could compete to win the division, and we did that," Lewis said. "But we learned a valuable lesson: That the things down the stretch - the little things, the minute details - make the difference."
     Lewis set a general goal of "raising the level of professionalism" of Bengals players. He stressed punctuality, accountability and attention to detail.
     While demanding more, Lewis gave more. With support from team ownership, he upgraded the weight room, brought more amenities to the locker room and improved team meal service.
     "He treated guys like pros, and we acted more like pros," said offensive tackle Willie Anderson. "He helped us to believe in ourselves, and to believe we could be winners."
     QB Jon Kitna was among a number of Bengals players who had career-best years under Lewis in 2003. Kitna posted personal highs in completions (324), passing yards (3591), TD passes (26), completion percentage (62.3) and passer rating (87.4).p "I've never worked with a head coach before who was so well attuned to my game and my personality," Kitna said. "Marvin is very aggressive in his game management, but he doesn't do stupid things. With him having been a defensive coordinator, you'd tend to think he'd be conservative on offense. But he's like, 'We're going to get after it and do whatever it takes to put the ball in the end zone.' He just fit me so well. He gave me a lot of leeway. I loved the feeling of being in control that I had with him."
     In addition to bringing the football team more confidence and unity, Lewis reached out to strengthen the franchise's ties to the community.
     In just his first six months, he made more than 40 appearances, participating in support of organizations such as the YWCA, Cincinnati Public Library, Free Store Food Bank, Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce, Taft High School, Cystic Fibrosis, Calvary United Methodist Church, Procter & Gamble's "A.D.O.P.T." program, NAACP, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati, The Youth Foundation and Youth, Incorporated.
     In October of 2003, Lewis launched the Marvin Lewis Community Fund to "empower, educate, and inspire children while enriching inner-city communities." The Fund donated more than $100,000 to its recipients in 2003.
     Lewis was hired as the ninth head coach in Bengals history on Jan. 14, 2003. He brought credentials as a record-setting NFL defensive coordinator with a Super Bowl championship ring.
     Before offering Lewis the head coaching job, Bengals management conducted a process that included formal interviews with five candidates.
     "We knew Marvin had outstanding football credentials," Bengals president Mike Brown said, "but what impressed us most was the tremendous grasp he displayed of the overall operation of an NFL franchise. He showed an awareness that you would expect to see only in someone who had been a head coach before."
     In 2002, the season before he joined the Bengals, Lewis led the Washington Redskins to a No. 5 NFL defensive ranking, serving as assistant head coach as well as defensive coordinator. He came to the Redskins after six seasons (1996-2001) as defensive coordinator with the Baltimore Ravens, a tenure that included a Super Bowl victory in the 2000 season.
     In the 2000 regular season, Lewis' Baltimore defense set the NFL record for fewest points allowed in a 16-game campaign (165), clipping 22 points off the previous mark.
     Lewis' 2000 defensive unit has been widely considered as a candidate for the best NFL defense of all time. It also finished first in the NFL in rushing yards allowed (970), rushing average allowed (2.7), total takeaways (49), fumble recoveries (26) and shutouts (4).
     The 970 rushing yards allowed were the fewest in NFL history for a 16-game season. The Ravens' four shutouts were the most by an NFL team since Pittsburgh had five in 1976. The defense held opponents scoreless in 41 of 64 quarters (64%) and allowed one TD or fewer in 14 of the team's last 18 games (including postseason). In the last four games, all postseason contests, the Ravens defense allowed only one TD.
     In total yardage allowed, Lewis' last three Baltimore defenses each ranked No. 2 in the NFL. His 2001 unit also led the Ravens to the league's second-fewest points allowed and finished in the top four in six other categories.
     Lewis had his first NFL assignment from 1992-95, as linebackers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The opportunity came after 11 years in college coaching.
     Lewis helped the Steelers defense rank among the top three in the NFL each season, and he guided the careers of some of the NFL's best linebackers, including Pro Bowl selections Kevin Greene, Chad Brown, Levon Kirkland and Greg Lloyd. Of Pittsburgh's 97 sacks over Lewis' last two seasons, the linebackers were credited with 63.5.
     Lewis began his coaching career working with the linebackers at his alma mater, Idaho State, from 1981-84. Also nicknamed the Bengals, ISU finished 12-1 during Lewis' first season and won the NCAA Division 1-AA championship. In 1985-86, Lewis was on the staff at Long Beach State, before moving to New Mexico ('87-89), coaching linebackers at both schools. In 1990, he accepted a position coaching outside linebackers at the University of Pittsburgh.
     Lewis earned All-Big Sky Conference honors as a linebacker at Idaho State for three consecutive years (1978-80), and he also saw action at quarterback and free safety during his college career. He received his bachelor's degree in physical education from Idaho State in 1981, and earned his master's in athletic administration in '82. He was inducted into Idaho State's Hall of Fame in 2001.
     Born, Sept. 23, 1958, Lewis attended Fort Cherry High School in McDonald, Pa. (near Pittsburgh), where he was an all-conference quarterback and safety. He also earned high school letters in wrestling and baseball. He and his wife, Peggy, have a daughter, Whitney, and a son, Marcus.
     Lewis was the eighth African-American to be named to an NFL head coaching position. The first seven were Fritz Pollard (Akron 1921; Milwaukee 1925), Art Shell (L.A. Raiders 1989-94), Dennis Green (Minnesota 1992-2001), Ray Rhodes (Philadelphia 1995-98; Green Bay 1999), Tony Dungy (Tampa Bay 1996-2001; Indianapolis 2002-present), Terry Robiskie (Washington 2000), and Herman Edwards (N.Y. Jets 2001-present).
     Since Lewis' hiring, two more teams have named African-Americans to head coaching jobs. Following the 2003 season, Dennis Green returned to the ranks as head coach at Arizona, and Lovie Smith was hired to lead the Chicago Bears.
     PLAYING AND COACHING HISTORY - 1978-80: Played linebacker, quarterback and safety at Idaho State. 1981-84: Assistant coach (AC), Idaho State. 1985-86: AC, Long Beach State. 1987-89: AC, New Mexico. 1990-91: AC, Univ. of Pittsburgh. 1992-95: AC, Pittsburgh Steelers. 1996-2001: Defensive coordinator, Baltimore Ravens. 2002: Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator, Washington Redskins. 2003-present: Bengals head coach.
 



Alicia Reece became the youngest woman in history to be elected (at large) to Cincinnati City Council at the age of 28, in November of 1999. She chairs the Health, Social & Children Services, Small Business Development, Employment & Training Committee and sits on the Finance and Community Development & Intergovernmental Affairs Committees.
     As a businesswoman, Ms. Reece serves as Vice President of her family-owned business, Communiplex Promotions and Reece & Reece Enterprises, and was selected as the Business Courier's Forty "Under 40" Business Leaders (2000).
     Ms. Reece, who has been featured in Ebony and Jet magazine, is the host of her own weekly popular radio talk show along with father, Steven Reece (Alicia Reece & Steve Reece, Back to Back), on Sundays from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., on WDBZ 1230AM.
     Ms. Reece's leadership skills have been recognized throughout the city and country. She was selected as an Emerging Leader by Applause Magazine (1997). Ms. Reece served as the 1998 Minority Coordinator for the "Get Out To Vote" Campaign in Hamilton County. As the coordinator, she organized events featuring the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., Congressman John Conyers, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Congressman Charlie Rangle, Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., plus local and state elected officials. Ms. Reece is the founder of the annual "Stop The Violence" program where she brings high school students, city officials, and the Cincinnati police to work together to reduce violence in the city.
     The 30- year-old native of Cincinnati, Ohio, is the daughter of Steven Reece, Sr. and Mrs. Barbara Reece and a graduate of Withrow High School (1989) where she served as senior class president, captain of the girls City Champions basketball team, and graduated in the top ten percent of her class from the International Studies Academy at Withrow High School with a Baccalaureate Degree.
     Ms. Reece then went on to college on an academic scholarship at Grambling State University in Louisiana where she not only earned a degree in Mass Communications but hosted her own weekly radio show on the campus 50,000 watt FM radio station. She played on the 1990 Grambling State University Women's Division I Basketball Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship team. In 1992, Ms. Reece achieved the highest student leadership position on her college campus as she was crowned Miss Grambling State University, the official student ambassador for the university. As Miss Grambling State University, Ms. Reece traveled across the country with legendary football coach, Eddie Robinson, the winningest football coach in American history, motivating students to stay in school and achieve their goals. She also represented her university and all black colleges at the Presidential Inauguration for President Bill Clinton. She visited hospitalized children, sponsored an elementary school "Little Miss GSU" essay contest, produced "Say No To Drugs" Black History Month TV public service announcements, and served as a keynote speaker and panelist at several national youth forums and high schools.
     After graduation, Ms. Reece returned to Cincinnati to work in her family's entrepreneurship center, which houses several small businesses. In addition to serving as Director of Communications at the family's business center, she has served as the Director of Community Outreach for former Congressman David Mann. She managed the Congressional community office in the First Congressional District in Ohio where she focused on community awareness and outreach through congressional seminars and workshops, which she created and coordinated. Ms. Reece was also one of the community outreach coordinators for Vice President Gore's visit to Cincinnati, OH.
     Ms. Reece has served as coordinator for several national and local events such as: the National Women's Sports Hall of Fame, the Youth 2000 Conference, the First Prince Hall Masonic Afrocentric Ball in Ohio, and the Taking it to the Streets Voter Registration & Education Campaign. She represented Black College Queens at the Presidential Inauguration as well as hosted one-on-one live interviews with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton on her own show for her campus' 50,000 watt FM radio station.
     Ms. Reece has served as a motivational speaker for various programs and has traveled across the country talking with young leaders.
 



Dr. Franklin D. Wright is a Forensic Dental Consultant with a full time family practice in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a graduate of the College of Dentistry at the University of Kentucky.
     Dr. Wright has published articles in the Cincinnati Dental Society “Bulletin”, the Manual of Forensic Odontology, and the Journal of Forensic Sciences.
     He has lectured on a variety of topics at numerous workshops, teacher in-service and continuing education training sessions, and dental society meetings across the United States, and in Central and South America.
     His affiliations include the American Board of Forensic Odontology, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the International College of Dentists, the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office, and the PANDA Coalition. He has held several offices in many organizations.
     Dr. Wright has been involved in litigation, both in civil and criminal cases, as well as the review of many cases that were not litigated. His research interests include the photo-documentation of patterned injuries using non-visible light, and digital imaging and enhancement.
  • Office:
    • Full Time Family Practice
      1055 Nimitzview Dr.
      Cincinnati, Ohio 45230
      PHONE (513) 231-5353
      FAX (513) 474-0552
  • Education:
    • University of Kentucky
      College of Dentistry
      A.B. Chandler Medical Center
      Lexington, Kentucky
  • Graduate:
    • May 1984
      University of Kentucky
      College of Arts and Sciences
      Lexington, Kentucky
  • Graduate:
    • May 1980
      Anderson Senior High School
      Cincinnati, Ohio 45255
  • Publications:
    • Cincinnati Dental Society "Bulletin"
      "Forensic Odontology", April 1988 Vol. 57 No. 4 Pg. 16
    • Manual of Forensic Odontology (A publication of the Amer. Society of Forensic Odontology)
      • "Postmortem Dental Radiography", Second Edition, 1991
      • Chapter 2,"Dental Identification", Third Edition, 1995
    • Forensic Dentistry, Chapter 6 "Forensic Photography"; first edition, 6/97, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL
    • Photography in Bite Mark and Patterned Injury Documentation, Part 1 and part 2- a case study, Journal of Forensic Sciences, vol.43; num.5; pgs 871-881; July 1998
    • Dental Clinics of North America: Forensic Odontology, Bitemark Chapter, April, 2001, pgs 365-397
    • Bitemark Evidence, edited by Dorion, {photography- chapter 7}"Collection of Evidence: Non-invasive Analyses: Photography" (to be published late 2004)
  • Lectures:
    • "Forensic Dentistry"- Cincinnati Dental Assistant's Society, October 17, 1988 - March 20, 1991 - March 21, 1994 - April 21, 1997
    • Hamilton County Dental Mass Disaster Team, "Dentistry's Role in a Mass Disaster in Cincinnati", January 6, 1990
    • "Dental Identification" -Cincinnati Dental Society, March 12, 1990
    • "Forensic Dentistry" - Lima Dental Study Club, January 14, 1992
    • "Forensic Dentistry"- All Ohio Dental Career Day, The Ohio State University, March 1992; April 1993
    • "Distortional Correction in Bitemark Photography - an Unusual Case" & "Problems and Solutions to the Formation of a Statewide Dental Disaster Team" American Academy of Forensic Sciences - Annual Meeting, Boston February 1993
    • "Forensic Dentistry- A Look At Dentistry As You Have Never Seen It Before" Radisson Hotel, Lexington Kentucky, Sponsored by the University of Kentucky, College of Dentistry - Commonwealth Continuing Education Dept., August 28, 1993 and December 16, 1994
    • "Forensic Dentistry- A New Look at an Old Friend", Eastside Dental Study Club, May 1994
    • "Forensic Dentistry- Course and Workshop", Republica de Colombia Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses Bogota, Colombia, South America, December 12-17, 1994
    • "Bitemark Case Workup" - A.S.F.O. Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA February 14, 1995
    • "Forensic Dentistry: A Look at Dentistry as You've Never Seen It Before"
      • Ohio Expanded Dental Function Assistants Association at the Annual Meeting of the Ohio Dental Association, September 1995
      • Stark County (Canton, Ohio) Dental Society, November 1995
      • Greater Cincinnati Oral Health Council, December 1995
      • Raymond Walters College- Dental Hygiene Program University of Cincinnati, January 1996
      • Greater Cincinnati Dental Study Club, October 1996
      • Cincinnati Dental Hygienists' Association, November 1997
    • Death Investigation Seminar, Hamilton Co. Coroner's Office, Odontology Presentation- "Forensic Dentistry, Pattern Injuries, Photography", 10/17/96, 9/9/97, 9/98; 9/99
    • "Evidence Recovery with Dental Materials", FBI Evidence Recovery Team, Cincinnati Office, 10/18/96
    • "Bitemark Evidence Recovery", Hamilton Co. Sexual Assault Team, 1991,1993, 1997
    • "Computers in Dental Identification"; "Human Abuse"; "Bitemark Update: Computers, DNA and Digital Images" IX Congress de la Instituto de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses, Bogotá, Colombia, S.A. Sept. 17-20, 1997
    • George Furst Bitemark Seminar, AAFS meeting, 2/14/98 case presentation, San Francisco, CA
    • "Forensic Dentistry: the basics and some nuggets for your office" Cincinnati Dental Society, 3/9/98
    • "Forensic Evidence" keynote speaker, Domestic Violence Conference "Effective Investigation and Prosecution" workshop, Cincinnati, 4/2/98
    • "Forensic Photography" California Attorney General's National Missing & Unidentified Persons Violent Crime Workshop, 7/21-7/25/98, Sacramento, California
    • "Forensic Dentistry- It's All in How You Look at It!", University of Kentucky- Commonwealth Continuing Dental Education University of Kentucky, 8/28/98
    • "Child Abuse" & "Forensic Dentistry" Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Montgomery Inn, Cincinnati, Ohio 2/4/99
    • 2nd George Furst Bitemark Seminar, AAFS Annual Meeting "Forensic Photography" and "Overlay Fabrication", Saturday, 2/20/1999, Orlando, FL
    • "Forensic Dentistry" Northwest (Ohio) Dental Society, Lima, Ohio, 3/17/99
    • "Forensic Photography" - Ohio State Coroners Association Annual Meeting Columbus, Ohio, 5/14/99
    • "The ODA Mass Disaster Identification Team and Forensic Dentistry: an Introduction", Ohio Dental Association Annual Session, Columbus, Ohio, 9/23/99
    • "Forensic Dentistry" T.I. Law Dental Study Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, 9/27/99
    • 3rd George Furst Bitemark Seminar AAFS Annual Meeting Three part Course Review and Summary, Reno, NV, February 19,2000
    • "Forensic Dentistry: Dental Identification Exercise and Bitemark Case Analysis", University of Kentucky College of Dentistry-Commonwealth Dental Continuing Education, Lexington, KY, 3/24/00
    • "Forensic Dentistry: Bitemarks - Who did It?", Ohio Dental Association Annual Session, Columbus, Ohio, 9/16/00
    • " Human Abuse", teacher in-service: Lawrenceburg School System, Lawrenceburg, Indiana, January 10, 2001
    • "The Trials and Tribulations of Bitemarks Analysis: Seeing What is Really There", AAFS annual meeting Abstract presentation, Thursday February 22,2001, Seattle, Washington
    • "Forensic Odontology 2001", Instituto de Medica Legal y Ciencias Forenses, June 3-9, 2001, Bogota, Colombia, South America
    • "Forensic Dental Identification Workshop" Annual Session, Ohio Dental Association, September 14, 2001 Columbus, Ohio
    • Dental Identification Unit, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, New York City, NY World Trade Center Disaster (Dental Identification of WTC victims) 9/15-9/23/01; 12/5-12/10/01
    • VI Jornada de Medican Legal, Ministerio Publico: Instituto de Medicina Legal "Forensic Evaluation: Collection and Process of Identification at the Scene of the Crime"; "Identification by Human Bitemarks", "Identification by Forensic Dentistry", "DNA in Forensic Dentistry", Panama City, Republic of Panama, Central America, October 23-25, 2002
    • "Forensic Dentistry: Crime Scene Incidents", Northern Kentucky University Advanced Crime Scene Class, Friday 11/8/02 - Prof. Jill Shelley, Highland Heights, KY 41099
    • "Forensic Dentistry", Cincinnati Dental Hygienists Association, Raymond Walters College, University of Cincinnati, 11/12/02, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • "Advanced Forensic Photography" University of Texas, San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, December 6-8, 2002, lecture & workshop; with Dr. Greg Golden, Upland, CA and Dr. James Lewis, Alabama
    • ABFO Bitemark Workshop #5: Didactic Lecture: "ABFO Bitemark Terminology and Report Writing"; Moderator: oral presentations by candidates, AAFS Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL Sunday February 16, 2003
    • "Dental Identification Workshop Using Computers", sponsored by the Ohio Dental Association at the Ohio State University College of Dentistry April 12, 2003, Columbus, Ohio
    • "Mass Disaster Identification Workshop", Tennessee Dental Association Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN May 22, 2003
    • "Introduction to Forensic Dentistry", Ohio Dental Association Annual Session, Columbus, Ohio September 13, 2003
    • "Ominous Signs of Abuse, including Bite Mark Analysis and Patterned Injuries", Ohio Sexual Assault Nurses Association/Forensic nurses, MedCentral Hospital, Mansfield, Ohio Nov. 5,2003
    • "Photography in documentation of bitemark and patterned injuries in child abuse and assault" Multi-disciplinary Child Abuse Team- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Mayerson Center for Child Abuse, Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio November 21, 2003
    • "Forensic Dentistry: A Look at Dentistry as You Have Never Seen It Before", Lorain County Dental Society, Holiday Inn, Ohio St. Rt. 57, Lorain, Ohio, January 21, 2004
    • "Forensic Dentistry" Northern Kentucky University Criminal Justice Seminar Farris Auditorium, NKU Campus 3/26/04
    • "Advanced Forensic Photography: Human Bitemarks: Detection, Photography and other Evidence Collection", NYU College of Dentistry/New York Society of Forensic Dentistry 345 E. 24th St. NY, NY 3/29/04
    • "Be Careful Who You Bite: An Introduction to Bitemark Analysis" Cincinnati Dental Society Scientific Meeting Monday 4/19/04 Gregory Conference Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • "Forensic Dentistry: CSI" University of Kentucky College of Dentistry Continuing Education Network, Lexington, KY 12/3/04
    • "Forensic Dentistry: An Introduction for Dental Hygienists" Ohio Dental Hygiene Association Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio 1/22/05
  • Affiliations:
    • Diplomat, American Board of Forensic Odontology (1989- ) (ABFO)
    • Member, American Society of Forensic Odontology (1986-) (ASFO)
    • Fellow, American Academy of Forensic Sciences (1992-) (AAFS)
    • Fellow, International College of Dentists (2000)
    • Member, PANDA Coalition- Delta Dental of Ohio and the Ohio Dental Association (1994- ) (PANDA =prevent abuse and neglect through dental awareness)
    • National Dental Advisor, Parents of Murdered Children (1993-)
    • Hamilton Co. Coroner's Office, Forensic Dental Consultant (1986- )
    • Disaster Committee Member, Greater Cincinnati- Northern Kentucky International Airport, Dental Mass Disaster Team (1988-)
    • American Dental Association, Ohio Dental Association (ODA)
    • Cincinnati Dental Society (CDS) (1984-)
    • CDS Council Member (1997-) Delegate, ODA (1998-)
    • Chairman, CDS Public Relations Committee (2004-)
    • Forensic dental consulting provided in may states throughout the US
  • Offices Held:
    • Forensic Dental Consultant, Hamilton Co. Coroner's Office (1986- )
    • Chairman, Mass Disaster Identification Team, Ohio Dental Association (1990-1998)
    • Chairman, Forensic Dental Team, Ohio Dental Association (1998- )
    • Chief, Hamilton County, Ohio-Dental Disaster Team (1986-)
    • Board of Directors, A.B.F.O. (1994-1997) (1998-2001)
    • Chairman, Cincinnati Dental Society Forensic Dental Team (2002-)
    • Chairman, Human Abuse Committee, A.B.F.O. (2000-2002)
    • Board of Governors- A.S.F.O. (1995- 1998)
    • Editorial Board, A.S.F.O. Newsletter (1999- present)
    • Odontology Section Program Chairman, A.A.F.S. (1997-1999)
    • Odontology Section Secretary, A.A.F.S. (1999-2001)
    • Odontology Section Chairman, A.A.F.S. (2000-2002)
    • AAFS: Local Arrangements, Cincinnati, 1990
      • Continuing Education Committee (1997-2003)
      • Nominating Committee (2000- 2002)
      • Ethics Committee (2000- 2002)
      • Council (1998-2002)
    • Chairman, Ad Hoc Strategic Plan Committee, ABFO (2003-2004)
    • Ohio State Dental Board (appointed by Gov. Bob Taft):
      • Term: 4/04 through 3/31/07
      • Committees: Policy Committee (2004 - )
        • Laws & Rules Committee (2004 -)
        • Communication Committee (2004- )
        • Scope of Practice (2004- )
  • Recognized Meetings:
    • Symposium on Mass Disasters, A.D.A. Headquarters, Chicago, Illinois, March 1986
    • Airport Disaster Exercise, Greater Cincinnati International Airport, October 1988-December 1991, September 1993-September 1996, September 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,2002
    • American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)- Annual Meeting
      • Cincinnati, Ohio - February 1990
      • Anaheim, California - February 1991
      • New Orleans, LA - February 1992
      • Boston, MA - February 1993
      • San Antonio, TX - February 1994
      • Seattle, WA - February 1995
      • Nashville, TN - February 1996
      • New York, NY - February 1997
      • San Francisco, CA - February 1998
      • Orlando, FL - February 1999
      • Reno, NV - February 2000
      • Seattle, WA - February 2001
      • Atlanta, GA - February 2002
      • Chicago, IL - February 2003
      • Dallas, TX - February 2004
    • Second Symposium on Mass Disaster, ADA Headquarters, Chicago, Illinois, 6/96
    • Mass Disaster Workshop, ADA Headquarters, April 1997
    • C.A.R.E. Symposium (Child Abuse Recognition Education), ADA Headquarters, 7/31- 8/1/98
  • Continuing Education:
    • "Forensic Odontology", Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Washington, D.C., September 1986
    • "Forensic Odontology", University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, Mark Bernstein, D.D.S. 1985
    • "Forensic Odontology", ADA Mid-Winter Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, John Kenney, D.D.S. 1987
    • Mini-A.F.I.P Course, Indiana University- Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN
    • A.F.I.P. Faculty, 1988, Annual A.A.F.S meeting: 1990- 2004, Annual A.S.F.O. meeting: 1990- 2004; A.B.F.O. Annual meeting: 1989-2004
  • Research Interest:
    • Photo-documentation of patterned injuries using non-visible light (Infra-red and ultra violet light)- research on-going
    • Digital Imaging and Enhancement, on-going
    • I have been involved in litigation, both in civil and criminal cases, as well as the review of many cases that were not litigated. Specifics available upon request.



Professor Ed Pridgeman joined the University of Cincinnati Police in 1970 and served progressively as a Detective, Sergeant and Lieutenant before being appointed Chief in 1977. Prior to this he was a Special Investigator for the Hamilton Co. Juvenile Court.
     In addition to graduating from the FBI National Academy, he has attended the US Secret Service Protective Operations Course, the University of Chicago Institute of Social Pathology, the Federal Law Enforcement Advanced Anti-Terrorism Management Course and the FBI's Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar. He has attended and contributed to numerous International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) seminars on protective services and mass violence. Prof. Bridgeman has also served as a consultant to the IACP and the International Assoc. of Bomb Technicians and was Director of the Ohio Hazardous Device Training Project. He is an advisor on Terrorism training to the Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy and the Hamilton and Clermont County Emergency Management Agencies, a staff consultant to the Hamilton Co. SWAT Team and a former member of the IACP Committee on Terrorism and the IACP Advisory Committee on International Policy, Prof. Bridgeman has published several articles on Terrorism and Police Administration. In 1998 he was appointed to the US Attorney General's Working Group on Hate Crimes and is one of those representing Clermont County on the Ohio Emergency Management Agency's Domestic Preparedness for Terrorism Program.
     While he was with the UC Police, he toured Europe on a month-long State Dept. sponsored seminar, meeting with leading British, French, West German, Swiss and Italian police and military officials in order to study advanced methods of dealing with Terrorism. And, following his participation in an INTERPOL Symposium in Paris, France on trans-national criminality, Prof. Bridgeman did a training study with the Royal Ulster Constabulary in No. Ireland. More recently, he visited Israel as a member of a mission to investigate means of handling conflict in the Mid-East. His studies have also taken him to Copenhagen (Denmark), Brussels (Belgium) and Quebec (Canada).
     In November 1992 he left the UC Police to teach Criminal Justice and in 1995 he was selected to be Head of the Criminal Justice Department at UCs' Clermont College.
     Prof. Bridgeman is Past President of the Hamilton Co. Assoc. of Chiefs of Police and served for many years on the Hamilton Co. Police Education & Training Committee. He now serves on the Clermont Co. Local Emergency Planning Commission, representing Law Enforcement.
     After obtaining a BS in Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati and doing graduate studies in Law, Forensic Sciences and Management at the Univ. of Virginia (Richmond), he returned to the Univ. of Cincinnati to earn a Masters Degree in Public Administration.
     A lifelong resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, Prof. Bridgeman is married and has two married daughters.
 



Brian Bertke is the Director of Corporate Programs at Matthew 25: Ministries and the Center for Humanitarian Relief located in Blue Ash, Ohio. Brian's responsibilities include developing relationships with U.S. corporations and establishing in-kind donation programs. Some of the companies that partner with Matthew 25: Ministries include Avon, Beiersdorf, Cintas, Jergens, Longaberger, MeadWestvaco, Procter & Gamble and Smucker's.
     Brian is also responsible for establishing cohesiveness with other non-profit agencies so that resources and programs can be maximized and a greater number of people can be served. He is also currently planning a fund raiser which will involve climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania which will benefit children in several African nations.
     Brian has a Bachelor of Science degree from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Prior to joining Matthew 25: Ministries, Brian had an extensive career in sales/sales management in the computer software industry working for companies such as EDS, Cincom Systems, Platinum Technology and Computer Associates. He also spent time as a corporate training facilitator at Joy Outdoor Education Center where he specialized in leadership development, team building and communications programs.
 



Cincinnati Reds broadcast legend and former pitcher Joe Nuxhall became an announcer for the Reds when he retired from baseball in 1967. Since then, he has endeared himself to Reds fans as a valuable part of the most colorful and longest running radio broadcasting tandem in baseball.
     In all, "The Ol' Lefthander" has spent 38 years in the broadcast booth and experienced many exciting moments. He described the action during the Reds five World Series appearances and World Championships in 1975, 1976 and 1990. He also was heard rooting Pete Rose's historic 4,192nd base hit to the turf at Riverfront Stadium with his famous "get down, get down" call.
     Nuxhall has broadcasted games from each of the three stadiums the stadiums the Reds have called home: Crosley Field, Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field and the three-year-old Great American Ballpark. The words from his signature sign-off, "Rounding Third and Heading for Home," adorn the façade of Great American Ballpark for all of Cincinnati to see.
     He became the youngest player to ever play Major League Baseball in 1944. On special permission from his Hamilton High School principal, the then 15-year-old pitcher signed a contract with the Reds. He yielded five runs and five walks while retiring two batters in major league debut.
     Soon after, he finished high school and played in the minor leagues for five years before returning to the Reds in 1952. Three years later, he won a career-high 15 games and led the National League with five shutouts. Nuxhall was a two-time All-Star selection and pitched a total of 3-1/3 scoreless innings in those appearances.
     Fifteen of Nuxhall's 16 seasons were spent with the Cincinnati Reds. He also played stints with the Kansas City Athletics in 1961 and the Los Angeles Angels in 1962. The lifetime .198 hitter with career 15 home runs, hit a career high .292 in 1961. After five games in Los Angeles in 1962, he returned to the Reds for the stretch run and was a sterling 5-0 in his starting role. In 1963, he was 15-8, with a career-low 2.61 ERA (Earned Run Average). Nuxhall went 135-117 in his 16 years as a pitcher. He ended his career with a lifetime 3.90 ERA through 2,303 innings pitched.
     Nuxhall has been quick to share the benefits of his success with those that have made it possible. He formed the Joe Nuxhall Scholarship Foundation to help defray college costs for Butler County (Ohio) students. Each Butler County high school is allotted $2,000 annually to benefit one or two graduating seniors. To date, the foundation has contributed more than $327,000 to education. In addition, he recently created the Joe Nuxhall Character Education Fund to benefit schools and nonprofit organizations in Butler County.
 
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