Board of Trustees Biographies

Robert E. Richardson, Jr.
Term: 2008-2017 

Robert E. Richardson, Jr. is a second generation Cincinnatian and is a construction market representative for the Laborers Employers Cooperation and Education Trust ("LECET") for the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Florida.  Mr. Richardson is also an attorney and serves as "of counsel" with the law firm of Branstetter, Stranch, & Jennings. 

Mr. Richardson received both his BSE in electrical engineering and his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati.  While at the University of Cincinnati he established the first college chapter of the NAACP in the Tristate and was elected Student Body President in the spring of 2001.  In 2002, Mr. Richardson was awarded the UC Presidential Leadership Medal of Excellence.

In January 2008, Mr. Richardson made history at the age of 29 when Governor Strickland appointed him as the youngest person ever to serve on the Board of Trustees at the University of Cincinnati. Mr. Richardson currently serves on several others boards which include the Greater Cincinnati YMCA, the Cincinnati Park Board, the Hamilton Democratic Executive Board, the STEM Executive Board, and the Lawyers Coordinating Committee for the AFL-CIO.  Mr. Richardson also serves as co-chair for the political advocacy committee of Agenda 360.