Secretary
Term: 2008-2017

Robert E. Richardson Jr. is a second generation Cincinnatian and the Executive Director and Founder of the Coalition for Sustainable Communities a nonprofit development corporation which invests in development projects that are sustainable for both the community and the environment. Mr. Richardson also serves as 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 JD 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 also currently serves on the Drake Hospital Board, the Lawyers Coordinating Committee of the AFL-CIO, and is Co-Chairman of Cincinnatians for Progress.