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Jackie Reau, CEO of Game Day, a media and marketing agency, has more than 25 years of experience and specializes in strategic communications planning, social media strategy and crisis management. Before co-founding the company in 2002 with former ESPN Anchor Betsy Ross, Jackie worked in healthcare at The Christ Hospital and as director of marketing at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Jackie is an adjunc...

Jason Wilson takes the helm as the guest host of the Season One Finale, interviewing Bill Baker. Bill is an Architect, Principal, and Owner at MSA Design – a national architecture, interiors, and graphic design firm headquartered in Downtown Cincinnati with offices in Central Ohio and Florida. In addition to his role on the Executive Board of MSA, one of his key professional passions is MSA Sport,...

Michael Schuster, FAIA, LEED AP is the founder and a principal of MSA Design, an AIA Ohio Gold Medal firm, offering award-winning services in architecture, interior design, planning, and experiential graphics. Schuster received his Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati School of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP). He became a registered architect in 1982 an...

Jason Farmer has worked in Ohio Athletics since 2003. Farmer was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director of Facilities and Operations in 2008, and again promoted in 2016 to Associate Athletic Director, the position he currently holds. As Associate Athletic Director, Farmer schedules and manages daily operations of all athletic controlled facilities, coordinates all aspects of gameday operations fo...

Kirk Koennecke is the Superintendent of the Indian Hill School District - a nationally renowned high performing school district located in Greater Cincinnati. A veteran educational leader with 16 years of experience in administration and 24 years of service to students, Mr. Koennecke came to the Indian Hill School District after serving as superintendent of the Graham Local School District in Cent...

Mark Evans is the Senior Director of Season Ticket Sales and Fan Experience with the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer. Mark graduated from Towson University in 2005 with a degree in Sports Management. He began his career in the sports business with the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League, and also within the Six Flags organization. He began his career with the Union in 2009 in...

Nestor Melnyk joined MSA Design in 1995 and is integral leading many of MSA’s key institutional projects including civic, religious, and is the Director of Higher Education Academic Projects firm-wide. Clients and colleagues recognize Nestor for his thoroughness and attention to detail in all aspects of the architectural process as well as being a leader in quality control and detailing, as eviden...

Tony Costello has been an educator / practitioner for his entire 54+ year career as an architect. He holds the title, Irving Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Ball State University, retiring as a full-time faculty member in 2005 after 38 years. He has continued for the last 16 years in an adjunct capacity and teaches one elective course a year and is involved in the Department of...

Dan Montgomery is an Associate and Senior Project Architect at MSA Design. Dan is a native of Lisbon, Ohio - a "small town in the woods" in Northeast Ohio. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning (DAAP). Dan's career began with institutional and civic work, and he joined MSA over 12 years ago where he has risen into Senior Leadership and is...

For more than two decades Harry Snyder, President and CEO (Superintendent) of Great Oaks Career Campuses, has been committed to ensuring that youth and adults are prepared with the competitive skills necessary for economic growth. Because he understands that this means business and education working together, he has become a major voice in workforce training. In 2014, the Great Oaks Board of Direc...

Troy Bonte serves as Executive Director of Facilities Management & Planning for Otterbein University, located in Westerville, Ohio. Troy oversees the Office of Facilities Services, and other business operations including the University Bookstore, Mailroom, and Print/Copy Center. Troy and his staff handle daily service, energy management, campus construction, maintenance and repair, and special eve...

Haven Fields is the Deputy Athletics Director at Ball State University, an NCAA Division 1 Institution competing in the Mid American Conference. Haven oversees external operations and assists in supervising the Cardinals’ 19 teams and 400-plus student-athletes. Prior to coming to Ball State, Fields spent the previous five years working at the University of Illinois Office of Athletics Development....

J. Marshall Hyzdu is the second president of Archbishop Moeller High School. As president and a Moeller alumnus, he is dedicated to deepening Moeller’s tradition of academic excellence, commitment to its Catholic and Marianist identity, and its engagement with the alumni and Moeller family. A 1996 graduate of Moeller, Marshall was the school vice president and finished in the top 10 of his class a...

Amy Benetti joins us as an Associate Principal and Project Manager at MSA Design. Amy is a native of Speedway, Indiana - home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A childhood influenced by family home improvement projects and "tinkering" ultimately led her to attend the Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning at Ball State University. After graduation, she came to MSA Design where she has ri...

Jerry Dendinger is the Chief Operating Officer of Athletes In Action, a worldwide sports ministry headquartered near Dayton. In addition to the retreats, camps, and team building opportunities at their HQ campus (the former Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home in Xenia, Ohio) AIA provides athletic teams and mission opportunities throughout amateur, collegiate, and professional sports organi...

Andre Seoldo is Associate Athletic Director for Facilities & Operations at the University of Cincinnati. At UC, Seoldo directs all event management, facility rentals and assists in the planning of capital projects. During his 8 year tenure at UC, Andre has been instrumental in the operations and planning of significant capital investments in Athletic Facilities including the expansion and renovati...

Amber Wasinski is an Interior & Project Designer with MSA Design and part time adjunct faculty member for the School of Architecture and Interior Design, DAAP, at the University of Cincinnati. She completed her undergraduate BS Interior Design and Masters of Architecture + International Business Certificate at UC. Her work spans a wide range of content and scales including domestic and internation...

Mike Snyder begins his seventh year as the athletic director of Illinois College in 2020-21. In addition to his responsibilities as athletic director, Snyder was the president of the Collegiate Event and Facility Management Association (CEFMA) in 2016-17 and was named to the Executive Committee of the National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators (NADIIIAA) starting with the 2018-19...

Chris Patek is a Principal and Architect at MSA Design, a nationally renowned design practice based in the Midwest. As a senior leader in MSA's Education and Transportation markets, Chris has led teams on many of the firms' award winning design projects including recent work with the Great Oaks Career Campus System, Mariemont City Schools, and Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority. He is passi...

Deanna Brant is currently the Executive Director of the Delaware Morrow Mental Health and Recovery Services Board. The Board is comprised of 7 staff and 14 volunteer Board members who oversee the planning, funding, monitoring and evaluation of a comprehensive continuum of behavioral health care in Delaware and Morrow Counties, just outside of Columbus Ohio. Her focus has been on collaboration with...

Nate Stewart is the Director of Athletics for Carthage College, heading a department that supports nearly 800 student-athletes across 27 teams. He was hired from Division-III Centre College, where he was the Deputy Director of Athletics for three years. During his time in Danville, Ky., he led many of the department's development and fundraising efforts, and led the External Relations Committee wh...

Michael Collins is Senior Vice President of global consulting practice JS Held. Michael has worked as a Principal in Charge, Project Executive, Pre-Construction Manager, Project Manager, Project Engineer, and designer for local, regional, and national Ownership Groups. Michael Collins has nearly 20 years of experience in the design and construction industry. At J.S. Held, Michael leads the Owner’s...

Sarah Eingle is Director of Interior Design and Associate Principal at MSA Design, a nationally renowned architecture+interior design+graphics practice based in the Midwest. As the leader of MSA's Interior Design team, Sarah has set the direction and influenced the design of award winning interior environments on projects across all of the firms seven market practices. Sarah, a native of the small...

Jason Wilson’s life might best be paralleled with the Disney movie Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. A military brat, his father took tours of duty that took the family from Ohio to the East Coast, the Gulf shores of Texas, Cincinnati and two stints in Alaska. Professionally, he began his career in Architecture and "felt the call" to go into Construction. In 2009, he founded Marathon Construction Consultants,...

Blake Lane is a Senior Design Researcher at Thrive in Atlanta, Georgia, where he specializes in healthcare innovation. Blake received his BFA in interior design from Valdosta State University in South Georgia and went on to earn his master’s of science degree in architecture from the University of Cincinnati, where he is also a PhD candidate. It was while doing theoretical research on spatial desi...