Meet Our Board

Janey Kattelman and Sue Koetz are the co-founders of the Sharonville Fine Arts Council that began in early 2002.  The Executive Board of Directors  was expanded on February 1, 2003 adding the following (1) year terms for J. C. Hall, Artist, and Robin Kurlas.  Gayla Price was added in December 2006 as Director of the Capital Campaign.  The following Honorary Board Members were added on March 1, 2003:  Sharonville Mayor Virgil Lovitt II, Pete Kauffman of Dugan & Meyers Construction Company and Architect Paul Muller of Muller Associates.

Janey Kattelman was a co-founder of the Sharonville Fine Arts Council.  She is an elected member of Sharonville's City Council.  She has a true love for all aspects and areas of art, as she was one of the lead performers in the March 2003 production of Arsenic and Old Lace.  She is an artist who enjoys working in the mediums of Acrylic and Oil paints.  She is also a gifted quilter.  Janey is a storyteller of children's tales and tales of folklore and was the featured storyteller October 2002 for the Halloween Children's Scary Tales Program held at Sharonville City Hall.  Janey is married to former Sharonville Mayor Paul Kattelman and is the mother of two - David and Carey - and grandmother of three.  In her spare time, Janey is pursuing a degree in Political Science.  She and Paul reside in Sharonville.

Sue Koetz was a co-founder of the Sharonville Fine Arts Council.  She is the Executive Director of the City of Sharonville Community Recreation Center and Recreation Department, overseeing and developing the many successful programs that take place throughout the City of Sharonville.  Sue's lifelong love and appreciation for the arts and her attendance in many workshops and group writing programs - has given her courage to pursue a passion in the filed of creative writing.  Sue is now a budding novelist, working on her first novel.  She grew up in the Sharonville area and resides in Kings Mill, Ohio.

Robin Kurlas has fond memories of growing up in Sharonville in the 60s and attending schools in the Princeton district. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a B.S. in Information Systems and an M.B.A. from Xavier University with a minor in Entrepreneurial Studies. Robin began her computer career as a programmer & systems analyst eventually becoming Vice-President of Information Systems for a local distributor.    She & her husband Dennis opened the Red Squirrel Restaurant on Rt. 42 in Sharonville 2001. Their other restaurants include the Red Squirrels in Tri-County and Fairfield and the Skyline Chili's in Fairfield and Hamilton West.  Robin currently serves on the board of the Riverbank Poetry Project which is sponsored by the Red Squirrels, (this sponsorship was recognized in 2002 with the Post-Corbett Award and the Ohio Governor's Award for Business Support of the Arts). Robin and Dennis recently founded the Hamilton Zen Center, a meditation center in Hamilton to promote balance and personal wellness. She facilitates monthly Drum Circles at that facility.  They reside in Hamilton with their daughters, Jade and MeiLian, both from China.

Gayla Price is the branch manager of the Sharonville Branch of PNC Bank.  She has served at this location since October of 2004 and with PNC since June of 1986. Gayla has enjoyed several successes throughout her career at PNC. Recently, she and her branch were honored as 2006 Service Excellence Award winners. In the past, she has served as the secretary  (2 years) and the  president (2 years) of the College Hill Business Association. She is currently the secretary of the Sharonville Chamber of Commerce and the Capital Campaign Director for the Sharonville Fine Arts Council. Over the last few years Gayla has enjoyed displaying the baskets she weaves at local craft shows. She and her  husband, Dan, live in Reading along with their daughter Kara (class of '07 !!) . Their son Chris is a Youth Pastor in Orlando, Florida. Gayla's husband Dan was a full-time pastor for 20 years and currently they are  working in the Youth Department at  their church. They desire to make an impact on the lives that they touch now and in the future.

Virgil Lovitt II, Honorary Member,  is the Mayor of Sharonville.  His family has played an important part in Sharonville history that goes back for many years.  Mayor Lovitt conducts Mayoral duties which include presiding over both the Sharonville Board of Health and The Sharonville Planning Commission.  Mayor Lovitt is also the Chairman of the Chester Road and Convention Center Committee and is a representative of the Butler County Land Use Committee.  Mayor Lovitt was instrumental in starting the Sharonville Loop Merchants Association and has been tremendously supportive of the Sharonville Fine Arts Council.  Virgil and his wife Tracy and their three children live in Sharonville.  His children are actively involved in the performing arts at Princeton High School.   

 Pete Kauffman, Honorary Member/Advisory Board,   MEP Coordinator/Project Manager with Dugan & Meyers Construction Company.  Dugan & Meyers is one of the largest general contracting firms in the Midwest with offices located in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Louisville.  Their diversified construction projects nationwide encompasses construction of schools, high-rise offices, hotels, retail, convention centers, parking structures, sewage & water plants, manufacturing facilities, university buildings, airports and health care facilities.

 Local projects have included The great American Ballpark, Toyota Motor Distributors in Northern Kentucky, PNC Center, Huntington Center, Chemed Center, Avon Customer Call Center, Comfort Suites Inn, Bethesda North Surgery Addition, Evergreen Retirement Community, The Deaconess Hospital, The Indiana University Fine Arts Museum, City of Mason Municipal Building, Lakota Central Office Building, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, University of Cincinnati, Runoff center for Design & Art College of design, Art/Architecture & Planning University of Cincinnati Medical Science Building, and Mary Emery Hall College, Conservatory of Music. 

The company has won numerous distinguished awards given by the Associated General Contractors of America and by the Construction Management Association of America.

Paul Muller, Honorary Member/Advisory Board, Architect, Muller Associates, internationally known for his historic preservation work.  Current president of the Cincinnati Preservation Association Board of Trustees.  He is a member of the Homeland Security Council and locally serves on the Board on the Port of Greater Cincinnati development Authority.  Mr. Muller was one of three architects chosen for his distinguished work to represent the United States in an exhibition of designs  from twenty nations.  The firm has received numerous awards for its architectural designs, historic preservation and urban design projects.  Mr. Muller's work has been included in numerous exhibitions including the Paris Biennale, New American Architects at The Ecole des Beaux-Arts, the Cooper Hewitt Museum of Design and the Royal Institute of British Architects, the London and the American Academy in Rome.

Projects closer to home have been the Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church, saving the architectural tower, the Esquire Theatre, he 20th Century Theater in Cincinnati, The Grand Victoria Site Study, Teller's of Hyde Park, Watson's Brothers Microbrewery and Pub.  Other projects include the Verdin Art Center in Rising Sun, Indiana, the Rising Sun City Administration Building, the Rising Sun Senior Citizen Building, Rising Sun Streetscape and Urban Design Project, the Gary Media Center, the Gettysburg Avenue gateway Design in Dayton, Ohio.   

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