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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Sustainability Leadership in PracticeOn April 25th, 2024 at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, the EACC hosted it's second, invitation-only SUSTAIN Conference for EACC members and industry leaders.
Just over 100 people gathered to listen to keynote presenter Maureen Kline, VP Public Affairs & Sustainability for Pirelli Tire North America, Mark Fisher, VP Facilities Planning & Sustainability ...read more
Categories: EACC News, 2024, Events
Thursday, March 28, 2024
2024 Expansion Barometer: Hurdles and Opportunities for European and US Mid-size Businesses How can mid-size businesses better capture European and US market opportunities? Entering the year 2024, new opportunities and potential hurdles have appeared for businesses with foreign trade and investment projects. Notable regulations such as the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the US and the EU’s ...read more
Categories: EACC News, 2024
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
The European American Chamber of Commerce Welcomes New Board Members
EACC Welcomes 3 New Board Members and 1 Substitution
Cincinnati, OH, January 30th, 2024 – The European American Chamber of Commerce Greater Cincinnati continues to grow and expand its mission to connect Europeans and Americans to do Business; now with the added support and wisdom of 4 new board members:Kevin Hoskins, Partner, ...read more
Categories: 2024, EACC News
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
2023 CLOSING WORDS FROM EACC GREATER CINCINNATI BOARD CHAIR NELLY BONNIOL
2023 has been my first year serving the EACC as Board Chair and I want to recognize my partners in crime, who are also serving the EACC during their free time: Antonio Pagano as Vice Chair, Mike Dektas as Treasurer and Cierra Clymer as Secretary.I would also like to recognize our New Executive Director, Nicole Fenyo, who ...read more
Categories: EACC News, 2023
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
As required by our Code of Regulations, the Greater Cincinnati Chapter of the European American Chamber of Commerce (EACC) held our Annual General Meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 16, 2023, at the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. The order of business was to provide a status on our financial health and performance to budget, and the election of our 2024 Board of Directors and Board ...read more
Categories: 2023, EACC News
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
2023’s Beaujolais & More
The EACC’s annual Beaujolais Nouveau soiree, held on the second Thursday of November, date of the launch of the annual Beaujolais Nouveau wine in France, has a long history in Cincinnati – starting with the EACC predecessor organization, the FACC – French American Chamber of Commerce.
This year, we decided to make it more: more European, more engaging, more ...read more
Categories: EACC News, Events, 2023
Monday, October 30, 2023
The EACC Board of Directors held its third meeting of 2023 on Wednesday, October 25that the offices of Frost-Brown-Todd.
A majority of the board members were able to attend in person with only a small handful connecting remotely. Some were meeting the EACC’s new Executive Director, Nicole Fenyo, for the first time.
A new Board Packet, containing a set of new metricsand new marketing ...read more
Categories: EACC News, 2023
Tuesday, June 06, 2023
We are excited to announce that our Annual Gala Dinner with His Excellency Jean-Arthur Régibeau, Ambassador of Belgium to the United States was a huge success. The event was held at the beautiful Drees Pavilion, which offered stunning views of the city. The food, prepared by Jeff Thomas, was excellent and received many compliments from our 275 guests at this sold-out event.
Moreover, the keynote ...read more
Categories: 2023, EACC News
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Nicole FENYO served since 2018 as Marketing Director at the Goering Center defining the strategy, plan, communication, and marketing campaigns to enable successes of the Greater Cincinnati region’s family and private business that contribute every day to our economy and community growth.
Before joining Nicole was mostly in international B2B Marketing for manufacturing companies - from dry ice ...read more
Categories: 2023, EACC News
Tuesday, May 02, 2023
Gilman Partners and Board Member Julie George hosted the Board of Directors of the Greater Cincinnati Chapter of the European American Chamber of Commerce (EACC) for our second meeting of 2023 at the the Gilman Partner offices on Wednesday, April 26.
Board President Nelly Bonniol welcomed all, and thanked Gilman Partners for hosting us. The January 2023 meeting minutes were approved, and we ...read more
Categories: 2023, EACC News
Tuesday, April 04, 2023
Our sister chapter in Paris sat down with EACC Cincinnati Bridgebuilder member Anne Cappel, Altix Consulting, while she was traveling in France and had some interesting discussions on "Transatlantic Internships". Read the "Two Views" from Anne and Emily Merson, AIFS Abroad, brought to you by Katherine Prewitt, Executive Director EACC Paris:Why is this issue important? Who is affected?
Anne ...read more
Categories: 2023, EACC News
Tuesday, February 07, 2023
At our annual general meeting on November 17, 2022, the EACC membership elected Cierra Clymer to serve as Board Secretary. The two-year term runs through the end of 2024. We're pleased to introduce Cierra to the EACC Greater Cincinnati network.
Cierra Clymer is the Director of International Business Development and Inclusion at REDI Cincinnati. Cierra's role focuses on increasing foreign direct ...read more
Categories: 2023, EACC News
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
NKY Tri-ED and Board Member Kimberly Rossetti hosted the Board of Directors of the Greater Cincinnati Chapter of the European American Chamber of Commerce (EACC) for our first meeting of 2023 at the NKY Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, January 25.
New Board President Nelly Bonniol welcomed all, thanking her newly installed fellow Board Officers (Vice President Antonio Pagano, Treasurer Mike ...read more
Categories: EACC News, 2023
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
At our annual general meeting on November 17, 2022, the EACC membership elected Nelly Bonniol and Antonio Pagano to serve as the President and Vice President (respectively) of our Board of Directors. Their two-year terms run through the end of 2024. We asked each of them to introduce themselves to you, our members.Meet Nelly Bonniol, VP Assignment Operations, EssilorLuxottica
I started my ...read more
Categories: 2023, EACC News
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
As required by our Code of Regulations, the Greater Cincinnati Chapter of the European American Chamber of Commerce held its Annual General Meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 17 in the Caprice Room of the Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. In addition to a review of our performance over the past two years and highlighting our top goals for 2023, the primary order of business was electing ...read more
Categories: 2023, 2022, EACC News
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
On Thursday, November 3, the University of Cincinnati (UC) hosted its first EACC-Exclusive Job Fair at the Tangemann University Center at the center of UC’s main campus. This event marked the first tangible product of our new collaboration with UC to help EACC members better access the vast resources of knowledge and talent UC provides to our region. (See recap of our 10/19 ‘Kickoff Event’ ...read more
Categories: 2022, EACC News, Member News
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Tuesday, October 25, 2022
On Monday, October 24, EACC Cincinnati hosted an online meeting of the EACC network Board Presidents and Executive Directors. This was the first time we had met formally as a group since Cincinnati last hosted a similar in-person event in May 2018. In addition to renewing acquaintances and welcoming some new faces (note that since 2018 we’ve added chapters in the Netherlands, Florida and Texas, ...read more
Categories: 2022, EACC News
Monday, October 24, 2022
On October 19, the EACC launched a new partnership with the University of Cincinnati (UC) that will give our members unique access to the breadth of talent, research and expertise that UC generates for our region. University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Valerio Ferme attended, as did Ryan Hays (UC’s new Chief Innovation Officer), the Deans and senior staff of the colleges of Engineering, ...read more
Categories: EACC News, 2022, Member News
Monday, October 17, 2022
On October 10, the EACC convened a combined “special edition” of our CEO and CFO Roundtables to host Richard Kagic, Vice President and Senior Regional Officer of the Cincinnati Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. We had organized the meeting for Kagic to brief our manufacturing leaders on the current state of the economy and on the monetary policies the Fed is implementing to address ...read more
Categories: 2022, EACC News
Monday, September 26, 2022
With the start of fall comes the start of our annual membership renewal cycle. As in the past, current EACC member companies will receive communication detailing the timeline of the renewal process. Key dates in the renewal process are noted below:
Memberships will renew on January 1, 2023.2023 EACC membership invoices will be emailed the week of November 7, 2022Payment will be due by Friday, ...read more
Categories: 2022, EACC News
Monday, August 29, 2022
It’s hard to believe September is just days away and the start of fall is on the horizon. There’s no doubt 2022 has been a busy year for the EACC with our new membership structure, the launch of our Coffee & Commerce series, Stammtisch on the Road in Hamilton and Mason, our Annual Gala at Music Hall, function-specific roundtables, and so much more! And there’s more come before year’s end!
We know ...read more
Categories: EACC News, 2022
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
2022 has been an important year for the EACC. In 2021 we launched our new membership structure which promised expanded benefits and value for members across the board. And for the first seven months of this year we’ve focused on delivering that promised value with new programs like EACC TRANSFORM, our executive roundtables, CXO Dinners, ‘Coffee & Commerce’ events and international travel, as well ...read more
Categories: 2022, EACC News
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
In early June, EACC Director Events & Projects Claudia Schroeder and I traveled to Mt. Vernon, Ohio for two days to attend a ChamberMaster training session. ChamberMaster is the EACC’s association/chamber management software and we use it to manage membership, events, various email communications (Todd’s TLDR), the EACC website and more!
As the software is continually changing and being ...read more
Categories: 2022, EACC News
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
A delegation from the Cincinnati Chapter of the European American Chamber of Commerce traveled to Italy June 10-18 with three goals in mind:
Build new and stronger connections between EACC members on the tripRaise the profile of the Cincinnati region as a destination for Italian businessesLay the groundwork to launch a new EACC chapter in Italy
We made remarkable progress on each of these three ...read more
Categories: 2022, EACC News
Tuesday, May 03, 2022
The EACC Board of Directors held its second meeting of 2022 on Thursday, April 28 at Fueled Collective in Rookwood (our first in person Board meeting since January 2020!).
After reviewing and approving the minutes from its previous meeting, the board turned to a review of our financial position. Board Treasurer Chris Flaig pointed out that, supported by our new membership fee structure, the ...read more
Categories: 2022, EACC News
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
The EACC is delighted to welcome new Consul member Scanreco US, Inc.
For nearly four decades, Scanreco has empowered companies of all sizes to boost safety and efficiency while driving down operating costs. Through the thoughtful design and manufacture of rugged radio remote-control systems, Scanreco allows operators of mission-critical heavy machinery to work smarter. From ergonomic, hand-held ...read more
Categories: 2022, EACC News, Member News
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Tuesday, March 08, 2022
The EACC is delighted to formally announce the plans for our 2022 Annual Conference and Gala Dinner. Our Annual Conference will take place May 24-25 on the theme The New Business Case for Sustainable Manufacturing. Organized in partnership with Business Sweden (and a delegation of Swedish Business leaders), the event will allow attendees to network, share experiences and inspiration while ...read more
Categories: 2022, Events, EACC News
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
I am so excited to have taken on the role as Director of Events & Projects for the EACC and would like to take this opportunity to give you an insight into what we have prepared and also ask for your feedback. Our goal is to provide a broad range of programs that are accessible, engaging, and that add value to your business.
Over the past weeks we have been busy planning our 2022 events ...read more
Categories: 2022, EACC News
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Manufacturers and Operating companies are the heart of the EACC: if we lose them as members, then the banks and law firms and other service providers that support them will have no reason to join the EACC. So, when manufacturers told us that they were looking for forums where their top executives could connect, grow their networks and share best practices, we launched our new Executive Roundtable ...read more
Categories: EACC News, 2022
Tuesday, February 08, 2022
On February 5, 2007, the Inaugural Gala of the European American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cincinnati was held at the Kingsgate Marriott at the University of Cincinnati. Over three hundred guests gathered to celebrate the occasion, including a proclamation from then-Mayor Mark Mallory declaring the date as “European American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cincinnati Day” and a speech by Barry ...read more
Categories: 2022, EACC News
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Monday, January 31, 2022
The EACC is delighted to welcome Consul memberJobsOhio.
JobsOhio is Ohio's private economic development corporation and as such it focuses on business attraction, expansion, and retention in the state.
JobsOhio focuses on 10 private economic sectors and utilizes four strategies to drive economic development: Sites, Talent, Innovation, and Inclusion. In its first decade of existence, JobsOhio and ...read more
Categories: 2022, Member News, EACC News
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
The EACC Board of Directors held its first meeting of 2022 via Zoom in the afternoon of Thursday, January 20. The first order of business was to welcome our newly constituted Board including new members elected at the Annual General Meeting in November 2021: Joshua Katzman, Fabian Schmahl, Thorsten Schroeder, Jonathan Theders, Chris Tyler, and Gabe Venzin. We also welcomed Beth Vice as a ...read more
Categories: EACC News, 2022
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
The EACC is delighted to welcome Ambassador member Rödl & Partner | VL.
To better serve the region’s leading foreign owned companies, VonLehman CPA & Advisory Firm, a regional accounting and advisory firm headquartered in Ft. Wright, Kentucky, and Rödl & Partner, a global professional services firm based in Germany, established a joint venture. Known as Rödl & Partner | VL, the combination of ...read more
Categories: 2022, Member News, EACC News
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
The General Membership of the European American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cincinnati held its annual meeting on Thursday, November 18 (just before our Beaujolais Nouveau Premiere). In addition to a brief (and positive) financial report from our Board Treasurer Chris Flaig and comments from our Board President Dominic Franchini reviewing some highlights from 2021 (and looking forward to an ...read more
Categories: EACC News, 2021
Tuesday, November 09, 2021
I asked Claudia Schroeder, our new Director Events & Projects, to draft a recount of our recent trip to Texas -- Todd
On November 4, 2021, Executive Director Todd Schwartz and I had the honor to attend and support the inaugural Annual Conference and Ambassador’s Gala of our new EACC sister chapter EACC Texas.
The conference program centered around Innovation & Economic Growth, featuring 3 ...read more
Categories: 2021, EACC News
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Tuesday, November 02, 2021
The EACC Board of Directors convened for its final meeting of 2021 via Microsoft Teams on Thursday, October 28. After a brief recap of the success of our Annual Gala and our EACC TRANSFORM events, the Board moved to its formal agenda, quickly approving the minutes of its July meeting and receiving a financial report for Q3. Then EACC Executive Director Todd Schwartz outlined a draft 2022 EACC ...read more
Categories: EACC News, 2021
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
In June 2022, an intrepid group of EACC Cincinnati travelers will embark on an eight-day adventure to promote the U.S. and our region as a place to do business, help U.S. firms assess opportunities in Italy, build connections among peers and lay the groundwork for a new EACC chapter in Italy. With stops in Venice, Milan, Modena, Florence and more, our delegation will meet with Italian and other ...read more
Categories: 2021, EACC News
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021
With the start of fall comes the start of the EACC’s annual membership renewal cycle. As you may know, the EACC launched new membership structure in April which will be implemented for all members starting January 1, 2022. This means the 2022 membership renewal process, which will formally start in October, will look a little different than in previous years.
As in the past, current EACC member ...read more
Categories: 2021, EACC News
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
By all accounts, the 2021 EACC Conference and Annual Gala was a resounding success – and the highlight was, without a doubt, the visit of Her Excellency Emily Margarethe Haber, Ambassador of Germany to the United States. Here is a quick recap of the events.
Ambassador Haber, accompanied by German Consul General Wolfgang Mössinger, her Chief of Staff Sebastian Ernst and Honorary German Consul ...read more
Categories: 2021, EACC News, Events
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Tuesday, September 21, 2021
We’re now seeing reports that the U.S. Administration is finally taking action to ease restrictions on travelers from Europe beginning in November – and for EACC member companies the steps can’t come soon enough. The EACC had heard many anecdotes about the impact of the restrictions on both sides of the Atlantic, and so we revived our network-wide survey tool to get a more systematic perspective ...read more
Categories: 2021, EACC News
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
We’re delighted to welcome EACC Operations Manager Dayna O’Brien back from her maternity leave this week. Your EACC is dedicated to providing meaningful value to our members, and our expanded team will allow us to do just that.
Dayna’s return allows us to reconsider and restructure operations to ensure that each of us – Todd, Dayna, and Claudia – are best using our strengths to your benefit. ...read more
Categories: 2021, EACC News
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Friday, August 20, 2021
The Oktoberfest Zinzinnati is back. From September 16 - 19, 2021, you can enjoy German food and beer again along 2nd and 3rd Street. Because of Annual Conference and Gala, we were unable to arrange a private seating area for the EACC, but we still want to continue our tradition of enjoying the celebration of German tradition with our members and friends.
Please join us for an informal ...read more
Categories: EACC News, 2021, Events
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Monday, July 26, 2021
We are again providing this brief and unofficial summary of the outcome of our most recent board meeting so our broader membership is aware of our deliberations. Official minutes (once approved by the Board) are available upon request.
The Board of Directors of the European American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cincinnati held its third quarter meeting via Microsoft Teams™ on Thursday, July ...read more
Categories: 2021, EACC News
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Thursday, July 08, 2021
The EACC, in partnership with our Bridge Builder level members Altix Consulting and Modula Inc., has launched a new advertising campaign at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). Be sure to look for the new signage at the entrance to the tunnel connecting the terminal to the concourses and at the tram stops -- and the first person to snap a picture of themself with one of ...read more
Categories: 2021, EACC News
Monday, June 28, 2021
By now you have likely heard the EACC will be hosting our Fall Conference and Annual Gala Dinner on September 16 at Drees Pavilion in Covington, Kentucky (Presented by Altix Consulting and Modula Inc.) With planning in full swing, we thought we would offer a snapshot of the work going on behind the scenes…
The afternoon conference will focus on “Supply Chains, Logistics and International ...read more
Categories: 2021, Events, EACC News
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
As we head into summer and with many changes underway at the EACC, I wanted to take a moment to share some updates with our members:
As you’ve likely heard by now, the EACC Board of Directors approved new membership levels and benefits at its April meeting. Our new membership levels (Consul, Minister, Ambassador, and Bridge Builder) are in effect and all new members will join under this scheme. ...read more
Categories: EACC News, 2021
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Dear EACC Members,
My name is Claudia Schroeder, and I am the new Interim Operations Manager while Dayna O’Brien is on maternity leave.
I was born and raised in Duesseldorf, Germany, and began my career with Kempinski Hotels, for which I traveled all over the world to train sales and marketing staff on our systems. I later led customer service departments and call centers for a wellness ...read more
Categories: 2021, EACC News
Monday, June 07, 2021
Meet EACC Accounts Manager Kristina Lewis, who is a Business Associate with Fiducial (part of EACC member company JADE FIDUCIAL). Kristina joined the EACC family in mid-2020.
Dear EACC Members:
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kristina Rose-Lewis. I grew up in a small town in the Catskill Mountains in New York State. I attended college at Northwood University in West Palm ...read more
Categories: EACC News, 2021
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Close readers of the Newsbrief saw that the Board of Directors approved new membership levels and benefits at its April meeting. And some may recall our ‘voice of the customer’ study (in November 2018) which recommended, among other things, a review and update of our membership structures to ensure members clearly understand and can articulate the value of EACC membership. But few track these ...read more
Categories: 2021, EACC News
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
The COVID pandemic has prevented us from holding our usual Annual Gala Dinner in May in 2020 and 2021, but we did not want to wait until 2022 to try again. So on September 16 we will host H.E. Emily Haber, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States as the keynote speaker at a Gala Dinner at the Drees Pavilion in Covington. Presenting sponsors for the event are Altix ...read more
Categories: 2021, EACC News, Events
Monday, May 03, 2021
As you may have heard, EACC Operations Manager Dayna O'Brien will be on maternity leave from roughly mid-July through mid-September. During her absence, the EACC will be hiring an interim Operations Manager. The EACC is asking our members and partners to help spread the word and share thisjob descriptionwith contacts.
The Interim Operations Manager will be responsible for day-to-day EACC ...read more
Categories: 2021, EACC News
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Monday, April 26, 2021
Many exciting new developments and initiatives were announced at the EACC’s regular quarterly Board meeting on Thursday, April 22. Official minutes of the meeting will be available once the draft has been approved by the Board, but I share this unofficial summary to keep our broader membership aware.
After welcoming members and approving minutes from the January meeting, the Board approved the ...read more
Categories: 2021, EACC News
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
EACC member the City of Blue Ash has developed a sister city relationship with Ilmenau, Germany in the state of Thuringia. Last week, I had the opportunity and honor to travel to Ilmeanu representing the EACC and as part of the Blue Ash Sister City Delegation.
The City of Ilmenau has approximately 30,000 inhabitants and is located at a height of 500m in the valley of Ilm, which runs through the ...read more
Categories: 2017, EACC News
