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Eileen Cooper Reed is a change maker and advocate who resides in Cincinnati. Her entire adult life has been dedicated to the improvement of the human condition particularly for children and families of color.
Before becoming a lawyer, Eileen was trained in community development and worked in both rural and urban settings. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, she did a stint at the US Court of Appeals before settling in as a Juvenile Court Referee.
In 1993, Eileen opened the Cincinnati office of the Children’s Defense Fund. Her passion and dedication for improving the lives of our most vulnerable children and their families was exceptional and eventually she assumed the helm of the Ohio office of CDF.
Eileen’s devotion to service led to her election to the City of Cincinnati Board of Education where she served two four-year terms and was chosen President by her colleagues four of those years. Addressing the issues of equity in education and in other sectors throughout the community became a driving force. While on the Board of Education, Eileen was elected to the Executive Committee of the Council for Great City Schools, the preeminent organization committed to urban education. At CCGCS, she chaired the National Advisory Committee on Black Males.
She has served on numerous boards including two foundation Boards. She is active in the Greater Cincinnati community and currently chairs the Board of the Ohio Justice and Policy Center and is a member of the Xavier University President’s Advisory Council.
Since her tenure on the Board of Education, Reed formed the Intersections Group which purpose is to advance conversations that matter: acknowledging and examining the intersections of equity in community. |