Current CBI Board of Trustees

Eric Browne
ProjDel

Eric Browne is the President of ProjDel Corporation, a Cincinnati-based project delivery company, specializing in project management, construction management and project controls. He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He has over 17 years of management experience on projects for both the private and government sectors throughout the eastern United States and Puerto Rico. During his career, he has planned, engineered and managed projects exceeding $700 million dollars in assets. Prior to launching Projdel Corp., Eric developed and led the project controls group at D. E. Foxx and Associates of Cincinnati, where he facilitated the successful inclusion of minority and women owned businesses in P & G's $300 million Healthcare Research Center in Mason, Ohio. Eric is a current board member and chairperson of the Economic Development committee, a member of the Small Business Committee of Downtown Cincinnati, Inc., a trustee of the Cincinnati Ballet, member of the Economic Development Committee of Cincinnati CAN, a member of Project Management Institute, the Association of Construction Inspectors and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
This year, he was selected through a competitive process to be a member of class 25 of Leadership Cincinnati. Eric resides in West Chester, Ohio with his wife of 11 years, Pamela and their three children, Cé zone, Chaslon and Christen.

Tracey Putoff
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLC

Tracey Putoff, a partner in the Business and Finance Department, graduated from Chase College of Law, where she was Order of the Curia and a research editor of the Northern Kentucky Law Review. Ms. Putoff received her undergraduate degree in aerospace engineeringfrom the University of Missouri and worked as an engineer for McDonnell Aircraft Company and GE Aircraft Engines. Her practice includes all aspects of general corporate law, primarily focusing on mergers and acquisitions, and including intellectual property and Internet and e-commerce matters.

Ms. Putoff is licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Cincinnati Business Incubator, Inc. and the firm’s Professional Women’s Resource Group
(PWRG).

Ken Jones
Turner Construction Company

Ken Jones is the Manager of Business Development responsible for sales, marketing and strategic planning for the Southwest Ohio and Kentucky Region of Turner Construction Company. He has 17 years Construction Management experience and has served Turner in various capacities including Project Management, Risk Management, Engineering & Best Practice Consulting, Business Development, Contract Negotiations, Training and Strategic Planning. Ken also leads training in Marketing and Sales for Turner's Annual Construction Management Training Program for local minority and disadvantaged businesses.

Mr. Jones received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Cincinnati and currently teaches as an Adjunct Professor of Construction Management at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. He also serves as an Advisory Board Member of CancerFree Kids Pediatric Cancer Research Alliance. Ken lives in Loveland Ohio with his wife Leslie and their son Kameron.

Eugene Ellingtion
Ellington Management Services

Eugene Ellington, MPA As Principle of Ellington Management Services, Inc., Eugene Ellington brings over 25 years of Executive Management experience, as well as experience in supplier diversity and inclusion. Mr. Ellington is highly respected in the business community for his efforts in the area of economic development and inclusion for minority and disadvantaged businesses. Mr. Ellington has worked with the Port Authority of Greater Cincinnati, the National Underground Railroad, Cincinnati Public Schools System, Dayton Public School System, the Cincinnati Convention Center Expansion Project, and others with implementing programs and processes to improve economic development for small and economically disadvantaged businesses.

Eugene Ellington possesses a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Xavier University and a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Cincinnati. Mr. Ellington was also the past President/CEO of the Cincinnati Minority Supplier Development Council (SCOMBC), a past Board Member of the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce, the Board Chair of the Southern Childcare Development Center and a member of the Cincinnati CAN Economic Inclusion Committee.

Mr. Ellington received the Applause Magazine 2003 Imagemaker Award in the area of Entrepreneurial ship and was named "Most Influential" in the 2004 edition of Who's Who in Black Cincinnati.

Eugene Ellington resides in West Chester, Ohio with his wife Claudia. The couple has four adult children (Sherrie, Courtney, Maria and Christopher), and two grandchildren.