Scholarship Committee

General Information

Mission: Working to create and facilitate scholarship awards by prospecting and recruiting qualified higher education student applicants. Contribute time, talent and resources to secure funds for the ACI Howard Knauf Scholarship Fund, distinct company scholarships and or individual donations.

Department Head: Anthony Ricciardi
Chair: Bill Smith
Board Liaison: Dan Denier
Scholarship Coordinator: Lindsay Varney

Strategic Initiatives

Quality Membership Engagement/Services
Workforce Development

Committee Pages:
Membership Committee
Safety Committee
Insurance & Finance Committee
Workforce Development Committee
Entertainment Committee
Education & Technology Committee
ACI-YP Committee
Plan Room Committee

Upcoming Events
9/20-21/17
OKI Construction Career Days
9/22/17
AGC Financial Forecast
10/4/17
Party In The Park
10/11/17
ACI-YP Zoo Tour
10/18/17
Lessons Learned - Jim Miller, Schaefer
10/19/17
Clay Shooting Event
10/25/17
ACI Happy Hour

2017 Scholarship Winners:

Tara Erhart - American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE) Scholarship $1000 and Dugan & Meyers LLC Scholarship $100 to total ($2,000) on her check
David Burton – Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) Scholarship ($1,500)
Eric Behrendt – Hicon Inc Scholarship ($1,000)
Austin Turner – Hummel Industries, Inc. Scholarship- ($1,000)
Malory Gooding – ACI Steel Toes to Stilettos ($1,500)
Alexander Buchholz – Craftsman Electric Scholarship ($2,500)
Tony Kuehling – ACI Young Professional Scholarship ($2,500)
Mitchell Hudepohl – Dugan & Meyers Scholarship - $2,000
John Licis – Lithko Contracting Scholarship ($3,000)
Brendon Sexton – R. J. Beischel Building Company Scholarship ($5,000)
Aaron Beetz – ACI Howard Knauf Scholarship ($5,000)
Will Redden – One check with two logos (Advanced Caulking and cHc Fabricating Corp.) for the amount of $6,000. We also need two separate checks (one in the amount of $1,000 with the Advanced Caulking logo) and (one in the amount of $5,000 with logo from cHc Fabricating Corp.)
- Advanced Caulking Scholarship ($1,000)
- cHc Fabricating Corp. Harry Hoerr Scholarship ($5,000)
Kearstin O’Mara – One check with only two logos in the total amount of $7,000 (There is not a separate logo for Dan Denier). Two separate checks (one in the amount of $1,000 from HGC and one in the amount of $5,000 from Denier Electric) with logo from each company.
- Dan Denier Scholarship ($1,000)
- HGC Scholarship ($1,000)
- Denier Electric-Diane (Denier) Herbort Scholarship ($5,000)

Industry Update:
Recently, the name and purpose of ACI's overall foundation changed from the Howard Knauf Scholarship Foundation to the Greater Cincinnati Construction Foundation (GCCF). Named gifts, such as The ACI Howard Knauf Scholarship Fund, existing, new donations and/or endowment funds will be apart of GCCF to support the overall mission and purpose. ACI member companies, employees, and community supporters believe strongly in giving back to the industry that has given them so much.

The Scholarship Committee remains a key part of the association and the newly named foundation, GCCF. Allied Construction Industries’ scholarship committee will continue to lead the process of prospecting, interviewing and selecting higher education scholarship recipients.

Cross Committee Highlight
10/4/17-Party In The Park

Formerly knows as the ACI Picnic, Party In The Park is an opportunity for ACI members to connect with one another down at the beautiful Washington Park!

Member Spotlight

Emily Hansleman, Insurance Manager at Turner Construction, spent no time finding her creative outlets at ACI. Starting on the ACI-YP committee just a few short years ago helped Emily cultivate the idea of a Communications Task Force. She led that Task Force in creating a new and improved ACI website. One of the biggest additions is the committee pages you are visiting now! Since then Emily has joined the Scholarship and Marketing & Communications Committees all at the same time of planning a wedding and buying/selling multiple homes.