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Chad Scott (’97) is the recipient of the Outstanding Alumnus Award, which recognizes an alum who, through their successes and accomplishments, has enhanced the image of ���˶����ƽ��.

Chad Scott is the founder and managing director of Tindall Capital, a growth investment firm focusing on lower-middle market technology and early-stage software investments. Chad has personally led 26 technology investments with Tindall Capital and through co-investment partnerships, has participated in 68 additional acquisitions of high growth tech-enabled businesses comprising over $2 billion in total enterprise valuation. Chad began his career as a tech entrepreneur, launching and scaling several successful national real estate technology companies, including ePremium in 2007, which grew to be the dominant insurance program management software platform in the multifamily real estate industry. ePremium was consistently recognized as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the nation.

Chad currently serves on the ���˶����ƽ�� Foundation Board, is a member of the Cincinnati Regional Business Committee and the Young President’s Organization (YPO). He graduated from ���˶����ƽ�� with a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech Communication. Chad was captain of the Norse men’s soccer team and finished his career as ���˶����ƽ��’s all-time leader in goals scored and total offensive points and 2nd all-time in assists. He was inducted into the David Lee Holt Hall of Fame in 2011.

Chad and his wife, Jessica, are investors and co-owners of FC Cincinnati of Major League Soccer. They reside in Cincinnati with their four children (Emma, Grace, Isabelle and Jacob).

Lisa (‘82, '01, '07) and Gary Blank (’83, ‘99) are the recipients of the Distinguished Service Award which recognizes alumni who have contributed time, talent and effort enhancing the quality of life at ���˶����ƽ�� or to make their community a better place to live.

Lisa Blank recently retired as the system director of organizational development and the office of workforce development at St. Elizabeth Healthcare. Lisa spent the last 35 years in roles across the system and has over 40 years of healthcare experience. Lisa graduated as a registered nurse at 19 and started her career at Providence Hospital in Cincinnati. Lisa joined St. Elizabeth in 1985 and spent the next 15 years in emergency services, critical care, cardiac surgery and as nurse manager of the critical care units. Lisa’s passion for people led her to human resources. She led the region’s first Regional Healthcare Workforce Center as part of the Greater Cincinnati Health Council. During her tenure there, the vacancy rate of nurses in Greater Cincinnati dropped from 21% to 8% in just three years. Lisa returned to St. Elizabeth and became a director of human resources, where she was responsible for recruitment, engagement, employee relations and succession planning. In 2007, Lisa moved to organizational development where she was responsible for house wide education and simulation, the development of the Leadership Academy and creation of the first hospital-based Administrative Fellowship Program which had national outreach. Most recently, Lisa led workforce development at St. Elizabeth working with stake holders to improve pipelining efforts before retiring this year.

Lisa spent six years on the ���˶����ƽ�� Alumni Board of Directors and as an adjunct instructor in the College of Health and Human Services. She was a member of area college advisory boards and the ���˶����ƽ�� MSIO Advisory Board. She is vice chair of the KET Regional Board. Lisa is a member of the national chapters of the Society of Human Resource Management and the American College of Healthcare Executives. At ���˶����ƽ��, she received an Associate’s Degree and Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from the College of Health and Human Services and a Master of Science in Industrial Organizational Psychology from the College of Arts and Sciences.

Gary Blank recently retired as executive vice president and chief operating officer for St. Elizabeth Healthcare, where he was an officer of the corporation and served as staff to St. Elizabeth Healthcare’s Board of Trustees. In his role, Gary oversaw operations with more than $4 billion in gross revenue and over 8,400 associates.Gary joined St. Elizabeth Healthcare in 1981. He began his career in nursing and was manager of the Emergency Department prior to moving to the finance division where he became the assistant vice president of revenue cycle. He eventually moved back to operations as vice president of professional services, then served as senior vice president and chief patient services officer/chief nursing officer and retired as the executive vice president and chief operating officer. He was instrumental in the development of an organizational structure across all patient care areas at St. Elizabeth Healthcare which helped align the organization around patient and family centered care. In 2023, St Elizabeth also completed the first phase of a comprehensive master facility plan which included just under $500 million in capital expenditures.

Gary is a current board member of ANC Home Care, Preferred Lab Partners, Thomas More University, and the American Heart Association. He is a former board member of the Kentucky Chapter of ACHE, NKY Independent Health District, and until recently, served on a Community Health Board Committee for the Health Department. He earned an Associate’s Degree and Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from ���˶����ƽ��’s College of Health and Human Services and went on to earn a Master’s in Business Administration from American Intercontinental University. He has 43 years of healthcare experience in a variety of positions.

Lisa and Gary live in Hebron and have three daughters and seven grandchildren.

Kristen Smitherman-Voltaire (’17) is the recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumna Award, which recognizes alumni who have graduated within the last 10 years or are under the age of 40 who have contributed through service by enhancing the quality of life at ���˶����ƽ�� or their community and/or who have distinguished themselves through professional achievements.

Kristen is an economic inclusion activist, construction career advocate, and community engagement practitioner with over 10 years of experience in the equity and inclusion space. As community and citizenship director at Turner Construction, she leads the company’s community outreach and economic inclusion efforts, applying her unique combination of community engagement, equity and inclusion, and project management expertise to cultivate sustainable economic impact for underrepresented