to Headline Closing Event and to Discuss the Importance of:
Thomas, Monzel, Smitherman
The "Rat Pack" to Attend ....
Bring your lawn chair and experience the meaning of our motto, "Educate, Enjoy, Engage."
Keynote Speaker and Cincinnati's own Rocky Boiman will join us as our key-note speaker for our season ending event. Rocky is a night time radio host for 700 WLW and a radio and color commentator for both College and pro football. Rocky, a super-bowl champion, will share with us all he has learned about "Team Building" during the rough and tumble football years and how those same principles work to build positive, successful relationships in all walks of life.
Whether it be friends, family, community, political activities or business Rocky's message will work for all attending. Bring the kids for this special event and Empower them with this important lesson.
Joining Rocky will be 55KRC radio personality Brian Thomas who will serve as master of ceremonies for the night and will help us pass out awards to Empowered citizens. Brian will be joined by other "Rat Pack" members of the gang including City of Cincinnati's Christopher Smitherman who will be discussing the City of Cincinnati and Commissioner Chris Monzel who will discuss the County.
On this very special evening we will celebrate the end of EmpowerU's 11th semester and we will be awarding Empowered Citizen awards. Will You Win?
EmpowerU will be grilling the
burgers and hot dogs
as well as providing water and soft drinks. Attendees are asked to bring a side dish or dessert to share at the potluck table.
We'll have plenty of food so plan on dinner!
There is no charge for this event, but your donation is gratefully accepted as EmpowerU operations rely on your donations. Adult attendees are welcome to BYOB. We look forward to seeing all our friends at this great annual event.
Chris Monzel Christopher Smitherman
Biography
Rocky Boiman is the 9pm to midnight host for 700WLW. Prior to this, Rocky was eight year veteran linebacker of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He was also a member of the Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs. He earned a Super Bowl ring with the Colts in Super Bowl XLI. Rocky played college football for the University of Notre Dame and served as team captain his senior year. Boiman graduated in 1998 from St. Xavier High School in his hometown of Cincinnati, OH. He returned to Cincinnati after his NFL playing days to start the next phase of his life. In addition to his full time 9p-midnight time slot on the Big One, Rocky also works for ESPN as a color analyst for college football games He also works as color analyst for BBC radio, having called the last four Super Bowls for them.
Brian Thomas, grew up in Delhi Township and graduated from Oak Hills H.S. in 1983. In 1987 I received a Bachelor's Degree, with Honors, in Political Science from the University of Cincinnati, followed by a J.D. from the College of Law in 1990.
After graduation, he began practicing in Chicago, IL , mainly in the areas of commercial, product liability and insurance coverage litigation. Brian returned to Cincinnati in 1998 to take an in-house counsel position with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, where he was serving as Executive Counsel, Litigation when he accepted the offer to host 55KRC Morning Show in January 2007. Brian is married to Paulette, have two great kids, Jerry and Lauren, a (Southwest Ohio Doberman Pinscher Rescue) dog named Archer and a conure named Necco. All are located in Symmes Township. (which is a great place to live)
