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2022-01-25 |
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| Name | Jan-Michelle Lemon Kearney |
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Cincinnati, Ohio , United States |
| Email | None |
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Unknown
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Feb 14, 2024 06:57am |
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| Info | Jan-Michele was appointed to Cincinnati City Council in March of 2020, right at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. She chairs the Neighborhoods committee, and serves on Budget & Finance, Law & Public Safety, Major Projects & Smart Government, and Education & Growth.
Jan-Michele was born in Cincinnati and is a proud graduate of Cincinnati Public Schools: Rockdale Elementary School and Walnut Hills High School. She graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. While at Dartmouth, she attended an exchange program at an HBCU, her father’s alma mater, Talladega College in Talladega, Alabama. She earned a masters degree in counseling and consulting psychology from Harvard University Graduate School of Education and a juris doctorate from Harvard Law School. Jan-Michele graduated in the same class as her friend, President Barack Obama. She was elected first class marshal of her law school class and gave the commencement speech at graduation.
After Harvard Law, Jan-Michele practiced law with the firm of Taft, Stettinius and Hollister, then branched out into a solo law career when she helped to start the multi-media publishing company, KGL Media Group, Inc. d.b.a. Sesh Communications. Sesh owns the award-winning Cincinnati Herald, The Northern Kentucky Herald, The Dayton Defender, seshPRIME Magazine, and PIX (News in Pictures), and hosts the popular annual Daddy-Daughter Dinner Dance, the BRIGHT Awards for 18-30 year olds, and the Nefertiti Awards for outstanding women. Jan-Michele initiated free community workshops in Cincinnati and Dayton, in collaboration with other institutions, to promote homeownership (“Owning It!”) and small business growth (“Growing It!”).
Jan-Michele was a co-host for WLWT Channel 5’s shows “Issues” and “Let’s Talk Cincinnati” and she is one of the founders of the Greater Cincinnati Association of Black Journalists which is the local chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists.
In 2019, Jan-Michele co-chaired the national convention for the National Newspaper Publishers Association whose members are more than 200 Black-owned newspapers across the country. Her work for the NAACP includes twice chairing the Cincinnati NAACP’s Freedom Fund Dinner, and working on the media teams for the two recent National NAACP conventions in Cincinnati. She previously served on the Cincinnati NAACP’s Legal Redress Committee.
An avid community volunteer, Jan-Michele’s board memberships now include the Women’s City Club and the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens.
Jan-Michele is married to former State Senator Eric H. Kearney, Esq. and they are blessed with two wonderful children.
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