10/14/2026
We are Excited to Have Vice Mayor Kearney speaking at our 40th Anniversary Breakfast.
We are excited to announce Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney as the Keynote Speaker for our 40th Anniversary Celebration Breakfast!
Jan-Michele was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is a proud graduate of Cincinnati Public Schools. She graduated from Dartmouth College, attended Talladega College – an HBCU, and then earned a masters degree and law degree at Harvard University.
She is president of Sesh Communications, a multi-media publishing company that publishes the award-winning The Cincinnati Herald newspaper and hosts events such as the annual Daddy-Daughter Dinner Dance and Nefertiti Awards to honor women.
In 2020, she was appointed to fill a vacant seat on Cincinnati City Council. She was elected in 2021 and again in 2023. Mayor Aftab Pureval appointed her Vice Mayor of Cincinnati for both terms. She is actively working with her colleagues to stop gun violence, increase economic opportunities for minority and women residents, create more affordable housing and homeownership, and establish an Office of Equity in City Hall. She is proud that she has led a culture change in City Hall to increase community engagement to empower the people of Cincinnati across neighborhoods so that policies are made “with” them and not just “for” them.
She is married to former State Senator and Ohio Minority Leader Eric H. Kearney, who is president of the African American Chamber of Commerce. They are blessed with two children, Celeste and Asher.
Join us at the 40th Anniversary Celebration on October 20th. Tickets are available at renterequity.org
