Jackie Congedo joined HHC in July of 2022 as the Center’s Chief Community Engagement and External Relations Officer. A former journalist turned community advocate and bridge-builder, Jackie spent six years as the director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, which works to ensure Jewish security by working in coalition across diverse communities to build a more just society for all people. In this role, Congedo served as the chief architect of the Leaders in Light Institute, a new leadership development program for civic influencers designed to address trends of extremism and polarization and to strengthen democratic practice and civil society.

Prior to her work in Cincinnati’s nonprofit community, Congedo spent nearly a decade as a broadcast journalist, where she specialized in enterprise and investigative stories.  

Kevin S. Aldridge, 49, is a Middletown, Ohio native and a veteran, award-winning journalist with 26 years of experience in the news media. He currently works as the opinion and engagement editor for The Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati.com. 

Aldridge is a pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and co-owner of The Ohio Kings, a men’s semi-professional basketball team located in Cincinnati.  He is also vice president of community partnerships for Kingdom Vision Outreach, a Butler County-based nonprofit that focuses on character development and mentorship through sports, education and motivational speaking. Aldridge previously served as an adjunct professor of journalism at Miami University’s branch campuses In Middletown and Hamilton.

Aldridge formerly worked as an editor at the Dayton Daily News and the Journal-News of Butler County, two Ohio news publications owned by Cox Media Group.