NONPROFIT & GOVERNMENT
Andrew Aiello
Jeffrey Aluotto
Patty Brisben
GENERAL MANAGER TANK
A D M I N I ST R ATOR Hamilton County
F OU NDE R The Patty Brisben Foundation
Aiello began working at the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky in 2004 and held a number of positions before being named to the top spot in 2010. TANK has a fleet of more than 130 buses that serve Campbell, Kenton, and Boone counties on Local, Express, Airport, and Southbank Shuttle routes. Three directors from each county make up the board that sets policy for the system that was created in 1978.
Aluotto, who has been the county’s top administration official since 2016, first managed the Solid Waste District and then served as Assistant Administrator. He is responsible for coordinating elected and independent agencies as well as overseeing the management of departments such as finance and budgeting, community development, and all social services functions. More than 4,500 people work for the county.
Brisben was a single mother when she began selling intimacy products to women at in-home parties in 1983 to support four children. Ten years later, she founded Pure Romance and built it into a multimillion-dollar company. She created the foundation in 2006 to address the sexual health issues facing women throughout their life.
Hometown: Dayton, Ohio Education: Miami University (undergraduate), University of Cincinnati (MBA) What
Education: Miami University (undergraduate and master’s), Xavier University (MBA)
Hometown: Cincinnati What has been the toughest challenge for you as a business leader during the COVID-19 pandemic? Not having everyone together in
has been the toughest challenge for you as a business leader during the COVID-19 pandemic? The pandemic
the same room. The foundation was focused on raising funds for our annual grant cycle, and not having in-person events forced us to change how we go about it. Has your
was so disruptive to our industry that the usual metrics, signposts, and truisms we relied on were all pointing in new and wild directions. It was challenging to recalibrate our way of thinking and to continually reformulate strategy along the way.
I always say that leaders need to be surrounded by great people, and we were able to do things I didn’t think we would this past year because I’m fortunate to be surrounded by great people.
leadership approach changed because of the pandemic?
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