The Summit Magazine Spring 2022

A Job Well Done

After four eventful years, Allison (Hiltz) Kropp ’93 is stepping down as Board Chair at The Summit following the end of her second term in 2022. During that time, she led the board through the COVID crisis, approval of the Leading the Way comprehensive fundraising campaign and a head of school transition.

“In the height of the crisis, we certainly had to think differently about how to do things on the board level,” she says. “It was my privilege to witness the board and the campus leadership rise to the challenge and adapt to new ways of operating. We worked together to get done what needed to be done. I’m very proud of each individual on the board and the skills and expertise they contribute.”

Beyond her strong governance skills, Mrs. Kropp has played a key role in the fundraising success of the school. She and her husband JB co-chaired the successful Leading the Way campaign and were responsible for obtaining one of the large leadership gifts which allowed the school to add a second intervention specialist in the Upper School.

Mrs. Kropp joined the Summit board as a trustee in 2011. She led the Governance Task Force and served on the Business Affairs Committee, and as chair of the Committee on Trustees before being elected board chair in 2018. In addition to her commitment to The Summit, she is involved with several other organizations in our community, including CISE, the Children’s Theatre and the Cincinnati Museum Center. She is also one of the newest board members at the Holocaust and Humanity Center. A lawyer by trade, Mrs. Kropp also provides free legal counsel to charities through the Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio.