About me
Brewster Rhoads, a longtime resident of Cincinnati, OH, has been an environmental advocate, campaign manager and non-profit executive for over 50 years.
A graduate of Williams College, Brewster was a VISTA volunteer in Western Massachusetts, an association director in Washington, DC, an environmental organizer in Cincinnati and the SW Ohio Regional Director for Ohio Governors Dick Celeste and Ted Strickland. He managed over 150 issue and candidate campaigns in SW Ohio.
Brewster served as the Executive Director of Green Umbrella, the sustainability alliance for Greater Cincinnati, before his retirement in 2015.
Brewster is currently the Chair of the Board of the Ohio River Way, Inc., a nonprofit working to promote the outdoor recreation opportunities on and along the Ohio River from Portsmouth, OH to Louisville, KY.
He also serves on the boards Adventure Crew, the Mill Creek Alliance, the Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund and Innovation Ohio.
An avid kayaker and cyclist, he is the founder and chair of the Ohio River Paddlefest, now the largest paddling event in the U.S., as well as the Great Ohio River Swim. Both events benefit Adventure Crew.
Brewster lives in the Mt. Washington neighborhood of Cincinnati with his wife Ann Lugbill, a whistleblower attorney. His daughters Elizabeth and Caroline live and teach in Lund, Sweden and Berlin, Germany respectively.
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