Networking & Knowledge

Jackie Reau, CEO of Game Day Communications, has more than 25 years of experience and specializes in strategic communications planning, social media strategy and crisis management. Before launching GDC, Jackie worked in health care at The Christ Hospital and as director of marketing at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Jackie is an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati where she teaches Sports PR and at Xavier University where she teaches in the sports administration graduate program.

She is also active in the community serving on boards of the following: Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, Mt. Saint Joseph University, Ohio University Foundation, Reds Community Fund and the YWCA Greater Cincinnati. She currently serves as the Board Chair of the Greater Cincinnati Sports Commission.

In 2007, Jackie was named Public Relations Practitioner of the Year by the Cincinnati chapter of Public Relations Society of America. In 2011, she was honored with the chapter’s highest honor, Werner-VonderHaar-Bogart Award. Last year, she received the Medal of Merit from Ohio University, the highest alumni honor bestowed by the university.

Jackie earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and a master’s in sports administration at Ohio University. She has also studied at the Harvard Business School earning a certificate in Non-Profit Management.

She has finished four half marathons and has visited all 30 Major League Baseball parks.

Kathrine Nero has been in front of a camera for more than half her life, and now she’s ready for life on the other side.

She has 25 years experience in television and digital media as an award-winning news anchor, reporter and host. Most of that time was spent anchoring sports and morning news in Cincinnati. Her most recent endeavors took her into the digital and social media space hosting Facebook lives and writing newsletters and columns for The Cincinnati Enquirer.

Kathrine has experience in television, radio, digital, sports, social media, print and podcasting.  She’s also a camera coach, content creator and media trainer who shares the lessons learned in 12,000+ hours on camera to make sure you look good for that next Zoom call or media interview.

She lives in NKY with her husband and two daughters and – even as a transplant from Memphis – is one of the area’s biggest fans.

Outside of work, Kathrine serves on the board of the Karen Wellington Foundation and is active in her church. She’s also a word nerd, a coffee aficionado, a grown-up theatre kid, a massive Elvis fan (and former Graceland tour guide) – and two-time breast cancer survivor who reminds you: it’s time to get a mammogram.