Executive Director, Human Services Chamber of Hamilton County
Voted Cincinnati’s Best Local Activist, Mike Moroski is the Executive Director of the Human Services Chamber of Hamilton County, a network of over 100 nonprofit agencies that serve as the collective voice of the human services sector in Hamilton County.
Mike served Cincinnati as a Member on the Board of Education for the Cincinnati Public School District where he also has chaired the Policy & Equity Committee for five years. He was also the School District’s appointee to the Cincinnati Recreation Commission where he held the position of Vice President for two years.
Previously, Mike served as the Executive Director of UpSpring (an organization exclusively serving the educational needs of children experiencing homelessness), as a teacher at Moeller High School, and as Assistant Principal at Purcell Marian High School. He is also a former member of the Southwest Ohio Region Workforce Investment Board, and the City of Cincinnati’s Human Advisory Committee.
Mike earned his M.A. at Xavier University and his MNA at the University of Notre Dame. In 2011, Mike received the Jefferson Award for his dedication to affordable housing preservation and his commitment to reducing employment barriers for those returning from prison. Also in 2011, Mike earned Xavier University’s highest honor for a young graduate, the Magis Award, for his service to the City of Cincinnati, and was named to the Business Courier’s Forty Under 40 Class of 2011. In 2013, he received The Human Rights Campaign’s Ally Award for his public defense of marriage equality which cost him his job at a Catholic school and was awarded the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award by his high school alma mater, Marist High School.
Mike and his wife Katie live in Downtown Cincinnati with their son James, their two cats Eddie & Rosie, and their English Bulldog Biggie. When Mike isn’t working to try and make society better or hanging out with his family, he is performing music around town with his band Jam Band Jovi or as a solo act. His son James attends his family’s neighborhood school, Hays-Porter.
