Fort Thomas resident, Bob Heil, CEO of KLH Engineers
received the Walter R. Dunlevy Frontiersman Award at the NKY Chamber Annual
Dinner on September 5.
Established in 1968, the award recognizes an individual who
has a lifelong history of outstanding service to the Northern Kentucky
community, exhibits outstanding service to their profession or industry, and
exemplifies the highest standards of personal integrity and family responsibility.
Heil’s civic engagement has always followed his passions,
starting when he was a student at the University of Kentucky and was a founding
member of The Students to Save Robinson Forest. He was instrumental as a
research asset in preserving the forest. The first engagement in his
professional career was serving on the Board of Adjustments for the City of
Bellevue.
Through the years, his civic engagement grew, particularly
in the city of Fort Thomas where he lives and works. He served as the first Chairman of the
Military Commons Homeowners Association and he and his wife, Mary Beth, have
undertaken leadership of the committee to erect a statue in honor of the
namesake of Fort Thomas, Union General George Henry Thomas.
Within Campbell County, he has been a member of the Campbell
Leadership Action Group since 2003, serving its Chairman for two years. At
Northern Kentucky University (NKU), he has served on the NKU Foundation
Advocacy Committee, the Construction Management Advisory Board, the Haile/US Bank
College of Business Dean’s Advisory Board, was an adjunct faculty in the
Physics and Geology Department, has been a proud supporter of Norse Athletics,
and a strong advocate for NKU in Frankfort.
Within the region, he is a member of the Duke Energy OH/KY
Advisory Council and recently served on the Metropolitan Club Board of
Governors. He is an alumnus of both Leadership Cincinnati and Leadership
Kentucky and has spent countless hours serving on various committees for the
Northern Kentucky Chamber, most importantly as a member of its Board of
Directors, serving as Chairman from 2016-2017.
He has served on various committees, as well as the Board of
Directors for Northern Kentucky Tri-ED and was recently named Chairman during a
time in history when Tri-ED is undertaking a significant transformation to help
the region grow.
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