Conrad F. Thiede

Director of Major & Planned Gifts

Expertise: Gift Planning, Fundraising, Major, Minor and Independent League Baseball, Urban Living, Balcony Gardening

Education: Colgate University

Favorite Tri-State Neighborhood: Downtown, OTR and Clifton

Highlights
  • Conrad Thiede joined the Cincinnati Public Radio team in 2014 as the Director of Major and Planned Gifts.
  • Before joining the station, he worked at the Cincinnati Symphony & Pops Orchestra as their Director of Planned Giving and Special Campaigns.
  • Representing Cincinnati Public Radio, Conrad was runner-up in the 2016 Dancing For The Stars (CAA) contest.
Experience

Conrad served as Phi Delta Theta Foundation’s Vice President for over a decade. Previously, he was in the sports investment and entertainment industry in New York. Conrad has served as president of the Downtown Residents Council (DRC), chair of the Colgate Alumni Admission Program, and on the boards of Madcap Puppets, Invest in Neighborhoods, and DCI. While with the CSO, he was on the Lumenocity Planning Committee. During his leadership tenure with the DRC, the council received the Cincinnati Star Award and annual awards from Keep Cincinnati Beautiful. He is on the Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council board and chairs its Conversation & Coffee Committee (continuing education). In 2001, he served as chair of National Philanthropy Day. Conrad has donned the Cincinnati Pops’ Tempo costume for the Orchestra since the penguin mascot’s introduction in 2015. Conrad has attended ballgames at more than 250 major, minor and independent ballparks and met more than 500 team mascots. Conrad has lived in Piatt Park since moving to Cincinnati from New York 25 years ago.