Joe Hale serves as Executive Vice President/Managing Director in the firm’s Indianapolis, IN office. Prior to joining DHR International, Mr. Hale served as Chief Communications Officer of Cinergy Corp. (now Duke Energy) and as President of the Cinergy Foundation. During his fourteen-year career at Cinergy Corp., he also served as President of Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company and PSI Energy. Previous to his career at Cinergy, Mr. Hale was co-owner of The Kasler Group, Inc., an architectural firm based in Indianapolis with offices in Cincinnati and Cleveland. Previously, he headed the John W. Galbreath Company’s Indiana Division. Prior to entering the private sector, Joe was Executive Director of the Metropolitan Arts Council of Indianapolis and Director of Programs at the Indiana Arts Council. Mr. Hale has been a Trustee (and frequently Chairman) of more than a dozen nonprofit organizations including the National Underground Freedom Center, Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Zoo, Taft Museum, Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati, Holocaust and Humanity Education Center, Hanover College, the Ohio Arts Council, and Tennis for Charity, Inc. He founded and chaired the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon and was a member of the Greater Cincinnati Port Authority. He has spoken on corporate citizenship to community and corporate audiences throughout the country. During the past twelve years, Mr. Hale has raised over $100 million for nonprofit organizations. He chaired the successful $37 million capital campaign for the striking new home of the Contemporary Art Center of Cincinnati, designed by Zaha Hadid. He also chaired the $10 million campaign for the new Lindner Family YMCA in downtown Cincinnati. In 2005, Mr. Hale raised over $250,000 for the March of Dimes by running seven marathons in seven months on seven continents. He serves on that organization’s national Board of Directors. Mr. Hale also chaired the Search Committees of the Taft Museum of Art and the Contemporary Arts Center, recruiting new Directors to both. Mr. Hale received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Hanover College and is a graduate of the Harvard University Business School's Institute in Nonprofit Administration.