OUR TEAM

With a passion for serving the community and empowering individuals to achieve their best quality of life, Jazmine has worked with businesses in both the public and private sectors. Prior to her time at MORTAR, Jazmine participated in the Consumer Banking Leadership Program at Fifth Third Bank, where she was exposed to multiple facets of consumer banking, including consumer loans, retail operations, and vendor management and served in various roles with the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority coordinating events, developing programs, and managing projects to enhance employee engagement and improve processes.

Most recently, Jazmine led youth programming at Main Street Ventures, where she had the unique pleasure of building confidence and creating a pathway to entrepreneurship for the next generation of entrepreneurs. She now serves as a Program Manager for MORTAR where she will help shape the entrepreneurial landscape for marginalized business owners.

Jazmine received her Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Kentucky and is a graduate of multiple Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s leadership development program for young professionals, including Cincy Next (Class 8) and We Ascend (Class 7). Jazmine is a proud member of the Gamble-Nippert YMCA Advisory Board where she serves as Board Chair. She enjoys teaching Zumba, dancing, sunshine, and spending time with her husband, Stephen, daughter, Sade, and their two pups: Murmie and Stella.

Tim is a Cincinnati native but grew up in Dayton, OH. It was his education and graduation from Xavier University that brought him back home and provided the tools necessary to grow his career in Cincinnati and beyond. Tim has a deep passion for community and creating meaningful impact through relationships. This began during his time at St. Vincent DePaul, as the Volunteers Coordinator. He learned firsthand the value of aligning people for a common mission and executing service with a deep purpose.

That experience provided a pathway to his work with the Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio as a Community Engagement Specialist focusing on enriching community and police relations. Currently Tim owns and operates his own business, making the success of not only his own business but of other Black, brown and minority entrepreneurs one of his passions. Tim is excited to join the MORTAR team as the Expansion Manager and is looking forward to reactivating and enriching relationships within Cincinnati and beyond to scale the impactful work that MORTAR has been doing.

Tim has a wide range of skills from bartending to pottery wheel throwing and even roller skating. When at home Tim is an active Plant Dad and Dog Dad. Things that bring Tim joy are traveling, listening to music, karaoke with friends, fine dining, and spending time with his twin, family, and close friends. 

Naimah is a multidisciplinary creative from Cincinnati. She has a plethora of interests, affording her a background in illustration, clothing design, brand design, theatre, dance, and modeling. After graduating from Cincinnati State Technical and Community college with a degree in graphic design, she decided that her goal as a creative professional would be to make things that inspired and uplifted others. 

Since making that decision, she aspires to work on brand projects that are full experiences, not only visual ones. She is passionate about developing campaign and event details that appeal to all senses, and stick with a person long after initial contact. She experiments with different mediums, platforms, and concepts through personal projects that speak on authentic self expression and representation.

As MORTAR’s Design Manager, she is excited to use her love of consistency and innovative visual identities to help further the organization’s brand reach.

My professional path began in collections and sales-spaces where I learned the value of listening, connecting and understanding people’s motivations. I later moved into nonprofit development, most recently supporting a mission that supported individuals with disabilities. With a Master’s in Criminal Justice from Xavier University, my passion lies in the intersection of people, purpose, and transformation.

Now at Mortar, I’m honored to serve as Development Manager, helping elevate entrepreneurs and expand access to opportunity. Inspired by my father’s entrepreneurial spirit, this work feels deeply personal.

I’m also a wife, sports mom of 3, and a new dog mom, who loves traveling with my husband whenever we get the chance.

Everything I do is guided by one goal: to help my children see a life full of possibility and purpose.