Erin Cunniff Childs honored by Ohio Women’s Bar Association

By Claire Luby-Colton Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio Erin Cunniff Childs, Esq., President & CEO of Pro Bono Partnership of Ohio (PBPO) has been selected by the Ohio Women’s Bar Association as the recipient of the 2024 Leading the Way Award. The Ohio Women’s Bar Association’s Leading the Way Award annually recognizes one outstanding female attorney in Ohio who has demonstrated exemplary leadership in the legal profession and her community, has rendered services to improve the administration of justice, and has helped pave the way for women in the legal profession by inspiring and mentoring other women to raise their performance to the same high standard. “Erin Childs is eminently worthy of this award,” said Susan Street Whaley, PBPO Board Chair and Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Procter & Gamble. “Erin truly leads the way in engaging legal professionals in their communities and empowering nonprofit organizations to achieve their missions.” Childs received her award at a statewide event, hosted by the Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation, on January 18, 2024, at Roetzel & Andress in Akron, Ohio. Childs was hired as the inaugural Executive Director of PBPO when it was founded in Cincinnati in 2014. Under Childs’ leadership, PBPO has...