Our Staff
Our Staff
T. Duane Gordon
CEO (Full-time) He/Him
CEO T. Duane Gordon receives ISQCCBE's Nita Miller Award for Outstanding Service to a Designated Charity.
Duane has served since 2019 as CEO of Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati, the region’s federation of social and economic justice charities, environmental sustainability organizations, and animal welfare agencies.
His philanthropic career spans more than two decades in non-profit leadership including more than a decade as CEO of Middletown Community Foundation and nearly a decade at the Community Foundation for Mississippi.
Duane has been recognized as Cincinnati State Technical and Community College’s Middletown Outstanding Community Leader, the Middletown Family YMCA Celebration of Character Awards’ Champion of Youth Development and Chamber of Commerce Serving Middletown, Monroe, and Trenton’s Entrepreneurial Community Spirit Award recipient. He has served on the United Way of Greater Cincinnati’s Success by 6 Regional Leadership Council.
He currently serves as Co-Chair of Middletown Pride and as a Delegate representing the Ohio River Valley District of the United Methodist Church on the Delegates Council of the Metropolitan Area Religious Council of Cincinnati (MARCC). He was founder and director for 10 years of the Middletown-area affiliate of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, distributing more than 250,000 free books in that time to over 10,000 local preschoolers in the local community. His mentorship of dozens of other affiliates of the program throughout Ohio laid the groundwork for its eventual expansion to a statewide initiative under First Lady Fran DeWine in 2020.
He was also a founding board member for the Middletown Community Building Institute at Miami University, Middletown Campus Advisory Committee for Cincinnati State, and Butler County National Philanthropy Day Committee. Duane is past president of the Middletown Kiwanis Club, a Rotarian, and hosted “Foundation Matters” on TV Middletown for seven seasons.
Early in his career, Duane was an award-winning investigative journalist for the Madison County Journal in suburban Jackson, Mississippi. He received his BA in Communications and Journalism from Mississippi State University.
He is married to public defense attorney Matthew Dixon, who is a Cincinnati-area native and his partner of more than 30 years, and they are the parents of middle school student Tommy and elementary school student Dolly.
Devoe Sherman
Communications and Membership Associate (Full-time, Public Ally Fellow) He/Him
Devoe is a passionate community leader and advocate for social justice. As a Public Allies alum, he has dedicated his career to advancing equity, empowering marginalized communities, and creating pathways for leadership development. Through his work, Devoe focuses on building inclusive systems that uplift young people and families, ensuring they have the resources and opportunities needed to thrive. His commitment to service and social change continues to inspire others to engage in meaningful action and collective progress.
He will work with us for 10 months in 2025-26 to develop expanded member services for the benefit of our members as well as designing and implementing a comprehensive marketing plan for Community Shares and our member charities.
Claire Homan
Bookeeper (Part-time) She/Her
Claire joined us in 2023. She grew up in the Cincinnati area and received her BIS in Interdisciplinary Studies, Family Studies. She focused her studies to sociology, women’s studies, and anthropology.
Claire began her career at The Children’s Home of Cincinnati (now Best Point) as the Early Childhood Administrative Assistant. She then switched careers to join The Modal Shop, an engineering firm focusing on sound and vibration testing equipment, to work on the International Sales Team. Most recently she was the Assistant Director of Internal Operations at Xavier University. Claire is a highly motivated individual with abilities in a wide variety of areas including process improvement, problem solving, interpersonal communication, and excellent knowledge of systems.
During Claire’s career, she has concentrated on building relationships with whomever she comes into contact with. Her work in many different and diverse communities has also enabled her to identify unique opportunities for individual situations. She focuses on data driven outcomes for continuous quality improvement.
Claire is an avid animal lover. She has one son, Elliot, and a very large extended family. She enjoys reading, being with friends and family, gardening and generally hanging out at her home in Northside.