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Lynn Groh has always called the Tristate area home, even though her 32-year career with Procter & Gamble frequently had her traveling to three different continents. She was born and raised in Northern Kentucky and attended Northern Kentucky University.
Lynn began working in Corporate Communications at P&G, developing print materials and videos. She then worked in Employee Communications with Pat Frey (who recently joined Impact 100). “In a big company, you move around to various jobs,” she says. “I eventually became responsible for the company’s international relocation and expatriate program, serving almost 2,000 employees working outside their home country in 200 different host countries.”
Her work took her to Italy, Japan and several South American countries over the years. She still likes to travel, and has made several annual trips to Hawaii. Although she has relished her adventures, Lynn also appreciates simplicity. She and her husband, Mike, recently celebrated their 50th anniversary with a trip to Summerfair at Coney Island. They followed up with a meal at the Grove Park Grille on Kellogg Avenue and finished the evening with a shared bottle of champagne at home.
Lynn and Mike are proud parents of two adult sons, who live in Cincinnati and Texas.
A Call to Philanthropy
“My family had modest means but we always valued philanthropy,” Lynn says. “My parents emphasized we needed to take care of those less fortunate than us. We would deliver presents to the children’s home at Christmas and do other things. So, it came naturally to me.”
After she moved to Indian Hill in 1999, she received a letter from the founders of Impact 100. Although the timing wasn’t right for her, Lynn wrote back to say she loved and supported the idea. She kept the letter, but new priorities kept coming. About 10 years ago, Impact 100 member Rose Palmieri, who had also worked in Human Resources at P&G, invited her to lunch to learn more about Impact 100 and its successes as a collective giving group.
Lynn joined Impact in 2015 and immediately joined a Grant Review Team. Getting to really know the organizations she supports is one of the things she likes best about Impact 100.
“You get so invested and so involved. Being on a grant review team made me really feel part of Impact 100,” Lynn says. “I’ve been on the Diamond Team with Portia Dyrenforth, and she is right on top of things. I am so impressed by all of the women I’ve met.”
She continues, “I really enjoy hearing different points of view and having discussions about important topics – something other than current TV shows or our health!”
Lynn likes the direction Impact 100 has taken with the Annual Awards Celebration and making sure every finalist goes home with a check.
One of Lynn’s passions is exploring her family history. She is on the board of the Kentucky Genealogical Society and has traced her family back nine generations in the U.S. “My seventh or eighth great-grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War and is on record as collecting a pension. He paid taxes on a plot of Kentucky land in 1800.” She scans and puts records online to make information more readily available to other families tracing their roots.
Favorite Pastimes
Lynn also likes walking, working out and getting together with walking buddies, as she did in October with Impact 100 walkers who participated in the Queen Bee 4-miler.
