Philip Denning

Philip Denning serves as Executive Vice President for The Port. He leads the Real Estate team, including housing construction across a spectrum of affordability, complex place-based market-making development projects, and the Landbank’s work across the county to bring vacant, blighted properties back into productive use.

Prior to joining The Port, Philip led the City of Cincinnati’s Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED). In that role, he directed negotiations for nearly $2B of private investment and incentivized the creation of thousands of new market-rate and affordable housing units.

Philip is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s School of Design, Art, Architecture & Planning (DAAP). He is an active Board Member of the Ohio Land Bank Association.

Philip lives in Cincinnati’s Northside neighborhood with his wife and three children.