David O'Maley

David O’Maley was elected to the position of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ohio National Financial Services in February 1994. He joined the company in March 1992 as Executive Vice President, and was elected President and Chief Operating Officer in 1993. He retired as President and CEO in December 2010, but remained as Executive Chairman until his retirement from the Board in May 2012. He was elected Chairman Emeritus in recognition of his significant leadership accomplishments, which were transformational to the company.

O’Maley began his life insurance career in 1968 as an agent, and spent 24 years with Life of Virginia. Beginning his career as an agent, he progressed through various sales and management roles and later transferred to the company’s home office as Vice President and was subsequently promoted to Senior Vice President. He became Chief Marketing Officer in 1986 and was a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He also served as President of the company’s securities broker dealer and two life insurance company subsidiaries.

A native of Long Island, New York, O’Maley received a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, and a master’s degree in financial services from The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He has also received Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant designations.

O’Maley has served on the Board of Directors of U.S. Bancorp since 1995; he is currently the bank’s Lead Director, and a member of the Compensation & HR Committee and of the Governance Committee. He served on the Board of Directors of The Midland Company, a public property and casualty insurance company, for 10 years as the Chair of the Compensation Committee and member of the Governance Committee. He also serves as a Board member of the Embraer Jet Operators Association.

He is an active community leader, having previously served as a member of the Cincinnati Business Committee, Director Emeritus of Bridges for a Just Community (formerly NCCJ), Board member of The Chamber of Commerce, University of Cincinnati Foundation, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, The Metropolitan Growth Alliance, University of Cincinnati Neurological Task Force, and as a Board member and President of the Cincinnati Country Day School. In 1996 he served as Chairman of the United Appeal Board and chaired the community-wide United Way Campaign, raising over $50,000,000.

In the area of aviation, O’Maley is a cofounder of the Tri-State Warbird Museum, a historic aviation museum, where he currently serves as Chairman. Opened in the spring of 2005, the museum is dedicated to honoring those who fought for our freedom and America’s rich aviation history. The museum has one of the largest collections of flyable World War II aircraft.

He is an active pilot, holds an Airline Transport Pilot license, instrument and multi-engine ratings, six different TurboFan type ratings, has logged over 7,000 hours with 4,000 hours in turbine aircraft. O’Maley was awarded The Wright Brothers Master Pilots Award by the Federal Aviation Agency in 2016 for having flown more than 50 consecutive years without an accident, incident, or violation, and for having made a significant contribution to the aviation community.