Dan Schimberg
Bio
Dan Schimberg is the President of Uptown Rental Properties; a property management firm he founded in 1985 to fill a niche in the University of Cincinnati’s off-campus student housing. Starting with the rehab of one house, Uptown has grown to 120 employees and owns and manages over 4,000 multifamily units and 200,000 SF of commercial space in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Under Dan’s leadership, Uptown Rental Properties has renovated hundreds of structures and developed 2,600 multi-family units from the ground up in Cincinnati and Florida. Uptown Rental Properties is committed to providing a wide variety of housing choices catering to both professionals and students.
Dan has served on numerous boards and committees in the past and continues his volunteer service as a current board member for the Cincinnati Art Museum, Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, and Talbert House. As a dedicated philanthropist, Dan has focused his efforts on health care, medical research, environmental preservation, and the underserved population of Cincinnati.
In 2020 Dan became personally invested in SRF’s mission as he witnessed scleroderma’s effect on a family member. Dan joined the SRF Board of Directors in 2025 and is wholeheartedly committed to supporting the most promising research to one day cure this disease.
