Birthplace

Columbus, Ohio

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Education

BA Indiana University
MPA Indiana University 

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Career
President, Ohio Hospital Association (2012 to present)
CEO, Iowa Medical Society (1996 to 2012)

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Mission, Values, Dreams
I am blessed with a fantastic family – a wife of 21 years (and counting), and two wonderful kids who give meaning to everything I do. I strive to make a positive difference in the world, as reflected in the values and accomplishments of my family and those with whom I might have influence.
 

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Kit Kat Essays:
• Get Outta Here (October 2017)

Birthplace

Columbus, Ohio

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Education
Worthington High School
B.A. The Ohio State University, School of Journalism

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Career
Dishwasher
Bus Boy
Carpenter
Newspaper reporter and editor
Editor-in-Chief, The Lantern
Bike Messenger in NYC

Television Producer for 9 years in New York City and Los Angeles. Credits include Michael Jackson Live from Bucharest, Woodstock ’94, Woodstock ’99, Verve’s 50th Anniversary from Carnegie Hall and Columbia Records Celebrates 30 years of Bob Dylan. Wrote, produced and directed, over 175 interviews with artist ranging from Julie Andrews to Keith Richards and Bruce Springsteen, work has appeared on PBS, CBS, FOX, HBO, ABC, MTV, VH1 and the BBC as well as networks in Italy (RAI), Japan (NHK and JSB), France and Germany.

President and Owner of The Data House, a family-owned computer supplies business started in 1970 that has been transformed into a full service technology solutions provider serving the entire state of Ohio from both the Columbus and Cleveland offices. The company has received numerous awards including Hewlett-Packard Rising Star, HP Partner of the Year and Elite Partner.

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Honors, Public Service
Recreation Unlimited planning committee
3M Distributor Council Board
Board Member of Intec & Company, a national collective of independently-owned, technology businesses.

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Selected Publications
Stories for Short: A collection of Recollections from The Jockey Club 1982-1998

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Kit Kat Essays
• Degenerative Retinal Disorder In Mures Musculi: An Update

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Mission, Values, Dreams, Philosophy
This is it.
Play the game.
Now is the moment.
However don’t feel guilty if you really just feel like relaxing and having a milkshake.

Birthplace:

Meadville, PA

 

 

Education:  
Bachelors Degree:  Ohio University (1972)
PhD:  Ohio State University (1979)

 

 

Career:  
State government service, including service as the Director of the Ohio Office of Budget and Management (1990-1998).  Currently a consultant focusing primarily on public policy and management strategy.

 

 

Honors, Public Service:  
Member, State Medical Board of Ohio (1998-present)
Member, Ohio University Board of Trustees (1999-2007)
Distinguished Service Award from the National Governors’ Association
Alumni of the Year Award from the Ohio University Department of Political Science
T.I. Murphy Excellence in Government Award from the Ohio Government Finance Officers Association
Jack Brizius Memorial Rough Rider Award for Excellence in Public Policy from The Council of Governors’ Policy Advisors

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
• Past Becomes Present (December 2001)
• The Future Is Here (January 2007)
• A New Adventure (exhibits) (December 2013)

 

 

Mission, Values, Dreams:  
Strike a creative balance between work, play, and family while making occupational and public service commitments that make a positive difference.

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Birthplace:

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Education:  
 

 

 

Career:  
 

 

Honors, Public Service:  
 

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
Inaugural essay not yet scheduled.

 

 

Mission, Values, Dreams:  
 

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Birthplace:

New York City

 

 

Education:  
A.B. Dickinson College
M. Div. Yale Univ. Divinity School

 

 

Career: 
Episcopal Priest:
St. Bartholomew’s, White Plains, NY
St. James, St. James, NY
Trinity Church, Columbus, OH

 

 

Honors, Public Service:
Deputy representing Diocese of Southern Ohio at General Convention 2000 of the Episcopal Church 
Board, Forum For Faith in the Workplace in Columbus
Founding President, Westchester (Co.) Coalition of Hunger/Homeless Programs

 

 

Selected Publications:
Various articles on church and society, congregational development and social institutions and the city.

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:

Lightin' Out For the Territories – 1893

Regions Beyond (March 2001)

No Place Like Here (November 2005)

Brotherly Love (slides)

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Birthplace:

Louisville, Kentucky

 

 

Education:  
Ohio University, A.B. (Summa Cum Laude) 
Dual majors:  Economics & Government 
(Phi Beta Kappa), 1972; 
Ohio State Univ. College of Law, J.D. 1974

 

 

Career: 
Trial lawyer in Columbus since 1975
Steptoe & Johnson

 

 

Honors, Public Service:
Chief of Staff for U.S. Representative Bob Shamansky, Washington, D.C., 1981-82
President and Trustee, Columbus Area Leadership Program (nka Leadership Columbus), 
President, Barristers Club
Former Trustee, League Against Child Abuse

Selected Publications:
Frequent lecturer and author on jury trial techniques, banking lenders liability, product liability, etc.

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
• American Idylls or Idols?, plus poem (April 2013)
• Amerigo's Niece (December 2008)
• The Bridge of Ages: Henry Adams’ Life and Times (January 1994)
• Blessing or Curse: Jefferson and Hamilton (March 1998)
• Colonel Johnson, Meet Allah Akbar (November 2002)

 

 

Kit Kat:
Secretary, 1993-2001
President, 2001-2002

Birthplace: 

Philadelphia

 

 

Education:
Williams College - BA
University of Pennsylvania College of Medicine - MD

 

 

Family:
Wife: Barbara (45 years)
Sons: Jamie (Pam) – Columbus, OH; grandsons: John and Will
Greg (Cathy) – Charleston, South Carolina; grandkids: Lila and Fletcher

 

 

Career: 
Medical College of Ohio at Toledo (1975-1991) 
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Chief, Cardiac Surgery

The Ohio State University (1991-2003)
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, NCH

Nationwide Children's Hospital
Interim Medical Director (2007-2008)
Associate Chief Medical Officer (2008-present)
Co-Medical Director, Patient Safety

 

 

Honors- Medical:

Over 100 published papers, abstracts, and book chapters

Listed Best Doctors in America multiple years while practicing 

 

 

Honors- Humanitarian:

Multiple Paul Harris Fellowships- Rotary Clubs

Multiple “Service Above Self” awards- Rotary Club of Columbus 

Citizen of the Year, 1997- Boy Scouts of America Simon Kenton Council

Rotarian of the Year, 1999- Rotary Club of Columbus

Living Faith Award, 1998- Metropolitan Council of Churches

Presidential Citation for Humanitarian Service to Children, 1999- President of Rotary International

Virginia Smith Stecker International Service Award, 2000- American Red Cross

Kellogg’s Hannah Neil World of Children Award, 2000- International Finalist

Service Above Self- Rotary District 6690 Award 2006

Exemplary Service Award for International Service, 2009- Rotary Club of Columbus

Service Above Self Award, 2010- Rotary International 

 

 

Other Stuff:

Inducted as an Elder in the Rafiki Clan of the Kikuyu Tribe in Kenya- one of three elders

Published writer of short stories and essays

Instrument rated pilot – 3000 hours

Washtub bassist in the Mountain Rock Band “Grassinine”

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:

• The Fourth Quarter, May 2010 (as guest speaker, annual meeting)

• The Meaning of “Life”, May 2016 (annual meeting)

 

 

Philosophy, Values, Dreams:
Life is short: Live, Love, Laugh, Be Grateful.

Birthplace:

Zanesville, Ohio

 

 

Education:  
Ohio University, B.S.J.
Kent State, M.A., PhD.

 

 

Career: 
Education, administration, and teaching
Kent State University Foundation, 1968-1972
Vice President, Hiram College, 1972-1982
President, Davis & Elkins College, 1982-1984
President, Otterbein College, 1984-present

 

 

Honors, Public Service:

Almost innumerable organizations and chairman or president of many of them

Ohio College Association, President

Board of Directors, Grant/Riverside Hospitals

American Red Cross, county of residence, President

United Way, President

 

 

Selected Publications:
Numerous as a college professor of communication and education (Hiram College, Kent State University and Otterbein College)

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:

• 359 (Historical overview of denominational colleges) (December 1995)

• And Then There Was One (Cuba in 1999) (November 2000)

• How Do You Spell Diversity? (January 2006)

• 12.24 (November 2013)

 

 

Philosophy, Values, Dreams:
To help others reach their potential

Birthplace:

Farmville, Virginia

 

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Education: 
Hampden-Sydney College
University of Virginia Law School

 

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Career: 
Retired Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Nationwide Insurance Companies

 

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Honors, Public Service:
Ohio Chamber of Commerce - Former Board Member
Columbus University Club - Former Board Member and Former President 
Franklin County Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health (ADAM) Former Board Member
Public Affairs Council, Washington, D. C. - Former Board Member
Ohio Insurance Institute Executive Committee - Former Member
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies - Former Board Member 
Conference Board of Chief Legal Officers Council - Former Board Member
Development Council for the Ohio Historical Society - Current Member 
Program 60 Association at The Ohio State University - Current Trustee

 

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Kit Kat Essays:
Tess, We Hardy Knew You, March 2009

peas & queus, Annual Meeting Essay May 2017

 

 

Mission, Values, Dreams:
To be the person my dog thinks I am.

Birthplace:

Middletown, Ohio

 

 

Education:  
Purdue University, B.S., MSIA, Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering and Industrial Administration

 

 

Career: 
Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University

 

 

Honors, Public Service:
Ohio State Outstanding Teaching Awards
Consultant to many organizations
Research lecturer throughout U.S., Australia, and Europe
Corporate Boards of Directors

 

 

Selected Publications:
Dozens of publications in Management Science, Journal of Marketing Research, Decision Science, and numerous other technical journals.

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
• One Day at a Time, (dynamic interface of land and sea along the world’s beaches) (April 1995)
• Fifty Years of Engineering Excellence, (biography of Dr. Ferdinand Porsche) (February 1999)
• The Lost Key (February 2005)
• 35 Years of Accelerating Depletion -- OR -- Whose Fish Are They Anyway? (1975-2010) (October 2010) 
• Just Pick a Number (January 2016)

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Birthplace:

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New York City

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Education: 

 

Colgate University 

B. A.  in Economics/Interntional Relations
 

Career:

 

           Johnson & Higgins, 1987-1997

           Managing Director, Marsh & McLennan, 1997-2011

           Practice leader, Wells Fargo, 2011-2016

           Practice Leader,  Willis Towers Watson 2016-present

    

Honors, Public Service:

 

           Director/Treasurer, Options for Supported Housing, 2013-present

           Trustee, Kiwanis Club of Columbus, 2011-2013

           Trustee, Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati), 2000-2001

           Trustee, Japan America Society of Greater Cincinnati, 2003-2005
 

Selected Publications:

 

           American Society for Healthcare Risk Management

           Risk & Insurance Management Society

           Healthcare Financial Management Association

           
Kit Kat Essays:

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To be Scheduled

Birthplace:

Cleveland, Ohio

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Education: 
BA Miami University, 1974 
MPIA, University of Pittsburgh 1976 
Ph.D., Political Sci., Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1981

 

 

Career:
1997, Professor, Dept of Political Science, Ohio State University 
1997, Associate Director, The Mershon Center 
1989-1991, Staff, US Department of State, Secretary's Office of Policy Planning, Director Dennis Ross. 
1985-1986, Senior Fellow, The Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union, Columbia University.

 

 

Honors, Public Service: 
Co-editor, International Studies Quarterly, 1990-95. 
Member of Governing Council, International Society of Political Psychology 
United States Institute of Peace, Project Director, “Forecasting the Future on the Korean Peninsula: Avenues to Reconciliation.” 
United States Information Agency, Project Director, “Conflict Resolution and Arms Control in the Middle East and South Asia.”

 

 

Selected Publications: 
Perceptions and Behavior in Soviet Foreign Policy (Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985). 
“Defending International Norms: Perceptions and the logics of normative appropriateness and utilitarian consequences,” International

Organization 55, 2001: 621-654. 
“How Americans Think About Trade: Reconciling Conflicts Among Money, Power, and Principles,” International Studies Quarterly, 45, 2001: 191-218. 
“Mass Public Decisions to Go to War: A Cognitive-Interactionist Framework.” American Political Science Review. 93, 1999: 553-573. 
“Images and Affect: A Functional Analysis of Out-Group Stereotypes.” 
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 1999: 78-93. 
"The Middle East and the New World Order: Rethinking U.S. Political Strategy After the Gulf War," International Security, 16, 1991: 42-75.

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
• Dimes, (slides) (February 2017)
• Becoming US (1950-1963) (December 2010)
• What’s Next in the Middle East (May 2003)

 

 

Philosophy, Values, Dreams: 
To live long enough to know my grandchildren

Birthplace:

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Education: 
 

 

Career:
 

 

Honors, Public Service: 
 

 

Selected Publications: 
 

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
Inaugural essay not yet scheduled

 

 

Philosophy, Values, Dreams: 
 

Birthplace:

Youngstown, Ohio

 

 

Education: 
Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, University of Georgia 
Master’s degree in Journalism, The Ohio State University 

 

Career:
President and CEO, Greater Columbus Arts Council
Senior Vice President, Communications, The Ohio State University
Senior Vice President, Investor, Media and Community Relations, Limited Brands, Inc.

 

 

Public Service:
Executive Assistant for Legislative Affairs for the Governor of Ohio 
Staff member, Ohio House of Representatives
Staff member, Ohio Department of Development

 

 

Community Service:
Member and Past Chair, Columbus Metropolitan Library Foundation
Member and Past Chair, board of the Columbus Clippers
Vice Chair and Co-Chair, Capital Campaign, MidOhio Food Bank
Co-chair, capital campaign, Audubon Nature Center 
Member, board of YMCA of Central Ohio
Trustee, Crane Family Foundation
Member, Board of the Columbus Metropolitan Club 

 

 

Past Community Service: 
Past Board Member and Co-Chair, Capital Campaign, Audubon Nature Center
Member, board of National Investor Relations Institute
Member, board of North Market Development Authority
Member, board of Earthshare Ohio
Member, board of Ohio Chapter of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and Heritage Trail
Past Chair and Member, Leadership Columbus Board 
Member, Hilliard City Council
Instructor, media ethics, The Ohio State University

 

Kit Kat Essays:
• When Harry Met Sally, Or Not?, November 2014

 

 

Philosophy, Values, Dreams: 
[Tom, anything for here? Or anything else? -- Artie]

Birthplace:

Dayton, Ohio

 

 

Education: 
B.A., Miami University, 1978
J.D., University of Notre Dame, 1981

 

 

Family: 

Maryanna;  

children:  Will, Anna, and Joseph

 

 

Career: 
Judge, Tenth District Court of Appeals, 2002-present
Chief Legal Counsel to Governor Bob Taft 1999-2002
First Assistant Attorney General under Attorney General Betty D. Montgomery, 1995-1999
Partner, Squire, Sanders and Dempsey 1985-1995
Associate, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Peace, 1981-1985

 

 

Professional and Civic Activities:

• Member, Columbus and Ohio State Bar Associations, previously serving on CBA's Board of Governors and OSBA's Council of Delegates

• Editorial Board for the CBA's "Lawyers Quarterly"

• Chair of OSBA's statewide Pro Bono project

• Chair, Tenth Appellate District Pro Bono Committee

• Chair, Ohio Supreme Court Committee on the Rules of Superintendence

• Member, Ohio Supreme Court Task Force on Commercial Dockets

• Past board member and officer of the Godman Guild Association

• Board member, Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation

• President of the board, Arts and College Preparatory Academy

• Member, The Klatt Bros. Band – playing for primarily charitable events without compensation

 

 

Honors:
Columbus Bar Foundation's Award for outstanding pro bono service by a judge (2009) 

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
• I Like The Sound of That, April 2014 (Bill says he will supply the music in a separate file.)

 

 

Philosophy, Values, Dreams:
Love your family, treat others like you would like to be treated, and make a positive contribution to your community 

Birthplace:

Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey

 

 

Education: 
The Ohio State University, B.S. in Architecture 
The Ohio State University, Master of Architecture

 

 

Career:

• President & CEO, Schooley Caldwell Associates, Architects, Engineers, Planners, Interior Designers, Landscape Architects

• Adjunct Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Ohio State University (1976 – 1980)

 

 

Honors, Public Service:

• Past President, Columbus Landmarks Foundation

• Past President, Ohio Preservation Alliance

• Past Chair, Historic Resources Committee, American Institute of Architects,

• National Component Chair, Columbus Architecture Foundation

Awards:

• AIA Ohio Gold Medal Fellowship, American Institute of Architects AIA

• Ohio Public Service Award

• Red Bank Regional High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame

• Columbus Landmarks Foundation Outstanding Person Award

• Daughters of the American Revolution Historic Preservation Award

• Selected Design Awards: Ohio Statehouse Restoration, Senate Building & Capitol Atrium Addition; Ohio Judicial Center; Old Montgomery County Courthouse Restoration; Westcott House (Frank Lloyd Wright) Restoration; Kansas Statehouse Restoration & Renovation; Delaware County Carnegie Library Restoration & Addition; Creative Living II; Son of Heaven: Imperial Arts of China

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• Exhibition.

Selected Publications:

Access for All: An Illustrated Handbook of Barrier Free Design for Ohio, 1977, 1978, 1994 Franklin County Government Center Master Plan, 2007

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:

• Give an Inch, Take a Mile (January 2009)

• A Slow Comfortable Screw (February 2015)

 

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Ambition:

To make a difference; to have fun.

Birthplace:

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Education: 
 

 

 

Career:​

 

Honors, Public Service:

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Exhibition.

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Kit Kat Essays:

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Ambition:

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Birthplace: 

Portsmouth, Ohio

 

 

Education: 

Ohio Wesleyan University, B.S., 1975

 

 

Career:  
President and CEO, Columbus Chamber
Vice President, Policy and Strategy and Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Columbus Chamber
Chief of Staff, Mayor Michael B. Coleman
Chief of Staff, former Ohio House Speaker, Verne Riffe
Subcommittee Staff Director, U.S. Congress

 

 

Honors, Public Service:
Board Member, Ohio Business Development Coalition
Board Member, Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Board Member, I KNOW I CAN
Chair, Board of Trustees, The RiverSouth Development Authority
Past Committee Chair, Merger Study of Port Columbus and Rickenbacker Airports
North Market Development Authority
Search Committee, COTA President
Vision Council, United Way Health

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
• Is The Prescription Worth The Medicine? (February 2013)
• Got Milk? (January 2008)

Birthplace: 

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Education: 

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Career:  
 

 

Honors, Public Service:
 

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
Inaugural essay not yet scheduled.

Birthplace:

Pittsburgh, PA

 

 

Education:

Bethany College, Bethany, W. Va., A.B. with honors, 1967-70; Ohio University Graduate College, M.A., 1971; Ohio State University College of Law, J.D., 1974

Career:

Joined the Ohio State Medical Association (OSMA) in 1974 as a lobbyist.  During the thirty-two years at the OSMA represented member physicians and their patient’s concerns before state and federal legislative, administrative, and regulatory bodies.  Served as OSMA’s legal counsel and Managing Director prior to being appointed as the Association’s Executive Director in 1991.  Responsibilities as the Executive Director include identification of the priorities of the OSMA membership and supervising OSMA’s programs to help its members effectively function in the rapidly changing health care environment.  The OSMA represents 15,000 physicians, residents, and student members with a staff of 50 and a budget of over 8.4 million dollars.
 

Honors, Public Service:

Served as President of the Ohio Society of Association Executives; the American Society of Medical Association Counsel; Chair of the American Medical Association’s Advocacy Resource Center Executive Committee and the Ohio Health Council, Inc.; currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Ohio Medical Education Foundation; the Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission; the Ohio Hospital Association Insurance Solutions Company and the OSMA Insurance Agency.  He was previously a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Quality Cardiac Care Foundation and the Ohio Perinatal Quality Foundation.  He chaired the Environmental Scan Task Force of the American Society of Association Executives (2000-02).

 

Kit Kat Essays:

• The One (January 2014)

• Round and Round (December 2007)

 

Philosophy, Values, Dreams:

"I try to spend some time each day learning from the past and some time thinking about the future.  But most of my efforts are to try to make the world a better place for all of us.  My personal goal is to become a better person today than I was yesterday.  I try to learn from others and share what I've learned so they can avoid the mistakes I've made.  But most important I believe each of us can make a positive difference in the life of another - and we should try through deeds - not words."

"I don't dream enough - I spend too much time struggling with the realities of a broken healthcare system.  I hope someday, to see the creation of a healthcare system that provides quality care to all at an affordable cost to all."

Birthplace: 

Sioux City, Iowa

 

 

Education:   
Iowa State University, B.S. (Industrial Administration)
Duke, M.A. (1969) and Ph.D. (1972) (History)

 

 

Career: 
Ohio Historical Society, Executive Director (1980-present)
University of Cincinnati, Assistant Professor of history and Assistant University Dean of Graduate Studies and Research (1970-1980)
U.S. Army, 1st Lieutenant (Active duty, 1964-1966)
Commins Engine Company (1963-1964)

 

 

Honors, Public Service:
Iowa State University (Various campus leadership positions; Cardinal Key, senior men’s honorary)
Duke University (National Science Foundation Fellow; Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Year Fellow)
Involvement with local boards and committees (Cincinnati and Columbus) dealing with education
Service on governing boards(s) of various national professional bodies
Senior Examiner (Accreditation) for American Association of Museums

 

 

Selected Publications:
Book reviews on American (especially southern) political history
Articles in major historical journals

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
• State(s) of Mind (what makes Ohio “Ohio”)
• Since the Beginning (reflections on Kit Kat Club)
• A Defining Moment? (the city of Columbus on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of its namesake’s voyage) (October 1991)
• Precedents, Parallels, and Polls (a perspective on the presidential election of 1992) (November 1992)
• de Tocqueville Revisited (January 2005)
• Old News (November 2008)
• But For Ohio...? (January 2015)

 

 

Philosophy, Values, Dreams:

To contribute constructively to the enrichment and enjoyment of life by others, while pursuing the interest I find attractive with the abilities I have been given.

Birthplace: 

Cleveland, Ohio

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Education:   
Brush High School

Walsh University

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

 

Career: 

 

            Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

            Managing Partner, Columbus Office (2001)

            National Firm Risk Management Partner (2015)
 

Public Service:

 

            CAPA, Board of Trustees and Immediate Past Chair

            Columbus Museum of Art, Past President

            Board Memberships:

                 Columbus Zoo (Zoombezi Bay)

                 Walsh University

                 Columbus Rotary Foundation 

                 American Red Cross of Central Ohio

 

Honors:

 

            Academic All-American Track Walsh University (1981, 1982)

            Academic All-American Cross Country Walsh Univ. (1982)

            Forty Under Forty Award

             

Kit Kat Essays:
Inaugural essay not yet scheduled.

 

Philosophy, Values, Dreams:

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Life-long learning is of paramount importance.  Helping others to achieve that end is what differentiates us from others.

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"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty.  Anyone who keeps learning stays young.  The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."  - Henry Ford

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For your career goals, always choose the right path for you.

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You know you have made the right decision when your vocation becomes your avocation.

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Birthplace:

Akron, Ohio

 

 

Education:  
MFA Tyler School of Art, Temple University
BA The University of Akron 

 

Career:  
Director of Graduate Program Development and Implementation
Dean, Division of Media Studies
Professor, Media Studies
Columbus College of Art & Design
 

Honors, Public Service:  
2001-present Board of Trustees Roy G. Biv Gallery
1998-2001 Vestry Member, Saint Stephens Episcopal Church
2000-2002 Board of Trustees, “Dialogue” arts magazine
1995-1999 member of the education committee, Columbus Museum of Art

 

GRANTS & AWARDS:
1997 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Grant 
1991 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Grant 
1986 Greater Columbus Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
1984 Greater Columbus Arts Council Business Arts Award
1981 National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship
1980 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Grant
1979 Temple University Fellow

 

Selected Publication, Collections, & Exhibitions:
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Columbus Museum of Art
Albuquerque Museum of Fine Art
Photographic Global Notes Vol.2 Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, New York, p. 167-69, 1994
International Photography, Kodak Professional Imaging, Rochester, New York, p. 16/17, 1992
Photographic Global Notes Vol.1 Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY, 1992
American Photography 5, Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 1990
Shidoni Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2001
Four Ohio Artists,  US Embassy, New Delhi, India 1998-99
New Voices/New Visions, New York, New York 1996
 

Kit-Kat Essays:
• How Did Everything Get So Complicated? (February 2004)

Links  (April 2012)

Birthplace:

Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

 

 

Education:
Wayland Academy
Harvard College, A.B.mcl
University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.A., Ph.D.

 

 

Career:

• Consultant, financial and strategic advice and coaching to top executives.

• Executive Director, Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund

• Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

• Adjunct Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Business

• Vice President of Finance, Harvard University

• Executive Director, New York State Financial Control Board

• Deputy Director, New York City Office of Management and Budget

• Division Chief, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

• Research Assistant, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

 

 

Honors, Public Service:

• Louisville Award for Financial Innovation, Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada

• Commendation for Exceptional Service, Ohio House of Representatives

• Alumni Achievement Award, Wayland Academy

• National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting

• Board of Trustees, Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA), Columbus Rotary Foundation, Inc., Wayland Academy

• OhioHealth Corporation, Investment Subcommittee of Board of Trustees

 

 

Selected Publications:
Several dozen articles on econometric forecasting, international trade, tax-exempt financing, budgeting, and fiscal management.

 

 

Kit Kat essay:
• The Road Not Taken (March 2002)
• You Had To Be There (October 2008)
• 1640 (March 2015)

 

 

Philosophy, Values, Dreams:
Lifelong education and an abiding curiosity have given me great satisfaction in life.  The opportunity and encouragement to seek both is the greatest gift we can give to people in our own back yards and throughout the world.

Birthplace:

South Bend, Indiana

 

 

Education:

Juris Doctor, Cleveland Marshall College of Law

 

 

Career:

Founding President, Kidsohio.org

Honors, Public Service: Columbus Urban League, Kent State University President’s Award, Friend of Education, Columbus Education Association, Champion of Children, Columbus Montessori, Leadership Columbus Hall of Fame

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Selected Publications:

co-authored numerous reports about Ohio children, education, health care, child care, teenage pregnancy, child support

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
• Did I Learn Anything While Visiting 75 Countries? (October 2007)
• Club 45: No Easy Decisions (October 2012) 

* A Living Legacy (December 2017)

 

 

Mission, Values, Dreams:

I seek to understand issues in depth. My professional life has been devoted to helping children obtain a quality education. My personal life includes travel to understand and appreciate other cultures.

Birthplace:

Canton, Ohio (I think of this fondly as a suburb of Massillon)

 

Education: 
Wittenberg University, B.A. (economics and political science) 
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, J.D.

 

Career:
U.S. Army, 1970 to 1972
Coopers & Lybrand, tax department
Law practice, primarily as a trustee of various family trusts for Dave Thomas and his affiliates (since 1978)
Director on corporate boards, including: Fifth Third Bank (Central Ohio), Stanley Steemer, HFI Industries, MPW, and Evans Adhesive.

 

 

Honors, Public Service:
Member, Ohio Development Finance Commission (appointed by Governor Rhodes)
Member, Development Finance Advisory Board (appointed by Governor Celeste)
Member, Ohio Tobacco Foundation (appointed by Governor Taft)

 

 

Kit Kat Essays: 
• Out Of This World (March 2013)
• When Did I Choose? (February 2008)

 

 

Mission, Values, Dreams:
Today is just to try to get to Florida tomorrow.
Life's too long to do things you don't like to do.

Birthplace: 

La Crosse, Wisconsin

 

 

Education:
B.A. Communications, Univ. of Wisconsin-La Crosse
M.A. Journalism, University of Mississippi
University of Copenhagen, Denmark (1978)

Career: General Manager, WOSU Public Media (2002-present)

 

 

Past:

• Director, Center for Public TV & Radio, University of Alabama

• Director, Communications Center, University of Mississippi

• Reporter for ABC station affiliates:  WHBQ, Memphis; WEAR, Pensacola; WQOW, Eau Claire; WXOW, La Crosse.  

• Early jobs included bartending, disc jockey, metal factory worker, landscaping

• Producer: I’ve produced about a dozen documentaries which have aired across the country on PBS and other stations. They include topics ranging from the story behind the 1925 Alabama Football Team which won the national championship to the story of the creation of the “slave narrative” recordings throughout the deep South during the 1930s by folklorists. 

 

Honors, Public Service:

• Trustee, Jefferson Center for Learning and the Arts

• Faculty, Academy of Leadership and Governance

• Trustee, Jazz Arts Group

• 2012 Bicentennial Commission (with 220 others)

• Trustee, National Educational Television Association

• Executive Board, University Licensees Association (Public TV)

• Past president of Ohio Educational Television Stations

• Past trustee of Columbus Metro Club, Ohio Citizens for the Arts

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
• Crimson Roses (December 2011)
• Sky of Plenty (November 2016)

 

 

Mission, Values, Dreams:
Being true to who I am, which is not very profound on such questions.

Birthplace: 

Cleveland, Ohio

 

 

Education:
Western Reserve University (A.B. Physical Sciences, 1964)
Case Western Reserve University (M.D.1968)

Neurosurgical training:
University of Virginia
Freedom Fields Hospital, Plymouth, England
University of Western Ontario

 

 

Career:
Cleveland Clinic, Staff Neurosurgeon (1974-1978)
Founding member Central Ohio Neurological Surgeons 1979
Membership in American College of Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and The American Association of Neurological Surgeons

 

 

Publications:
Medical publications, talks in areas of neurosurgical interest.

 

 

Honors:
Occasional recognition by colleagues as a competent leader and neurosurgeon.

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
• Interpreting My Kit Kit Portrait (November 2011)

 

 

Philosophy:
Why not learn as much as possible and share with others?

Birthplace:

Grant Hospital

 

 

Education: 
Upper Arlington High School
Miami University  
Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science

 

 

Career:
President of Schoedinger Funeral and Cremation Service

 

 

Honors: 

• Smart 50 Inaugural Class from SBN Magazine (2014 and 2015)

• Rotarian of the Year (2012)

• Next Gen Professional of Year (Inaugural award), Selected Independent Funeral Homes (2011)

• Featured chapter in Leadership Within Reach book (2006)

• United Way YLG Young Philanthropist Award (2004)

• Public Relations Society of America Communications Leader of the Year (2004)

• Business First Forty Under 40 Award (1999)

• Red Cross Board Member of the Year (2000)

• Junior Achievement - Kudos Award (1998 and 2001)

• Boy Scouts of America - Eagle Scout with 2 palms (1983)

• Outstanding College Students of America (1988-89)

• Kappa Sigma Fraternity Alumnus of the Year (2000)

Current board member of:

• Young Presidents Organization

• American Red Cross Central Ohio Chapter

• Center Of Science and Industry

• Family Business Center of Central Ohio

• Senior Independence Hospice

• Junior Achievement

Member of:

• Rotary Club of Columbus

• York Lodge Free and Accepted Masons #563

• Scottish Rite – Valley of Columbus

 

 

Mission, Values, Dreams:
My mission is to create healing experiences for those touched by death.

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
• The Last Guy to Let You Down (April 2017)

Birthplace:

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Education: 
 

 

 

Career:
 

 

 

Honors: ​

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Mission, Values, Dreams:
 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
Inaugural essay to be scheduled.

Birthplace:  

New Orleans

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Education: 

Episcopal High School (VA)
Middlebury College
Boston College
University of Minnesota

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Career:

• Visiting Scholar, Anthropology, Ohio State University

• Managing Director of the Anthropology Labs and Member of the Graduate Faculty, University of Minnesota

• Excavating and other archaeological research at Clonmacnoise monastery (Ireland), Tulsk Castle (Ireland), Jeffers Petroglyphs (Minnesota).

• Teaching high schoolers, undergraduates, graduates, and beyond.

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Selected publications: 

• “Exploring 3D Methods for Differentiating between Notches Produced by Hammerstone Percussion and Carnivore Gnawing” (journal article in review)

• “Ceremonial Complexity: The roles of religious settlements in medieval Ireland” in European Archaeology as Anthropology: Essays in Memory of Bernard Wailes. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum Press. (in press)

• “Between Britain and Spain: Ireland in Roman Period Europe” in Rome beyond its Frontiers: Imports, Attitudes and Practices, Journal of Roman Archaeology, Supplementary Series Number 94. Pages 71-86. 2013.

• “Wild Cattle: Red Deer in the Religious Texts, Iconography, and Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland” International Journal of Historical Archaeology 8(3): 167-184. 2004.

 

 

Mission, Values, Dreams:

On a Canadian lake near an Objibwe reservation, there is a sign saying: “This land belongs to our people. Some are dead. Some are living. But most are not yet born.” I try to remember all of that.

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:
• Species of Awe (December 2016)

Birthplace:

Columbus, Ohio

 

 

Education:
BA, History, The Ohio State University (1986)
MA, History, The Ohio State University (1988)
PhD, History, The Ohio State University (1993)

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Career: 

• Director, The Goldberg Center, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of History, The Ohio State University (2004-present)

• National Dean for General Education, Harrison College (2011-present)

• Principal, The DStaley Group (2004-present)

• Associate Professor of History, Heidelberg College (1997-2004)

• Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Marietta College (1992-1997) 

 

 

Honors, Public Service: 

• Board of Trustees, The Columbus Historical Society (2010-present)

• President, Columbus Futurists (2002-present)

• Chief Catalyst, Universitas (2010-present)

Selected Publications:  

• Books:  

  • Computers, Visualization and History (2003)

  • History and Future: Using Historical Thinking to Imagine the Future (2007)

• Numerous articles on technology, new media, and higher education

• Digital installation artist and curator of digital exhibits

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:

• Iterations (October 2013)

 

 

Philosophy, Values, Dreams: 

Be widely curious.

Birthplace:

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Education:
 

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Career: 

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Honors, Public Service: 

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Kit Kat Essays:

• Jolly Old England

 

 

Philosophy, Values, Dreams: 

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Birthplace: 

São Paulo, Brazil

 

 

Education:
Fundação Getulio Vargas, BA in Business Administration
Michigan State University, MBA, Ph.D. – Logistics Management

 

 

Career: 
Professor of Logistics, University of Miami
Professor of Logistics and Chairman, Department of Marketing and Logistics, The Ohio State University

 

 

Honors, Publications, Public Service:

• Board of Directors, The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals 

• Technical publications in Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research and others

• Systems Section Editor of the Journal of Business Logistics

• Ohio State Teaching Awards

• Lecturing in the US and abroad, especially in multiple Latin American countries. 

 

 

Kit Kat Essays:

• A Loop in the Sea, February 2014

Military Dictatorship:  A View from Below  (January 2020)

 

 

Philosophy, Values, Dreams: