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The Ohio State University Board of Trustees
Membership
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Leslie H. |
Jo Ann Davidson |
John D. |
Douglas G. Borror (2011) bio |
Walden W. |
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Brian K. |
John C. "Jack" |
Robert H. |
Alan W. Brass |
Ronald A. Ratner |
Algenon L. |
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Linda S. Kass |
Janet B. Reid |
W. G. "Jerry" Jurgensen |
G. Gilbert Cloyd - Charter Trustee (2012) |
Jason W. Marion |
Alexis "Alex" L. Swain |
The Ohio State University is governed by a board of 17 trustees who are responsible for oversight of academic programs, budgets and general
Current Members
Leslie H. Wexner, chair of the board, was appointed to the board of trustees in December 2005. He previously served on the Board from 1988-1997 and was chairman of the board from 1996-97.
Leslie H. Wexner, Founder of Limited Brands, started the company in Columbus, Ohio in 1963 with one store and first year sales of $160,000.
Mr. Wexner serves as Chairman, President and CEO of Limited Brands, which operates 3,014 stores including Victoria’s Secret, Pink, Bath & Body Works, C.O. Bigelow, La Senza, White Barn Candle Co. and Henri Bendel. The Company’s products are also available online. Sales for Limited Brands in 2008 were $9 Billion.
His areas of community interest include the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University; the Wexner Institute for Pediatric Research at Children’s Hospital, Columbus; the Martin Luther King Center for the Performing Arts, Columbus; and the Wexner Heritage Village. Mr. Wexner was a recipient of The Alexis de Tocqueville Society Award of the United Way of America, Woodrow Wilson Award for Citizenship, Ordre des arts et des letters, Knight of the Italian Republic and The American Jewish Committee Herbert H. Lehman Centennial Leadership Award. He was a founding member and the first chair of The Ohio State University Foundation.
Mr. Wexner is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Member of the Visiting Committee of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; Trustee of the Columbus Jewish Federation and Foundation; Member of the Royal Shakespeare Company International Council; Member of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs; and Chairman of The Columbus Partnership.
Mr. Wexner has a profound interest in the development of tomorrow’s leaders through the works of the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University; Harvard University’s Center for Public Leadership; and The Wexner Foundation.
Mr. Wexner holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from The Ohio State University and honorary degrees from The Ohio State University; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; University of Tel Aviv; Hofstra University; Marietta College; Hebrew Union College; The Jewish Theological Seminary of America; Yeshiva University; and Brandeis University. Mr. Wexner was inaugurated by Harvard University into the Society of John Harvard Fellows, and serves as a visiting lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
Mr. Wexner and his wife, Abigail, are the parents of four children.
Term: 12/30/2005-5/13/2011
Jo Ann Davidson, vice chair, was appointed as a member of the OSU board of trustees in 2001. No stranger to public service, Davidson is former Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. Serving ten terms in the Ohio House of Representatives representing a portion of Franklin County, Davidson was the first woman Speaker of the Ohio House, serving in that position from 1995 through 2000.
Davidson currently has her own consulting firm, JAD and Associates, in Columbus. In 2001, she served as interim director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Her public service career also included a 10-year stint as a member of City Council in Reynoldsburg, a suburb of Columbus, from 1968-1977.
Mrs. Davidson has received a number of honors for her service including induction into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame in 1991, the YWCA Women of Achievement Award in 1992, the Good Housekeeping Award for Women in Government, and Governing Magazine's Public Official of the Year in 1999.
Davidson served from 2005-2009 as co-chairman of the Republican National Committee and serves as a director of the Western & Southern Financial Group. Mrs. Davidson was awarded honorary doctorates from The Ohio State University, Ohio University, Franklin University and the University of Findlay.
Mrs. Davidson, who resides in Reynoldsburg, has two daughters, Julie and Jenifer, and four grandchildren.
Term: 5/24/2001-5/13/2010
John D. Ong, vice chair, of Hudson, Ohio, was appointed to the board of trustees in December 2005, by Governor Bob Taft. John D. Ong was appointed by President George W. Bush as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Kingdom of Norway in 2001. He served in this capacity until November 30, 2005.
Mr. Ong has had a long and distinguished record as a leader in the business community. Presently chairman emeritus of the B.F. Goodrich Company, he retired as chairman of the board of directors in 1997 after more than 36 years of service to the company. He held a variety of positions during his tenure at B.F. Goodrich, including vice-president and president of International B.F. Goodrich and President and chief operating officer. From 1979-1996, he served as chairman and chief executive officer. In 1984, President Reagan appointed Mr. Ong to the President’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness, where he served as co-chair of its International Trade Task Force. He currently serves as senior visiting policy fellow at the Research Triangle Institute of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
Mr. Ong has played a leadership role in a number of key organizations involved with education and business. He is a Trustee of the Musical Arts Association of Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland Orchestra), the Fort Ligonier Association and a trustee emeritus of The University of Chicago and Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio. Mr. Ong is a leading advocate for business involvement in civic and cultural activities, both nationally and in northeast Ohio. He is a former chairman of the Business Roundtable, the National Alliance of Business, the Business Committee for the Arts, New American Schools, Inc., and the Ohio Business Roundtable. He was a member of The Business Council from 1989-2005. He is now a member of the Council of Retired Chief Executives and the Council of American Ambassadors. He has served as a director of seven S&P 500 companies. Mr. Ong is a recipient of the Humanities Award of Distinction from Ohio State University’s College of Humanities, the Alumni Medal from Ohio State University, and honorary doctorates from Ohio State University, Kent State University, the University of Akron, and South Dakota State University. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit in November 2005.
A native of Ohio, Mr. Ong received both his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Ohio State University and his law degree from Harvard University. Mr. Ong is married to Mary Lee Ong; they have three grown children.
Term: 12/30/2005-5/13/2010
Douglas G. Borror was appointed to the board of trustees in 2002. Mr. Borror is chairman of Dominion Homes, Inc., a Columbus-based homebuilder and developer. Dominion Homes is one of the largest homebuilding companies in Ohio and Kentucky.
Borror’s companies operate under the umbrella of Borror Properties and include: property management for condominiums and homeowners’ associations, residential construction, land acquisition, and development.
He is also the President of BRC Properties, owned by the Borror family, which has substantial real estate holdings in the area, owns over 1000 apartments, and manages 2500 units in 21 properties.
Doug is also very active in the business and charitable arenas of the Columbus community. He serves on the board of directors of Columbia Gas of Ohio, and Bancinsurance Corp. He is past President of the Central Ohio Chapter of Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), former chairman of the East Central Region of YPO, and sat on the YPO International Board of Directors. Additionally, he is a licensed real estate broker in Ohio and Kentucky, and member of the Columbus Board of Realtors, the Louisville Board of Realtors, and the Lexington Board of Realtors.
A lifelong Central Ohio resident, Doug graduated from Upper Arlington High School and earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from The Ohio State University. He resides in Dublin, Ohio, with his wife, Kim, and his two children, Dani and Donald.
Term: 5/24/2002-5/13/2011
Walden W. O'Dell, of Columbus, Ohio, was appointed by Governor Taft in 2003. He is former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Diebold, Incorporated, a leading global provider of integrated financial self-service delivery systems, security and services.
Prior to joining Diebold, O’Dell held a series of high-level positions with Emerson Electric Co. He most recently served as president of Emerson’s Ridge Tool division in Elyria, Ohio, while also serving as group vice president of The Tool Group of Emerson. During his 33-year career at Emerson, he ran operations on five continents including the manufacturing, distribution and sales of a variety of electronic equipment and service businesses. He has had experience in places as diverse as China, Malaysia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He was president of the Liebert Corporation, a subsidiary of Emerson in Columbus, Ohio, where he led the transformation of the company from a $400 million domestic hardware producer to a $1.1 billion global leader in network computers and telecom support equipment and services.
O’Dell serves on the board of directors of the Columbus Association of Performing Arts (CAPA) and is a member of the board of trustees of the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (OFIC). He formerly served on the boards of Lennox International Inc. of Richardson, Texas, and the United Way of Greater Stark County, and is a past member of the Ohio Business Roundtable and a past national trustee of Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He is a member of The Ohio State University Advocates and is a lifetime associate alumni of The Ohio State University. He is committed to excellence in education and is an active supporter of the University.
A native of St. Louis, O’Dell earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from St. Louis University, where he finished first in his class in his senior year. He earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering from St. Louis University with a 4.0 GPA, before earning another master’s degree in business administration from Stanford University, where he finished in the top 10 percent of his class and majored in finance and international business.
Mr. O’Dell’s wife, Patricia, graduated from St. Louis University with a bachelor of arts in Sociology. She is on the board of Opera Columbus. Both Mr. and Mrs. O’Dell are actively involved in several Ohio charitable organizations. The O’Dell’s have four children ranging in age from 28 to 39 and four grandchildren.
Term: 5/23/2003-5/13/2012
Alex Shumate was appointed to the board of trustees in May 2006. He previously served on the board from 1989-1998 and was chairman of the board from 1997-98. Mr. Shumate is managing partner of the Columbus Office of the international law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. and the partner-in-charge of the firm’s Legislative Counseling and Administrative Law Practice Group. He is consistently selected by his peers for inclusion in the annual Best Lawyers in America and as an Ohio Super Lawyer.
Mr. Shumate serves as a director of the J. M. Smucker Company and Cincinnati Bell, Inc. He is president of The Limited Brands Foundation Board, secretary of The Columbus Partnership, and director of The John Glenn Institute and the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation. He previously served as the chair of the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, the Columbus Urban League Board, The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute Board.
He received his B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University and his J.D. from the University of Akron. Before joining Squire, Sanders he served as chief counsel and deputy chief of staff to the Governor of the State of Ohio and as assistant attorney general, State of Ohio.
Mr. Shumate has been honored by organizations including the Columbus Bar Association, the United Negro College Fund, the NAACP, the Ohio General Assembly, Capital University School of Law, and The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. In 2007, he received the Columbus Award, the most prestigious award given by the Columbus Chamber, for outstanding business and community leadership. In 2003, he was named Humanitarian of the Year by the American Red Cross.
He is also a recipient of The Ohio State University Distinguished Service Award, the John B. Gerlach, Sr. Development Volunteer Award from The Ohio State University Foundation, the Jewish National Fund Tree of Life Award, the Robert S. Crane Trusteeship Award from Leadership Columbus, the Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Akron School of Law, and was named a Distinguished Alumnus by Ohio Wesleyan University.
Mr. Shumate resides in Gahanna with his wife Renee and he has two sons, John Alexander and Aaron Michael.
Term: 5/26/2006-5/13/2012
Brian K. Hicks was appointed to the board of trustees by Governor Bob Taft in 2004. He is president and CEO of Hicks Partners, LLC, a strategic business consulting firm providing public relations, government affairs, business and economic development services for corporate and nonprofit clients.
Prior to forming Hicks Partners in 2003, Hicks served in a number of positions in state and federal government. He served as chief of staff for the Governor of Ohio, Ohio deputy secretary of state and as senior legislative assistant to a member of the United States House of Representatives. As chief of staff to the governor, Hicks was involved in all aspects of managing the state of Ohio for more than four years. He was responsible for significant policy and legislative issues including development of Ohio’s operating and capital budgets.
Hicks has played key roles in a number of statewide candidate, judicial and issue campaigns. During the 2004 presidential election, Hicks was a regular political commentator for an Emmy award-winning show entitled “Campaign Perspectives” on the Columbus NBC affiliate.
Hicks is a member of the board of the Ohio Water Development Authority and the board of trustees of Marburn Academy. He is a 1987 graduate of The Ohio State University, where he served as president of the Undergraduate Student Government.
Hicks resides in Dublin, Ohio, with his wife, Kathlene, and their two children, Hannah and Jacob.
Term: 5/14/2004 – 5/13/2013
John C. "Jack" Fisher, a 2006 appointee to the OSU Board of Trustees, is a native of Bucyrus, Ohio. He now lives in Columbus and serves as executive vice president of The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., a 229,000 member state organization representing agriculture at local, state and national levels.
Mr. Fisher currently serves as a member of the boards of directors for the U.S. Feed Grains Council, U.S. Meat Export Federation, and Children’s Hunger Alliance. Fisher also serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the Ohio BioProducts Innovation Center.
He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agriculture from The Ohio State University and a master’s in counseling from Ball State University. He is a member of the OSU President’s Club, OSU Department of Animal Science Hall of Fame, and has been awarded the OSU College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Distinguished Service Award.
Mr. Fisher and his wife, Judy, are the parents of three grown children.
Term: 7/21/06-5/13/2013
Robert H. Schottenstein was appointed by Governor Bob Taft in 2005. He is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of M/I Homes, Inc., one of the largest homebuilders in the United States. Based in Columbus, Ohio, the Company also has homebuilding divisions in Cincinnati, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; Tampa and Orlando, Florida; and in the Virginia and Maryland suburbs surrounding Washington, D.C. In addition, M/I Homes, Inc. provides mortgage financing through its subsidiary M/I Financial Corporation.
Since its founding in 1976, M/I Homes has sold nearly 75,000 homes. Over the years, M/I has established an exemplary reputation based on a strong commitment to superior customer service, quality construction and design, and premier locations.
From 1977 to 1990, Mr. Schottenstein was engaged in the private practice of law specializing in commercial real estate, corporate and banking transactions. He joined M/I in 1990, was named President in 1996, Chief Executive Officer in 2003, and elected Chairman of the Board in 2004.
For many years, Mr. Schottenstein has been active in a number of business and charitable organizations. He currently serves as a Board Member of the Columbus Jewish Federation (served as Board Chair from 2002-2004), and as a Board Member of The Children’s Hospital Foundation. Mr. Schottenstein is also a member of the High Production Home Builders Council of the National Association of Home Builders, and is a member of The Columbus Partnership.
From 1995 to 2006, Mr. Schottenstein was a Director of Huntington Bancshares, Inc. a regional national bank headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. In addition, he has served on the boards of Ohio Dominican University, Columbus School for Girls, Columbus Torah Academy (served as Board Chair from 1985 to 1989), Ballet Met of Columbus, and was a member of the United Jewish Appeal National Youth Leadership Cabinet. In 1987, Mr. Schottenstein received the Columbus Jewish Federation "Young Leadership Award" and in 2002, he received the Central Ohio Building Industry Association "Builder of the Year Award." In 2008, Mr. Schottenstein was named industry “Executive of The Year” by Builder Magazine and in 2009, Mr. Schottenstein received an Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, from Ohio Dominican University.
Robert H. Schottenstein has an undergraduate degree from Indiana University and a law degree from Capital University Law School. He is married to Jeri Block, has four children, and resides in Jefferson Township, Franklin County, Ohio.
Term: 7/1/2005-5/13/2014
Alan W. Brass, of Toledo, Ohio, was appointed as a member of the OSU board of trustees in 2006. His career spans four decades in healthcare and has predominantly been associated with large multi-hospital systems and with major academic centers. Mr. Brass is chief executive officer for ProMedica Health System in Toledo. ProMedica is one of the largest and fastest growing healthcare systems in the Midwest.
Prior to joining ProMedica, Alan Brass was with BJC Health System at Washington University in St. Louis. In this position, he oversaw the operation of the System’s 50-member merged and affiliated hospitals and six long-term care facilities.
Prior to BJC, Mr. Brass was in charge of Operations at the University of Michigan Medical Center and earlier at The OSU and Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from Youngstown State University, and a master’s degree in hospital and health services administration and finance from The Ohio State University.
He is a member of American Hospital Association; American College of Healthcare Executives; Children’s Hospital Executive Committee; Council of Retired Directors for Children’s Miracle Network; Health Management Academy - CEO Forum Health System; National Association Children’s Hospitals & Related Institutions (NACHRI); Michigan Hospital Association and Ohio Hospital Association. Mr. Brass is also a faculty member at Ohio State University, St. Louis University, and Washington University.
Term: 7/21/2005-5/13/2014
Ronald A. Ratner, from Cleveland, was appointed by Governor Ted Strickland, for a term of 11/30/2007-5/13/2015. Mr. Ratner currently holds the position of Executive Vice President and Director of Forest City Enterprises, Inc. In addition, he is President of Forest City Residential Group which comprises all of the multifamily residential ownership, development, management and financial activities of Forest City Enterprises.
Mr. Ratner’s experience with Forest City began in 1975 and has included direct development, construction, financing and management responsibilities, beginning with individual projects and executive supervision of multiple large scale developments on a national level. He has had direct responsibility for over 40,000 residential units in 15 States.
He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Brandeis University and completed the Masters Program in Architecture at UCLA.
Mr. Ratner is active in community and civic organizations and has served or is currently serving on the boards of Brandeis University, Park Synagogue and the Western Reserve Historical Society among others. He is also a member of the International Advisory Board for the Harvard Real Estate Initiative and Harvard Design Magazine’s Practitioners’ Advisory Board. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and a Director of the National Multi Housing Council, and has served as a member of FNMA’s National Housing Impact Advisory Council.
Term: 11/30/2007-5/13/2015
Algenon L. Marbley, of Columbus, was appointed as a member of the OSU board of trustees by Governor Strickland to serve a nine-year term. In 1997, he was appointed by President Clinton as a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio. Prior to his appointment, he was a partner with the Columbus, Ohio office of the law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease, where he specialized in civil litigation with an emphasis on business litigation, product liability litigation, and employment litigation. Before joining Vorys, Judge Marbley was an assistant general counsel in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and had previously been an associate in the Chicago law firm of Montgomery and Holland.
Judge Marbley serves on the boards of Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Inc., the John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing & Cultural Arts Complex, is chairman of the board of directors of the K.I.P.P. (Knowledge is Power Program) Central Ohio Charter School, and is a member of the board of directors of the African-American Leadership Academy.
He is an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and at the Harvard University Law School. He earned his bachelor of arts degree from the University of North Carolina and a juris doctor degree from Northwestern University. He also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Capital University Law School.
Judge Marbley and his wife, Janet, and their two sons live in Columbus.
Term: 5/31/2007-5/13/2016
Linda Stern Kass of Columbus was appointed by Governor Strickland in 2008 to serve a nine-year term on the OSU Board of Trustees.
A native of Columbus, Ms. Kass received her Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts degree from The Ohio State University. After a brief period in the allied medical profession, she worked as a journalist specializing in medical and health issues for regional and national publications, including TIME, and later served as a corporate communications and public affairs executive within the cable television and broadcasting industries in Detroit and New York City.
Ms. Kass is a strong advocate of education, the arts and early childhood development and has played a leadership role in a number of civic and community organizations over the past two decades in central Ohio. Among her current activities, she chairs the Champion of Children initiative, serves as Board Chairman of The Bexley Education Foundation, is a Board Trustee of KidsOhio.org. and is a member of the Alumni Secondary School Committee of the University of Pennsylvania.
Previously, Ms. Kass was elected to two four-year terms on the Bexley Board of Education (1994-2001), and served as President and Vice President; she served as a Trustee of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and as its Board Chair and Vice Chair; was a member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee for Capital University; and served as General Co-Chair of United Way of Central Ohio’s annual community campaign in 2005.
Ms. Kass has received a number of awards for her community trusteeship including the 1997 Robert S. Crane, Jr. Trusteeship Award from Leadership Columbus and the 1999 Women of Achievement Award from the YWCA. She was named Bexley's "Citizen of the Year" in 2001, received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Capital University (2003), and is the 2008 recipient of the Julian Sinclair Smith Award from the Columbus Metropolitan Library.
Ms. Kass resides in Bexley with her husband, Frank, and their daughter. They have three grown sons and four grandchildren.
Term: 8/01/2008-5/13/2017
Janet B. Reid, Ph.D. was appointed to the board of trustees by Governor Strickland in 2009 to serve a nine-year term. Dr. Reid is a Principal Partner and Co-Founder of Global Lead Management Consulting, an international talent and market optimization firm.
Dr. Reid shapes and develops effective leadership strategies for Fortune 100 multinational corporations. She is a sought-after lecturer and speaker on issues of globalization as it impacts corporations and the management of talent. Her insights on diversity, globalization and career development have appeared in numerous national business publications.
Dr. Reid’s previous professional experience includes ten years at Procter & Gamble where she was a business leader in Product Development and Brand Management. She earned a Ph.D. in BioInorganic chemistry from Howard University in 1979, and a B.S. in Chemistry in 1975. Her research in the area of kinetics and metalloporphyrins was accepted and published in many refereed journals.
Dr. Reid was the first woman and first person of color to chair the Board of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and the first board chair for the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati. She serves on the Board of the United Way of Greater Cincinnati, Xavier University of Cincinnati, the Catholic Healthcare Partners, the largest health system in Ohio and one of the largest non-profit healthcare systems in the country, and is a member of the Board of the Cincinnati City Center Development Corporation (3CDC) which is responsible for the development of Cincinnati's inner core.
Dr. Reid resides in Cincinnati and is the mother of two children, Dr. Amanda Reid Freeman, a psychologist and Leon A. Reid, IV, a sculptor.
Term: 5/29/09-5/13/2018
W. G. Jurgensen was appointed to the board by Governor Strickland in May 2009. He is the retired C.E.O. of Nationwide Insurance. Nationwide is Fortune 100 Insurance and Financial Services Company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. He served as chief executive for 8 years. Prior to joining Nationwide Mr. Jurgensen was an Executive Vice President with Banc One Corporation, now a part of J.P. Morgan Chase.
Jurgensen currently serves on the boards of two publically held companies, Con Agra Foods and Scotts Miracle Grow. He also is a director of Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Columbus Foundation.
Prior to his retirement he served on numerous civic organizations, including the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, The Columbus Partnership, The Columbus Downtown Development Corporation, and The Law Enforcement Foundation of Ohio where he was Chairman. He was a Trustee of Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois and The Columbus College of Art and Design. He has been a member of several business organizations including The Ohio Business Roundtable, The National Business Roundtable and The Financial Services Roundtable.
Mr. Jurgensen has chaired two Gubernatorial Commissions dealing with education in the State, one for Governor Taft dealing with Teaching Success and one for Governor Strickland concerning Public/Private Collaboration in support of Education. He has been a strong supporter of Columbus Public schools starting Principal for a Day and Project Mentor and served as a Board member of Project Grad.
Mr. Jurgensen received his B.S.B.A. and M.B.A. from Creighton University. He resides in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, Patty; they have two grown children and 4 grandchildren.
Term: 5/27/2009-5/13/2018
G. Gilbert Cloyd, of Austin, Texas, was appointed to the board of trustees in 2005 and served as chairperson of the The Ohio State University Board of Trustees from 2007-09. He was appointed as a Charter Trustee in October, 2009. He was Chief Technology Officer of Procter & Gamble until he retired in September, 2008. He was born in East Cleveland, Ohio and attended The Ohio State University where he received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1969. Following graduation, he entered a private veterinary practice in Chicago. He returned to Ohio State for some graduate work in veterinary pathology in 1971. He entered a private practice in Cincinnati in 1972 and began consulting work in toxicology, including work with P&G.
He joined Procter & Gamble full-time at their Miami Valley Innovation Center in 1974 in their Corporate Professional and Regulatory Services Division. For the next 10 years he served in a number of positions in their product safety areas. In 1984 he moved to Norwich, New York, and assumed responsibilities for Research & Development in their pharmaceuticals business. He moved into general management in 1989, and in 1991 was appointed vice president, assuming overall responsibility for their Global Pharmaceuticals business.
In 1997, Dr. Cloyd assumed responsibilities as vice president for Research & Development in Asia for P&G. He held that position until 2000, living in Kobe, Japan. He returned to Cincinnati in 2000 as Chief Technology Officer. In this capacity, he had overall functional responsibility for P&G’s global Research & Development organization. This global organization numbers about 9,000 employees in 27 technical centers around the globe. The range of research involves chemistry, engineering, materials science, medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, biology including biotechnology, mathematics, robotics, nutrition, and electronics. He continued in this role until his retirement.
Gil lives with his wife, Susan, in Austin, Texas. They have two children and seven grandchildren. His principal professional interests are making quality post-secondary education available to more people and facilitating the application of Ohio State’s research capabilities to solve important global problems and foster economic development.
Term: 10/29/09 to 10/29/12
Jason W. Marion, from Batavia, was appointed as the graduate/professional student trustee, by Governor Strickland in 2008. Mr. Marion is a graduate of Amelia High School and Hocking College. He is also a two-time graduate of Morehead State University, where he received a BS in Environmental Science and an MS in Biology. Mr. Marion is a PhD Candidate in Public Health with a focus in Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology at The Ohio State University College of Public Health.
During his time at Morehead State, Mr. Marion served two terms as president of the Student Government Association and two terms as student regent on the university’s Board of Regents. During that time he was very involved in ensuring that Kentucky’s education system remained affordable without sacrificing quality as the head of the Kentucky Board of Student Body Presidents. His extracurricular activities at Morehead included being a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and being a co-organizer and trip leader for the Alternative Spring Break trip, Spring Break-Spring Back, which served hurricane ravaged families in Gulfport, Mississippi.
Mr. Marion’s graduate student involvements at The Ohio State University have included the Athletic Council, Council on Student Affairs and service as vice-president and president of the Council of Graduate Students. Mr. Marion recently received the Outstanding PhD Student Award from the College of Public Health Alumni Society as well as the Spirit of Ohio State Award and Outstanding Graduate Student Award. In addition, Mr. Marion was awarded a two-year fellowship from the Public Health Preparedness in Infectious Diseases Program.
Mr. Marion has been actively involved in natural resources and environmental management with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the USEPA since 1999. Currently, Mr. Marion is developing predictive models for real-time estimation of E. coli contamination at inland Ohio lakes. He plans to continue his pursuits in environmental research with an interest in protecting water quality for public health.
Mr. Marion is the son of Ron and Patricia Marion of Batavia, Ohio.
Term: 6/4/2008-5/13/2010
Alex L. Swain, from Huron, was appointed as the undergraduate student trustee by Governor Strickland for a two-year term beginning 5/14/2009. Alex is a graduate of Huron High School. She is currently pursing dual degrees at Ohio State: a BS in Business Administration (Accounting) in the Honors Contract Program at the Fisher College of Business and a BS in Health Sciences (Health Management) at the School of Allied Medical Professions.
Ms. Swain has been very active in student government at Ohio State. She served as the Secretary of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate and a University Senator her sophomore year. This past year, she served as the USG Chief of Staff and the Chair for the University Senate Council on Student Affairs. She was also the Director of the 2008 Student Involvement Fair. Alex works as a tutor for the Student Athlete Support Services Office and is a research assistant in the Division of Vascular Diseases and Surgery at the OSU Medical Center. Alex has been very committed to the development of the whole student and the significance of student involvement, academic success, and professional development to a holistic student experience.
Alex is excited about the different opportunities to link her interests in health care and business into an exciting profession. She is still keeping her options open following graduation but hopes to pursue a career where she can use her knowledge and passion to make a difference.
Ms. Swain is the daughter of Liz and Matt Swain of Columbus, Ohio.
Term: 5/14/2009-5/13/2011
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