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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
07/2009

