BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The OFIC Board of Trustees is comprised of 32 Ohio independent campus presidents serving as collegiate trustees and 35-40 statewide business leaders serving as corporate trustees.

Executive Commitee

  • Barbara Britenriker

    Chair
    Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
    F&M Bank

  • Jim Carulas

    Vice Chair Corporate
    CEO
    Meaden & Moore

  • Susan Hasseler

    Vice Chair Collegiate
    President
    Muskingum University

  • Jim Fahey

    Treasurer
    Chief Learning Officer
    HBK CPAs & Consultants

  • Tim Collins

    Secretary
    President
    Walsh University

  • Randy Marker

    Past Chair
    Chair
    Marker, Inc.

Collegiate Trustees
Representing OFIC Member Campuses and Universities listed alphabetically by campus

  • President Jon Peede

    Ashland University
    Ashland

  • Interim President Greg Flanik

    Baldwin Wallace University
    Berea

  • Acting President Alex Sider

    Bluffton University
    Bluffton

  • President Dave Kaufman

    Capital University
    Columbus

  • President Thomas White

    Cedarville University
    Cedarville

  • President Richanne Mankey

    Defiance College
    Defiance

  • President Adam Weinberg

    Denison University
    Granville

  • President Kathy Rowe Fell

    The University of Findlay
    Findlay

  • Father David Pivonka, TOR

    Franciscan University of Steubenville
    Steubenville

  • President David Decker

    Franklin University
    Columbus

  • President Rob Huntington

    Heidelberg University
    Tiffin

  • President Rob Bohrer

    Hiram College
    Hiram

  • President Alan Miciak

    John Carroll University
    Cleveland

  • President Julie Kornfeld

    Kenyon College
    Gambier

  • President Jennifer Schuller

    Lake Erie College
    Painesville

  • President Bill Bisset

    Lourdes University
    Sylvania

  • President Greg Miller

    Malone University
    Canton

  • Interim President Kathleen Dougherty

    Marietta College
    Marietta

  • President Greg King

    University of Mount Union
    Alliance

  • President Carson Castleman

    Mount Vernon Nazarene University
    Mount Vernon

  • President Susan Hasseler

    Muskingum University
    New Concord

  • President Carmen Ambar

    Oberlin College
    Oberlin

  • Acting President Shonna Riedlinger

    Ohio Dominican University
    Columbus

  • President Melissa Baumann

    Ohio Northern University
    Ada

  • President Matt vandenBerg

    Ohio Wesleyan University
    Delaware

  • President John Comerford

    Otterbein University
    Westerville

  • President Lillian Schumacher

    Tiffin University
    Tiffin 

  • President David King

    Ursuline College
    Pepper Pike

  • President Tim Collins

    Walsh University
    North Canton

  • President Corey Cockerill

    Wilmington College
    Wilmington

  • President Michael Frandsen

    Wittenberg University
    Springfield

  • President Anne McCall

    The College of Wooster
    Wooster

Corporate Trustees
Representing Business and Industry listed alphabetically by region

  • Rob Malone

    Shareholder
    Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs
    Akron

  • Bob Merzweiler

    Chairman & CEO
    Landmark Plastic Corporation
    Akron

  • Chris Walker

    Vice President, Human Resources
    FirstEnergy Service Company
    Akron

  • Cathie Belden

    Director, Revenue Growth Management
    Opella
    Canton

  • Chris Goff

    President & CEO
    Employers Health
    Canton

  • Steve Gregory

    Former President
    Gregory Industries, Inc.
    Canton

  • Tracy Sabo

    Vice President, Human Resources
    Aultman Hospital Foundation
    Canton

  • Randy Snow

    Of Counsel
    Black, McCuskey, Souers & Arbaugh
    Canton

  • Evan Andrews

    Executive Vice President
    Montgomery Inn Inc.
    Cincinnati

  • Tom Schuck

    Partner
    Taft Law Firm
    Cincinnati

  • Aaron Williams

    Chief Executive Officer
    Unbound Express
    Cincinnati

  • Tom Bechtel

    CPA Partner, Director of Transaction Services
    Cohen & Co., Ltd.
    Cleveland

  • Jim Carulas

    Senior Partner
    Meaden & Moore Ltd.
    Cleveland

  • Matt Danis

    Vice President
    Shook Construction Company
    Cleveland

  • Pam Lebold

    Shareholder
    Maloney + Novotny LLC
    Cleveland

  • Jim Malz

    Bank Executive
    Cleveland

  • Suzanne Miklos

    President
    O.E. Strategies
    Cleveland

  • Tim Novotny

    Consultant
    Inglewood Associates
    Mentor

  • Eddie Taylor

    Jr. President
    Taylor Oswald LLC
    Cleveland

  • Lisa Shapiro

    Vice President, Corporate Controller
    Lincoln Electric
    Cleveland

  • Michael Gilligan

    President Emeritus
    Henry Luce Foundation
    Columbus

  • Fred Hadley

    Vice President
    First Financial Bank
    Columbus

  • Yvette Hunsicker

    Business Education Instructor
    Bellefontaine High School
    Columbus

  • Kevin Kale

    President/CEO
    Fallback GP LLC and Horizon Companies
    Columbus

  • Randy Marker

    Chair
    Marker, Inc.
    Columbus

  • Haris Pratsinakis

    Retirement Plan Consultant
    OneDigital
    Columbus

  • Brian Reed

    Lehman Daman
    Business Development Executive
    Lehman Daman
    Columbus

  • Ralph Smithers

    AVP, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Relations
    Encova Insurance
    Columbus

  • Lisa Stavsky

    President & CEO, WesBanco Securities CEO, WesBanco Insurance Services
    Columbus

  • Bear Monita

    Dayton

  • Troy Singer

    Marketing Specialist
    Ring Digital
    Dayton

  • Barbara Britenriker

    Executive Vice President/CFO
    F&M Bank
    Toledo

  • Steve Hirzel

    President
    Hirzel Canning Company
    Toldeo

  • Michael Koralewski

    Chief Supply Chain Officer
    First Solar Corporation
    Toledo

  • Ron McMaster

    Retired
    Glasstech Inc.
    Toledo

  • Michae Muse

    AIA-Architect/Principal
    The Collaborative Inc.
    Toledo

  • Jim Fahey

    Chief Learning Officer
    HBK CPAs & Consultants
    Youngstown

  • Jim Gasior

    Foundation President Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber 
    Youngstown

  • Ward "Jack" Timken

    President
    Timken Foundation of Canton
    Life Trustee