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Boards and Community Service
Bricker & Eckler LLP Attorneys
Bricker & Eckler lawyers are active in all facets of the arts, business and civic life of the
community and state. Below is a list of boards and councils on which our lawyers
have served in the past or are currently serving, as well as past or present chairships.
Arts and Cultural
Bricker & Eckler lawyers are active in the local and state arts
community. Listed below by lawyer are the arts-related boards and councils on which our
lawyers have in the past or are currently participating as a member or as president or
chair.
Jerry Allen Columbus Museum of Art
Board of Trustees; Greater Columbus Arts Council Board of Trustees; Martin Luther King Arts
Complex Board of Trustees (president); New Albany Community Arts Center Board of Trustees
Dave Baker Columbus Ensemble Theatre Board of Trustees
John Beavers Columbus Symphony Orchestra Board of Trustees; Columbus Foundation Arts Advisory Committee; The King Arts Complex Board of Trustees; The Brass Band of Columbus Board of Trustees; Players' Theatre of Columbus Board of Trustees
Sally Bloomfield Thurber House Board of Directors, Friends of WOSU Board of Governors
Alex Brown Columbus Dance Theatre Board of Trustees
Drew Campbell Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra Board of Trustees
Bill Conard Opera Columbus Board of Trustees
Price Finley Columbus Children's Theater Board of Directors
Natalie Furniss BalletMet Board of Trustees
Joy Garnett Columbus Dance Theatre Board of Trustees
Sylvia Gillis Columbus Landmarks Foundation Board of Trustees
Michael Gire Contemporary American Theatre Company Board of Trustees
Steve Gray Ohio Rail-to-Trails Conservancy Advisory Board
Ken Johnson Columbus Light Opera Board of Trustees
Glenn Krassen Shaker Heights Public Library Board of Trustees
(president)
Karen Moore Columbus Symphony Orchestra Board of Trustees and co-chair of CSO's Planned
Giving Committee
Becky Princehorn Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board
Dan Reynolds Contemporary American Theatre Company Board of Trustees
Justin Ristau Ohio Rail-to-Trails Conservancy Advisory Board
Alan Ross Cleveland Near West Theatre Board of Directors
Karen Smith Glass Axis Board of Directors
Rich Simpson Ohio Historical Society (Ex-Officio Trustee, Chair of Development Board)
Dave Spialter BalletMet Board of Trustees
Bette Squeglia Columbus Museum of Art Business Advisory Council
Sue Yount Friends of the Columbus Metropolitan Libraries Board of Trustees
Bar Associations and Legal
Bricker & Eckler lawyers are active in the local, state and national bar
association activities and other law-related organizations. Listed below by lawyer are the
bar association boards and committees on which our lawyers have in the past or are
currently serving as president or chair. Also listed are other law-related boards on which
our lawyers have in the past or are currently participating as a member or as president or chair. The list also includes elected members of American law Colleges.
Jerry Allen
American Bar Association Health Law Section,
Issues Affecting Tax-Exempt Organizations Subcommittee(co-chair); American College of Real Estate Lawyers
Dave Baker Columbus Bar Association Real Property Committee (chair); American College of Real Estate Lawyers
Catherine Ballard Society of Ohio Hospital Attorneys (president-elect)
John Beavers Columbus Bar Association Securities Law Committee (chair)
Vlad Belo Advisory Committee on Local Rules, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Sally Bloomfield
Columbus Bar Association Board of Governors (president);
Columbus Bar Association Judicial Campaign Advertising Committee (chair);
Ohio State Bar Association Council of Delegates; Ohio State Bar Foundation
(president); Columbus Bar Association Public Utilities Committee (chair);
Ohio State Bar Association Public Utilities Committee
(chair); Columbus Bar Foundation (president);
Columbus Bar Association Citizens Justice Center Task Force (co-chair)
Mark Engel Ohio State Bar
Association Taxation Committee (chair); Columbus Bar Association State and Local Tax
Committee (chair); National Association of State Bar Tax Sections (chair)
Michael Gire Society of
Ohio Hospital Attorneys (president); Legal Aid Society of Columbus Board of Trustees
Andria Harrraway International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (co-chair)
Ray Headen Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation
Board of Trustees
Jim Hughes, Jr. (retired) American Society of Hospital Attorneys (founding member)
Ken Johnson
Ohio State Bar Association Banking, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Committee (chair);
Gordon Johnston American Bar Association Institutes and Seminars Committee (chair); Ohio State Bar Association Banking, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law Committee (chair); American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers (fellow)
Steve Kerber Columbus Bar Association Securities Law Committee (chair); Columbus Bar Association Admission Committee
(chair)
Allen Killworth Society of Ohio Healthcare Attorneys Board of Directors
Bert Kram (retired), Ohio State Bar Association Specialization Committee (chair); Columbus Bar Association Fee Arbitration Committee
(chair); Columbus Bar Association Federal Court Committee (chair); Columbus Bar Association Law in America Society Committee
(chair), Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education (chair); National
Association of Railroad Trial Counsel Executive Committee; Columbus Bar Foundation; Builders Exchange of
Central Ohio Law Group (chair)
Glenn Krassen Ohio State Bar Association
Natural Resources Committee (chair)
Bill Leighner (retired), Columbus Bar Association Taxation Committee (chair)
Gordon Litt Columbus Bar Association Business Tax Committee (chair)
Bruce Lynn (retired), Columbus Bar Association (president); Ohio State Bar Association Executive
Committee; American College of Trial Lawyers; Regent of the American College of Trial Lawyers
Gretchen McBeath (retired), Society of Ohio Hospital Attorneys Board of Trustees
Jim Monahan (retired), Columbus Bar Association (chair)
Karen Moore
American College of Trust and Estate Council Board of Regents, American College of
Trust and Estate Council Board of Regents State Chair for Ohio,
Estate Planning Council (president);
Columbus Bar Association Taxation Committee (chair); Ohio State Bar Association Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Council (chair)
Susan Oppenheimer Southeastern Ohio
Chapter of American Civil Liberties Union Board of Trustees
Nick Pittner Ohio State Bar Association School Law Committee (chair); Ohio Council of School Board
Attorneys Board of Trustees (chair)
Christine Poth Columbus Bar Association Employee Benefits
Committee (chair)
Justin Ristau Ohio State Bar
Association Bankruptcy Subcommittee (chair)
Jim Rutledge Columbus Bar Association Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Committee
(chair); Columbus Bar Association Pension Advisory Committee (chair); Columbus Bar Association Business Taxation Committee (chair)
Tom Sant Lawyers Club of Columbus (president)
Anne Marie Sferra Women Lawyers of Franklin County Board of Trustees
Rich Simpson Columbus Bar Association Public Finance Committee (chair)
Mike Sullivan (deceased) Columbus Bar Association Securities Law Committee (chair)
Kurt Tunnell Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation
Charles Walker (retired) American Bar Association Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee (president)
David Whittaker Local Rules, Forms and Procedures Committee of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio
Faith Williams Federation of Regulatory
Counsel Board of Directors
Business and Community Development
Bricker & Eckler lawyers are active in the local and state business and community development. Listed below by lawyer are the business-related boards and councils on which
our lawyers have in the past or are currently participating as a member or as president or
chair.
Dave Baker Downtown Council of Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce (chair); Ohio
Business Roundtable; Economic Club of Columbus; The Ohio State Student Loan Foundation (general counsel)
John Beavers Board of Trustees Economic Club of Columbus; Mayor's Steering Committee for Operations and Efficiency Review of the City of Columbus; Ohio Business Roundtable; Business First’s Advisory Board Exchange; Historic Resource Commission of Downtown Columbus, Inc.
Sally Bloomfield Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority (chair);
Riverfront Commons Corporation Board of Trustees; Community Housing Network Board of Directors (president); Public Utilities
Commission of Ohio (former Commissioner) and member of Nominating Committee
Ray Headen Regional Competitiveness and
Cooperation Task Force; Greater Ohio Steering Committee; Cleveland Bridge Builders Board of Trustees
Ken Johnson New Albany Economic Redevelopment Council
Dick Kane Ohio Statewide Development Corporation Board of Trustees
Ed Lindley (deceased), Midwestern State Association of Tax Administrators
(president); Federation of Tax Administrators; National Tax Association Tax Institute of
America
Frank Merrill Ohio Alliance for the Environment Board of Directors (president)
Karen Moore Columbus Tax Conference (chair)
Jerry Nathan Rickenbacker Port Authority
Becky Princehorn Board of Zoning Adjustment for City of Columbus
Rich Simpson Columbus Downtown Development Task Force
Bette Squeglia Private Industry Council of Columbus and Franklin County Board of Trustees
Kurt Tunnell Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management;
Ohio Public Facilities Commission (chair)
Charles Walker (retired), I-670 Corridor Development Corporation Board of Trustees (president); Central Ohio
Transit Authority Board of Trustees (president)
Charles Waterman Ohio Alliance for the Environment Board of Directors(president)
Civic and Political
Bricker & Eckler lawyers are active in the civic and political affairs. Listed
below by lawyer are the civic and political-related boards and councils on which our lawyers have in the
past or are currently participating as a member or as president or chair.
Jerry Allen Columbus Zoo Board of Trustees
Maria Armstrong Ohio Federal
Appointment Advisory Group; Capitol Square Foundation Board; Impact '08 in Ohio Advisory Committee
Catherine Baird Licking County Republican Executive Committee;
United Way of Licking County Board of Directors
Dave Baker Foundation for
Preservation of Harrison House Board of Trustees; Trinity Methodist
Administrative Board
Catherine Ballard Columbus Literary Council Board of Trustees
John Beavers Harry C. Moores Foundation Board of Trustees; Touchstone Cafe Board of Trustees
Sally Bloomfield YWCA Board of Trustees; Mayor's Council
on Ethics and Values; Salvation Army
Advisory Council; United Way of Franklin County Board of Trustees; Columbus Metropolitan Club (president);
Columbus Area Leadership Program Board of Trustees
Drew Campbell Rebuilding Together Columbus Board of Trustees
Scott Davis Directions for Youth and
Family Services Board of Directors
Rod Davisson Franklin County Republican Central Committee;
Franklin County Republican Executive Committee; Republican Legislative Screening Committee; Franklin County Tax Incentive Review Commission, Obetz Region; mayor Obetz, OH;
Big Walnut Community Improvement Corporation (president)
Roshida Dowe
Rebuilding Together Central Ohio Board
of Trustees
Price Finley Hands On Columbus (founding member); Upper Arlington Charter Review Commission; Upper Arlington School District Fall 2001 Levy Campaign (finance committee chair)
Jim Flynn Rebuilding Together Columbus
Board of Trustees (founding member)
Susan Greenberger Congregation Tifereth Israel
Warren Grody Greater Columbus Habitat for Humanity Board of Trustees
Craig Haddox Central Ohio Radio Reading Service Board of Trustees
Jim Hughes Jr. (retired), Columbus City attorney and prosecutor, Columbus director of
public safety, Major General U. S. Army (retired)
Bob Katz Leadership Columbus Program
Emmett Kelly The Buckeye Ranch Board of
Directors; Leadership Columbus Program
Greg Krabacher City Year Service Alliance Board of
Directors
Bert Kram (retired), First Community Foundation
Bill Leighner (retired), Harry C. Moores Foundation; Goodwill/Central Ohio
Rehabilitation Center (chair)
Greg Lestini City Year Service Alliance Board of
Directors (co-chair)
Gordon Litt Scioto Superfest Association
Board of Trustees
Bruce Lynn (retired), First Community Church; First Community Church Foundation
Alvin Mathews Greater Columbus Habitat for Humanity Board of
Trustees
Sean McGlone City Year Service Alliance Board of
Directors; Leadership Columbus Program
Jim Monahan (retired), Rotary Club of Upper Arlington (president)
Karen Moore Central Ohio Planned Giving Council Board of Trustees;
Upper Arlington Area Chamber
of Commerce (president)
Ed Moore
Trinity United Methodist Church Board of Trustees(chair)
Susan Oppenheimer United Appeal for Athens County (president); Southeastern
Ohio Chapter American Civil Liberties Union Board of Trustees
Jim Petrie Greater Columbus Habitat for Humanity Board of
Trustees
Nick Pittner Upper Arlington Civic Association Board of Directors, Columbus Amateur Radio
Association (president)
Nelson Reid Rebuilding Together Columbus
Board of Trustees; Berlin Presbyterian Church Board of Trustees (president); Leadership Columbus Program
Dan Reynolds Capital
Crossroads Special Improvement District Board of Trustees
Jim Schuck Franklin County
Republican Central Committee; Delaware County Republican Central Committee
Diane Signoracci Development Board of Catholic Social Services
Rich Simpson Rotary Club of Upper Arlington (president)
Jeff Smith Powell Area YMCA Consulting Board
Oyango Snell
Kids Voting of Central Ohio Board of Trustees; Mayor Michael B. Coleman's Young Professionals Commission
Dave Spialter Congregation Tifereth Israel, Agudas Achim Synagogue, Agudas
Achim Brotherhood
Liz Stock City Year Service Alliance Board of
Directors
Natalie Trishman Furniss
Franklin County Democratic Judicial Screening Committee; Seal of Ohio Girl Scout Council Board
of Directors; Connextions Condominium Association Board of Trustees (president)
Kurt Tunnell Franklin County Republican Party Executive Committee; Faith
Mission Capital Campaign (co-chair); Ohio Republican Party Council of Legal Advisors; Ohio Public
Expenditure Council; Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Anne Marie Sferra Capital Area Humane Society Board of Trustees; American Heart Association Board of Trustees; Republican Judicial Salute Steering Committee
Charles Walker (retired) United Way of Franklin County Annual Campaign
Faith Williams League of
Women Voters of Metropolitan Columbus; League of Women
Voters Educational Foundation; VOICEcorps Board of Trustees (chair)
Education
Bricker & Eckler lawyers are active in local and state education organizations. Listed
below by lawyer are the education-related related boards and councils on which our lawyers have in the
past or are currently participating as a member or as president or chair.
Jerry Allen Capital University Law School Board of Counselors
Laura Anthony Executive Committee, Ohio School Boards Association Council of School Board Attorneys
Maria Armstrong Support Worthington
Schools Extended Projects Program (president)
Catherine Baird
Central Ohio Technical College Pataskala Campus Advisory Board; Board of Governors of the Ohio State University Alumni Band
John Beavers Project
REACH Board of Directors; The Ohio State University Alumni Advisory Council
Sally Bloomfield The Ohio State University Alumni
Association Board of Directors and Steering Committee for the Alumni Advisory Council
Jim Burnes Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys Executive Committee
Kimball Carey Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys Executive Committee (chair)
Bill Conard Otterbein College Alumni Association (president)
Mark Engel Trinity Lutheran Seminary Board of Directors (chair)
John Furniss Kenyon College Regional Association of Columbus (president)
Susan Geary Ohio North Central Association of Colleges and Schools State
Committee; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys IDEA
Reauthorization Committee; Ohio School Boards Association Council of School Board Attorneys Executive Committee
Susan Greenberger Columbus Jewish Day School
Ray Headen Cleveland City Schools
Task Force on Finance and Education
James J. Hughes, III Columbus Academy Board of Trustees; International
Field Studies Board of Directors
Gordon Johnston Wittenberg University Board of Directors; Wittenberg University Alumni Association
(president)
Emmett Kelly Capital University Law School Alumni Board
Steve Kerber Bowling Green State University Alumni Association Board of Trustees
Gordon Litt Muskingum College Board of Trustees;
Muskingum College Alumni Association (president)
Marshall Lerner Central Ohio Chapter of Michigan State Alumni Association
(president)
Quintin Lindsmith
Franklin County Educational Council Foundation Board of Trustees
Alvin Mathews Miami University Alumni Association Board of Trustees
Frank Merrill Dartmouth Alumni Club of Central Ohio (president)
Karen Moore The Wellington School Board of Trustees and chair of
Development Committee
Jerry Nathan Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys (chair)
Nick Pittner Capital University Law School Alumni Board
Becky Princehorn Otterbein
College Board of Trustees; Worthington Educational Foundation Board of Trustees (president);
Worthington City School District PTA Council (president); 2000 Operating Levy Campaign for Worthington
City School District (co-chair); Thomas Worthington High School PTSO (president); Thomas Worthington High School
Girls Lacrosse Parents Club (president); Kilbourne Middle School PTSA
(president); Wilson Hill
Elementary PTO (president)
Jim Rutledge Catholic Diocese of Columbus Board of Education; Saint Andrew
School Board of Education (president)
Tom Sant Kenyon College Board of Trustees (president), (executive committee); Kenyon College Alumni Association (president)
Rich Simpson
Franklin County Educational Foundation (chair);
Upper Arlington
Education Foundation (president); Upper Arlington Schools Business Advisory Council
Jeff Smith
University of Toledo Foundation Board of Trustees; University of Toledo College of Law Dean's Advisory Board; Olentangy Education Foundation Board of
Trustees
Oyango Snell
Central State University Advisory Board
Matt Stout
University of Michigan Club of Central Ohio (president); Upper Arlington City Schools Business Advisory Council
Kurt Tunnell American New Media Educational Foundation Board of Trustees
Charles Walker (retired) Central Ohio Tufts University Alumni Admissions Program (chair),
Columbus Academy Alumni Association (president)
Faith Williams LEADER Institute (chair)
Health and Social Services
Bricker & Eckler lawyers are active in health organizations and social service organizations. Listed below by lawyer
are the health and social service-related boards and councils on which our lawyers have in the past or are
currently participating as a member or as president or chair.
Jerry Allen Hospice at Riverside and
Grant Hospitals Board of Trustees (president)
John Beavers Children's Hospital of Columbus Board of Trustees; Columbus Children's Hospital
Guidance Center Board of Trustees
Sally Bloomfield American
Red Cross Columbus Advisory Board (chair); Franklin County
Mental Health Board (chair)
Kim Brown (retired) LifeCare Alliance Board of Trustees
Scott Davis Directions for Youth and Family
Services Board of Directors
Rod Davisson Franklin County Department of Health Advisory Committee
Mark Engel Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Board of Directors and Executive Committee
Price Finley Children's Hospital Black Tie Ball Committee Board of Trustees
Jim Flynn Alzheimers Association of Central Ohio Board of Trustees (president)
Mike Gire Hospice at Riverside and Grant Hospitals Board of Trustees;
Central Ohio Chapter of Health Care Financial Management Association Board of Directors
Ray Headen Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators
Megan Houston McCarthy Advocates for Children Executive Board
Jim J. Hughes, III Arthritis Foundation Board of Trustees of Central Ohio
Lisa Kathumbi
American Red Cross of Greater Columbus Board of Directors
Steve Kerber National Church Residences Board of Trustees (chair); Catholic Social
Services Board of Trustees (chair and life trustee)
Meredith Knueve Deaf Initiatives, Inc
Board of Directors
Bert Kram (retired) Community Health and Nursing Service Board of Trustees
Glenn Krassen HELP Foundation, Inc. Board of Trustees (vice president)
Gordon Litt The Wilds Board of Trustees, Planned Giving Committee of the Center Ohio Arthritis Foundation (chair)
Rich Lovering Central Ohio Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Board of Trustees (president)
Bruce Lynn (retired), Ohio Hospital Insurance Company
Gretchen McBeath (retired) Central Ohio Alzheimer's Home Care Board of Trustees; Ohio Hospital Association
Task Force on the Regulation of Institutional Health Care Providers
Karen Moore
Columbus Cancer Clinic Board of Directors(president); Central Ohio Breathing
Association Board of Trustees; Wesley Glen Board of Trustees (chair)
Terrence O'Donnell Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, Central Ohio Chapter
Board of Trustees
Jim Petrie Mohun Health Care Center Board of Trustees
Becky Princehorn Franklin County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health
Services Board of Trustees (chair)
Diane Signoracci Development Board of Catholic Social Services
Karen Smith Cincinnati "Just Say No" Board of Directors
Bette Squeglia American Association for World Health Board of Trustees
Natalie Trishman Furniss
Seal of Ohio Girl Scout Council Board of Directors
Kurt Tunnell Maryhaven, Inc. Board of Trustees
Charles Walker (retired) LifeCare Alliance Board of Trustees (president)
Maggie Weber Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association
Board of Directors
Faith Williams Elder Choices of Central Ohio Board of Trustees (chair)
Sports
Bricker & Eckler lawyers are active in sports organizations. Listed below by lawyer
are the sports-related boards and councils on which our lawyers have in the past or are
currently participating as a member or as president or chair.
Dave Conrad Greater Central Ohio Junior Golf Association & Tour Board of Directors (chair)
Susan Geary Ohio Special Olympics Board of Trustees
Jim Hughes Jr (retired) The Country at Muirfield Village (chairman and managing general
partner), Muirfield Village Golf Club, The Colony Golf Club at Pelican Landing
David Rogers Dornoch Golf Club
Rich Simpson Athletic Club of Columbus (president)
Matt Stout Upper Arlington Mat Cubs Wrestling Program for youths grades
one through six (director)
Betsy Swift Babe Zaharias Classic Development Committee
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