Elected Directors

CHAIR
John B. Gerlach, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
Lancaster Colony Corp.
Columbus, OH
 
VICE CHAIR
Ruann F. Ernst
Former Chairman/CEO
Digital Island
Scottsdale, AZ 
VICE CHAIR
Martin Murrer
Managing Director
Sagent Advisors
New York, NY
 
William E. Arthur
Chairman
Broad Street Financial
Columbus, OH
Patricia English Aveni
Community Volunteer
Westlake, OH
John W. Berry, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
Berry Investments, Inc.
Dayton, OH
Janis Bloch
Community Volunteer
Columbus, OH
Michael Carpenter
Attorney and Partner 
Carpenter Lipps & Leland LLP 
Columbus, OH
Chih-Ming Chen
Chairman and CEO
Anchen Pharmaceuticals (Taiwan), Inc.
Taipei, Taiwan
Edwin M. Cooperman
President and Owner
Edmarc Investments LLC
Boca Raton, FL
Lois Ann Crane
Director
Crane Group Inc.
Columbus, OH
Tanny Crane
President and CEO 
Crane Group 
Columbus, OH
John W. Creighton, Jr.
Director
Madrona Venture Group
Seattle, WA
Samuel B. Davis
Chairman and CEO (Retired)
Liqui-Box Corporation
Naples, FL
Walter E. Dennis Jr.
President and CEO
HFI, LLC
Columbus, OH
Susan Schottenstein Diamond 
Community Volunteer
Columbus, OH
Jane Fawcett-Hoover
CEO and President
JFH Strategies LLC
Great Falls, VA
Barbara Fergus
Owner/Partner
Midwestern Auto Group of Dublin
Dublin, OH
John C. Gray
Chief Executive Officer
Gray America Corp.
Dayton, OH
Ray J. Groves
Chairman and CEO (Retired)
Ernst & Young
Ombudsman
Standard & Poor’s
New York, NY
Edward E. Hagenlocker
Vice Chairman (Retired)
Ford Motor Company
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Jole Harmon
Community Volunteer
Holland, OH
Robert C. Hummel
Chairman
Lextron, Inc.
Fort Collins, CO
Bill Ingram
President, CEO & Chairman
White Castle System, Inc.
Columbus, OH
William M. Isaac
Chairman
Global Financial Services, LECG, LLC
Washington, DC
Keith B. Key
Keith B. Key Enterprises LLC
Columbus, OH
Charles Klatskin
Managing Director and Chairman
Charles Klatskin Co.
Teterboro Heights, NJ
James D. Klingbeil
Chairman and CEO
Klingbeil Capital Management, Ltd.
San Francisco, CA
David T. Kollat
President and Chairman
22 Inc.
Westerville, OH
Zell Kravinsky
Real Estate Investor
Adria Kravinsky Foundation 
Jenkintown, PA
H. Frederick Krimendahl II
Chairman
Petrus Partners
New York, NY
Cheryl Krueger
CEO
Krueger & Co. Consulting, Inc.
New Albany, OH
William G. Lowrie
Retired Deputy CEO
Amoco Corporation
John E. Lucks, Jr.
Founder
Continental Real Estate Companies
Columbus, OH
Robert E. Martini
Chairman of the Board (Retired)
AmerisourceBergen Corporation
Orange, CA
Keith Monda
President and COO (Retired)
Coach Inc.
New York, NY
Lou Ann Moritz Ransom
Community Volunteer 
Columbus, OH
Ed Overmyer 
Chairman (retired) 
Willis HRH 
Columbus, OH
W. Ray Persons 
Attorney and Partner
King & Spalding LLP
Atlanta, GA
Floradelle A. Pfahl
Community Volunteer
Columbus, OH
Carter G. Phillips 
Co-Chair of the Executive Committee
Sidley Austin LLP
McLean, VA
David A. Rismiller
Chairman, President, CEO (Retired)
Firstier Financial Inc
Naples, FL
Patricia A. Duke Robinson
President
Paul G. Duke Foundation Inc.
Troy, OH
Ralph Rockow
Chairman and President
Exodyne, Inc.
Phoenix, AZ
Betty Schoenbaum
President and Trustee
Schoenbaum Family Foundation, Inc.
Charleston, WV
Jeanie Schottenstein
Community Volunteer 
Columbus, OH
Barbara Trueman 
Owner
Truesports, Inc.
Dublin, OH
Daniel J. Wampler
President and Founder
Sensus LLC
Mason, Ohio
Gifford Weary
Professor of Psychology
Divisional Dean of Social and Behavorial Science
College of Arts and Sciences
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 
Robert J. Weiler
Robert Weiler Company
Columbus, OH
William D. Wells
Owner and Chairman
Davis & Son, Inc. 
Westerville, OH
Iris Wolstein
Owner and Chief Operating Officer
Heritage Development Company
Moreland Hills, OH
Robert Wright
Chairman
FE Holdings
Columbus, GA
 

Ex Officio Directors and Officers

Joseph A. Alutto
Executive Vice President & Provost
The Ohio State Univeristy
Christopher M. Culley
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Office of Legal Affairs
The Ohio State University
E. Gordon Gee
President
The Ohio State University
Archie Griffin
Senior Vice President for Alumni Relations
The Ohio State University
President & CEO
The Ohio State University Alumni Association
Jonathan Hook
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
The Ohio State University
Tom Johnson
Assistant Vice President of Financial Services Office of Business & Finance
The Ohio State University
Jeff Kaplan
President
The Ohio State University Foundation
Senior Vice President for Advancement and 
Special Assistant to the President
The Ohio State University
Thomas Katzenmeyer
Senior Vice President
Office of University Communications
The Ohio State University
Christine Ann Poon
Dean, Fisher College of Business
The Ohio State University
 

For more information about
The Ohio State University
Foundation Board of Directors,
contact Kim Gray at
(614) 292-3193 or
gray.722@osu.edu.

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