Board
OLAF has a diverse group of trustees from all areas of the state who are committed to improving access to justice.
The OLAF staff also brings considerable skills and talent to OLAF's mission.
Current Board Members
Officers
H. RITCHEY HOLLENBAUGH
President - Board of Trustees
Carlile Patchen & Murphy
THE HONORABLE JAMES M. PETRO
Vice President - Board of Trustees
Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents
JOSEPH L. MAS
Treasurer - Board of Trustees
330 Lawyers Group
Members
MARY AMOS AUGSBURGER
Legislative Counsel
Ohio State Bar Association
SALLY W. BLOOMFIELD
Bricker & Eckler
JULIE DAVIS
Former Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Retail Ventures Inc.
JENNIFER DAY
Chief of Operations
State Treasurer of Ohio
MICHAEL DEEMER
Director New Business Development
Downtown Cleveland Alliance
WILLIAM D. DOWLING
Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs
THE HONORABLE BEN E. ESPY
Former Ohio State Senator and Minority Leader
Gonzalez Saggio Harlan LLP
JANINE HANCOCK JONES
Of Counsel, Bricker & Eckler LLP
SHARON SOBOL JORDAN
Chief Executive Officer, President
Center for Families & Children
THE HONORABLE WILLIAM A. KLATT
Judge, Tenth District Court of Appeals
DAVID KUTIK
Jones Day
GARY J. LEPPLA
Leppla Associates
JANET GREEN MARBLEY
Administrator, Clients' Security Fund
Supreme Court of Ohio
THOMAS D. McAULIFFE
Chairman/Founder, Commerce National Bank
MICHAEL H. MEARAN
Michael H. Mearan, LLC
MARY MERTZ
First Assistant Attorney General
Ohio Attorney General
ALAN C. MICHAELS
Dean, Michael E. Moritz College of Law
The Ohio State University
CRAIG S. MORFORD
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Cardinal Health
RICHARD W. POGUE
Senior Advisor, Jones Day
KIMBERLY C. SHUMATE
Associate Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs
The Ohio State University
STEVEN H. STEINGLASS
Dean Emeritus, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
THOMAS C. STEVENS
Vice Chairman and CAO, KeyCorp
KATHLEEN TRAFFORD
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
DAVID C. WEINER
Charma E. Sherman Law Offices Co., LPA
Emeritus:
THOMAS V. CHEMA
President, Hiram College
BILL FAITH
Executive Director
Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio
FREDERICK L. OREMUS
Eslocker & Oremus, Athens
SAMUEL H. PORTER
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
Ex officio:
COLLEEN COTTER
Executive Director
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
RICHARD A. DOVE
Secretary to the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline
Supreme Court of Ohio
WILLIAM K. WEISENBERG
Assistant Executive Director for Public Affairs and
Government Relations, Ohio State Bar Association
TIMOTHY J. YOUNG
State of Ohio Public Defender