OLAF | Board and Staff

About OLAF

Board and Staff
OLAF has a diverse group of trustees from various areas of the state who are committed to improving access to justice. The OLAF staff also brings considerable energy to OLAF's mission.

Current Board Members

JULIE DAVIS (PRESIDENT)
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
Retail Ventures, Inc., Columbus

JOHN ALGE
Director of Adminstration, Office of Ohio Public Defender

THE HONORABLE STANLEY J. ARONOFF
State Street Consultants, Columbus

JOHN BARRON
General Counsel, Ohio Senate, Columbus

R. JEFFREY BIXLER
Retired Vice President & General Counsel
HCR Manor Care, Toledo

SALLY BLOOMFIELD, Esq.
Partner, Bricker & Eckler, Columbus

STEVEN R. BUCHENROTH, Esq.
Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Columbus

KATHLEEN B. BURKE, Esq.
Jones Day, Cleveland

JACK R. CHRISTOPHER
Majority Legal Counsel, House of Representatives, Columbus

RICHARD CORDRAY
Treasurer of State of Ohio, Columbus

MICHAEL DEEMER
Chief Deputy Attorney General for Governmental Affairs
Attorney General's Office, Columbus

WILLIAM D. DOWLING, Esq
Shareholder, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP, Akron

BILL FAITH
Executive Director, Coalition on Homelessness
and Housing in Ohio, Columbus

H. RITCHEY HOLLENBAUGH, Esq.
Carlile, Patchen & Murphy LLP, Columbus

JAMES J. JOHNSON
Chief Legal Officer
Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati

SHARON JORDAN
Chief Executive Officer
Center for Families & Children, Cleveland

JOHN B. KEANE
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
American Electric Power

THE HONORABLE WILLIAM A. KLATT
Judge, Tenth District Court of Appeals, Columbus

GARY J. LEPPLA
Partner, Leppla Associates, Dayton

JANET GREEN MARBLEY
Administrator, Client's Security Funds
Supreme Court of Ohio, Columbus

JOSEPH L. MAS, Esq.
Attorney At Law
330 Lawyers Group, Columbus

MICHAEL H. MEARAN, Esq.
Attorney at Law, Portsmouth

THE HONORABLE W. SCOTT OELSLAGER
Ohio House of Representatives, Columbus

THE HONORABLE JAMES PETRO
Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Columbus

RICHARD W. POGUE, Esq.
Jones Day, Cleveland

THE HONORABLE THOMAS ROBERTS
Ohio Senate, Dayton

NANCY HARDIN ROGERS
Dean, Ohio State University
Michael E. Moritz College of Law, Columbus

KIMBERLY C. SHUMATE
Associate Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs
The Ohio State University, Columbus

PATRICIA MANN SMITSON, Esq.
Partner-in-Charge, Thompson Hine, Cincinnati

STEVEN H. STEINGLASS
Dean Emeritus
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Cleveland State University, Cleveland

THOMAS C. STEVENS
Vice Chairman & Chief Administrative Officer
KeyCorp, Cleveland

DAVID C. WEINER, Esq.
Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland

Emeritus
THOMAS CHEMA
President, Hiram College, Hiram

FREDERICK L. OREMUS, Esq.
Eslocker & Oremus Co., Athens

SAMUEL H. PORTER, Esq.
Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Columbus

Ex Officio
MARY ASBURY
Executive Director, Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati

RICHARD A. DOVE
Assistant Administrative Director, Supreme Court of Ohio, Columbus

WILLIAM K. WEISENBERG
Assistant Executive Director for Public Affairs and Government Relations
Ohio State Bar Association, Columbus

OLAF Staff

Robert M. Clyde, Esq.
Executive Director

LeAnna Gipson
Assistant Executive Director

Charles Cook
Chief Financial Officer &
Associate Director for Operations

Jeffrey Fortkamp, Esq.
Associate Director

Jane Taylor
Associate Director for Pro Bono

Lisa Eschleman
Associate Director for Pro Bono

Karen McCall
Financial Manager

Cynthia Vaughn
Statewide Technology Manager

Ty Acker
IT Systems Administrator

Ann Mancuso
Executive Administrative Assistant

Shirley Baldeh
Administrative Assistant

Tammy Ringhiser
Administrative Assistant

Debbie Rotonda
Accountant

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