Contact Information for Ohio Board of Education members

(for more information see the Ohio Department of Education website):

Officers

Name District Phone Fax E-mail
Jennifer L. Sheets President (740) 992-2151   Jennifer.Sheets@ode.state.oh.us
Jennifer Stewart Vice President (740) 452-4558 (740) 452-7754 Jennifer.Stewart@ode.state.oh.us
Susan Zelman Secretary (614) 466-7578 (614) 728-9703 susan.zelman@ode.state.oh.us

Elected Members

Name District Phone Fax E-mail
Lou Ann Harrold #1 (419) 675-1743   LouAnn.Harrold@ode.state.oh.us
John R. Bender #2 (440) 937-7676   John.Bender@ode.state.oh.us
Susan M. Haverkos #3
  (888) 337-0838 Susan.Haverkos@ode.state.oh.us
G. R. "Sam" Schloemer #4 (513) 821-4145 (513) 821-2829 Sam.Schloemer@ode.state.oh.us
Colleen D. Grady #5 (440) 572-0239   Colleen.Grady@ode.state.oh.us
Michael Cochran #6 (614) 863-0045 (614) 863-9751 Michael.Cochran@ode.state.oh.us
Heather Heslop Licata #7 (330) 864-1676   Heather.HeslopLicata@ode.state.oh.us
Deborah Cain #8 (330) 699-3492   Deborah.Cain@ode.state.oh.us
Jennifer Stewart #9 (740) 452-4558 (740) 452-7754 Jennifer.Stewart@ode.state.oh.us
Jane Sonenshein #10 (513) 831-1870   Jane.Sonenshein@ode.state.oh.us
Virgil E. Brown, Jr. #11 (216) 851-3304 (216) 851-2900 Virgil.Brown@ode.state.oh.us

At-Large Members

Name Phone Fax E-mail
Ann Womer Benjamin (330) 562-4861   Ann.WomerBenjamin@ode.state.oh.us
Robin C. Hovis (330) 674-5000 (330) 674-5002 Robin.Hovis@ode.state.oh.us
Stephen Millett (614) 466-4838 (614) 466-0599 Stephen.Millett@ode.state.oh.us
Eric C. Okerson (513) 629-2814   Eric.Okerson@ode.state.oh.us
Emerson J. Ross, Jr. (419) 537-1562 (419) 531-1509 Emerson.Ross@ode.state.oh.us
Jennifer L. Sheets (740) 992-2151   Jennifer.Sheets@ode.state.oh.us
Sue Westendorf (419) 352-2908 (309) 412-9790 Sue.Westendorf@ode.state.oh.us
Carl Wick (937) 433-1352 (937) 438-0678 Carl.Wick@ode.state.oh.us

Other important contact information:

Those who wish to make their views known to Governor Strickland -- especially if you live in Ohio or know someone there -- can contact him at this address:

Governor Ted Strickland
Riffe Center, 30th Floor
77 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215-6108
Phone 614-466-3555
Fax (614) 466-9354
http://governor.ohio.gov/Assistance/ContacttheGovernor/tabid/150/Default.aspx

The chairs of the Ohio House and Senate education committees are also important contacts:

The Honorable
Joy Padgett
Chair, Senate Education Committee
Ohio Senate, Statehouse
Room 035
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone (614) 466-8076
sd20@mailr.sen.state.oh.us

The Honorable
Arlene J. Setzer
Chair, House Education Committee
Ohio House of Representatives
77 South High Street, 13th Floor
Columbus, OH 43266-0603
Phone (614) 644-8051
Fax (614) 719-3590
district36@ohr.state.oh.us


For further information regarding upcoming Board meetings or general information about the State Board of Education, contact

Ohio Department of Education
Board Relations
25 South Front Street, 7th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215-4183

Phone (614) 466-4838 Fax (614) 466-0599
J.C. Benton, Director
j.c.benton@ode.state.oh.us

Ohio State Board of Education home page

Ohio Citizens for Science
Contact:
Patricia Princehouse
Department of Biology
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106
216-368-8585, patricia@case.edu