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
Sue Westendorf	President	(419) 352-2908	(309) 412-9790	sue.westendorf@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
Martha W. Wise	#2	(440) 934-4935	(440) 934-6089	Martha.Wise@ode.state.oh.us
Thomas Gunlock	#3
G. R. "Sam" Schloemer	#4	(513) 821-4145	(513) 821-2829	Sam.Schloemer@ode.state.oh.us
Colleen D. Grady	#5	(440) 572-0239	(440) 238-0874	Colleen.Grady@ode.state.oh.us
Michael Cochran	#6	(614) 864-2338	(614) 863-9751	ota@ohiotownships.org
Deborah Owens Fink	#7	(330) 972-8079	(330) 972-5798	deb@uakron.edu
Jim Craig	#8	(330) 492-5533	(330) 493-1804	Jim.Craig@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	(440) 238-0874	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
Richard E. Baker	(937) 997-2101	(937) 997-2140
Robin C. Hovis	(330) 674-5000	(330) 674-5002
Stephen Millett	(614) 424-5335	(614) 424-3534	stephen.millett@ode.state.oh.us
Eric C. Okerson	(513) 629-2814
Emerson J. Ross, Jr.	(419) 537-1562	(419) 531-1509
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

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To send to all Board members with known email address plus some Dept of Ed members, you can cut & paste the following into the To: line in your email:

susan.zelman@ode.state.oh.us; bob.bowers@ode.state.oh.us;
Eydie.Schilling@mail.ode.state.oh.us; Donna.Nesbitt@ode.state.oh.us;
Virgil.Brown@ode.state.oh.us; ota@ohiotownships.org;
Jim.Craig@ode.state.oh.us; Colleen.Grady@ode.state.oh.us;
deb@uakron.edu; Sam.Schloemer@ode.state.oh.us;
Jennifer.Sheets@ode.state.oh.us; Jane.Sonenshein@ode.state.oh.us;
Jennifer.Stewart@ode.state.oh.us; sue.westendorf@ode.state.oh.us;
Carl.Wick@ode.state.oh.us; Martha W. Martha.Wise@ode.state.oh.us

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Other important contact information:

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

Governor Bob Taft
30th Floor
77 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215-6117
Phone 614-466-3555 or 614-644-HELP
http://governor.ohio.gov/contactinfopage.asp

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

The Honorable
Robert A. Gardner
Chair, Senate Education Committee
Ohio Senate, Statehouse
Room 042
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Voice (614) 644-7718
Fax (614) 466-7662

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) 644-9494

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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
Department Information Line 1-877-644-6338
Catherine Clark-Eich, Executive Director
Clark-Eich@ode.state.oh.us
Clayton D. Cormany, Editor

Ohio State Board of Education home page