Meet Our Board Members
Our board volunteers provide leadership for all aspects of the Foundation including finances, awards, development, grants, and membership.
Leadership
Belinda Barnes
President
Gallagher, Gams,Tallan, Barnes & Littrell, LLP
Columbus
Sarah Skow
President-Elect
Spengler Nathanson PLL
Toledo
Hon. David Hejmanowski
Immediate Past President
Delaware County Court of Common Pleas
Delaware
Thomas Guillozet
Treasurer
Hanes Law Group, LTD
Versailles
Trustees
Hon. Carla Baldwin
Youngstown Municipal Court
Youngstown
Hilary Damaser
Ohio Attorney General
Columbus
R. Benjamin Franz
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Findlay
Jonathan Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth & Washington
Centerville
Reginald Jackson, Jr.
Eastman & Smith Ltd
Toledo
Tabitha Justice
Subashi, Wildermuth, & Justice
Dayton
Ronald Kahn
Ulmer & Berne LLP
Cleveland
Hon. Denise McColley
Henry County Family Court (retired)
Napoleon
Marley Nelson
The Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Supreme Court of Ohio
Columbus
Drew Odum
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Akron
Mag. Joseph E. Wenger, IV
Tenth District Court of Appeals
Columbus
Merle Wilberding
Coolidge Wall
Dayton
Barbara Friedman Yaksic
Retired Attorney
Cleveland
Michelle Kranz
OSBA President, Serving Ex-Officio
Zoll & Kranz, LLC
Toledo
Daniel Griffith
OSBA President-Elect, Serving Ex-Officio
Huntington National Bank
North Canton
Mary Amos Augsburger
OSBA CEO Serving Ex-Officio
Ohio State Bar Association
Columbus
Board & Committee Service
Join us as a Board or Committee member to share your talent on one of the following committees: finance, awards, development, grants, and membership.
Audit & Finance Committee
- Chair, Thomas Guillozet
- Vice Chair, Ronald Kahn
- Belinda Barnes
- Judge Denise McColley
- Jonathan Hollingsworth
- Mag. Joseph Wenger, IV
- Toba Feldman
- Mike Jones
- Tom Moushey
Awards Committee
- Chair, Ron Kahn
- Vice Chair, Tabitha Justice
- Drew Odum
- Kerstin Sjoberg
- Sarah Skow
- Barbara Yaksic
- Andy Storar
- Bill Weisenberg
- Mindy Yocum
Development Committee
- Chair, R. Benjamin Franz
- Vice Chair, Reginald Jackson, Jr.
- Mary Amos Augsburger
- Hilary Damaser
- Tabitha Justice
- Merle Wilberding
- Stephanie Chmiel
- Shannon Dawes
- Jane Messmer
- Jay Michael
- Stanley Ross
- Emily Samlow
- Levi Tkach
Grants Committee
- Chair, Jonathan Hollingsworth
- Vice Chair, Hilary Damaser
- Judge Carla Baldwin
- R. Benjamin Franz
- Michelle Kranz
- Marley Nelson
- Drew Odum
- Merle Wilberding
- Barbara Yaksic
- Velda Hofacker
- Judge Jennifer Towell
Membership Committee
- Chair, Mag. Joseph Wenger, IV
- Vice Chair, Marley Nelson
- Judge Carla Baldwin
- Daniel Griffith
- Judge David Hejmanowski
- Reginald Jackson, Jr.
- Judge Denise McColley
- Sarah Skow
- Chuck Hollis
- Judge Andrew King
- Kalpana Yalamanchili
Past Presidents
- 2023 Hon. David A. Hejmanowski (Immediate)
- 2022 J. Kristin Burkett
- 2021 Velda Hofacker
- 2020 Mark M. Kitrick
- 2019 Robert F. Ware
- 2018 Carol Seubert Marx
- 2017 Andrew C. Storar
- 2016 Thomas P. Moushey
- 2015 Lee E. Belardo
- 2014 Stephen F. Tilson
- 2013 Thomas D. Lammers
- 2012 Heather G. Sowald
- 2011 Keith A. Ashmus
- 2010 Hon. David B. Bennett
- 2009 Stephen E. Chappelear
- 2008 Reginald S. Jackson, Jr.
- 2007 Paula L. Brooks
- 2006 Hon. Thomas F. Zachman, Ret.
- 2005 Thomas M. Taggart
- 2004 Stuart W. Cordell
- 2003 Ronald W. Dougherty
- 2002 Linden J. Beck
- 2001 Reginald W. Jackson
- 2000 Hon. Kathleen B. Burke
- 1999 Sally W. Bloomfield
- 1998 William L. Evans
- 1997 John F. Hayward
- 1996 Robert O. Hamilton
- 1995 Hon. Thomas K. Jenkins
- 1994 Hon. Edward S. Robe
- 1993 James J. Cullers
- 1992 Frank E. Bazler
- 1991 Herd Bennett
- 1990 Thomas J. Harrington
- 1989 Edward C. Redmond
- 1988 Richard D. Brooks, Jr.
- 1987 Matt Kolb
- 1986 James L. Elder
- 1985 John T. Brown
- 1984 Ret. Hon. Walter A. Porter
- 1983 Raymond P. Cunningham
- 1982 George E. Schroeder
- 1981 Sam D. Bartlo
- 1980 William Howland
- 1979 W. Bitner Browne
