Executive Core Members
The work of OLAC is guided by the following Executive Core Members:
Suzanne Amos, Founder, Collective Wonder Communications
David Axner, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Buckeye Association of School Administrators
Rebecca Baum - Director of Professional Issues, Ohio Federation of Teachers
Eugene Blalock, - Superintendent, North College Hill City Schools
Craig Burford - Executive Director, Ohio Educational Service Center Association (OESCA)
Debbie Campbell - Search Consultant, K12 Business Consulting
Demetrice Davis - Ed Policy & Practice Consultant, Ohio Education Association
Cynthia Dewey - Administrator, Office of School and District Improvement, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
Kathy Demers - Director of Member Development, Buckeye Association of School Administrators
Earl Focht - Education Program Specialist, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
Tim Freeman, Ed.D. - Executive Director, Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators (OASSA)
Jim Gay, Ph.D. - Project Support, OLAC
Nick Gurich - Director, Educational Policy, Ohio Education Association
Barb Hansen, Ph.D. - Director of Graduate Programs of Education, Muskingum University
Kathleen Herrmann, Ph.D. - Assistant Director, Office of Educator Effectiveness, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
Chad Hilliker, Superintendent, Hamilton County Educational Service Center
Rebecca Hornberger, Ph.D. - Executive Director, Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators (OAESA)
Cathy Johnson - Board of Trustees, Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA)
Meryl Johnson - Board Member, District 11, Ohio State Board of Education
Paul Johnson, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Ed. Admin. and Leadership Studies, Bowling Green State University; Board Member, Bucyrus City Schools
Mark Jones - Member Services Director, Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators (OAESA)
Cathy LaForme - Consultant, Ashlan Consulting
Jim Lloyd, Ph.D. - Superintendent, Olmsted Falls City Schools
Elizabeth Lolli - Project Consultant, OLAC
Gale Marsh - Deputy Superintendent,ESC of Central Ohio
Krista Maxson, Ph.D. - Assoc Vice-Chancellor, P16 Initiatives, Ohio Department of Higher Education
Carly McVey - Program Director, Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI)
Kim Miller-Smith - Senior Student Achievement Consultant, Ohio School Boards Association
Mark Neal - Superintendent, Tri-Valley Local Schools
Karel Oxley - Project Support, OLAC
Kimberly Pietsch Miller - Chief of Leadership Development, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
Julia Simmerer - Senior Executive Director, Center for the Teaching Profession
Sheila Smith - Assistant Director, Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI)
Julie Turner - Project Coordinator, OLAC
Deb Telfer, Ph.D. - Director & Research Associate, University of Cincinnati Systems Development & Improvement Center
Michael Trego - Program Director, OLAC
Jo Hannah Ward - Administrator, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
Chris Woolard, Ph.D. - Chief Program Officer, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
