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9546 Brandywine Rd.
Northfield Center , OH 44067
Phone: 330-467-7646, ext. 1

Steve Wright was first appointed as Township Administrator in November of 2018. He has over 15 years of government project and program leadership experience and a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Akron. In addition to being a township administrator, Steve Wright is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt with over a decade of experience leading performance measurement, strategic planning, and continuous improvement initiatives. Steve has led numerous training and workshops regarding strategic planning and performance measurement. 

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30 West Spring Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 466-7090

Susan Willeke is an accomplished government - relations professional with more than 20 years’ experience in public affairs, communication and public speaking.  Susan joined the Ohio Ethics Commission in 2005 as the Education and Communications Manager where she oversees and conducts educational and communication outreach.  In that position, Susan presents approximately 200 speeches annually, develops information strategies regarding agency programs and represents the Ethics Commission to Ohio citizens, the media and the Ohio legislature.  Prior to joining the Commission, Susan served in the communications office at the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and as a legislative aide in the Ohio House of Representatives.   

Susan is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio.  In 2011, she was selected to present at TEDx Columbus, a conference for “Ideas Worth Sharing” and identified as one of Central Ohio’s “Leading Thinkers and Doers.”

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88 N. Fifth Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-464-4414

John Albers is the principal with the law firm of Albers and Albers located in Columbus, Ohio.  He has been practicing in the area of township and local government law for approximately 35 years, and his practice is substantially devoted to representing local governments.  John frequently speaks and writes articles on such topics for the Ohio Township Association, Ohio State Bar Association, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development office, the Ohio Rural Water Association, the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP), County Sanitary Engineer’s Association of Ohio, The Municipal League, and others. 

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88 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 42315
Phone: (800) 345-2519

David B. Thompson, CPA, graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in accounting.    He is a Certified Public Accountant and has over thirty five years of governmental experience. Most of that experience is with the office of Auditor of State dealing with complex accounting, budgetary and reporting issues of local governments in the State of Ohio. Dave also served as Chief Project Manager of the Southwest Region of Local Government Services for over twenty years. 

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88 E Broad St
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 800.443.9275

Stacie Scholl has worked for the Auditor of State’s Office for 22 years, and is currently an Chief Auditor for the Central Region which encompasses fifteen counties in Central Ohio.  The Auditor of State is one of the largest and most respected Governmental Accounting and Auditing organizations in the country.  Stacie has extensive experience auditing local governments such as school districts, cities, counties, and townships.  As the Chief Auditor of the Central Region, Stacie oversees the Central Region’s audit staff to ensure the goals and responsibilities of the Auditor of State’s Office are carried out while providing audit services.   Stacie holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in accounting and business management from Ashland University and is a Certified Public Accountant.  Stacie, her husband Daniel, and her three children, Rebecca, Kayleen, and William, reside in Centerburg, Ohio

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65 E. State St.
Suite 312
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614 644-1823

Linda has been the Director of the Ohio Public Works Commission since February 2019 serving previously as Program Administrator since December 2007. Immediately prior to joining OPWC Linda spent more than 10 years with the Ohio Department of Transportation. She first served as ODOT’s Policy Analyst and then as Administrator of the Office of Local Projects with responsibility for the state’s Local-let program and various funding programs for local governments. She also served nearly10 years with the Ohio Legislative Budget Office as Transportation Budget Analyst serving various state agencies including ODOT and OPWC. Linda has a Masters in Public Administration and a Bachelors in Business Administration in Finance both from Ohio University.

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968 S. Remington Rd.
Bexley, OH 43209
Phone: 614-560-0562

Larry Long is the CEO of the Ohio Projects Group LLC, a small management consulting firm specializing in services to state and local governments and non-profit organizations. He also was recently appointed by Governor John Kasich as Chair of the State Audit Committee for a term ending in June, 2020. He retired as Executive Director of the County Commissioners Association of Ohio (CCAO) in 2013 after serving the organization in a number of capacities for nearly 40 years. Prior to joining CCAO Long served as an Intelligence Specialist with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in Washington D.C; Director of the Ottawa County Regional Planning Commission; Executive Secretary of the Ohio Water & Sewer Rotary Commission; and as a Bureau Chief for the Ohio Department of Economic and Community Development.  Long, a native of Wadsworth in Medina County is a 1968 graduate of The Ohio State University with a BA in Geography. Long has also served as a member of the Ohio Farmland Preservation Task Force, the Legislative Task Force to Study Eminent Domain, the 21st Century Transportation Priorities Task Force, and the Legislative Local Government and Library Revenue Distribution Task Force. He is also a past President of the National Association of County Association Executives (NCCAE). A former board member of the Greater Ohio Policy Center and the Ohio Planning Conference, Long received the Outstanding Public Service Award in 2006 from the OSU School of Public Policy and Management.

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1680 E. Orange Road
Lewis Center, OH 43035
Phone: 740-548-5430

The Board of Orange Township Trustees unanimously appointed Mr. Lee R. Bodnar to the position of Orange Township Administrator on March 31, 2016. Mr. Bodnar came to central Ohio from northeast Ohio, where he had been a life-long Lake County resident.  He attended Lakeland Community College and graduated from Lake Erie College in 1994.  Lee brings seventeen (17) years of experience as the previous administrator for Painesville Township (Lake County), Concord Township (Lake County) and Madison Township (Lake County).  He and his wife, Michelle, currently reside in Orange Township with their fifteen year old daughter, Natalee.

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88 E Broad St
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 8004439275

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600 Superior Avenue East
Suite 1701
Cleveland, OH 44114-2614
Phone: (216) 394-5060

Kip Wahlers

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Kip Wahlers has more than two decades' experience in the field of public finance, economic development and public law. Kip has represented state and local governments at all levels as bond counsel and has also served as underwriters' counsel, bank counsel and counsel to private sector entities doing business with government.

Kip's experience includes financings and projects with port authorities, counties, municipalities, townships and school districts. Kip also advises clients on public records issues and ethics issues.

Kip has authored legislation relating to financing programs in Ohio and elsewhere, including tax credits, loan programs and amendments to legislation establishing new community authorities and authority for impact facilities. He has assisted private companies in obtaining incentives from state and local governments, including tax incentives, tax abatements and tax increment financing.

Kip is former general counsel for JobsOhio and for Browning & Associates, a municipal financial advisor. He is a native of Toledo, Ohio, and has lived in the Columbus area since 2000.

Wahlers graduated magna cum laude, with highest honors, from University of Georgia, in 1985 where he received a Bachelor of Arts in English. He graduated from University of Michigan where he earned his Master of Arts in English in 1986. He holds a juris doctorate from University of Michigan Law School, where he graduated cum laude in 1991. - See more at: http://www.icemiller.com/people/kristopher-(-kip-)-wahlers/#sthash.riSusWWf.dpuf

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88 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 42315
Phone: (800) 345-2519

David B. Thompson, CPA, graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in accounting.    He is a Certified Public Accountant and has over thirty five years of governmental experience. Most of that experience is with the office of Auditor of State dealing with complex accounting, budgetary and reporting issues of local governments in the State of Ohio. Dave also served as Chief Project Manager of the Southwest Region of Local Government Services for over twenty years. 

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440 E. Hoewisher Rd
Sidney, OH 45365
Phone: 937-497-0200

Kaye Borchers is a Funding Specialist for Choice One Engineering, a consulting civil engineering firm in Sidney and Loveland, Ohio. Since joining the firm in 2005, Kaye and the engineers at Choice One have helped jurisdictions across Ohio apply for and receive millions in funding from ODOT, OPWC, CDBG, Ohio EPA, FEMA, ODNR, and USDA-RD. Kaye earned her bachelor’s from Bowling Green State University in 2003, where she majored in Scientific and Technical Communication. 

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6665 Wadsworth Road
Medina, OH 44256
Phone: 330-723-1816

Mary Palowski has worked in the accounting field for over 35 years. After graduating from WestTech High School in Cleveland, she obtained a BA in Accounting from Cleveland State University by attending evening classes and working full-time in an accounting office.  Since then, she has worked in a few different companies as an accountant/human resource management.  During the last ten years she has continued her career as a public accountant and tax preparer for a local firm in Medina.  Mary has served as fiscal officer for Montville Township since 2004.

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2645 Fawn Ln.
Zanesville, OH 43701
Phone: 740-454-2205

Connie Fink is currently the President of the Ohio Township Association. She was born and raised in Springfield Township/Muskingum County (Zanesville), where she resides today, just a mile down the road from her childhood home. Her first recollection of township government occurred shortly after she was married when, after a particularly large snowfall in April, she saw a township trustee plowing their road. It was the first time she took time to think about the hours township trustees put in. A first-grade teacher at the time, she unsuccessfully ran for township clerk in 1983, then ran again and won in 1987 — and has held the position since. 

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09280 Glynwood Rd.
Wapakoneta, Oh 45895
Phone: 419-738-7905

With more than 30 years of township experience, both as a trustee and fiscal officer and being an integral part of the Ohio Township Association, you would expect that Larry Johns knows everything there is to know about townships. He would tell you otherwise. A retired pharmacist, Johns has worked in a leadership role with the OTA and its partners since 1987. He became a trustee with the OTARMA insurance group in 1987 and later became a board member. Then, a few years later, he was elected to the OTA board of directors, served as its secretary-treasurer and then as president from 2006 to 2010. After four years off of the board, he began his second go-around as an OTA director.

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1410 Ridge Road
P.O. Box 344
Hinckley, OH 44233
Phone: 330-278-4181

Martha has lived in Hinckley for over 55 years and at the time of her appointment to Fiscal Officer in 2017 had served as a Township Trustee since 2008. She has since been elected as Fiscal Officer in 2017 and re-elected in 2019. Martha and her husband have four grown children and enjoy traveling. She holds a B.E. from Bowling Green State University, a MUPDD from Cleveland State University and an Associates Degree in Health Information Management.

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10 W. Broad St. 2300
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-464-1211

Emmett is a member in the Columbus office and practices in the Finance and Real Estate Practice Group and is a member of the Public and Project Finance team. has served as bond counsel, structuring counsel, underwriter’s counsel, developer’s counsel and purchaser’s counsel for various taxable and tax-exempt project and revenue bond financings, including private activity bonds (IDB’s), municipal, education, health care, renewable and alternative energy, and traditional general obligation, P.A.C.E, P3, P2 and 501 (c)(3) financings. He serves as bond counsel and special counsel on economic development financing and incentive projects utilizing tax increment financing, joint enterprise development districts, enterprise zones, energy special improvement districts, and community reinvestment areas.  Emmett also serves as counsel to economic development entities such as community improvement corporations, new community authorities, regional planning commissions, convention facilities authorities, water and sewer districts, and port authorities on general, economic development and special obligation revenue financing matters.  In the traditional general obligation area, he serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel and purchaser’s counsel for general obligation, special obligation revenue bond and note financings for municipalities, school districts, counties, townships, port authorities, convention facilities authorities and other public sector entities. In the area of property assessed clean energy (P.A.C.E.), renewable and alternative energy projects and on P3’s (public/private partnerships) transactions Emmett has served as legal counsel and as a consultant.  He has worked on P3’s, which have included tax increment financing, special assessments, private equity and assets, and governmental services and assets, for land development projects and public works.

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100 South Third Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 227-2302

Becky Princehorn is a partner and co-chair of the Public Finance group at Bricker & Eckler LLP.  Her practice emphasizes school and local government law.  She served as bond counsel for the first Ohio income tax-backed school district bonds; for the first publicly offered PLF-backed library notes; for the first school district in the Extreme Environmental Contamination Program of the Ohio School Facilities Commission; for the first Ohio general obligation bond issue with a local government fund pledge; for the first Ohio municipal general obligation bond issue for housing; and for the first Ohio school district minibond issue.  She also served as counsel on the formation of the first limited home rule township in central Ohio and has structured collaborations between local governments, particularly those involving school districts, and gifts to local governments.

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88 N. Fifth Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-464-4414

John Albers is the principal with the law firm of Albers and Albers located in Columbus, Ohio.  He has been practicing in the area of township and local government law for approximately 35 years, and his practice is substantially devoted to representing local governments.  John frequently speaks and writes articles on such topics for the Ohio Township Association, Ohio State Bar Association, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development office, the Ohio Rural Water Association, the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP), County Sanitary Engineer’s Association of Ohio, The Municipal League, and others. 

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30 West Spring Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 466-7090

Susan Willeke is an accomplished government - relations professional with more than 20 years’ experience in public affairs, communication and public speaking.  Susan joined the Ohio Ethics Commission in 2005 as the Education and Communications Manager where she oversees and conducts educational and communication outreach.  In that position, Susan presents approximately 200 speeches annually, develops information strategies regarding agency programs and represents the Ethics Commission to Ohio citizens, the media and the Ohio legislature.  Prior to joining the Commission, Susan served in the communications office at the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and as a legislative aide in the Ohio House of Representatives.   

Susan is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio.  In 2011, she was selected to present at TEDx Columbus, a conference for “Ideas Worth Sharing” and identified as one of Central Ohio’s “Leading Thinkers and Doers.”

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88 E Broad St
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 800.443.9275

Stacie Scholl has worked for the Auditor of State’s Office for 22 years, and is currently an Chief Auditor for the Central Region which encompasses fifteen counties in Central Ohio.  The Auditor of State is one of the largest and most respected Governmental Accounting and Auditing organizations in the country.  Stacie has extensive experience auditing local governments such as school districts, cities, counties, and townships.  As the Chief Auditor of the Central Region, Stacie oversees the Central Region’s audit staff to ensure the goals and responsibilities of the Auditor of State’s Office are carried out while providing audit services.   Stacie holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree in accounting and business management from Ashland University and is a Certified Public Accountant.  Stacie, her husband Daniel, and her three children, Rebecca, Kayleen, and William, reside in Centerburg, Ohio

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440 E. Hoewisher Rd
Sidney, OH 45365
Phone: 937-497-0200

Kaye Borchers is a Funding Specialist for Choice One Engineering, a consulting civil engineering firm in Sidney and Loveland, Ohio. Since joining the firm in 2005, Kaye and the engineers at Choice One have helped jurisdictions across Ohio apply for and receive millions in funding from ODOT, OPWC, CDBG, Ohio EPA, FEMA, ODNR, and USDA-RD. Kaye earned her bachelor’s from Bowling Green State University in 2003, where she majored in Scientific and Technical Communication. 

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30 West Spring Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 466-7090

Susan Willeke is an accomplished government - relations professional with more than 20 years’ experience in public affairs, communication and public speaking.  Susan joined the Ohio Ethics Commission in 2005 as the Education and Communications Manager where she oversees and conducts educational and communication outreach.  In that position, Susan presents approximately 200 speeches annually, develops information strategies regarding agency programs and represents the Ethics Commission to Ohio citizens, the media and the Ohio legislature.  Prior to joining the Commission, Susan served in the communications office at the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and as a legislative aide in the Ohio House of Representatives.   

Susan is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio.  In 2011, she was selected to present at TEDx Columbus, a conference for “Ideas Worth Sharing” and identified as one of Central Ohio’s “Leading Thinkers and Doers.”

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88 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 42315
Phone: (800) 345-2519

David B. Thompson, CPA, graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in accounting.    He is a Certified Public Accountant and has over thirty five years of governmental experience. Most of that experience is with the office of Auditor of State dealing with complex accounting, budgetary and reporting issues of local governments in the State of Ohio. Dave also served as Chief Project Manager of the Southwest Region of Local Government Services for over twenty years. 

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9277 Centre Pointe Drive
West Chester, OH 45069
Phone: 513-870-8233

Ben is a Member in Frost Brown Todd's litigation department, and is a member of the firm’s governmental services and business litigation practice groups. The majority of Ben's practice is dedicated to Ohio township and municipality representation, particularly in the area of land use and zoning. He serves as zoning counsel to a variety of Southwest Ohio local governments, where he regularly deals in comprehensive planning, zoning code/resolution drafting, map and text amendments, planned unit developments, conditional uses, variances, code enforcement, and generalized staff consultation. When not working on behalf of local government clients, Ben represents a variety of private developers, businesses, and property owners as it pertains to real estate development and land use disputes. Ben has substantial experience in complex zoning-related commercial due diligence work, zoning permit approval procurement, eminent domain, administrative appeals, and injunctive and generalized litigation.  Ben is a 2007 graduate of the University Of Dayton School Of Law, where he held both law review and moot court team memberships. Prior to earning his J.D., he graduated cum laude from Lee University, with a Bachelor's of Arts in History.

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800 E. 17th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211
Phone: 614.297.2553

Amanda Rindler is the Local Government Records Archivist with the State Archives at the Ohio History Connection. As the Local Government Records Archivist, she provides records related advice and assistance to local governments in order to facilitate the identification and preservation of records with enduring historical value.

Amanda holds a BA in History from Ball State University and a Master’s of Library Science with specialization in Archives and Records Management from Indiana University. She is a member of the Academy of Certified Archivists, Society of Ohio Archivists, and National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators.

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65 E. State St.
Suite 312
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614 644-1823

Linda has been the Director of the Ohio Public Works Commission since February 2019 serving previously as Program Administrator since December 2007. Immediately prior to joining OPWC Linda spent more than 10 years with the Ohio Department of Transportation. She first served as ODOT’s Policy Analyst and then as Administrator of the Office of Local Projects with responsibility for the state’s Local-let program and various funding programs for local governments. She also served nearly10 years with the Ohio Legislative Budget Office as Transportation Budget Analyst serving various state agencies including ODOT and OPWC. Linda has a Masters in Public Administration and a Bachelors in Business Administration in Finance both from Ohio University.

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968 S. Remington Rd.
Bexley, OH 43209
Phone: 614-560-0562

Larry Long is the CEO of the Ohio Projects Group LLC, a small management consulting firm specializing in services to state and local governments and non-profit organizations. He also was recently appointed by Governor John Kasich as Chair of the State Audit Committee for a term ending in June, 2020. He retired as Executive Director of the County Commissioners Association of Ohio (CCAO) in 2013 after serving the organization in a number of capacities for nearly 40 years. Prior to joining CCAO Long served as an Intelligence Specialist with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in Washington D.C; Director of the Ottawa County Regional Planning Commission; Executive Secretary of the Ohio Water & Sewer Rotary Commission; and as a Bureau Chief for the Ohio Department of Economic and Community Development.  Long, a native of Wadsworth in Medina County is a 1968 graduate of The Ohio State University with a BA in Geography. Long has also served as a member of the Ohio Farmland Preservation Task Force, the Legislative Task Force to Study Eminent Domain, the 21st Century Transportation Priorities Task Force, and the Legislative Local Government and Library Revenue Distribution Task Force. He is also a past President of the National Association of County Association Executives (NCCAE). A former board member of the Greater Ohio Policy Center and the Ohio Planning Conference, Long received the Outstanding Public Service Award in 2006 from the OSU School of Public Policy and Management.

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440 E. Hoewisher Rd
Sidney, OH 45365
Phone: 937-497-0200

Kaye Borchers is a Funding Specialist for Choice One Engineering, a consulting civil engineering firm in Sidney and Loveland, Ohio. Since joining the firm in 2005, Kaye and the engineers at Choice One have helped jurisdictions across Ohio apply for and receive millions in funding from ODOT, OPWC, CDBG, Ohio EPA, FEMA, ODNR, and USDA-RD. Kaye earned her bachelor’s from Bowling Green State University in 2003, where she majored in Scientific and Technical Communication. 

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9277 Centre Pointe Drive
West Chester, OH 45069
Phone: 513-870-8233

Ben is a Member in Frost Brown Todd's litigation department, and is a member of the firm’s governmental services and business litigation practice groups. The majority of Ben's practice is dedicated to Ohio township and municipality representation, particularly in the area of land use and zoning. He serves as zoning counsel to a variety of Southwest Ohio local governments, where he regularly deals in comprehensive planning, zoning code/resolution drafting, map and text amendments, planned unit developments, conditional uses, variances, code enforcement, and generalized staff consultation. When not working on behalf of local government clients, Ben represents a variety of private developers, businesses, and property owners as it pertains to real estate development and land use disputes. Ben has substantial experience in complex zoning-related commercial due diligence work, zoning permit approval procurement, eminent domain, administrative appeals, and injunctive and generalized litigation.  Ben is a 2007 graduate of the University Of Dayton School Of Law, where he held both law review and moot court team memberships. Prior to earning his J.D., he graduated cum laude from Lee University, with a Bachelor's of Arts in History.