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25 South Front St
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614.752.1465

For the past 4 years Brian has served as the Executive Director of the Office of School Finance at the Ohio Department of Education.  Prior to becoming Executive Director, he served as the Director of the Office of Federal and State Grants Management for 12 years. With Brian’s expanded role he not only oversees Office of Grants Management, but now manages additional offices which include; Field Services, Fiscal Oversight and Accountability, External Monitoring, Transportation and Medicaid.

In addition, Brian served on the steering committee to develop and implement a new Statewide E-grant system.  The new system rolled out in 2017 with several agencies in implementation mode.

Prior to joining the ODE, Brian served with the Auditor of State and the Ohio Department of Development as Audit Supervisor.  During his time with the Auditor of State’s Office Brian was in charge of the Department Human Services at both the state and county levels.   While with the Department of Development he completed financial/programmatic compliance audits and technical assistance to Cities, Counties and Non-Profits.

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2000 Huntington Center
41 South High Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 365-2799

  Allison Binkley focuses her practice on serving as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel and purchaser’s counsel on general obligation financings, tax increment financings, utility revenue financings and special obligation financings. Her client base includes the State of Ohio, counties, municipalities, townships, port authorities, school districts, state universities, trustees, letter of credit banks, investment banking firms and financial institutions.  Allison has also served as bond counsel on 501(c)(3) and health care conduit financings. 
Allison has been recognized as a 2024 Best Lawyers in America for Public Finance Law and an Ohio Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2012-2017.  Allison is a member of the Ohio Government Finance Officers Association, for which she serves as a trustee and on the education committee.  Allison also serves on the board of Women in Public Finance – Ohio Chapter.  She is also a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers.
Prior to beginning her legal career, Allison served as an economist for the Ohio Legislative Service Commission.  In that position, she staffed the Senate Finance and Financial Institutions Committee for which she drafted amendments to and coordinated the State of Ohio’s biennial operating and capital budget bills.

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41 S High St
2000 Huntington Center
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614.365.2796

Tony Core’s practice focuses on working with the State of Ohio, counties, municipalities, townships, port authorities, school districts, hospitals and other 501(c)(3) entities, serving as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel on general obligation, revenue and tax increment financings, and advising governmental entities in connection with economic development projects.

Prior to beginning his legal career, Tony served for several years as a constituent aide in the Ohio Senate for several senators, providing him his first experience of public service and working with governmental entities.

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88 E Broad St, 7th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-460-3416

Sam Adams joined KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. in 2016. He was previously at PNC Capital Markets and Lancaster Pollard (a boutique mortgage and investment bank). He has been working with public finance clients for 6 years.  Mr. Adams has experience structuring debt solutions for clients in public finance, including Municipalities, School Districts and project developments ranging from affordable housing to healthcare. Mr. Adams specializes in assisting school districts with structured debt solutions and credit rating analysis and optimization. He has been the lead banker on both publically offered issues, rated and unrated, as well as privately placed issues.  His clients include school districts, state agencies, cities, counties, various not-for-profit entities and private developers. 

Mr. Adams graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Economics, from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law with a J.D. and from the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business with an M.B.A. He holds the FINRA Series 7, 63 and 79 licenses. Prior to his career in finance, he worked in management consulting. He is a former Board Member of the Ohio Municipal Advisory Council.

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6125 Memorial Drive
Dublin, OH 43017
Phone: (614) 760-2111

Jason Headings holds a B.S. in Marketing and a B.S. in Finance from Miami University, Richard T. Farmer School of Business and is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). He has over 12 years of investment experience. As Portfolio Manager of the Meeder Money Market Fund, he has been recognized with the Money Fund Intelligence Award by Crane Data in 2012 and 2013 and the “Top Manager Award” from iMoneyNet in 2011 and 2014. Each of those years the Fund ranked highest in the United States amongst all prime retail money market funds. He is an instructor at various educational seminars.

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98 Commerce Park Drive
Westerville, OH 43082
Phone: 6144319116

Katie Johnson is the Deputy Executive Director of the Ohio Association of School Business Officials (OASBO). Prior to joining OASBO, she practiced as a public finance attorney, serving as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel in debt and lease financings, and as general counsel for Ohio political subdivisions, particularly school districts. 

In addition, she has experience working with school districts throughout Ohio on bond issues, note issues, leases, contracts, tax levies, public records, and other matters of concern to school business officials. 

As OASBO’s Deputy Executive Director, she serves as in-house legal counsel, keeping staff and OASBO members abreast of legal and regulatory compliance issues in school business.

Prior to beginning her legal career, Katie was a middle school mathematics teacher. She has continued to work with school district throughout her career as a public finance attorney and now as OASBO’s Deputy Executive Director.  Katie is currently the President of Ohio Women in Public Finance.