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"Knowledge and understanding of international affairs is crucial to success in today’s shrinking world. The Columbus Council on World Affairs is helping to position Ohio as a leader in the 21 st Century through the wide variety of programs and services it offers."

– Bob Taft,
Former Governor of the State of Ohio

Board of Trustees

Timothy T. Degitz, Chair, Board of Trustees
   Honda of America Mfg., Inc.

Martijn Steger, Past Chair
   Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter Co., L.P.A.

Gayle E. Parkhill-Krein, Secretary
   Jones Day

Roger D. Campbell, Treasurer
   KeyBank

Russell P. Austin
   Battelle
Barbara K. Brandt
   Barbara K. Brandt, Inc.
David Cook
   Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease
Patrick Cornelius
   Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P.
Irving L. Dennis, CPA
   Ernst & Young
Luca P. Fontana, Ph.D.
   Ashland Specialty Chemicals
Ryan Helon
   Nationwide Mutual Capital, LLC
Anthony W. Huckeby
   International Services Group
Orvell Johns
   JP Morgan Chase
Jerry Ladman, Ph.D.
   The Ohio State University
Michael A. Lanese
   ClearSaleing, Inc.
Ted Lape
   LaSalle Bank

Douglas J. Matthews
   Right Management
Dixon Miller
   Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur
Aneezal H. Mohamed
  Cardinal Health
Bharat Nauriyal, Ph.D.
  IC Ventures., LLC
Christopher Pilkington
   National City
Amrin Singh
   Grange Insurance
Robert B. Smith
   The Columbus Dispatch (Retired)
Craig Stephens
   CAS
Kim L. Swanson
   RockBridge Capital, LLC
Dieter Wanner, Ph.D.
   The Ohio State University
Douglas J. Ward
  Fifth Third Bank

Honorary Trustees

Zuheir Sofia , Chairman, Honorary Trustees

Janet S. Adams
Charles A. Aldag
Chadwick F. Alger
James Bachmann
J. Kenneth Blackwell
Sherrod Brown
Enus Burigana
Jarret Chavous
John J. Chester
John. S. Christie
Mayor Michael Coleman
Eugene D’Angelo
Samuel B. Davis
John Eesley
Richard Emens
Gordon Gee
John B. Gerlach, Jr.
Russell Gertmenian
Mike A Gonsiorowski
Matthew Habash
Gene Harris
Bruce Henke

 


Koki Hirashima
Tom Hoaglin
Dr. Karen Holbrook
Ford Huffman
Melissa Ingwersen
Jay Jordan
Robert H. Jeffrey, II
Jerry Jurgensen
Jack W. Kessler
Carl Kohrt
Greg Lashutka
Dave Lauer
Mary K. Lazarus
Amos H. Lynch
John H. McConnell
Allan B. McFarland
Ty Marsh
Robert J. Massie
Michael Mentel
H. Theodore Meyer


Bob Milbourne
Val Moeller
Thomas Moyer
Dr. Peter Neckermann
Jim O'Brien
Dr. Paul Otte
Samuel H. Porter
Thomas B. Ridgely
Tom Shoupe
Alex Shumate
Howard D. Sirak, M.D.
Justice Evelyn L. Stratton
Dr. C. William Swank
Former Governor Bob Taft
Robert Trafford
Leslie Wexner
Frank Wobst
John F. Wolfe
Susan Zelman

 

© 2008 Columbus Council on World Affairs Last modified: June 20 2008