Columbus, Ohio – Ohio Governor Ted Strickland announced today the following appointments to state university boards of trustees.
The Bowling Green State University Board of Trustees
Fran Voll, of Marion, has been named to the Bowling Green State University Board of Trustees for a nine-year term. Voll is a graduate of Bowling Green State University and a former women’s basketball coach and assistant athletic director at the university. He currently serves on the BGSU Alumni Association Board of Directors. Voll is currently employed by the Catholic Diocese of Columbus.
The Kent State University Board of Trustees
Dennis Eckart, of Concord, has been named to the Kent State University Board of Trustees for a nine-year term. Eckart graduated from Xavier University in 1971 and received his law degree from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1974. Eckart served as a U.S. Congressman from 1981-1993 and as a member of the Ohio General Assembly from 1975-1980. He was the president/CEO of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association from 2000-2003 and is currently self-employed.
The Ohio University Board of Trustees
Sandra Anderson, of Dublin, has been appointed to the Ohio University Board of Trustees for a nine-year term. A 1973 graduate of Ohio University, Anderson has served several years on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the Scripps College of Communication. Anderson grew up on a farm in Ross County and graduated from McClain High School in Highland County. Anderson is currently employed by Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease LLP.
Tracy Kelly, of Lancaster, has been named to the Ohio University Board of Trustees as a student member for a two-year term. Kelly has maintained a GPA of 3.391 since enrollment in 2000. She received the Outstanding Female Student Leader Award for the OU Lancaster Campus in 2007 and is a member of the Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society, the OU Lancaster Campus Student Senate, and the Leadership Enhancement Acquisition Delegation (L.E.A.D.) Team.
The Ohio State University Board of Trustees
Algenon Marbley, of Columbus, has been named to the Ohio State University Board of Trustees for a nine-year term. Marbley received his bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina and law degree from Northwestern University. Marbley has served since 1997 as judge for the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division. He previously worked as a partner in the law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease.
Debra Van Camp, of Lancaster, has been named to the Ohio State University Board of Trustees as a student member for a two-year term. Van Camp, a sophomore at Ohio State, is studying agriculture and maintains a 3.72 GPA. She is a recipient of the Land Grant Opportunity Scholarship, National FFA scholarship, and served as the deputy director of Marketing Research in the Undergraduate Student Government. During the summer of 2006, she traveled to China to attend the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences for five months.
The Youngstown State University Board of Trustees
Harry Meshel, of Youngstown, has been named to the Youngstown State University Board of Trustees for a nine-year term. Meshel graduated from East High School in Youngstown and the Youngstown College School of Business Administration. He received his master’s degree from Columbia University. Meshel served as the state senator for the 33rd District from 1971-1993, spending 1983-1984 as the president and majority leader of the Senate, and 1985-1990 as the Senate’s minority leader.