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12.21.06 - Strickland Appoints Insurance, ODJFS Directors
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Columbus, Ohio – Ohio Governor-elect Ted Strickland and Transition Chair Mayor Michael Coleman announced today the appointments of Helen Jones-Kelley as the director of the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services and Mary Jo Hudson as director of the Ohio Department of Insurance.
“Mary Jo and Helen bring a wealth of practical experience and an inspiring commitment to public service to their new roles,” Strickland said. “They will be steadfast advocates for all Ohioans, and join us in our efforts to turnaround Ohio.”
Both Hudson and Jones-Kelley are leaving positions in local government to take on these director positions.
“We continue to move forward with leaders with tested experience, and I’m proud to see candidates like Helen and Mary Jo step up to the challenges ahead,” Coleman said. “These two bring local and statewide skills balanced with common sense, and they’re going to be great assets in the Governor-elect’s cabinet.”
This year, Jones-Kelley was named the director of the Montgomery County Department of Jobs and Family Services after the Montgomery County departments of Jobs and Family Services and Children Services merged. Jones-Kelley served as the executive director of the Montgomery County Children Services Department since 1995. She is also a licensed attorney.
Prior to her work with Children Services, Jones-Kelley served as a referee (Magistrate) and Assistant Legal Director for Montgomery County Juvenile Court, where she started the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program. In 2003, she was appointed co-chair of the statewide Advisory Council on Children, Youth and Families.
Jones-Kelley received her Bachelor’s degree in Secondary English Education from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She earned her law degree from the University of Dayton School of Law.
“I am grateful for this opportunity to continue to be an advocate for children, families and workers in every county in Ohio,” Jones-Kelley said.
Hudson is currently a member of the Columbus City Council and chairs the Jobs and Economic Development Committee. She is also an attorney at Bailey Cavalieri LLC.
From 1989 to 1996, Hudson worked for the Ohio Department of Insurance and Office of the Ohio Insurance Liquidator as Deputy Liquidator and Liquidation Counsel and a Special Services Attorney. Hudson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration from Miami University and her law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
“I am honored by Governor-elect Strickland’s appointment, and I am excited to return to the Department of Insurance to help turnaround Ohio during this critical time in our state’s history,” Hudson said.
These appointments are subject to the advice and consent of the Ohio Senate.
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12.8.06 - Strickland Appoints Budget & Management Director, Tax Commissioner
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Columbus, Ohio – Ohio Governor-elect Ted Strickland and Transition Chair Mayor Michael Coleman announced today the appointments of Pari Sabety as director of the Office of Budget and Management and Richard A. Levin as Tax Commissioner.
“In Pari and Rich, we’ve found two exceedingly bright and capable leaders to ensure that our state government is managed in an efficient manner that promotes economic growth and limits unnecessary taxation and regulation," Strickland said. "I have asked them to begin putting together a budget that emphasizes the priorities of our Turnaround Ohio plan--growing a highly skilled workforce and spurring job creation.”
A certified public accountant, Sabety brings more than 20 years of experience in the field of economic development to her role as OBM director. A former economic policy adviser to Governor Richard Celeste and director of the Technology Policy Group at Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business, Sabety was most recently a fellow at the Brookings Institution and director of the think tank’s Urban Markets Initiative.
“The Strickland-Fisher Turnaround Ohio plan provides a clear blueprint for our work,” Sabety said. “From building on our regional economies to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship to promoting the production of alternative and renewable energy, we will invest in what really matters while living within our means.”
Levin was a Deputy State Tax Commissioner from 1983-1991, before founding Levin, Driscoll & Fleeter, a consulting firm that specializes in assisting state and local governments, school districts and businesses with complex public policy analysis surrounding taxation. Levin has also served as the Bexley City Auditor and as a lecturer at the School of Public Policy and Management at Ohio State University, the Franklin University College of Business and the Capital University School of Law.
“We will honor the hard work that led to Ohio's landmark tax reform last year and will work to ensure that Ohio’s businesses and citizens find a predictable and stable tax code,” Levin said.
Governor-elect Strickland will deliver his first proposed budget to the state legislature by March 15.
The appointments are subject to the advice and consent of the Ohio Senate.
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12.4.06 - Strickland, Mayor Coleman Announce Transition Team Leaders
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Columbus, Ohio - Ohio Governor-elect Ted Strickland and Transition Chair Mayor Michael Coleman today announced the Strickland-Fisher Transition leaders who will convene state government review teams to evaluate current practices and report their findings to the new administration.
The transition teams will be concentrated in 14 major areas, including: Education, Economic Development and Workforce, Environment and Natural Resources, Regulatory Climate, Justice, Health and Human Services, Community Safety and Security, Budget and Revenues, General Government and State Resources, Ethics, Personnel, Local/State Relations, Government Efficiency and Veterans Affairs.
"We are excited about the committed and talented leaders from across our state who have agreed to head up these government review teams," Coleman said. "They will evaluate what our state is doing right and where we can improve, and report their findings to Governor-elect Strickland to help guide his administration."
The teams will evaluate budget, regulations and performance of various government agencies and departments. Below is a breakdown of the transition team chairs and their sub-groups.
BUDGET AND REVENUES
Chair Pari Sabety, Strickland-Fisher Transition Senior Policy Adviser
Chair John Reardon, Mahoning County Treasurer | Office of Budget and Management | Pari Sabety, Coordinator | Strickland-Fisher Transition Senior Policy Adviser/ Former Brookings Institution Fellow | | Tax Department | Rich Levin, Coordinator | Former Deputy State Tax Commissioner | COMMUNITY SAFETY AND SECURITY
Chair Frank Jackson, Mayor of Cleveland
Chair John Smith, Former Adjutant General | Department of Public Safety | Dale Shipley, Coordinator | Former Executive Director, Ohio Emergency Management Agency | | Adjutant General's Office | John Smith, Coordinator | Former Adjutant General |
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE
Chair Don Plusquellic, Mayor of Akron
Chair Mark Barbash, Columbus Development Director
| Department of Development | Terri Gehr, Coordinator
Sharon Sobol Jordan, Coordinator | Chief Financial Officer, Columbus State Community College
CEO, Center for Families and Children | | Department of Agriculture | Bobby Moser, Coordinator | VP Agricultural Administration, Ohio State University | | ODJFS-Workforce Investment Act | Rosie Picklesimer, Coordinator
Jeff Weber, Coordinator | Director, Workforce Connections
Executive Director, Workforce One Investment Board of Southwest Ohio | | ODOT - Ohio Department of Transportation/ Turnpike Commission | Jim Beasley, Coordinator | Brown County Engineer | | ODOT - Buy Ohio | Kenny Holland, Coordinator | Secretary Treasurer, Laborer's District Council of Ohio | | Governor's Office of Appalachia | Fred Deel, Coordinator | Gallia County Commissioner | | Ohio Historical Society | Amos Loveday, Coordinator | Former State Historic Preservation Officer | | Commission on African American Males | Ron Browder, Coordinator
Dr. O'dell Owens, Coordinator | Director, Children's Defense Fund-Ohio
Hamilton County Coroner | | Commission on Hispanic-Latino Affairs | Baldemar Velasquez, Coordinator
Lupe Williams, Coordinator | President, Farm Labor Organizing Committee/AFL-CIO
Lecturer, Ohio State University-Wooster | EDUCATION
Chair C.J. Prentiss, Ohio Senate Minority Leader | Department of Education | George Wood, Coordinator | Principal on leave, Federal Hocking High School | | School Facilities Commission | Ralph Cole, Coordinator | Laborer's District Council of Ohio | | Tuition Trust Authority | Chad Wick, Coordinator | President, KnowledgeWorks Foundation | | Board of Regents | Chad Wick, Coordinator | President, KnowledgeWorks Foundation | | Higher Ed Facilities Commission | Chad Wick, Coordinator | President, KnowledgeWorks Foundation | ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Chair Charles "Rocky" Saxbe, Partner, Chester, Willcox & Saxbe | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | Sean Logan, Coordinator | Columbiana County Commissioner | | Environmental Protection Agency | Joe Secrest, Coordinator | Guernsey Co. Commissioner | | Air Quality Development Authority | Tom Chema, Coordinator | President, Hiram College | | Ohio Water Development Authority | Tom Chema, Coordinator | President, Hiram College |
ETHICS
Chair Nathaniel Jones, Retired Federal Appeals Court Judge
| Ohio Ethics Commission | Steve Dettelbach, Coordinator | Partner, Baker Hostetler | | Inspector General | Roy Landreth, Coordinator
Charlie Luken, Coordinator | Former Deputy Assistant Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor
Former Mayor of Cincinnati | | Elections Commission | Terri Enns, Coordinator | Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Ohio State University |
GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE RESOURCES
Chair Len Roberts, Dayton Clerk of Commission
| Department of Administrative Services | Ty Marsh, Coordinator
Alexis Clark-Amison, Coordinator | CEO, Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Interim President, Northern Ohio Minority Business Council | | Ohio Building Authority | John Gilligan, Coordinator | Partner, Schottenstein Zox & Dunn Co | | Lottery Commission | Mayor Dean DePiero, Coordinator | Mayor of Parma | | Racing Commission | Dwight Tillery, Coordinator | Former Cincinnati Mayor | | Expositions Commission | Mike Noel, Coordinator | Scioto County Agricultural Society | | Ohio Public Works Commission | Keith Early, Coordinator | Lucas County Engineer | | Ohio Arts Council | Susan Saxbe, Coordinator
Patrick Shepherd, Coordinator
Dr. Barbara Nicholson, Coordinator | Arts Consultant
Associate Director, Cleveland Film Society
Executive Director, MLK Performing & Cultural Arts Center |
GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY
Chair Eric Fingerhut, Ohio State Senator
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chair Barbara Sykes, Ohio State Representative and President, Ohio Legislative Black Caucus
| Department of Aging | Rep. Catherine Barrett, Coordinator | State Representative | | Department of Health | Doni Miller, Coordinator | CEO, Neighborhood Health Association | | ODADAS | Charleta Tavares, Coordinator | Executive Director, Multiethnic Advocates for Cultural Competence and Columbus City Councilwoman | | MRDD | Susan Ignelzi, Coordinator | Ohio Family and Children First Initiative | | ODMH | Amy Rohling McGee, Coordinator | Executive Director, Ohio Association of Free Clinics | | ODJFS-Human Services | Yvette McGee Brown, Coordinator
David Ellis, Coordinator | President, Center for Child and Family Advocacy
Director Policy Planning and Programs, Center for Community Solutions | | Minority Health Commission | Dr. Harry Walker, Coordinator | Director, MetroHealth Center for Community Health | | Governor's Office of Faith-Based Initiatives | Eric McFadden, Coordinator | Field Director, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good | | Rehabilitation Services Commission | Marjory Pizzuti, Coordinator | CEO, Goodwill Columbus | | Ohio Housing Finance Agency | Jim Rokakis, Coordinator | Cuyahoga County Treasurer | | Ohio Commission on Fatherhood | Peter Lawson Jones, Coordinator | Cuyahoga County Commissioner | JUSTICE
Chair Bill Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor | Rehabilitation and Corrections | Ron Edwards, Coordinator | Former Regional Director, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction | | Department of Youth Services | Mayor Mark Mallory, Coordinator
Cheri Walter, Coordinator | Mayor of Cincinnati
CEO, Ohio Association of County Behavioral Health Authorities | | Legal Rights Service | Mimi Dane, Coordinator | Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey | | Dispute Resolution | Mimi Dane, Coordinator | Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey | | Civil Rights Commission | Jaladah Aslam, Coordinator | AFSCME Ohio Council 8 |
LOCAL/STATE RELATIONS
City/State Relations
Chair Carty Finkbeiner, Mayor of Toledo
Chair Marcia Fudge, Mayor of Warrensville Heights
Chair Rhine McLin, Mayor of Dayton
Chair Joe Sulzer, Mayor of Chillicothe Chair Sabra Pierce Scott, Cleveland City Councilwoman
County/State Relations
Chair Peter Lawson Jones, Cuyahoga County Commissioner
Chair Mark Forni, Monroe County Commissioner
PERSONNEL
Chair John Haseley, Director, Strickland-Fisher Transition
REGULATORY CLIMATE
Chair Jerry Tatar, Former CEO of MeadeWestvaco
| Department of Commerce | Hugh Quill, Coordinator | Montgomery County Treasurer | | Bureau of Workers Compensation/Industrial Commission | Phil Fulton, Coordinator
Catherine Duhigg, Coordinator | Philip J. Fulton Law Office
Manager, Workers' Compensation, Eaton Corporation | | Public Utilities Commission | Mark D. Griffin, Coordinator | Griffin Law Firm | | Ohio Consumers Counsel | Mark D. Griffin, Coordinator | Griffin Law Firm | | Department of Insurance | Mary Jo Hudson, Coordinator | Columbus City Councilwoman |
VETERANS AFFAIRS
Chair Teresa Fedor, Ohio Senate Minority Leader-elect
Chair Steve Stivers, Ohio State Senator
Chair John Boccieri, Ohio State Representative, State Senator-elect
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12.4.06- Strickland Statement on Passing of OFT President Tom Mooney
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Ohio Governor-elect Ted Strickland made the following statement regarding the passing of Ohio Federation of Teachers President Tom Mooney:
I am deeply saddened to hear of the unexpected passing of Tom Mooney, an outspoken advocate for improving our education system in Ohio and across the country.
No one was more passionate about providing our children with an equal opportunity to learn and compete in a global society. And Tom was not afraid to challenge the status quo. He pushed higher standards while fighting to create a constitutional system of school funding in Ohio that is both adequate and equitable.
He will be greatly missed by all of us who know that Ohio's future depends on a first-class system of education that fosters all of the talents of our children.
Tom was my friend, and I extend my sincere condolences to his family and many friends.
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