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About the Governing Board State Policy Development Committee as a delegate. J. Douglas Moormann Andra Troyer
He is a lifelong member of the American Jersey Cattle
By law, the Ohio Attorney General appoints Board member, 2017 – 2020 Board member, 2017 – 2020
members to the Consumers’ Counsel Governing Association. Representing family farmers Representing family farmers
Board. The Board consists of nine members, Hometown: Cincinnati Hometown: London
with three members appointed for each of three Fred Cooke
organized groups: residential consumers; labor; and Board member, 2013 – 2019 J. Douglas Moormann is the Vice Andra Troyer, along with her
family farmers. No more than five members of the Representing family farmers President of Development Strategies husband and son Jared, manage RLT
Board may be from the same political party. Board Hometown: Shelby Group, an economic development consulting firm Farms, a 1,600-acre farm that specializes in growing
members are confirmed by the Ohio Senate and
serve three-year terms. The Board is responsible for that he launched in 2011. His firm focuses on finding corn and soybeans. For 12 years Ms. Troyer served as the
appointing the Consumers’ Counsel (the Agency’s Fred Cooke runs a 1,200-acre farm economic strategies for both private development Southwest Regional State Trustee for Ohio Farm Bureau,
director) and the Deputy Consumers’ Counsel. with his son, Charlie, in Shelby, projects and local governments. Mr. Moormann has representing 20 counties regarding state and national
Ohio. He worked for 30 years as an educator teaching significant experience in legislative relations and issues that affect rural and urban America. As a trustee,
Michael A. Watkins agriculture at Greene County Vocational School, Willard state government. He served as the Vice President she provided guidance on daily operations and budgets.
High School and Shelby Senior High School, in addition of Economic Development and the Vice President of Ms. Troyer served as a Board Member on the Ohio
Chair, 2017 – present to teaching various courses at Southern State College
Vice-Chair, 2015 – 2017 Government Affairs during his nine-year tenure at the State University’s C. William Swank Advisory Board,
Board member, 2010 – 2020 in Wilmington. In recognition of his commitment to Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber from 2003-2011. dealing with rural and urban interface issues. She also
Representing organized labor education and preserving farm land, he was awarded the Mr. Moormann has also spent time working in the served in several advisory positions for Madison County,
Hometown: Elida Outstanding Educator of the Year and the Outstanding governor’s office, the Office of Criminal Justice Services, including Farm Bureau President, Chairman of the
Soil and Water Conservationist award by the Richland and the Controlling Board, Office of Budget and Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District,
Michael Watkins has served as Soil and Water Conservation District. He is a 30-year Management. Mr. Moormann currently serves as the and Board Member for the Madison County Chamber
a member of the Fraternal Order of Police (“FOP”), member of the Richland County Farm Bureau. chair of the European American Chamber of Commerce of Commerce. Ms. Troyer currently serves on the Lake
Lima Lodge No. 21 since 1976 when he began his of Greater Cincinnati, which he has served on since Choctaw Water Quality Committee. Ms. Troyer also
career as a police officer in Lima, Ohio. He retired as Kelly C. Moore 2013. Other committees he has served on include: works for the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
an active law enforcement officer in 1999. He currently Board member, 2015 – 2018 Agenda 360, Brent Spence Bridge Advisory Committee,
is serving his sixth term as president of FOP Lima Representing residential Southwest Ohio Region Workforce Investment Board, David J. Wondolowski
Lodge No. 21. Since 2003 he has been employed by the consumers and the Ohio Transportation Review Advisory Council. Board member, 2017 – 2018
FOP, Ohio Labor Council Inc. in Columbus, Ohio as an Hometown: Newark Representing organized labor
Administrative Assistant. Mr. Watkins was trustee of Roland “Butch” Taylor Hometown: Broadview Heights
the FOP’s 6th district from 1993-1995 and has served in Kelly Moore is the corporate Vice- Board member, 2013 – 2019
that position again since 2007. President of GKM Auto Parts, Inc., Representing organized labor David J. Wondolowski is a labor
an independent jobber of NAPA Auto Parts. A member Hometown: Stow leader that has served as Executive
Stuart Young of the National Federation of Independent Business/ Secretary of The Cleveland Building and Construction
Ohio (NFIB), Mrs. Moore serves as a member of the
Vice-Chair, 2017 – present Roland “Butch” Taylor has served Trades Council since 2013, which represents all of
Board member, 2012 – 2018 group’s Ohio Leadership Council. She serves on various as a member of Plumbers and the building trades unions and over 10,000 highly-
Representing family farmers committees, including the Workers Compensation Pipefitters Local 396 since 1992 and as Business skilled employees in Northeast Ohio. Additionally, Mr.
Hometown: Springfield committee and the Young Entrepreneur Foundation Manager since 2010. He previously served Local Wondolowski serves on the Cleveland/Cuyahoga County
Scholarship committee. She is the former Chair and 396 as Union President, Executive Board Member Workforce Investment Board. He is Vice President of the
Stuart Young is a third-generation Vice Chair of the Zanesville NFIB Area Action Council. and Business Agent. Mr. Taylor has been involved United Labor Agency, a member of the Cuyahoga County
dairy farmer. He is an owner and In addition, Mrs. Moore is a member of the West in Pathways to Building Trades, a grant that exposes Board of Elections, an Executive Board member for the
manager of Young’s Jersey Dairy Inc. in Yellow Springs, Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. students to careers as plumbers, electricians, carpenters North Shore AFL-CIO, and a member of the NOACA’s
Ohio, where he is responsible for managing the farm and other skilled trades. Mr. Taylor also serves on Business Advisory Committee. Mr. Wondolowski
operation, Jersey herd and cheese production. He has the Boards of Leadership of the Mahoning Valley, also holds membership with the Greater Cleveland
also served on the Hustead Volunteer Fire Department Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber and Chamber Partnership (GCP), where he is a Board member of their
for 36 years. He previously served the Clark County of Commerce. He was honored as the Regional Commission on Economic Inclusion, and an Executive
Farm Bureau on the Board of Directors and as Chamber’s Labor Leader of the Year in 2012. Board member of the Construction, Diversity, and
President. He has served as a member of the Ohio Inclusion Committee. Formerly, Mr. Wondolowski served
Cattlemen’s Association and The Ohio Farm Bureau’s on Broadview Heights City Council from 2003-2007 and
was a member of the Ohio Public Works Commission.

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