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Departing Governing Board Members Senior Management

Gene Krebs Advisory Board and the Women’s Leadership Network
Advisory Council for Otterbein University. Ms. Hughes Bruce Weston issues involving the transition to competitive markets for
Chair, 2012 – 2017 utility services. Prior to joining the Agency, he worked
Vice-Chair, 2011 – 2012 recently received recognition as 2016 SBA Business Bruce Weston has served
Board member, 2005 – 2017 Person of the Year from the SBA for the State of Ohio and Ohioans as the Consumers’ for 24 years as an accountant, analyst, and attorney for
Representing residential 2016 Enterprising Women of the Year Award winner. Counsel (Agency Director), by American Electric Power.
consumers
Hometown: Camden Ms. Hughes’ tenure on the Governing Board ended in appointment of the Consumers’
July 2017. Counsel Governing Board, since Dan Shields
Gene Krebs was appointed to the OCC Governing Board March 2012. Previously, Mr. Dan Shields joined the Agency as
in 2005 and was reappointed to the Board by both Regina M. Mitchell Weston served as the Deputy Consumers’ Counsel Director of the Analytical Department
Republican and Democrat Attorneys General. Mr. Krebs Board member, 2017 and directed the Agency’s Legal Department. Mr. in March 2014. He is responsible
spent three years on the Eaton City School Board, eight Representing residential consumers Weston brings 35 years of experience in public for administering the accounting,
years in the Ohio House of Representatives, four years as Hometown: Warren utilities law to the Agency and its services to economic, and financial analyses
Preble County Commissioner, and five years on the Preble Ohio residential consumers. He is committed to associated with utility rate filings
County Planning Commission. He has served on the Joint Regina M Mitchell has served as protecting consumers’ interests. His priorities and other regulatory proceedings that affect Ohio’s
Committee on High Technology Start-up Business, Sales President and Chief Operating Officer include reasonable rates, competitive markets and residential utility consumers. He provides advice and
Tax Holiday Study Committee (Chair), and the Eminent of Warren Fabricating Corporation and Managing reliable service for Ohioans. Prior to joining the recommendations for the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel’s
Domain Task Force, all by legislative appointment. Mr. Member for Ohio Steel Sheet & Plate, Inc. She has served Agency for a second time in October 2004, Mr. utility advocacy on technical and policy issues related
Krebs was appointed by Gov. Ted Strickland to serve on on the Executive Boards for the Youngstown Warren Weston was in private law practice. He served as to regulation and legislation. Before joining the Agency,
Ohio’s 21st Century Transportation Task Force and most Regional Chamber of Commerce, Youngstown/Warren
recently by Gov. John Kasich to the Local Government Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and her legal counsel for clients in cases involving utility Mr. Shields served as the Federal Energy Advocate
Innovation Council. After ending his second stint with a alma mater, John F. Kennedy school system. She is most rates, service quality, industry restructuring and at the PUCO and was Director of the Office of the
think tank, he co-authored Bridges Across Every Divide proud of the work she does as founder & trustee for the competition. Mr. Weston received his bachelor’s Federal Energy Advocate. He earlier served as a PUCO
with noted writer Phil DeVol on bridging the political Regina M Rebhan Family Foundation. degree in business administration from the Senior Policy Specialist on state and federal energy and
divide to bridge the economic divide. University of Cincinnati. He began his career at telecommunications issues.
Fred Yoder the Agency in 1978 as a legal intern. After earning
Mr. Krebs resigned from the Board in July 2017. his law degree from The Ohio State University
Board member, 2011 – 2017 Monica Hunyadi
Representing family farmers College of Law, he began a 12-year tenure as an
Sally A. Hughes Hometown: Plain City attorney for the Agency. Mr. Weston served as the Monica Hunyadi joined the Ohio
chair of the Public Utilities Law Committee of the Consumers’ Counsel in September
Board member, 2011 – 2017 2013. As the Chief of Staff – Non-Case
Representing residential Fred Yoder is the owner and operator Ohio State Bar Association for two years ending in
consumers of Fred Yoder Farms in Plain City, June 2012. Services, she provides assistance to
Hometown: Columbus Ohio. He also is a partner and Chairman with Yoder Ag the Consumers’ Counsel on special
Services, LLC, a retail seed and consulting company. projects affecting Ohio consumers
Sally Hughes has served as President Mr. Yoder currently serves as a member of the Trump and the Agency. She leads the Agency’s Operations
and Chief Executive Officer of Agriculture Advisory Committee; the AGree Advisory and Public Affairs Departments toward meeting
Caster Connection, Inc., a business founded upon the Council and their Risk Management Task Force; the Larry Sauer objectives for services within the Agency and for the
solid principle of “providing ergonomic caster and Ohio Corn and Wheat Growers Association; and is a Larry Sauer was appointed as the public. She previously served as the Agency’s Director
wheel solutions to decrease injuries in the workplace.” director of the 25 x ’25 Alliance, which is part of the Deputy Consumers’ Counsel by the of Operations from 1996-2005. She then accepted a
Her multi-million dollar company serves thousands of Solutions from the Land LLC. He also serves as the Consumers’ Counsel Governing Board position as the Director of Human Resources at the
companies throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Chair of the North American Climate Smart Agriculture in September 2014. As Deputy, he Supreme Court of Ohio. In addition to leading human
Europe. Ms. Hughes currently serves on the Board of Alliance, promoting adaptation to a changing climate performs the duties of the Consumers’ resources, she also taught various human resource
the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and is a member of while reducing agriculture’s carbon footprint. He was Counsel during any times of the
the Entrepreneurs’ Organization, Women Presidents recognized by the White House as a Champion for Consumers’ Counsel’s unavailability. Mr. Sauer also serves courses for the Ohio Judicial College and the Ohio
Organization Platinum Group, Women’s Business Change in 2013, and he was inducted into the Ohio as the Director of the Legal Department. Mr. Sauer joined Association of Court Administrators.
Enterprise National Council and National Association Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2011. the Agency in March 2003 as an Assistant Consumers’
of Women Business Owners. She is on the Board of Counsel. He has served as counsel in electric and natural
The Wellington School, Enterprising Women Magazine Mr. Yoder’s tenure on the Governing Board ended in gas cases, and he has advised the Agency on consumer
July 2017.

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