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Board Composition and Responsibilities

By law, the bipartisan board is made up of nine members, three each representing residential consumers, organized labor and family farmers. These board members are appointed by the Ohio Attorney General for a term of three years. They are confirmed by the Ohio Senate.

2012 Board Meeting Schedule

Governing Board Meetings are held bi-monthly on the third Tuesday. Below is the 2012 Board Meeting schedule

January 17	notice	agenda	minutes
March 20
May 15
July 17
September 18
November 20

The board conducts regular public meetings in Columbus at least every other month, usually at OCC's office on the 18th floor in the One Columbus building (10 West Broad Street, Suite 1800). Meetings are conducted under the Open Meeting Law.

2011 Board Meeting Schedule

January 18	notice	agenda	minutes
March 31 (Rescheduled from March 15)	notice	agenda	minutes
May 17	notice	agenda	minutes
July 19	notice	agenda	minutes
August 24	notice	agenda	minutes
September 21	notice	agenda	minutes
October 26	notice	agenda	minutes
November 15	notice	agenda	minutes
December 12	notice

Archived Meeting Minutes and Agendas

Current Governing Board Members

If you would like to write to any of OCC's Governing Board members, you may send correspondence to the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, 10 West Broad Street, 18th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215-3485, or e-mail your correspondence to: occ@occ.state.oh.us.

John Moliterno, chairman

Vice chairman, 2006 – 2011
Board member, 2003 – 2011
Representing residential consumers
Hometown: Girard

John Moliterno is president and chief executive officer of Pegasus Printing Group, which includes printing-related companies in Ohio and Pennsylvania. In addition, he is the treasurer of the City of Girard. Previously, Mr. Moliterno served as president and chief executive officer of the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce. He is a board member of the Youngstown State University Penguin Club and Better Business Bureau of Mahoning Valley, and chairman of the Trumbull County Workforce Development Board. Mr. Moliterno is a graduate of The Ohio State University with post-graduate studies at Notre Dame University.

Gene Krebs, vice-chairman

Board member, 2005 – present
Representing residential consumers
Hometown: Camden

Gene Krebs is co-director of Greater Ohio, an organization that is working to revitalize Ohio communities through land use reforms. He served as a state representative for House District 60 from 1993 – 2000. Mr. Krebs serves as a board member of the Ohio Mathematics and Science Coalition. Additionally, he is a member of the Camden Chamber of Commerce and the Preble County Farm Bureau. Mr. Krebs graduated from Bowling Green State University with a bachelor’s degree in biology, and has published articles in both scientific publications and the general press, such as The Wall Street Journal.

Harold Cassel

Board member, 2010 - present
Representing organized labor
Hometown: Castalia

Harold Cassel was appointed to the Governing Board in 2010. Mr Cassel is retired from the Chrysler Corp. and as an international representative of the United Auto Workers (UAW). He became a member of the UAW in 1974 at the Chrysler Plastics facility in Sandusky. He served in several positions, including president and chairperson of Local 1879 and on various regional advisory councils. He worked on organizing campaigns in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. Mr. Cassel was appointed to the international UAW staff in October 1995.

Sally A. Hughes

Board member, 2011 – present
Representing residential consumers
Hometown: Columbus

Sally A. Hughes serves as president and chief executive officer of Caster Connection, Inc., a company she founded and leads based on the principle of “constantly seeking ways to increase the value our customers receive for their investments in casters and wheels.”

Ms. Hughes began the business by selling casters out of her car and quickly expanded to providing heavy duty casters and wheels to industrial companies, which included General Motors. Ms. Hughes led her company’s efforts to implement and advance safety measures for moving heavy equipment, eventually expanding to provide services to the food service, commercial laundry and bakery industries.

Ms. Hughes currently serves on the Board of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO), Women’s Presidents Organization (WPO) and Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). Ms. Hughes graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor’s degree in English literature and Spanish.

Joe Logan

Board member, 2007 – present
Representing family farmers
Hometown: Kinsman

In addition to being an active farmer, Joe Logan serves as director of agricultural programs for the Ohio Environmental Council. He is the past president of the Ohio Farmers Union and served on the board of directors of the National Farmers Union, where he was chairman of the Budget and Audit Committee and vice chairman of the Legislative Committee. He previously served as president of the National Association of Farmer Elected Committees, representing the interests of locally elected committees in the 2,500 Farm Service Agency offices nationwide.

Anthony Peto

Board member, 2009 – present
Representing organized labor
Hometown: Chesterland

Anthony Peto serves as state political director for the Ohio Vicinity Regional Council of Carpenters (OVRCC). Previously, Mr. Peto served as an organizer for the OVRCC and as a journeyman carpenter with experience working on commercial projects, including single family homes and condominiums. He graduated from the Harvard Trade Union Program and graduated from a four-year carpentry trade program at the Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in Richfield.

Michael Watkins

Board member, 2010 - present
Representing organized labor
Hometown: Elida

Michael A. Watkins has served as a member of the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Lima Lodge #21 since 1976 when he began his career as a police officer in the city of Lima. He currently is serving his third term as president of FOP Lodge #21 after working for 12 years as its secretary. Mr. Watkins was the trustee of the FOP's 6th district from 1993-1995 and re-elected to the position which he has held since 2007. As a civilian employee with the Lima Police Dept., Mr. Watkins developed a series of video and audio public service announcements and developed a television program demonstrating activities and the work of various special department units. He attended the Ohio State University-Lima campus where he studied psychology.

Roger Wise

Board member, 2006 – present
Representing family farmers
Hometown: Fremont

Roger Wise is supervisor for the Sandusky Soil and Water District and president of the Ohio Farmers Union, the progressive family farm organization advocating for social and economic well being for all Ohio families. He is a trustee for Jackson Township in Sandusky County and previously served on the county’s boards of education and health. He is vice president of the Farmers Union in Sandusky County.

Fred Yoder

Board member, 2011 – present
Representing family farmers
Hometown: Plain City

As a fourth generation family farmer, Mr. Yoder is the owner and operator of Fred Yoder Farms. He is also a partner and executive vice president with Yoder Ag Services LLC, which markets seeds and consulting services.

Mr. Yoder currently serves as an Ohio delegate to the U.S.A. Poultry and Egg Export and U.S. Grains Councils; on the Ohio Corn and Wheat Political Action Committee, Wheat Growers Association and Ohio Corn Marketing Boards of Directors; Madison County Farm Bureau Board of Trustees; and as chairman of the Ohio chapter of the 25 by ’25 Alliance and National 25 by ’25 Adaptation Work Group. Mr. Yoder also is a past president of the Ohio Corn Growers Association and past chairman of the National Corn Growers Association Biotech Working Group and is a winner of the 2010 Ohio Livestock Coalition Environmental Stewardship Award.

Mr. Yoder has traveled extensively internationally and throughout the U.S. sharing information about biotechnology in farming and has been active in developing legislation to create market assurances for biofuels produced on the farm. He has testified on numerous occasions before the U.S. House and Senate Agriculture and Energy Committees and the House Small Business Committee, and has written many newspaper opinion pieces on issues important to Ohio and U.S. farmers.

OCC has had to cancel many of its services, including its consumer call center, due to recent budget cuts. We realize you may continue to need assistance with your utility services. OCC's website provides free access to publications and resources.

You may seek assistance with utility complaints from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio: 800-686-7826. For complaints about non-utility related services, you may call the Ohio Attorney General at 800-282-0515.