State Council

The State Council is composed of the executive leadership team, regional coordinators, committee chairs, and other volunteer members who wish to serve on the State Council to guide the future of the organization. The executive leadership team is elected in two-year terms at biennial state conferences.

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Your Executive Team

STATE DIRECTOR

Kurt Bateman
(he/him)

ASSOCIATE STATE DIRECTOR

Kendall Mays
(he/him)

SECRETARY

Johnathon Ross, MD
(he/him)

TREASURER

Sachin Jindal, MD
(he/him)

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Your Regional Coordinators

REGION 1 – NORTHEAST OHIO

Diane Howard & Diana King

(she/her) & (she/her)

REGION 2 – NORTHWEST OHIO

Open Position

Volunteer today at span@spanohio.org.

REGION 3 – SOUTHEAST OHIO

Beth Workman

(she/her)

REGION 4 – SOUTHWEST OHIO

Suzanne Fuhrman & Chot Vanausdall

(she/her) & (he/him)

REGION 5 – CENTRAL OHIO

Mayo Makinde

(he/him)

REGION 6 – East Central Ohio

Jennifer Lopez

(she/her)

REGION 7 – WEST CENTRAL OHIO

Matt Noordsij-Jones, MD & Bill Davis

(he/him) & (he/him)

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Your Committee Chairs

Cliff Brown, Business

Kurt Bateman, Labor

Bob Parker, Communications

Dee Chavez, Lobby

Mindy Hedges, Marketing

Johnathon Ross, M.D., Conference

Nancy McCrickard, Equity

Cathe Caraway, Mobilization

Bill Davis, Membership

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Remainder of State Council

Nabila Babar

Tim Bruce

Brad Cotton

Cris Elstro

Carol Farris

Alice Faryna

Regina Freeman

Suzanne Fuhrman

Marlene Goldheimer

Connie Hammond

Mindy Hedges

David Hodges

Pia Kanistros

Bob Krasen

Al Navarro

Arlene Sheak

Dennis Slotnick

Kim Stricklin

Marilyn Webster

Matt Weaver

Cynthia Bamford

Matt Noordsi-Jones

James Bartosh

Dena Magoulious

Linda Brown

Laasya Acharya

Joan Matyskella

Yvonne Curington

Brian Griffin

Brian Houlehan

Cathe Caraway