Governing Board
About the Governing Board
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.
The board conducts regular public meetings in Columbus, usually at OCC's office in the Capitol Square building at 65 East State Street, Suite 700. Meetings are conducted under the Open Meeting Law.
2025 Board Meeting Schedule
| January 21 | Notice | Minutes |
| March 18 | Notice | Minutes |
| May 20 | Notice | Minutes |
| July 15 | Notice | Minutes |
| September 9 | Notice | Minutes |
| November 18 | Notice | Minutes |
Past Governing Board Minutes
Governing Board Resolutions
Governing Board Resolutions
| Date Sort ascending | Description | Chair | View Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Honor of Kelly C. Moore | Watkins | OCC Board Resolution Honoring Kelly C. Moore (2.47 MB) | |
| In Honor of Jeff Jacobson | Watkins | OCC Board Resolution Honoring Jeff Jacobson (302.28 KB) | |
| In Honor of Bruce Weston | Watkins | OCC Board Resolution Honoring Consumers' Counsel Bruce Weston (144.05 KB) | |
| In Honor of Larry Sauer | Watkins | OCC Board Resolution Honoring Deputy Sauer (112.29 KB) | |
| In Honor of Dr. Daniel Duann | Watkins | Dr Duann Resolution signed.pdf (94.64 KB) | |
| In Honor of Timothy Callion | Watkins | Mr Callion Resolution signed.pdf (82.96 KB) | |
| In Honor of Stuart Young | Watkins | OCC Board Resolution Honor Stuart Young (80.49 KB) | |
| In Honor of David Wondolowski | Watkins | Bd. R. 2020-4 David Wondolowski.pdf (219.83 KB) | |
| In Honor of Andra Troyer | Watkins | Bd. R. 2020-3 Andra Troyer.pdf (217.83 KB) | |
| In Favor of Reform of the Process for Selecting People to Serve the Public as PUCO Commissioners | Watkins | OCC Board Resolution Commissioner Selection Process (524.27 KB) | |
| In Opposition to Substitute HB246 That Would Politicize and Weaken the Utility Watchdog Role of the Consumers’ Counsel Governing Board and the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel | Watkins | OCC ResolutionHB246 061720.pdf (59.94 KB) | |
| In Honor of J. Douglas Moormann | Watkins | 091719 OCC Board Resolution Honor Doug Moormann _2.pdf (95.48 KB) | |
| In Honor of Roland "Butch" Taylor | Watkins | 091719 OCC Board Resolution Honor Butch Taylor _1.pdf (3.45 MB) | |
| In Honor of Beverlyn Johns | Watkins | 091719 OCC Board Resolution Honor Beverlyn Johns _1.pdf (3.32 MB) | |
| In Honor of Fred Cooke | Watkins | 091719 OCC Board Resolution Honor Fred Cooke.pdf (3.32 MB) | |
| In Support of Legislation for Regulatory Reform to Protect Consumers by Enabling Refunds of Improper Utility Charges | Watkins | 071619-OCC-Board-Resolution-Legislation-to-Enable-Refunds.pdf (3.57 MB) | |
| In Support of the Ohio General Assembly's Vision for an Energy Future Based on Competition by Power Plants, Not Subsidies by Consumers. And in Support of a Strong and Independent Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel to Represent and Educate Residential Utility Consumers for Consumer Protection | Vice-Chair Young | 052119 OCC Board Resolution HB6 and HB246_0.pdf (91.36 KB) | |
| In Support of the Ohio General Assembly’s Vision for an Energy Future Based on Power Plant Competition Where Competitors, not Monopoly Utilities, Generate Power at Lower Prices and Higher Innovation for Ohioans | Watkins | 2019-01-15.pdf (2.31 MB) | |
| In Support of Legislation to Eliminate Electric Security Plans and Enable Refunds | Watkins | 2018-05-15-1 In Support of Legislation to Eliminating Electric Security Plans and Enabling Refunds_0.pdf (213.17 KB) | |
| In Support of Preserving Affordable Basic Local Telephone Service | Watkins | 2018-05-15-2 In Support of Preserving Affordable Basic Local Telephone Service_0.pdf (238.43 KB) | |
| ln Honor of Gene Krebs | Watkins | 2017-09-12_Honoring-Gene-Krebs_Board-Resolution.pdf (98.81 KB) | |
| In Honor of Sally Hughes | Krebs | 2017-07-18-2 In Honor of Sally Hughes_0.pdf (156.02 KB) | |
| In Honor of Fred Yoder | Krebs | 2017-07-18-1 In Honor of Fred Yoder_0.pdf (159.77 KB) | |
| In Honor of Michael Smalz | Krebs | 2017-07-18_Honoring-Michael-Smalz_Board-Resolution.pdf (2.7 MB) | |
| In Support of Protections for Consumers Who Purchase via Submetering | Krebs | Resolution In Support of Protections for Consumers Who Purchase via Submetering (219 KB) | |
| In Honor Of Susheela Suguness | Krebs | 2015-07-21-1 In Honor Of Susheela Suguness_0.pdf (121.38 KB) | |
| In Honor of Melissa Yost | Krebs | 2014-11-12-1 In Honor of Melissa Yost_0.pdf (134.8 KB) | |
| In Honor of Joe Logan | Krebs | 2013-11-19-1 In Honor of Joe Logan_1(1).pdf (116.34 KB) | |
| In Support of Basic Local Telephone Service | Krebs | 2013-06-04-1 In Support of Basic Local Telephone Service_0.pdf (56.8 KB) | |
| In Support of Regulatory Processes | Krebs | 2013-06-04-2 In Support of Regulatory Processes_0.pdf (95.59 KB) | |
| In Support of Preserving Utility Standard Offers | Krebs | 2013-01-15-1 In Support of Preserving Utility Standard Offers_0.pdf (197.9 KB) | |
| In Honor of Roger Wise | Krebs | 2012-09-18-4 In Honor of Roger Wise.pdf (207.47 KB) | |
| In Honor of John Moliterno | Krebs | 2012-09-18-3 In Honor of John Moliterno_0.pdf (197.91 KB) | |
| In Honor of Harold Cassel | Krebs | 2012-09-18-2 In Honor of Harold Cassel_0.pdf (196.62 KB) | |
| In Honor of Anthony Peto | Krebs | 2012-09-18-1 In Honor of Anthony Peto_0.pdf (187.78 KB) | |
| In Honor of Janine Migden-Ostrander | Moliterno (Vice Chair) | 2011-11-15-1 In Honor of Janine Migden-Ostrander.pdf (207.93 KB) | |
| In Honor of Jerome G. Solove | Moliterno (Vice Chair) | 2011-09-21-2 In Honor of Jerome G. Solove.pdf (181.17 KB) | |
| In Honor of Dorothy L. Leslie | Solove | 2011-09-21-1 In Honor of Dorothy L. Leslie_0.pdf (172.85 KB) | |
| In Honor of David Bergmann | Solove | 2011-07-19-2 In Honor of David Bergmann_0.pdf (111.25 KB) | |
| In Honor of Employees of OCC | Solove | 2011-07-19-3 In Honor of Employees of OCC_0.pdf (152.46 KB) | |
| In Honor of Linda Walls Rominski | Solove | 2011-07-19-4 In Honor of Linda Walls Rominski_0.pdf (178.04 KB) | |
| In Honor of Mary Edwards | Solove | 2011-07-19-5 In Honor of Mary Edwards_0.pdf (166.35 KB) | |
| In Honor of Ann Hotz | Solove | 2011-07-19-1 In Honor of Ann Hotz_0.pdf (147.24 KB) |
Governing Board Members
If you would like to write to any of the OCC Governing Board members, you may send correspondence to the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, 65 East State Street, Suite 700, Columbus, Ohio 43215-4213, or e-mail your correspondence to: occ@occ.ohio.gov.
Michael Watkins
Chair: 2017 – Present
Vice-Chair: 2015 – 2017
Term(s): 2010 – 2026
Representing: Organized Labor
Hometown: Elida
Michael Watkins has served as a member of the Fraternal Order of Police (“FOP”), Lima Lodge No. 21 since 1976 when he began his career as a police officer in Lima, Ohio. He retired as an active law enforcement officer in 1999. He served six terms as president of FOP Lima Lodge No. 21 and currently serves as the recording secretary.
Mr. Watkins was employed by The Fraternal Order of Police, Ohio Labor Council, Inc., as an Administrative Assistant from 2003 until 2020. He was trustee of the FOP’s 6th district from 1993-to 1995 and has served in that position again since 2007.
Cheryl Grossman
Vice-Chair: 2022 – Present
Term(s): 2019 – 2026
Representing: Residential Consumers
Hometown: Grove City
Cheryl Grossman is retired as the Executive Director of the Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. She is a former State Representative (23rd House District) and Mayor of Grove City. She was a member of the General Assembly from 2009 to 2017, where she served as Assistant Minority Whip, Assistant Majority Whip and Majority Whip.
She has received more than 30 legislator-awards, including the 2016 National Autism Speaks Legislator of the Year. Ms. Grossman chaired the Transportation Sub-Committee, Gas Tax Task Force and the Ohio Housing Study Committee, as well as served on several additional committees.
She is a founding member of the Grove City Rotary Club and serves on the BIA Foundation Board, Ohio Access to Justice Board and the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel. She is a lifelong resident of Grove City.
Randy Brown
Term(s): 2022 – 2025
Representing: Family Farmers
Hometown: Nevada
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Randy Brown is a fifth-generation farmer in Wyandot County. Brown and his son grow corn and soybeans and are also contract pig growers. Brown presently serves on the Wyandot Popcorn Museum Board and the United States Pork Center of Excellence Board.
In the past, Brown has served on the Ohio Pork Council Board, Wyandot County Farm Bureau Board, Ridgedale School Board, and the National Pork Board.
David Fleetwood
Term(s): 2022 – 2025
Representing: Organized Labor
Hometown: Toledo
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David Fleetwood has served as the Business Manager and Secretary-Treasurer of the Laborers’ International Union of North America (Local 500) since 2013.
Mr. Fleetwood is the past Chair of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Board. He formerly was a member of the Lucas County Workforce Development Board. He also serves as an Associate Pastor of the Body of Christ Church in Toledo.
Dorsey Hager, Jr.
Term(s): 2020 – 2027
Representing: Organized Labor
Hometown: Marysville
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Dorsey Hager comes from a family with an extensive organized labor background. His mother retired from Navistar International where she was a member of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. His father’s career spanned over 30 years as a member of the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 189.
Dorsey became an apprentice member of the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 50 on Sept. 11, 1994. In May of 1998, he completed his apprenticeship and became a journeyman insulator. He served his local union in elected office as Financial Secretary and as Business Manager.
In March of 2014, he was elected to his current position as Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Columbus/Central Ohio Building & Construction Trades Council. He also currently serves as Vice-President of Creating Central Ohio Futures and Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio. He and his wife of 24 years, Michelle live in Marysville.
Bruce L. Lackey
Term(s): 2024 – 2027
Representing: Residential Consumers
Hometown: Hilliard
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Bruce Lackey has been a second generation owner-operator of Happy Chicken Farms and Merry Milk Maid, since joining full time out of college in 1975. These family businesses distribute fresh eggs, dairy and ice cream products to restaurants, retail grocery, convenience stores, schools, bakery and institutional customers across central Ohio. Mr. Lackey also served in the leadership positions for Midwest Foods Association, Midwest Farms and Midwest Egg Marketing for decades.
Mr. Lackey's commitment to helping others is evident in his various volunteer positions with local charitable groups including Boy Scouts of America, The Salvation Army and Children’s Hunger Alliance. Mr. Lackey and his wife of 43 years have three children, three grandchildren and are active members of Saint Timothy parish in northwest Columbus.
Jan Shannon
Term(s): 2019 – 2025
Representing: Residential Consumers
Hometown: Orient
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Jan Shannon is retired after serving as the Executive Director of the Pickaway County Community Foundation. Ms. Shannon began that career after completing a 30-year career with the state of Ohio. She is a farm owner and advocate for agriculture.
Ms. Shannon currently is a professor at Ohio Christian University and contracts with non-profits in Pickaway County to assist them in moving their missions forward to better serve their community.
In addition to those roles, Ms. Shannon also serves on the Pickaway Ross Career and Technology School Board and the Muhlenberg Board of Zoning Appeals. She is a graduate of the AgriPower VIII program with the Ohio Farm Bureau. She is an officer in Circleville Sunrise Rotary and enjoys volunteering and serving her community.
Connie Skinner
Term(s): 2020 – 2026
Representing: Family Farmers
Hometown: Delaware
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Connie Skinner and her family are sixth-generation crop farmers, operating Hardscrabble Farms in Delaware County, Ohio. Hardscrabble farms began in 1912.
She also serves her community as a Brown Township Trustee and is a rotary club member. She currently serves on the Delaware County Hunger Alliance Committee, the Benefit in the Barn campaign, the Delaware County District Library Board, and is the Delaware County Township Association treasurer.
She previously served on the Delaware County Red Cross Board, the Delaware County Farm Bureau Board, and the Arts Castle Board.
Josh Yoder
Term(s): 2022 – 2027
Representing: Family Farmers
Hometown: Plain City
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Josh Yoder is a fifth-generation farmer and operates his own retail business selling seed and crop inputs to local farmers. Mr. Yoder previously served with the Ohio Corn & Wheat Growers Association on the Ohio Corn Marketing Program Board of Directors. He is a member of his township’s zoning commission and is an adjunct professor for Rosedale Bible College teaching microeconomics.
Mr. Yoder is a member of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Growers Council. The Council advises the EDF on farming issues and advocates for incentives to improve water quality and conservation efforts.
Mr. Yoder has a Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness and Applied Economics from The Ohio State University, a Masters of Science in Agricultural Economics, and a Masters of Business Administration from The Ohio State University.