Governance Board Members by Category

Section 4.  Board Role, Size and Compensation.  REACHigher Governance Board members shall function in accordance with the provisions of Section 1702.14 and 1702.30 of the Ohio Revised Code.  The Governance Board is responsible for overall direction of the organization, evaluation of its own performance and any fiduciary responsibility for the organization.  Day-to-day operations are delegated to the Executive Director.  The Governance Board shall have up to 50 and no fewer than 30 members.  The Governance Board Members shall not receive compensation for their service.

Seats shall represent the following categories:  *

Education [10]: 

• President - Lorain County Community College 
• President - Oberlin College 
• Representative - University Partnership  
• Superintendent - Education Services Center of Lorain County 
• Superintendent - Lorain County JVS 
• Superintendent - Lorain County School District – (1 rotating seat)  
• Representative - Early Childhood Education Program at Lorain County Community College. 
• Representative - Joint Center for Policy Research at Lorain County Community College 
• Representative - Non-Public School/Charter/Private School (2 rotating seats)

Business Community [9]:

• Executive Director - Chamber of Commerce 
• CEO - Lorain County Business (3 rotating seats) 
• Representative - Banking (1 rotating seat) 
• Representative - Great Lakes Innovation and Development Enterprise (GLIDE) 
• Representative - Agriculture/Lorain County Farm Bureau 
• Representative - Health Care (2 rotating seats)

Community Agencies and Organizations [12-14]:

• Executive Director - Workforce Institute of Lorain County 
• Executive Director - Foundations (2-4 seats) 
• Executive Director - Center for Leadership in Education 
• President & CEO - The Lorain County Urban League 
• Executive Director - El Centro De Servicios Sociales 
• Executive Director - United Way of Lorain County 
• Representative - Access Program (1 rotating seat) 
• Representative - Workforce Development Administration (WDA) 
• Representative - National Alliance of Black School Educators/Lorain County Alliance of Black School Educators 
• Representative - Child Care Resource Center 
• Representative - Media (1 rotating seat)

Government [9]:

• Executive Director - Community Action Agency/Head Start 
• Executive Director - Job and Family Service 
• Representative - Public Health Department (1 rotating seat) 
• Mayor - City in Lorain County (1 rotating seat) 
• Elected Officials - (2 rotating seats) 
• Representative - State Board of Education 
• Representative - Juvenile Court System 
• Lorain County Administrator

Faith-Based [1]:

• Representative, Ministerial Association (1 rotating seat)  

Ex-Officio [7]:

• Executive Committee Members

* A representative may be sent with full authority on behalf of the Governance Board member.