Governance

MTSO is committed to engaging many stakeholders, led by its Board of Trustees, an elected panel legally responsible for and personally dedicated to the well-being of the school.

The board has 42 seats and includes bishops, clergy and lay representatives from the East Ohio and West Ohio conferences of the United Methodist Church; representatives of United Methodist conferences in neighboring states; at-large members, including members of non-United Methodist denominations; representatives of the MTSO faculty and student body; and the president of the school. For more information about the composition of the board, contact Secretary Linda Ogden.

Trustees

Dr. Maggie Jackson, Chair
Professor and MSW Coordinator
School of Social Work
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio

Rev. Dr. David E. Wilcox, Vice Chair
Senior Pastor
Wooster United Methodist Church
Wooster, Ohio

Ronald B. Alford
President
Alford Family Foundation
Westerville, Ohio

Dr. Derek Anderson
President and CEO
Anderson Inc.
Columbus, Ohio

Janet B. Baker
Adjunct Faculty (Language and Literature)
Malone College
Community and Church Leader
Canton, Ohio

Dr. Patricia A. Bennett
Parish Nurse
Retired School of Nursing Director
Anderson University
Muncie, Ind.

Rev. Dr. Eugene Blair
District Superintendent
Flint District
Detroit Annual Conference
The United Methodist Church
Flint, Mich.

Janet Blocher
Director, Legal Research and Writing
Capital University Law School
Columbus, Ohio

James Chapman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Red Capital Group
Columbus, Ohio

Jane Endres
Community and Church Leader
Columbus, Ohio

Dr. Preston Forbes
Retired Higher Education Leader
and Faculty Member
Wooster, Ohio

Rev. Cyndy Garn
Senior Pastor
Worthington United Methodist Church
Worthington, Ohio

Flo K. Gault (Trustee Emeritus)
Community and Church Leader
Wooster, Ohio

Rev. Dr. James Gysel
Retired Senior Pastor
Chapel Hill United Methodist Church
Battle Creek, Mich.

Nicole Henderson-Johns
Student
Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Delaware, Ohio

Ronald Holtman
Attorney
Logee, Hostetler, Stutzman and Lehmann LLC
Wooster, Ohio

Bishop John L. Hopkins
Resident Bishop
Ohio East Area
The United Methodist Church
North Canton, Ohio

Rev. Dr. G. Forrest Hoppe
Association Minister
Central Southeast Ohio Association
United Church of Christ
Columbus, Ohio

Alex Keller
President
Alex H. Keller & Associates Inc.
Retired Executive
Procter & Gamble
Cincinnati, Ohio

Rev. Susan A. Kyser
Director of Pastoral Care
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Columbus, Ohio

Rev. Dr. J. F. Lacaria
Director of Leadership Formation and Ministry
West Virginia Annual Conference
The United Methodist Church
Charleston, W.Va.

Dr. Joan Leitzel
President Emeritus
University of New Hampshire
Columbus, Ohio

Dr. Sandra Lutz
Emeritus Faculty Member
College of Education
University of Akron
Canton, Ohio

Gerald P. Maloney
Retired Vice Chairman and CFO
American Electric Power
Columbus, Ohio

Michael McNeil
President
Miami Machine Corp.
Middletown, Ohio

J. D. Milliken
Retired Vice President
The J.M. Smucker Co.
Orrville, Ohio

Rev. Alan Morrison
Director of Support Services
and Business Manager of General Conference
General Council on Finance & Administration
The United Methodist Church
Nashville, Tenn.

Dr. John T. Mount (Trustee Emeritus)
Emeritus Vice President and Dean
The Ohio State University
Dublin, Ohio

Dr. Robert Oakley
Retired CFO
Nationwide Insurance
Worthington, Ohio

Rev. Karen Oehl
District Superintendent
Mid-Ohio District
East Ohio Annual Conference
The United Methodist Church
Mansfield, Ohio

Bishop Bruce R. Ough
Resident Bishop
Ohio West Area
The United Methodist Church
Worthington, Ohio

Dr. Joon-Sik Park
Professor of World Evangelism in the E. Stanley Jones Chair of World Evangelism
Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Delaware, Ohio

Rev. James Roberson
Senior Pastor
Cory United Methodist Church
Cleveland, Ohio

Rev. Jay Rundell
President
Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Delaware, Ohio

Rev. Sandra Selby
Associate Pastor
Furnace Street Mission
Akron, Ohio

Rev. Barbara Sholis
District Superintendent
Columbus Area South
West Ohio Annual Conference
The United Methodist Church
Columbus, Ohio

Earl Stalter
Owner
Pinnacle Sports
Medina, Ohio

Rev. Dr. Margaret N. Streiff
Retired District Superintendent
Mid-Ohio District
East Ohio Conference
The United Methodist Church
Norwalk, Ohio

Rev. Dr. R. Stanley Sutton
Retired Treasurer and Director of Fiscal Affairs
West Ohio Conference
The United Methodist Church
Columbus, Ohio

Rev. Paul R. White
Director of Connectional Ministries
East Ohio Conference
The United Methodist Church
North Canton, Ohio

Dr. Lisa Withrow
Professor in the Dewire Chair of Christian Leadership
Associate Academic Dean
Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Delaware, Ohio

John W. Zeiger
Founder and Senior Partner
Zeiger, Tigges & Little LLP
Columbus, Ohio