In 2016, I served as statewide co-chairman and conference presiding officer in the absence of Dr. Emily Monago is the Statewide Chairman of the 20th Annual SOS Conference hosted by Kent State University. Dr. Monago did an amazing job leading our regular strategic planning meetings over the better part of a year. I was please to actively assist in working alongside Dr. Monago and taking lead of various aspects.

The conference sessions were developed to support the mission of examining how our state is preparing for the dramatic demographic changes predicted for the decades ahead, it is our hope and belief that our conference will contribute positively to preparing Ohio’s institutions to effectively meet the challenges and opportunities presented by these changes. Kent State host co-chairmen were Loretta Shields and Pamela Fitzgerald.