Mission
Junior Achievement will ensure that every child in America has a fundamental understanding of the free enterprise system.
Purpose
To educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise, business and economics to improve the quality of their lives.
Board of directors
Chair: James Schultz, Nationwide
Vice chair: Laura Bradford, Hopewell Constructors
Secretary: John Williamson, Bueter & Associates
Treasurer: David Maul, Continental Office Furniture
Past chair: Susan Porter, Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn
Geoffrey Bibo, Boehm Inc.
Raymond Bostic, Bostic Financial Services
Timothy J. Botts, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Marjorie Brant, Columbia Gas Distribution Co.
Roger Burns, First Union Securities Inc.
Kurt Dieckmann, Cardinal Health Inc.
Jon Donnell, Dominion Homes
Todd Fisher, Arthur Andersen
Gavin Freytag, Profitworks Ltd.
Patrick Giller, Steinhaus Financial Group
Robert Hahn Jr., The Columbus Dispatch
R. Renee Davis-Hampton, Columbus State Community College
W. Joseph Harper, Harper Associates Inc.
Brian Herrmann, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Michael Hickey, Saltz, Shamis & Goldfarb
James Hughes, Ross Labs
Chuck Lewis, Verizon Wireless
Thomas Lucas, The Timken Co.
Luke McCormick, The Frank Gates Co.
Patrick McCurdy Jr., Kimball-Midwest
Rand Meyer, KPMG
Karen Murphy, Ashland Chemical
Douglas Muszynski, National City Bank
R.J. Nicolosi, Arthur Andersen
Robert Preston, Robins, Preston, Beckett & Gugle
Dennis Reamsnyder, Right Management
Pete Roche, Chemical Abstracts Service
Cynthia Ruccia, Mary Kay Cosmetics
Carl Salyers
Michael Schoedinger, Schoedinger Funeral Service
Donna Smith, DMS Associates
Dwight Smith, Sophisticated Systems Inc.
Larry D. Snyder, KeyBank
Alice Staten, Discover Financial Services
Bud Ward, The Huntington National Bank
William Wentz
Phil Yoder, ICOM Multimedia
Advisory board of directors
John Churan, Ross Labs
Jane Ensign, Fairbanks High School
Nelson French
Mike Gorman, Thomas W. Ruff & Co.
Michael Kirch, The Kirch Group
Larry Metzger, Columbus Board of Realtors
George Norris, D.V.M.
Ralph Richter, U.S. Cargo & Courier Service
Junior Achievement staff
Thomas D. Rutan, president
Jan Bambach, program manager
Kevin Barnes, development director
Suzie Childs, senior vice president
Candy Dillon, program secretary
Cheryl Dritz, vice president programs/Exchange City
Sandi Furr, senior administrative assistant
Mary Harrison, controller
Marty Lanning, special events intern
Joy Moore, senior program manger
Tina Sparks, program secretary Source: Junior Achievement of Central Ohio
