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2019 Annual Report: Investing In Our Environment, Building A Stronger Ohio

OAQDA Update on the COVID-19 Emergency

Notice on Project Type

Members

• James "Jim" Simon - Chairman, Akron
• Michael H. Keenan - Vice Chairman, Dublin
• Ted Celeste - Grandview Heights
• Michael F. Curtin - Marblecliff

Ex Officio members:

• Laurie Stevenson - Director, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
• Lance D. Himes - Interim Director, Ohio Department of Health

Executive Director

• Christina O’Keeffe 

OAQDA consists of seven members. Five public members are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. No more than three members may belong to the same political party.

Each member’s term of office is eight years. The terms are staggered. The two remaining members serve ex-officio. They are the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Director of the Ohio Department of Health.

The Authority elects from its appointed members a chairperson and a vice-chairperson. The secretary-treasurer is elected, but need not be a member of the Authority.