OWRC Members

Member Agencies

• Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
• Ohio Department of Natural Resources
• Ohio Department of Health
• Ohio Water Development Authority
• Ohio Public Works Commission
• Ohio Department of Transportation
• Public Utilities Commisson of Ohio
• Ohio Department of Agriculture
• Ohio Department of Development
• Office of the Governor

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Agency Directors

• Scott Nally, Director, Environmental Protection Agency, Chair, OWRC
• James Zehringer, Director, Department of Natural Resources
• Dr. Theodore Wymyslo, Director, Department of Health
• Steve Grossman, Executive Director, Water Development Authority
• Michael Miller, Director, Public Works Commission
• Jerry Wray, Director, Department of Transportation
• Andre Porter, Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission
• Dr. Tony Forshey, Interim Director, Deparment of Agriculture
• Christiane Schmenk, Director, Department of Development

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State Agency Coordinating Group

• Kristen Jensen, Office of Farmland Preservation, ODA
• Thea Walsh, Urban Development Division, ODOD
• Rebecca Fugitt, Residential Water and Sewage Program, Bureau of Environmental Health, ODH
• Ted Lozier, Division of Soil and Water Resources, ODNR
• Karl Gebhardt, Division of Soil and Water Resources, ODNR
• Tim Hill, Office of Environmental Services, ODOT
• George Elmaraghy, Division of Surface Water, OEPA
• Mike Baker, Division of Drinking and Ground Water, OEPA
• Gail Hesse, Ohio Lake Erie Commission
• Mike Miller, OPWC
• Steve Grossman, OWDA
• Sue Daly, Utilities Department, PUCO
• Jim Morris, Ohio Water Science Center, USGS
• Joe Bonnell, Ohio Watershed Network, OSU Extension Office

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Advisory Group

• American Water Works Association
• Audubon Ohio
• County Commissioners Association
• Izaak Walton League
• Ohio Association of Regional Councils
• Ohio Farm Bureau
• Ohio Federation of Soil & Water Conservation Districts
• Ohio Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Association
• Environmental Education Council of Ohio
• Ohio Conservancy District
• Ohio Chamber of Commerce
• Ohio Electric Utility Institute
• Ohio Environmental Council
• Ohio Manufacturer's Association
• Ohio Municipal League
• Ohio Rural Water Association
• Ohio Township Association
• Ohio Water Environment Association
• Ohio Water Well Association
• The Nature Conservancy
• Water Management Association of Ohio

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Technical Support Group

• Great Lakes Rural Commmunity Assistance Partnership
• Ohio University's Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs
• Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission
• Ohio Sea Grant
• The Ohio State University Extension
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Services
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development
• U.S. Geological Survey, Ohio Water Science Center

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