Members of Wooster Staff Council represent the entire Ohio State CFAES Wooster Campus.
Members serve for a term of three years, for a maximum of two consecutive terms. All members regularly attend meetings and work on a committee.
Wooster Staff Council Officers:
- Chair: responsible for presiding over meetings, various administrative services for the group, and being the primary spokesperson for the group.
- Chair Elect: responsible to act as the chair when absent and performs administrative services as needed.
- Treasurer: responsible for monitoring the Staff Council account and reporting on income and expenditures monthly.
- Secretary: responsible for recording the minutes at each meeting and maintaining the list of Council members.
MEMBER | DISTRICT | COMMITTEE | |
District 1: Alexis Didinger 2025-2027 |
Wooster Campus Director’s Office; Fiscal; Human Resources (HR); Information Technology (CFAES IT); Wooster Campus Research Library (WCRL); Wooster Campus Conference Center (WCCC); Research and Graduate Education Office (includes GDSU); Wooster Campus Research Labs (STAR lab, MCIC & PAAR); OSU Extension | didinger.2@osu.edu | |
District 2: Bill Koshar 2025-2027 2025: Secretary |
Facilities Planning; Facilities Operations; Research Operations; Secrest Arboretum; Environmental Health and Safety (EHS); Public Safety | koshar.3@osu.edu | Staff Wellness & Volunteering |
District 3: Heather Bauder 2023-2026 2025: Vice Chair |
Center for Food Animal Health (CFAH); Animal Sciences (AnSci) | bauder.20@osu.edu | Communications or Special Events |
District 4: Suzanne Ferencak 2023-2026 |
Horticulture and Crop Science (HCS); School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) | ferencak.2@osu.edu | |
District 5: Nuris Acosta 2025-2027 |
Entomology (ENT); Plant Pathology (PP); Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE) | acosta.26@osu.edu | Employee Appreciation |
District 6: Jeanne Semilia 2023-2026 2025: Chair |
ATI Administration; Plant Sciences and Engineering Technologies Division; Arts and Science and Business Division; Animal Sciences and Technologies Division; ATI Admissions | semilia.1@osu.edu | Communications |
District 7: Katie LeMasters 2025-2027 |
ATI Academic Affairs; ATI Student Affairs | lemasters.27@osu.edu | |
Doug Foxx 2023-2026 |
CFAES At Large Member |
foxx.2@osu.edu | Communications |
Jalyn Goddard 2023-2026 |
CFAES At Large Member | goddard.90@osu.edu | |
Scott Wolfe 2024-2027 |
CFAES At Large Member | wolfe.529@osu.edu | Special Events |
Lori Nicholson 2024-2027 |
CFAES At Large Member | nicholson.381@osu.edu | |
Scott Shaw 2024- |
USDA Liaison (Non-Voting) |
scott.shaw@usda.gov | |
Loren Harper | Director’s Office Liaison (Non-Voting) | harper.202@osu.edu | Communications |
Lissia Gerber | HR Representative (Non-Voting) | gerber.326@osu.edu |